http://www.dhs.gov/xprevprot/laws/gc_1172767635686.shtm  

HOMELAND SECURITY DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCES DEEPLY FLAWED  REGULATIONS FOR NATIONAL ID SYSTEM 

http://epic.org/press/011108.html http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:h.r.00418:Title:

To establish and rapidly implement regulations for State driver’s license and identification document security standards, to prevent terrorists from abusing the asylum laws of the United States, to unify terrorism-related grounds for inadmissibility and removal, and to ensure expeditious construction of the San Diego border fence. Sponsor: Rep Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [WI-5] (introduced 1/26/2005)      Cosponsors (140) 

 In response:   Montana Governor Urges REAL ID Rebellion.  

In a letter (pdf) to the governors of 17 states, Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer asked them to band together to reject the REAL ID national identification system.  “Today, I am asking you to join with me in resisting the DHS coercion to comply with the provisions of REAL ID,” Gov. Schweitzer wrote. “I would like us to speak with one, unified voice and demand the Congress step in and fix this mess.”  

On January 11, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff released the agency’s final regulations for REAL ID. The proposal has drawn sharp criticism from state governments, members of Congress, civil liberties advocates, and security experts (pdf). EPIC has called the scheme “a real danger to security and civil rights.”  

See EPIC’s National ID Cards and REAL ID Act page. (January 21)