REAL ID Act of 2005/External Links

The following are external links related to the REAL ID Act of 2005.

Websites

• "ID Theft," Federal Trade Commission website.
• RealNightmare.com, ACLU website.
• UnRealID.com website: "Bill Scannell has created a website where anyone and everyone can fax their senators regarding the Real ID Act. Note that the act is up for vote on Tuesday, May 10th!"

Weblogs

• RFID Blog, CNET News website.

Compilations & Analysis

• "The REAL ID Act of 2005 (H.R. 418): Summary and Selected Analysis of Provisions," American Immigration Lawyers Association, posted January 27, 2005.
• "National ID Cards and REAL ID Act," Electronic Privacy Information Center, accessed May 10, 2005.
• "The REAL ID Act of 2005," People for the American Way, accessed May 10, 2005.

Articles & Commentary

Before Passage of the Act

2003

• Declan McCullagh, Perspective: "RFID tags: Big Brother in small packages," CNET News, January 13, 2003.

2005

• Kim Zetter, "Brave New Era for Privacy Fight," Wired News, January 13, 2005.
• Brian Doherty, "The Beast is Back. 'Real I.D.' for an all too real world," Reason Online, January 16, 2005.
• F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr., Letter: "Real ID Legislation Introduced in the House," U.S. House of Representatives, January 27, 2005.
• "Coalition Letter Urging Congress To Oppose HR 418, 'The REAL ID' Bill: Vote 'No' on HR 418, 'The REAL ID' Act," ACLU, February 8, 2005.
• Press Release: "ACLU, Allies Oppose Sensenbrenner’s Anti-Immigrant Bill; Mean-Spirited Measure Would Hurt Persecuted, Undermine Privacy," ACLU, February 9, 2005.
• Declan McCullagh, "House backs major shift to electronic IDs", ZD Net News, February 10, 2005.
• Kim Zetter, "School RFID Plan Gets an F," Wired News, February 10, 2005.
• "School Drops RFID Tag Program," Wired News, February 16, 2005.
• Lisa Smith, "CPSR Opposes 'Real ID' Bill," cspr.org, March 7, 2005.
• Edward Epstein, "Immigrant ID bill tied to military spending," SF Gate, March 16, 2005.
• Action Alert: "Help Derail the REAL ID Act," American Immigration Lawyers Association, March 22, 2005.
• "Governors Oppose Unrealistic 'Real ID' Provisions. NGA, NCSL to Conferees: Reject Unnecessary Standards, Give New Provisions Time to Work," National Governors Association, March 22, 2005 (scroll down to article).
• James Plummer, Opinion: "Act threatens civil liberties," Washington Examiner, April 7, 2005.
• Robert P. Deasy, "The 'Real ID Act' is all wrong. In the name of security, Congress is considering an assault on immigration," Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, April 12, 2005.
• Press Release: "Twelve Senators Urge Frist to Keep REAL ID Act Off Supplemental Appropriations Bill. Sweeping Proposal Needs Deliberate Consideration," Senate Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs, April 11, 2005.
• Mark Baard, "Ridge Says RFID Boosts Security," Wired News, April 12, 2005.
• John Conyers, Jr., "Scapegoating Immigrants," Tom Paine.Common Sense, April 15, 2005.
• Scott Thill, "A REAL Invasion of Privacy," AlterNet, April 22, 2005.
• Kim Zetter, "Feds Rethinking RFID Passport," Wired News, April 26, 2005.
• Press Release: "ACLU Urges Conferees to Remove 'Real ID' From Funding Measure; Proposal Attacks the Persecuted, Harms Immigrants," ACLU, April 26, 2005.
• "Real ID Act Attached to 'Must-Pass' Spending Bill Imposes Anti-Immigrant Measures," Democracy Now!, April 29, 2005.
• Kim Zetter, "State Bill to Limit RFID," Wired News, April 29, 2005.
• Phil Magers, "Analysis: Governors don't want Real ID," UPI, May 2, 2005.
• Alex Chadwick, "Impact of Standardizing License Requirements in U.S.," NPR, May 3, 2005.
• Daniela Gerson, "Habeas Corpus May Be Curbed By Lawmakers," New York Sun, May 4, 2005.
• Editorial: "An Unrealistic 'Real ID'," New York Times, May 4, 2005.
