CNN: Americans May Need Passport To Have Picnic in a Park

This sounds ridiculous,but apparently its true.
This year 2007,next year 1984,gotta love big brother.

I recieved this through a myspace bulletin,also i wasnt given a direct link to the article.So im hoping im allowed to post this entire article.

Eliott C. McLaughlin
CNN
Thursday, August 16, 2007

(CNN) -- Americans may need passports to board domestic flights or to picnic in a national park next year if they live in one of the states defying the federal Real ID Act.

The act, signed in 2005 as part of an emergency military spending and tsunami relief bill, aims to weave driver's licenses and state ID cards into a sort of national identification system by May 2008. The law sets baseline criteria for how driver's licenses will be issued and what information they must contain.

The Department of Homeland Security insists Real ID is an essential weapon in the war on terror, but privacy and civil liberties watchdogs are calling the initiative an overly intrusive measure that smacks of Big Brother.

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[edit on 16/8/2007 by Mirthful Me]