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Terror Arrest Used As Fodder To Fund Real ID Act

Posted by samzenpus on from the excuses-excuses-excuses dept.

BeatTheChip writes "There's been a lot of buzz in recent days concerning the deadline to deliver on the federal Real ID Act. Congress is looking for corners to cut. One tactic is to attach emergency policy to the Real ID in order to sustain funding for its development by authoring members in Congress. In an effort to link the two, Rep. Lamar Smith and others asked DHS to increase enforcement of the Real ID Act over a terror suspect apprehended by lawful means."

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  1. I actually welcome mandatory ID cards by ubuntufan1 · · Score: -1, Troll

    One resident in Texas was actually arrested and held for a week for a suspicion of being a terrorist, because he didn't have an ID card. (He didn't have a car and didn't apply for ID card, because these aren't mandatory).

  2. A ID card every 3 years? by ubuntufan2 · · Score: -1, Troll

    The Act (relevant part) makes it mandatory to replace the ID card every 3 years. If you you don't you face large fine. I think that is just another money making machine for the Government.

  3. Over six dozen right wing attacks since 1995 by spun · · Score: 1, Troll

    No foreigners are as big a threat as the right wing. Little Timmy McVeigh was only the most well known of the bunch.
    http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/publications/terror-from-the-right

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  4. Re:As a US citizen by Sarten-X · · Score: -1, Troll

    The U.S. Constitution limits government powers. It does not grant them. Thus, if something is not in the Constitution, the government can do it.

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    You do not have a moral or legal right to do absolutely anything you want.