Originally Posted by Wally Bird
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.
^ There is only one purpose to the ID fetish -- restricting freedom and collecting information for corporate interests. (Okay 2 purposes.)