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Bulletin: Democrats in Congress Want Biometric National ID Card for All Workers
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 05:58:41 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: Lauren Weinstein <lauren () vortex com> Date: June 25, 2009 1:45:27 AM EDT To: dave () farber netSubject: Bulletin: Democrats in Congress Want Biometric National ID Card for All Workers
Bulletin: Democrats in Congress Want Biometric National ID Card for All Workers
Washington Post: http://bit.ly/iQ11z "Reassuring" words from Chuck Schumer: "I'm sure the civil libertarians will object to some kind of biometric card -- although ... there'll be all kinds of protections -- but we're going to have to do it. It's the only way." Isn't that last sentence what Darth Vader said to Luke when trying to get his son to join him, just after revealing his relationship? Here we go again. At least in regards to certain topics, when it comes to Congress, it's: Meet the new boss, same as the old boss! --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lauren () vortex com Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 http://www.pfir.org/lauren Co-Founder, PFIR - People For Internet Responsibility - http://www.pfir.org Co-Founder, NNSquad - Network Neutrality Squad - http://www.nnsquad.org Founder, GCTIP - Global Coalition for Transparent Internet Performance - http://www.gctip.org Founder, PRIVACY Forum - http://www.vortex.com Member, ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/laurenweinstein ------------------------------------------- Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/247/ Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
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