"Hello, Central!" Do We Have A Law Requiring Federal ID Chips In Humans?
Patrick H. Bellringer
DR
(Response)
FROM: Patrick H. Bellringer
TO: DR
DATE: April 10, 2007
SUBJECT: Reply
Dear DR:
Thank you for your letter. The "Real ID Act of 2005", H.R. 1268 was signed into law by G.W. Bush on May 11, 2005. This law requires that all citizens in all fifty states, who hold a driver's license or wish to acquire one, must be issued a Drivers License/National ID card, which complies with the Department of Homeland Security regulations.
This law was passed secretly, as a rider on a Defense Appropriations and Tsunami Relief Bill. A computer chip implant is soon to come, as it has been planned for years, but I have no knowledge of this being a law as yet. It, too, will probably be implemented covertly, so as to avoid public debate and opposition.
I note that in the article in question, "Required Government Computer Chip by May, 2008" (http://www.fourwinds10.com/NewsServer/ArticleFunctions/ArticleDetails.php?ArticleID=14559) the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) supervisor stated that "as of May, 2008 every state will require (as per Federal Law) every driver to go to the DMV and obtain a FEDERAL ID number, which will be implanted in the hand of the individual".
They are telling us clearly that they know something that the general public does not yet know, namely that implants will be required by May, 2008.
I have enclosed information concerning the "Real ID Act of 2005".
In Love and Light,
Patrick H. Bellringer
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From: http://www.dojgov.net/national_license-01.htm
Congress Debates National Drivers License with ID Tracking Chip. Senate Follows up by Passing The Real ID Act
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Real ID Act guarantees a National ID card is on the way
12 May 2005
DOJgov.net newswire
On May 10th, a small group of Senators stood up to criticize legislation that was carefully tucked into a military appropriations bill. This is standard operating procedure for hiding "Pork Barrel" or in this case, controversial legislation for a uniform national standard driver's license, in unrelated but popular legislation.
For all intent and purposes, it was an attempt at controlling illegal immigration while being "politically correct." By curbing the privacy rights of all Americans, nobody could accuse the government of being anti illegal immigrant. And it meant that to vote against this uniform and highly intrusive national driver's license standard would mark a Senator as voting against support for our troops.
This hidden legislation backed a Congressional call for standardizing driver's licenses by 2008 to comply with federal "antiterrorist" standards. It allowed Federal employees to reject licenses or identity cards that didn't comply and deny American citizens access to everything from airplanes to national parks and even the court system.
In an almost empty Senate chamber, ten senators claimed that the Real ID Act was dangerous and poorly conceived. They objected to the Conference Committees improperly adding the act to a military appropriations bill. They objected to the fact that the Real ID Act was never open to debate.
Then, on May 11th and along with all other US Senators, they unanimously voted to create what many feel is a big step towards an electronically invasive National ID card and make the Real ID Act the law of the land. Any state that opts out will automatically make non-persons out of its citizens. They will probably not be able to fly or take a train.
In the future, you will need the following to obtain a driver's license:
1. You will have to provide four approved proofs of identity to renew your driver's license.
2. Your driver's license will include an increasing amount of private information, including a possible tracking device. These global tracking devices are already planned for implantation in new passports.
3. You can expect your personal information placed in a central database clearinghouse, available to corrupt or intrusive government employees and creative hackers.
National ID Cards are not new in the world. Failure to show one on demand results in arrest and possible imprisonment.
House approves a de facto National ID Card
dojgov.net newswire 11 Feb 2005
In apparent recognition that Federal agencies are incapable of targeting or tracking terrorists and illegal aliens, on Thursday 10 Feb 2005, The U.S. House of Representatives approved a sweeping set of rules aimed at forcing states to issue all adults federally approved electronic ID cards, including driver's licenses.
Federal employees would instructed to reject any licenses or identity cards that don't comply with government specifications. In effect, this would give the Federal Government power to completely control Americans' access to airplanes, trains, national parks, federal courthouses and other areas controlled by the federal government.
The bill was approved by a 261-161 vote.
The measure, called the Real ID Act, says that driver's licenses and other ID cards must include a digital photograph, anti-counterfeiting features and undefined "machine-readable technology, with defined minimum data elements" that could include a magnetic strip or RFID tag.
