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Trans-Atlantic ID Card System

Posted by Zonk on from the hands-across-the-globe dept.

Th3P0stalDud3 writes "The Independent is reporting that the U.S. has asked the U.K. to use the same chips in their proposed identity cards as the ones in our proposed identity card. In effect, creating a trans-atlantic ID card system." From the article: "The aim of getting the same microchip is to ensure compatability in screening terrorist suspects. But it will also mean that information contained in the British cards can be accessed across the Atlantic."

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  1. Won't be necessary by CdBee · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    We could just comment on some of the documented facts of what the US has done - who needs conspiracy theories these days?.

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  2. loophole for cheap labor illegal aliens? by Cryofan · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Now, don't worry my neoliberal (oops! I mean "libertarian"....) "free traitor" friends--I am sure they will have a built-in loophole for cheap-labor illegal aliens (oops! I mean "undocumented workers....). After all, we wouldn't want our investor overlords to get less profit than they would otherwise have if the labor supply were not flooded with cheap labor, thus bringing down wages....

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