[Note from Matthew Gaylor: Considering that the show your papers routine had already been implemented complete with yellow Star of David armbands, I'm one civil libertarian who will never "come around".] <http://www0.mercurycenter.com/local/center/id101701.htm> Posted at 10:53 p.m. PDT Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2001 ID card idea attracts high-level support Top executives, lawmakers back national identification card proposal BY ELISE ACKERMAN AND PAUL ROGERS Mercury News Silicon Valley software mogul Larry Ellison's proposal to create a national ID card has gained substantial ground -- and the interest of top Bush administration officials -- in a signal that the controversial idea may be closer to reality than ever. In an interview with the Mercury News on Tuesday night, Ellison, the chairman and CEO of Oracle, said he met with U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft and officials at the CIA and FBI in Washington, D.C., over the past week to discuss the idea. U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., has endorsed it, other tech executives have jumped on board and even some prominent civil libertarians have said the idea is worth pursuing. [...] ``You don't give up much,'' Dershowitz said. ``Civil libertarians will come around.'' [...] ************************************************************************** Subscribe to Freematt's Alerts: Pro-Individual Rights Issues Send a blank message to: freematt@coil.com with the words subscribe FA on the subject line. List is private and moderated (7-30 messages per week) Matthew Gaylor, (614) 313-5722 ICQ: 106212065 Archived at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fa/ **************************************************************************