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Monkey see, monkey do

Wouldn't you know it? Right on the heels of the REAL ID act, Tony Blair has introduced a similar plan for the United Kingdom.

One of the most contentious proposals is for a national ID card carrying biometric details such as fingerprints or iris scans, which opponents fear would erode civil liberties.

They all seem to forget that as Ron Paul points out, criminals don't obey the law. This will just affect law abiding citizens, who know will have even their biometric information in places more accessible to crooks.

But I doubt that the government really cares about identity theft - not when the upside is having even more control over its subjects.

Posted by Ricardo at May 17, 2005 02:47 PM