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Originally Posted by plazul
The Department of Homeland Security is floating the idea of a national drivers license. Most of the 911 terrorists had fraudulent licenses obtained through the Internet and elsewhere.
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I'm very surprised that you don't have a national licence already!
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Originally Posted by plazul
there's a huge problem with counterfeit licenses which enable illegals to get employment and blend into society..
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Do your licences have photos. on them? A driving licence is often used in the
U.K. for ID, newer ones have photos. However, privacy concerns mean that
most people who use licences as a check can't check the validity of the licence
at the licencing authority, so there is some scope for abuse.
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Originally Posted by plazul
Would you object to a national drivers license? I have no problem with the proposal because we already have federal Social Security cards. It would simplify law enforcement and make it more effective..
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In some ways I'm for centralisation in that it works as in your latter sentence, BUT
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Originally Posted by plazul
But it must be limited to a drivers license and not expanded to contain personal data bases.
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This is always a risk. Centralisation leads to hard-to-resist demands for extra
data to be linked in.