JM Hanes
2007-08-22 11:40:03
Roger Simon: “And here’s another potential benefit of the card….
Et voil√°, the slippery slope. What you proceed to describe is not a National ID card, but a massive central database. As Charlie (Colorado) points out above, you will hardly be the only one thinking up ancillary “benefits.”
As for government intentions and abuses, there’s “stereotyped cultural paranoia” — and then there’s the use of National Security Letters, which has gone from rare to routine, and which your KosKids couldn’t talk about, even if you asked them.
BTW, I can rocket from Philly to Pittsburgh unhindered too. When you can get from Paris to Tehran without a customs check, we’ll talk free to roam.
