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posted by martyb on Wednesday November 06 2019, @03:50AM   Printer-friendly
from the papers-please dept.

The deadline of yet another, and perhaps the most insidious, element of the post-9/11 initiatives (a partial list of which includes the establishment of the Transportation Security Agency, the Department of Homeland Security, and a never-ending international war against a nebulously-defined, noncorporeal enemy, "terror") is less than one year from coming to fruition. Beginning no later than October 1, 2020, citizens of all US states and territories will be required to have a Real ID compliant card or US passport to board a commercial plane or enter a Federal government facility. Pundits citing the inevitability of what amounts to a national ID card have, regrettably, been vindicated.

https://www.aier.org/article/while-you-slept-government-created-internal-passports/


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  • (Score: 2) by sjames on Thursday November 07 2019, @12:03AM

    by sjames (2882) on Thursday November 07 2019, @12:03AM (#917050) Journal

    AC may be hinting that there are extra problems when the rules change mid-stream, especially when no provisions are made for that.

    For example, getting a "real ID" can be quite a problem if you don't already have an ID. Many don't because it wasn't required at one time if you didn't drive.

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