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Why is the government wanting the Real ID Act, and saying it is necessary for fighting terrorism?
The terrorists had legal documents and IDs when they attacked. How will putting everyone's information in one huge data base, plus the cost of implementing it, and the potential for abuse helping? Not to mention create a national id card that would infringe on state and individual rights? How can we call ourselves a free country when those living in states that reject it need a passport to simply go into a federal park?
5 AnswersGovernment1 decade agoWhen considering ani-terrorism laws, should we take into consideration what Adlai Stevenson once said?
"The tragedy of our day is the climate of fear in which we live and fear breads repression. Too often, sinister threats to the Bill of Rights, to freedom of the mind are concealed under the patriotic cloak of ant-communism." Of course, it would anti-terrorism today.
9 AnswersPolitics1 decade agoShould we restore Habeaus Corpus rights to Guantanamo detainees?
Keep in mind that restoring Habeaus Corpus rights is not being "soft" on terror, but merely allowing the detained to challenge his detention.
10 AnswersOther - Politics & Government1 decade ago