The Department of Homeland Security would be charged with drafting the details of the regulation, placing unelected government officials in command of the actions and mobility of American Citizens.
Republican politicians argued that the new rules were necessary to thwart terrorists, saying that four of the Sept. 11, 2001, hijackers possessed valid state-issued driver's licenses. "When I get on an airplane and someone shows ID, I'd like to be sure they are who they say they are," said Rep. Tom Davis, a Virginia Republican, during a floor debate that started Wednesday.
They made no mention of the fact that most of the September 11th terrorists should have had their visa applications rejected (see www.justice-denied.net). They also neglected to mention that if Immigration Services (formerly a bureau of the US Department of Justice and now a part of Homeland Security) had done their job in the first place, the terrorism of September 11th would not have occurred.
States would be required to demand proof of the person's Social Security number and confirm that number with the Social Security Administration. They would also have to scan in documents showing the person's date of birth and immigration status, and create a massive store "so that the (scanned) images can be retained in electronic storage in a transferable format" permanently.
Another portion of the bill says that states would be required to link their DMV databases if they wished to receive federal funds. Among the information that must be shared: All data fields printed on drivers' licenses and identification cards, and complete drivers' histories, including motor vehicle violations, suspensions and points on licenses.
The Bush administration threw its weight behind the Real ID Act, which has been derided by some conservative and civil liberties groups as tantamount to a national ID card.
Civil libertarians and firearm rights groups condemned the bill before the vote. The American Civil Liberties Union likened the new rules to a "de facto national ID card."
Because an ID is required to purchase a firearm from a dealer, Gun Owners of America said the bill amounts to a "bureaucratic back door to implementation of a national ID card." The group warned that it would "empower the federal government to determine who can get a driver's license--and under what conditions."
Update: October 21, 2004 - The 911 Commission recommends a National ID Card with armed checkpoints around America and a National Driver's License. And Congress seems to be going along with the recommended legislation.
October 12 2004 DOJgov.net Newswire ©
UPDATE: The House of Representatives has passed HR10 with the national ID database provisions in tact and mandating a standardized National Drivers License throughout the United States. The national identification system has begun. This falls in line with recommendations of the 911 Commission that called for a National Identification Card and armed checkpoints throughout America.
In accition, provisions of what was previously known as the Patriot Act II are being passed under the guise of implementing the 911 Commission's findings. Many of the legislative measures, particularly S. 2845 introduced in the Senate by Senators Collins (ME) and Senators Lieberman (CT) are bi-partisan efforts in response to the 911 Commission. They include:
Establishment of a national ID card, disguised as national standardization of drivers licensing;
Establishment of a national electronic database for birth and death certificates, with permanent identifying information assigned to each individual, such as a national ID number;
Biometric identifiers - including fingerprints, face recognition software photos, iris or retinal scans, and other private physical identification - for travel documents which would be used for security in domestic air travel as well as overseas travel;
Expanded secret eavesdropping and search powers to be used against individuals suspected of terrorist activity. At the same time, "terrorist activity" is so broadly defined as to include virtually anybody critical of government. There will be no federal court oversight.
Enhanced "material support" provisions allowing guilt by association.
May 1, 2002 DOJgov.net Newswire ©
Legislation to standardize state-issued driver's licenses across the United States and use them as virtual national IDs is looming over the horizon. The Card will be mandated to hold a programmable ID chip with biometric patterns as yet undefined. The bill would also mandate that state databases be linked.
The Driver's License Modernization Act of 2002, sponsored by Reps. Jim Moran, D-Va., and Tom Davis, R-Va., directs that the chip be capable of accepting software for other applications, including those of private companies. By doing this, it paves the way for becoming "the only card you'll ever need," as it could replace ATM cards, credit cards, employment ID, library cards and virtually all other plastic ID media.
The stated object of the legislation is to prevent identity fraud and enhance national security by making driver's licenses a better way to establish identity. "The intent of this legislation is to correct flaws in the driver's license standard that states currently have," Moran's spokesman, Dan Drummond, stated.
"Right now there are inconsistent requirements between the states for initial identity verification. There's also insufficient verification of identity documents that people present when they go to get a license."
