Posted by WilliamRunyonJr on 07/03/09 11:17 AM   [Newer: Make them take their medicine] [Older: my email to McCaskill]

I just got this and thought it should be passed along:

Senator Lieberman wants the PASS Act heard very, very soon DHS Secretary Napolitano wants the PASS Act heard next week. The PASS Act is sister legislation to the Real ID Act. Some mistakenly believe the PASS Act repeals the Real ID Act. That is not the case. The PASS Act supplements the Real ID Act. The part of the Real ID Act that the PASS Act does repeal is replaced with equally egregious legislation.

We are asking everyone that receives this email to send it on to everyone they are in contact with. Those of you with web-sites, we are asking you to provide our most recent update on your web-sites or provide a link to our web-site on your web-site.

http://www.stoprealidcoalition.com

There is not time to waste. All the names and phone numbers of the senators on the committee hearing the legislation are provided on our web-site.

Message;

THE REAL ID ACT 2005 AND THE WOLF DRESSED IN SHEEP’S CLOTHING

A.K.A.: THE PASS ACT - S.1261

I have spent the last few days burning up the phone lines discussing the newly proposed “PASS Act”. I have had conversations with organizations around the country about the PASS Act. I have also spoke with staff committee people and others in Washington D.C. about the PASS Act.

Both the ACLU and the ACLJ are opposing the Real ID Act and the PASS Act. (The ACLU and the ACLJ are the most prominent legal organizations on the ”left” and “right” respectively.)

Special interests groups are trying to force Democrats, Independents and Republicans to support this legislation. States have been and are working to ensure driver’s licenses are secure documents and have document integrity. The federal government, in spite of the states, wants to set international standards that are not needed. The federal government wants control of your state driver’s license. The federal government is bribing states to go along with its plans.

Our freedom and our rights are not for sale.

Some governors want to take the bribe money. The First, Fourth and Tenth Amendments are under attack. The Second Amendment will follow. This is not a partisan issue. All Americans must take action now. Phone numbers are provided at the end of this email. 16 calls per American, 16 minutes (one minute per call) for a Lifetime of Freedom.


The PASS Act does not repeal the Real ID Act. It does repeal provisions of the Real ID Act; those provisions that are included in Title II of the Real ID Act 2005. The Real ID Act is still intact and is federal law.

The PASS Act contains many of the most egregious aspects of the Real ID Act; including the requirement for a digital facial image/photograph that will be mandated to be internationally facial recognition compatible.

There is not a federal law that prohibits the simultaneous use of CCTV/surveillance cameras and facial recognition technology in real time.

The PASS Act will do nothing to provide a higher level of National security. Under the provisions of the PASS Act the documents used to obtain a driver’s license are not authenticated. These documents are called “breeder” documents.

Although requirements for new databases and the linking of databases are not part of the PASS Act the fact remains through http//:aamva.net and NLETS states can still have information contained in their state Department of Motor Vehicles made available to both federal and international law enforcement agencies without a court order.

Two international agencies (AAMVA and the ICAO, an agency of the United Nations) were involved in U.S. policy and law - the Real ID Act 2005 and the newly proposed PASS Act. DHS has called AAMVA the “hub” and “backbone” of the Real ID Act. On AAMVA’s own web-site it proclaims it is an international organization that serves law enforcement and motor vehicle administrators.

Both the Real ID Act and the PASS Act result in Americans being enrolled into a single global biometric identification system that links a person’s body to their ability to buy and sell.
We are running out of time. Calls must be made ASAP.

The senate committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs will be considering the legislation very soon. The committee members and their phone numbers are listed below. Ask your neighbors, friends, co-workers, relatives and everyone else you have contact with to make the calls as well.


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