Jim Harper

DHS: Require REAL ID for Prescriptions

C|Net News reports that DHS Assistant Secretary for Policy Stewart Baker called today for national ID checks when Americans buy prescription drugs. This is yet another in a growing list of activities that federal authorities would bring within their control should the national ID system created by the REAL ID Act be implemented.

The eminently savvy Baker was unintentionally ironic when he reportedly said he “doesn’t ‘understand’ the civil liberties objections to the plan.”

January 16, 2008 | Comments |

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  1. Posted by: stewey - 01/16/2008

    Someone is getting their butt reamed out at DHS right now. This is the kind of stuff they don’t want to admit to until after the cards are already in place.

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