The bill would earmark an initial $315 million in taxpayer funds to help pay for the transition to the new licenses and to set up links between state computer systems. It also opens the way towards linking to hundreds of national information databases, exposing all personal, financial, medical and other information to one source of law enforcement and corporate retrieval.
In theory the cards could also be structured in such a way that revocation of driving privileges would be done electronically without damaging other uses. On the other hand, having a driver's license reviewed through a scan by law enforcement could reveal an enormous amount of personal information. And confiscation of a "universal" card in the future world could render the former holder invisible to features needed for simple survival.
The Patriot Act, passed late last year after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, appears to open a way for federal, state and local databases to be linked. The bill authorized $150 million for the "expansion of the Regional Information Sharing System" to "facilitate federal-state-local law enforcement response related to terrorist acts."
Rep. Harman, a member of the Select Committee on Intelligence and an acknowledged expert on counter-terrorism, said the identification needs to be connected to national databases to check on the background of driver's permit applicants.
"I think this issue must be looked at. We don't automatically have to call it a national ID card, that's a radioactive term, but we can certainly think about smart cards for essential functions, but we need the database to support that."
Asked by a member of the audience if she felt there was political support for this technology, Harman said, "I think most people are really there. Keep in mind that if we have a second wave of attacks. The folks who are raising objections will probably lose totally.
Initial use of the enhanced driver's license for private-sector services would be voluntary, but given the growth in power of new bureaucracies, it may not be long before a piece of plastic in good standing is the control mechanism for compliance or starvation.
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From: http://www.ncsl.org/standcomm/sctran/realidsummary05.htm
> State & Federal Issues: NCSL Standing Committees-- Real ID Act of 2005 : Driver's License Summary
Transportation Standing Committee
National Conference of State Legislatures
REAL ID ACT OF 2005
DRIVER’S LICENSE
TITLE SUMMARY
On May 11, 2005, President Bush signed into law the “REAL ID Act of 2005,” which was attached to the “Emergency Supplemental Appropriation for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Tsunami Relief, 2005” (H.R. 1268, P.L. 109-13). Title II of REAL ID—“Improved Security for Driver’s License’ and Personal Identification Cards”—repeals the provisions of a December 2004 law that established a cooperative state-federal process to create federal standards for driver’s licenses and instead directly imposes prescriptive federal driver’s license standards. The following table summarizes the act’s driver’s license title.
Provisions / Citation
Summary
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Repeal of 9/11 Commission Implementation Act DL/ID Provisions
§206
Repeals §7212 of 9/11 Commission Implementation Act of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (Public Law 108-458), which directed DOT in consultation with DHS to establish a negotiated rulemaking committee of state and federal officials along with other stakeholders to created federal minimum security standards for DL/IDs.
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Minimum Standards for Federal Use
§202(a)
§205(b)
A federal agency may not accept a driver’s license or personal identification card (DL/ID) after May 11, 2008, unless the state has been certified by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in consultation with the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to meet the requirements of the law.
The DHS Secretary may grant a state an extension to meet the certification requirement if the state provides adequate justification for noncompliance.
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DL/ID Document Standards
§202(b)
At a minimum, a state shall include the following information and features on a DL/ID: (1) person’s full legal name, (2) person’s date of birth, (3) person’s gender, (4) DL/ID number, (5) digital photograph, (6), person's address of legal residence, (7) person’s signature, (8) physical security features designed to prevent tampering, counterfeiting or duplication for fraudulent purposes, and (9) a common machine-readable technology with defined data elements.
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Minimum DL/ID Issuance Standards
§202(c)(1)
At a minimum, a state shall require the presentation and verification of the following information:
1. A photo identity document (except that a non-photo identity document is acceptable if it includes both the person’s full legal name and date of birth).
2. Documentation showing the person’s date of birth.
3. Proof of the person’s social security account number (SSN) or verification that the person is not eligible for an SSN.
4. Documentation showing the person’s name and address of principal residence.
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§202(c)(3)(B)
A state shall not accept any foreign document other than an official passport.
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§202(d)(3)
A state shall subject each DL/ID applicant to mandatory facial image capture.
