Originally Posted by bdschobel
When are the various "security" agencies going to get over their ID fetish? Observing that somebody has an ID tells you absolutely nothing about what's going on inside his head. Osama bin Laden probably has an ID somewhere. I guess he can wander around unmolested!
All kinds of vicious people have IDs.
Imagine a US 'national ID' implemented several years ago....
some people who would have carried one:
Timothy McVeigh
John Allen Muhammad
Ted Kazinsky
some people who would not have been required to carry one:
Ramzi Yusef
Mohammad Atta
I think that about covers the "keeping us safe" notion.