URGENT: Tell your Senator's to Oppose HR418 - The Real ID Act

Hello privacy advocates and fellow motorists. We need to make it LOUD
and CLEAR that many people oppose HR418 - The Real ID Act of 2005. We
need to ask our Senators to strip out the driver's license provisions
in the bill when it rides over to the Senate on top of a spending bill
such as Iraq war funding. We need to ask the Senate to insist these
Driver License provisions are stripped when dealing with the House !

The part to oppose the most is the mandate that states must sign the
"Driver License Agreement" (DLA).

When the bill was passed by the House, there was no committee scrutiny
or markup. When amendments were offered to limit the databases such as
not allowing information pertaining to citizens using their rights
such as 1st, 2nd, and 14 amendment rights, it was VOTED DOWN !

Some people will rant and scream that disagreeing with this is
unpatriotic but this bill is unpatriotic !

Here is a part of a speech from Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX), who is the head
of "The Liberty Committee". It can be found at URL
http://www.house.gov/paul/congrec/co...5/cr020905.htm

Here are excerpts below :

This bill establishes a massive, centrally-coordinated database of
highly personal information about American citizens: at a minimum
their name, date of birth, place of residence, Social Security number,
and physical and possibly other characteristics. What is even more
disturbing is that, by mandating that states participate in the
"Drivers License Agreement," this bill creates a massive database of
sensitive information on American citizens that will be shared with
Canada and Mexico!

wrote:
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> There are no limits on what happens to the database of sensitive
> information on Americans once it leaves the United States for Canada
> and Mexico - or perhaps other countries. Who is to stop a corrupt
> foreign government official from selling or giving this information to
> human traffickers or even terrorists? Will this uncertainty make us
> feel safer?
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What are human traffickers and why do they need my SSN? I agree that
this is another waste, but gee, 90% of what the Feds do is waste so what
else is new?

Uh,
We don't have any senators of worth up here in Canada(including the lowly
hockey sens) and was wondering if I could help anyways.
Let me know
Tec



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> Hello privacy advocates and fellow motorists. We need to make it LOUD
> and CLEAR that many people oppose HR418 - The Real ID Act of 2005. We
> need to ask our Senators to strip out the driver's license provisions
> in the bill when it rides over to the Senate on top of a spending bill
> such as Iraq war funding. We need to ask the Senate to insist these
> Driver License provisions are stripped when dealing with the House !
>
> The part to oppose the most is the mandate that states must sign the
> "Driver License Agreement" (DLA).
>
> When the bill was passed by the House, there was no committee scrutiny
> or markup. When amendments were offered to limit the databases such as
> not allowing information pertaining to citizens using their rights
> such as 1st, 2nd, and 14 amendment rights, it was VOTED DOWN !
>
> Some people will rant and scream that disagreeing with this is
> unpatriotic but this bill is unpatriotic !
>
> Here is a part of a speech from Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX), who is the head
> of "The Liberty Committee". It can be found at URL
> http://www.house.gov/paul/congrec/co...5/cr020905.htm
>
> Here are excerpts below :
>
> This bill establishes a massive, centrally-coordinated database of
> highly personal information about American citizens: at a minimum
> their name, date of birth, place of residence, Social Security number,
> and physical and possibly other characteristics. What is even more
> disturbing is that, by mandating that states participate in the
> "Drivers License Agreement," this bill creates a massive database of
> sensitive information on American citizens that will be shared with
> Canada and Mexico!
> .
> .
> .
> There are no limits on what happens to the database of sensitive
> information on Americans once it leaves the United States for Canada
> and Mexico - or perhaps other countries. Who is to stop a corrupt
> foreign government official from selling or giving this information to
> human traffickers or even terrorists? Will this uncertainty make us
> feel safer?
> .
> .
> .
> Although Congress funded an additional 2,000 border guards last year,
> the administration has announced that it will only ask for an
> additional 210 guards. Why are we not pursuing these avenues as a way
> of safeguarding our country? Why are we punishing Americans by taking
> away their freedoms instead of making life more difficult for those
> who would enter our country illegally?
>
> H.R. 418 does what legislation restricting firearm ownership does. It
> punishes law-abiding citizens. Criminals will ignore it. H.R. 418
> offers us a false sense of greater security at the cost of taking a
> gigantic step toward making America a police state.