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§202(d)(6)
A state shall refuse to issue a DL/ID to a person holding a DL/ID from another state without confirmation that the person is terminating or has terminated the other state’s DL/ID.
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§202(d)(10)
A state shall limit the period of validity of all DL/IDs that are not temporarily issued to a period that does not exceed eight (8) years.
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Verification of Documents
Before issuing a DL/ID, the state shall verify, with the issuing agency, the issuance, validity and completeness of each document to be presented
§202(c)(3)(A)
§202(d)(5)
A state shall confirm with the Social Security Administration a SSN presented by a person using the full SSN; in the event a SSN already is registered to or associated with another person to which any state has issued a DL/ID, the state shall resolve the discrepancy and take appropriate action.
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§202(d)(4)
A state shall establish an effective procedure to confirm or verify a renewing applicant’s information.
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Immigration Requirements
Verification of U.S. Citizenship and Lawful Status
§202(c)(2)(A), (B)
Before issuing a DL/ID, a state shall require and verify valid documentary evidence that the person: (i) is a U.S. citizen, (ii) is an alien lawfully admitted for permanent or temporary residence, (iii) has a conditional permanent resident status, (iv) ) is a refugee or has been granted asylum, (v) has a valid, unexpired nonimmigrant visa or nonimmigrant visa status, (vi) has a pending application for asylum, (vii) has a pending or approved application for temporary protected status, (viii) has approved deferred status, or (ix) has a pending application for adjustment of status to that of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence or conditional permanent resident status.
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Temporary DL/ID
§202(c)(2)(C)
A state only may issue a temporary license to persons who presents documentary evidence for the categories (v) through (ix) under the evidence of lawful status section above. A temporary DL/ID:
---Shall be valid only for the period of the applicant’s authorized stay in the U.S. or one (1) year if there is no definite end to the period of stay.
---Shall indicate clearly that it is temporary and shall state the date on which it expires.
---May be renewed only upon presentation of valid documentary evidence that the status by which the applicant qualified for the temporary DL/ID has been extended by DHS.
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Non-Conforming DL/IDs
§202(d)(11)
---In any case in which a state issues a DL/ID that does not satisfy the federal requirements, a state shall ensure that that the DL/ID: (A) clearly states on its face that it may not be accepted for federal identification or any other official purpose, and (B) uses a unique design or color indicator to alert federal agencies or other law enforcement personnel that it may not be accepted for any such purpose.
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SAVE Participation
§202(c)(3)(C)
---No later than September 11, 2005, a state shall enter into a memorandum of understanding with DHS to routinely utilize the automated system known as System for Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) to verify the legal presence status of a non-citizen applying for a DL/ID.
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Security and Fraud Prevention Standards
§202(d)(7), (8) and (9)
---A state shall ensure the physical security of locations where DL/IDs are produced and the security of document materials and papers from which DL/IDs are produced.
---A state shall subject all persons authorized to manufacture or produce DL/IDs to appropriate security clearance requirements.
---A state shall establish fraudulent document recognition training programs for appropriate employees engaged in the issuance of DL/ID.
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§203(a)
Establishes a federal criminal penalty for persons who knowingly traffic in false or actual authentication features for use in false identification documents, document-making implements, or means of identification.
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Data Retention and Storage
§202(d)(1), (2) and (13)
---A state shall employ technology to capture digital images of identity source documents so that the images can be retained in electronic storage in a transferable forma.t
---A state shall retain paper copies of source documents for a minimum of seven (7) years or images of source documents for a minimum of ten (10) years.
---A state shall maintain a state motor vehicle database that contains: (A) all data fields printed on DL/IDs issued by the state, and (B) motor vehicle drivers’ histories, including motor vehicle violations, suspensions, and points on license.
Linking of Databases
§202(d)(12)
A state shall provide electronic access to all other states to information contained in the motor vehicle database of the state.
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Grants to States
§204
DHS may make grants to a state to assist the state in conforming to the minimum federal standards .
Authorizes such sums as necessary for the fiscal years 2005 through 2009 to carry out the law (but does not appropriate any money).
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Authority
§205
Grants authority to DHS to issue regulations, set standards, and issue grants under the law in consultation with DOT and the states
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