Feds Cite Hassles if ID Law Not Followed

[liberal4truth]

Feds Cite Hassles if ID Law Not Followed

By DEVLIN BARRETT

March 3, 2008

WASHINGTON (AP) — Homeland Security officials are pushing recalcitrant states to adopt stricter driver's license standards to end a standoff that could disrupt domestic air travel.

States have less than a month to send a letter to the Homeland Security Department seeking an extension to comply with the Real ID law passed following the 2001 terror attacks. Some states have resisted, saying it is costly, impractical and an invasion of privacy.

Four states — Maine, Montana, New Hampshire and South Carolina — have yet to seek an extension.
Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff argues that the law fixes a critical gap in security identified by the commission that investigated the 9/11 attacks: the ease of obtaining government-issued ID. It will also hinder would-be con artists and illegal immigrants, he said.

To bring the states in line, Chertoff warned that any state that does not seek an extension by the end of March will find that, come May, their residents will not be able to use their licenses to board domestic flights.


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[mrgerbik]

1. scary

it seems at this point all some states can do to relieve the pressure being brought down upon them is delay the inevitable. Such a shame that this isn't on everyones mind. I wonder how long before you have to "show your papers" at the toll booth?

[liberal4truth]

2. We are so close to the whole "show me your papers, please" that it wont be long, IMO.

Meanwhile the TSA is still allowing foriegn students to train flying
Cessnas and other aircraft, post 9/11, with almost no background checks.

It makes NO sense to me at all, but what do I know, being a lowly
taxpayer-citizen-peon ?