Homeland Security Seeks Next Generation REAL ID

Privacy advocates are issuing warnings about a new radio chip plan that ultimately could provide electronic identification for every adult in the U.S. and allow agents to compile attendance lists at anti-government rallies simply by walking through the assembly.

The proposal, which has earned the support of Janet Napolitano, the newly chosen chief of the Department of Homeland Security, would embed radio chips in driver’s licenses, or “enhanced driver’s licenses.”

“Enhanced driver’s licenses give confidence that the person holding the card is the person who is supposed to be holding the card, and it’s less elaborate than REAL ID,” Napolitano said in a Washington Times report.

REAL ID is a plan for a federal identification system standardized across the nation that so alarmed governors many states have adopted formal plans to oppose it. However, a privacy advocate today told WND that the EDLs are many times worse.

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Man Dressed As UPS Driver Robs Check Cashing Store

The story is not terror related, rather it’s a reminder of why it’s important to be vigilant and ALWAYS  follow security procedures. This time it was a robbery however; the same scenario could just as easily have taken place in a shopping mall, school, government office or any number of other locations with much more serious consequences.

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A man dressed to look like a UPS driver robbed a Peoria check cashing store Monday and got away with about $50,000,police said. Read more