On Fri, 10 Jul 1998, Declan McCullagh wrote:

Remember when your underage friend ginned up that fake driver's license to go bar-hopping? Soon it may be a federal crime, punishable by serious fines and up to 15 years in the slammer. The Senate Judiciary Committee yesterday unanimously approved the "Identity Theft and Assumption Deterrence Act," a clunkily named bill that bans obtaining, possessing or using ID "other than that issued lawfully for the use of the possessor." [...remainder snipped...]

oh, shit. does that mean I will be forced to tell everyone my real name is FUD? or TruthMonger? or, even HugeCajones? at least it's not DV_KOTM! speaking of the late, lamentable foul mouth... whatever happened to dmitri? attila out... while I can still be outing attila.