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What's all the fuss with the Real ID Act about?
President Bush signed an $82 billion military spending bill that, in part, created electronically readable, federally approved ID cards for all Americans. The House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved the package--which includes the Real ID Act.

What does that mean for me?
Starting in May of 2008, if you live or work in the United States, you'll need a federally approved ID card to travel on an airplane, train, open a bank account, collect Social Security payments, or take advantage of nearly any government service. Practically speaking, your driver's license likely will have to be reissued to meet federal standards.

The Real ID Act hands the Department of Homeland Security the power to set these standards and determine whether state drivers' licenses and other ID cards pass muster. Only ID cards approved by Homeland Security can be accepted "for any official purpose" by the feds.

How will I get one of these new ID cards?
You'll still get one through your state motor vehicle agency, and it will take the place of your drivers' license. But the identification process will be more rigorous.

For instance, you'll need to bring a "photo identity document," document your birth date and address, and show that your Social Security number is what you had claimed it to be. U.S. citizens will have to prove that status, and foreigners will have to show a valid visa.

State DMVs will have to verify that these identity documents are legitimate, digitize them and store them permanently. In addition, Social Security numbers must be verified with the Social Security Administration.

What's going to be stored on this ID card?
At a minimum: name, birth date, sex, ID number, a digital photograph, address, and a "common machine-readable technology" that Homeland Security will decide on. The card must also sport "physical security features designed to prevent tampering, counterfeiting, or duplication of the document for fraudulent purposes."

Homeland Security is permitted to add additional requirements as needed--such as a fingerprint or retinal scan--on top of those. We won't know for a while what these additional requirements will be.

Why did these ID requirements get attached to an "emergency" military spending bill?
Because it's difficult for politicians to vote against money that will go to the troops in Iraq and tsunami relief. The funds cover ammunition, weapons, tracked combat vehicles, aircraft, troop housing, death benefits, and so on. The House already approved a standalone version of the Real ID

The Real ID Act says federally accepted ID cards must be "machine readable," and lets Homeland Security determine the details. That will being a  radio frequency identification (RFID) chip.

In the past, Homeland Security has indicated it likes the concept of RFID chips. The State Department is already going to be embedding RFID devices in passports, and Homeland Security wants to issue RFID-outfitted IDs to foreign visitors who enter the country at the Mexican and Canadian borders. The agency plans to start a yearlong test of the technology in July at checkpoints in Arizona, New York and Washington state.

Will state DMVs share this information?
Yes. In exchange for federal cash, states must agree to link up their databases. Specifically, the Real ID Act says it hopes to "provide electronic access by a state to information contained in the motor vehicle databases of all other states."

Is this legislation a done deal?
Pretty much. The House of Representatives approved the package by a vote of 368-58. Only three of the "nay" votes were Republicans; the rest were Democrats.

White House spokesman Scott McClellan has told reporters "the president supports" the standalone Real ID Act, and the Bush administration has come out with an official endorsement. As far back as July 2002, the Bush administration has been talking about assisting

Who were the three Republicans who voted against it?
Reps. Howard Coble of North Carolina, John Duncan of Tennessee, and Ron Paul of Texas.

Paul has warned that the Real ID Act "establishes a national ID card" and "gives authority to the Secretary of Homeland Security to unilaterally add requirements as he sees fit."

Is this a national ID card?
It depends on whom you ask. Barry Steinhardt, director of the American Civil Liberties Union's technology and liberty program, says: "It's going to result in everyone, from the 7-Eleven store to the bank and airlines, demanding to see the ID card. They're going to scan it in. They're going to have all the data on it from the front of the card...It's going to be not just a national ID card but a national database."

At the moment, state driver's licenses aren't easy for bars, banks, airlines and so on to swipe through card readers because they're not uniform; some may have barcodes but no magnetic stripes, for instance, and some may lack both. Steinhardt predicts the federalized IDs will be a gold mine for government agencies and marketers. Also, he notes that the Supreme Court ruled last year that police can demand to see ID from law-abiding U.S. citizens.

Will it be challenged in court?
Maybe. "We're exploring whether there are any litigation possibilities here," says the ACLU's Steinhardt.

One possible legal argument would challenge any requirement for a photograph on the ID card as a violation of religious freedom. A second would argue that the legislation imposes costs on states without properly reimbursing them.

When does it take effect?
The Real ID Act takes effect "three years after the date of the enactment" of the legislation. So its effective date is in May 2008.

And he causes all, the small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free men and the slaves, to be given mark in their right hand, or in their forehead, and he provides that no one should be able to buy or sell, except the one who has the mark, either the name of the beast, or the number of his name. Revelation 13:16

Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast for the number is that of a man, and his number is 666. Revelation 13:18


SO WHAT CAN I DO?

Please make the commitment today that you will not accept the Real ID (National ID) Card,  There very well may be man made crises that is set  to accelerate the need to unite and surrender our rights, privacy, freedoms, and properties for so-called "peace and security." Circumstances are far beyond what most people are aware of in the race toward a One World Government. The first thing that you should do is take 1 hr and 49 minutes and watch this documentary from Aaron Russo. Follow along with him as the truth unfolds before you. Tap on the image below to watch for free on Google video.

 ARGUMENTS IN OPPOSITION

Identity cards will impose a disproportionate burden upon citizens while empowering the executive, which is contrary to the maxim: "the government that governs best, governs least". Some have pointed out that extensive lobbying for identity cards has been undertaken, in countries without compulsory identity cards, by IT companies who will be likely to reap rich benefits in the event of an identity card scheme being implemented.

Cards could be used to track anyone's movements and private life, thus endangering privacy. The proposed British ID card will involve a series of linked databases, to be managed by the private sector. Managing disparate linked systems using a range of institutions and any number of personnel is alleged to be a security disaster in the making.[1]

A requirement to carry an identity card at all times can lead to the inconvenience of arbitrary requests from card controllers (such as the police). This can lead to functionality creep whereby carrying a card becomes de facto if not de jure compulsory, as in the case of Social Security numbers, which are now widely used as ID.

Government claims that identity cards will prevent terrorism may not be based in fact. The former UK Home Secretary Charles Clarke conceded that identity cards may only be useful in the identification of bodies in the aftermath of a terrorist attack. Critics rely on the facts that the terrorists involved in 9/11 and the London tube attacks did have and would have had identity cards, respectively. As a strong presumption of identity is given in favour of a card holder, the identity card scheme might be an asset to potential terrorists.

Historically, totalitarian governments which issued identity cards to citizens used them oppressively. For example, Nazis made use of unique biometric identities by tattooing identification numbers on the arms of Final Solution concentration-camp detainees.

More recently, the apartheid-era government of South Africa used pass books as internal passports to oppress that country's black population.

In many cases, other forms of documentation such as a driver's license, passport, or Medicare card serve a similar function, and thus an ID card is not needed.

Without the Real ID (National ID) Card you will not be able to go into a Federal building, get on a plane or train, open a bank account, and since it is taking the place of your drivers license you won't be able to legally drive a motor vehicle in the United States of America. Your employer will have to (by Federal law) prove that you are a US citizen by photo copying your Real ID card and have it on file as proof of your identity. Of course that is just the beginning to get you started. Don't think for one second that it will stop there.

Homeland Security is permitted to add additional requirements as needed. Of course we don't know  what those additional requirements will be. Yea right... It reminds me of the frog slowly being warmed up in the pot of water. Can you feel the water getting hot America? What are you going to do about it?

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