Driver’s license may not be enough to fly
By Jad Mouawad, New York Times
Starting this month, a driver’s license may no longer be enough for airline passengers to clear security in some states, if the Department of Homeland Security has its way.
Federal officials said they would soon determine whether Transportation Security Administration agents would start enforcing a 10-year-old law that required states to comply with a set of federal standards when issuing driver’s licenses.
The issue is quickly intensifying, and the debate over identification and privacy has grown after the recent terrorist attacks in Paris and California.
But some states have bitterly opposed these requirements out of privacy concerns, and more than a dozen have passed laws barring their motor vehicle departments from complying with the law, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. The new standards require more stringent proof of identity and will eventually allow users’ information to be shared more easily in a national database.
Privacy experts, civil liberty organizations and libertarian groups fear the law would create something like a national identification card.
The airlines are racist.
Amy, Was your sarc going at full speed? Hope so, as the airlines have nothing to do with this. There is no racism involved here at all. But if there were, then the Obama administration would be your culprit.
Thanks for the laugh.
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Obama? Can’t you read this is a 10 year old law which means Bush. Another attempt to the only president that has actually done something for average people in a long time a black eye. I hope you heard the gun speech today…