The New—Cardless!—National ID

[Cindy Seeley]

Your chance to comment on a Department of Homeland Security plan to tap into state drivers’ license databases and create a new national ID system expires next week. It’s the groundwork for a cardless national ID, which threatens liberty even more than card-based schemes like REAL ID. The E-Verify program’s move to merge federal background checks and state driver license data sets the stage for satisfying all three elements of a national ID. E-Verify has not satisfied these criteria up to now, but the pieces are coming together quickly.
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