REAL-ID: Speed-Pass To Slavery
By Henry Lamb
September 1, 2008
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This is necessary, we are told, to weed out terrorists. People who are obeying the law will have nothing to fear, we are told. This system will make every American safer, we are told.
The fact is that every American will be in jeopardy if this system is ever fully implemented. Some unseen, unknown, unaccountable person will have access to the most private information about every person. A simple flag on an individual record could lock out that person from his bank account, from his credit cards, and from travel. A person victimized by this situation would be at the mercy of the government - essentially, enslaved.
People who have had a credit card purchase denied know this feeling, but they have the option of using another card, or paying cash. If the magic number is from an Enhanced Drivers License, there is no other card. There is no place to turn.
This system ignores the constitutional guarantee that every citizen is secure in his person, house, papers, and effects.
The government has no constitutional authority to gather this information unless a warrant has been issued by a judge after reviewing an affidavit showing probable cause of a crime; unless, of course, the information is given voluntarily. So far, no one is "forced" to obtain an Enhanced Drivers' License, unless, of course, he wants to drive a car, board an airplane, or visit a federal building.
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Henry Lamb is the Chairman of Sovereignty International , and founder of the Environmental Conservation Organization (ECO).
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