On Thu, 8 Nov 2001, R. A. Hettinga wrote:

Clarke said it is not clear that the country needs to have a mandatory identity card, but suggested there might be a use for credit card-sized smart cards that contain data and microchips. Such cards could be used for specific actions such as boarding airplanes and crossing U.S. borders, he said.

Ahhh yes, the Internal Passport. I was wondering what took them so long to get around to this. -- Yours, J.A. Terranson sysadmin@mfn.org If Governments really want us to behave like civilized human beings, they should give serious consideration towards setting a better example: Ruling by force, rather than consensus; the unrestrained application of unjust laws (which the victim-populations were never allowed input on in the first place); the State policy of justice only for the rich and elected; the intentional abuse and occassionally destruction of entire populations merely to distract an already apathetic and numb electorate... This type of demogoguery must surely wipe out the fascist United States as surely as it wiped out the fascist Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. The views expressed here are mine, and NOT those of my employers, associates, or others. Besides, if it *were* the opinion of all of those people, I doubt there would be a problem to bitch about in the first place... --------------------------------------------------------------------