National Identification Card

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"Restriction of free thought and free speech is the most dangerous of all subversions. It is the one un-American act that could most easily defeat us."—Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas, "The One Un-American Act." Nieman Reports, vol. 7, no. 1 (Jan. 1953): p. 20.

Organizations Opposing National Identification Card

American Library Association

American Civil Liberties Union

Electronic Frontier Foundation

News about National Identification Card 

Reject the National ID Card! (November 15, 2004)

"We simply must make certain that “the McCain amendment” is stripped from both versions of the “9/11 Recommendations Implementation Act”—Senate bill S. 2845 and House bill H.R. 10.   The following facts about why a national ID program should be avoided at all costs are taken directly from an open letter to the House and Senate that the American Policy Center co-signed with over 50 other organizations.

A national ID will not prevent terrorism in the United States. According to Privacy International, of the top 25 terrorist targets since 1986, 80% have long-standing national identity card programs, and one-third of those countries have cards with biometric identifiers. In fact, the top target, Israel, has a national ID card that uses biometric identifiers on the card. Yet such cards have done nothing to stop devastating terror attacks on those nations.

Furthermore, identity cards tell nothing about an individual's intentions. Timothy McVeigh and the Beltway stalker would both have qualified for a national ID card."

SOURCES

National Identification Cards (ACLU)

Reject the National ID Card (Ron Paul)

National Identification Systems (Electronic Frontier Foundation)

Intellectual Freedom Issues; Privacy and Confidentiality; Privacy Tool Kit.

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