• Kim Zetter, "Lawmaker Rips RFID Passport Plans," Wired News, May 4, 2005.
• "'Real ID' Tacked Onto Military Funding Measure, Bill Would Enact Broad Changes Without Congressional Review," ACLU, May 4, 2005.
• Daniel Schorr, "A Sneaky Approach to the Question of National IDs," NPR, May 4, 2005.
• Mitch Jeserich, "The Reality Behind the Real ID Act," Common Dreams, May 5, 2005.
• Editorial (Immigration): "I Want My Real ID," National Review Online, May 5, 2005.
• Donna Leinwand, "Congress weighs 4 IDs for licenses," USA Today, May 5, 2005: "Most who apply for new licenses - and presumably, those seeking renewals - would have to prove that they are in the USA legally, document their Social Security number and home address, and show a photo ID. Motor vehicle department employees then would have to verify the documents with federal databases, a potentially lengthy process that could mean an end to same-day license renewals."
• Peter Swire, "The Real ID Act Raises Privacy issues," NPR, May 6, 2005.
• Donna Leinwand, "Real ID Act edges closer to passage," USA Today, May 6, 2005.
• Lisa Vaas, "Analysts: 'Real ID' Act Could Help ID Thieves," eWeek.com, May 6, 2005.
• Barb Dybwad, "The Real ID card: the machine readable you," engadget.com, May 7, 2005.
• Declan McCullagh, "FAQ: How Real ID will affect you," CNET News, May 6, 2005.
• Declan McCullagh, "House backs major shift to electronic IDs," CNET News, May 8, 2005.
• Lisa Smith, "Real ID Passes House Tacked Onto Appropriations Bill," cspr.org, May 8, 2005.
• Bruce Schneier, "REAL ID," schneier.com, May 9, 2005.
• Noah S. Leavitt, "The REAL ID Act: How It Violates U.S. Treaty Obligations, Insults International Law, Undermines Our Security, and Betrays Eleanor Roosevelt's Legacy," FindLaw's Writ, May 9, 2005.
• "Senate Votes on ID Card Plan. The U.S. Senate is expected to approve plans for a national ID card on Tuesday amid concerns over security and privacy," Red Herring, May 9, 2005.
• Robert Dreyfuss, "Show Me Your Papers," Tom Paine.Common Sense, May 9, 2005.
• Hannibal, "Does the Real ID act contain a Constitution-busting Trojan horse?" arstechnica.com, May 9, 2005. Re "judicial review," currently at issue with the matter of the filibuster and possible exercise of the nuclear option.
• Kim Zetter, "No Real Debate for Real ID," Wired News, May 10, 2005.
• Joseph Farah, "Bush's alien conundrum," World Net Daily, May 10, 2005.
• Bill Gallagher, "Bush Mendacity Will Shock Historians," Niagara Falls Reporter, May 10, 2005: "The proposal is really aimed at immigrants and has nothing to do with terrorism. It would create a bureaucratic nightmare, impose an unfunded mandate on state governments and do nothing to protect us from al-Qaeda. What it means is that many laborers in California and Texas will no longer have a driver's license."
• "Sensenbrenner Statement on Senate's Passage of REAL ID Legislation; Measure Now Goes to Bush for His Signature," U.S. Newswire, May 10, 2005.
• Ron Paul, Opinion: "National ID Cards Won't Stop Terrorism or Illegal Immigration," Baltimore Chronicle, May 10, 2005.
• Jennifer and Peter Wipf, "Real ID Act Faces Opposition," about.com/Immigration Issues Blog, May 10, 2005.
• Liz Sidoti, "Bush Gets $82B Measure for War Operations ," Associated Press, May 11, 2005.
• Suzanne Gamboa, "Senate OKs REAL ID. Some lawmakers say rules will be costly, dangerous," Associated Press, May 11, 2005.
• Margie Hyslop and Corina E. Rivera, "Immigrants say Real ID would create more problems," Gazette.net (Maryland), May 11, 2005.
• Darryl Fears, "Senate Backs Measure to Tighten ID Requirements," Washington Post, May 11, 2005.
• Declan McCullagh, "Senate says yes to electronic ID cards. Identity theft will soar, warn activists," silicon.com, May 11, 2005.
• Thomas C. Greene, "Congress passes Gestapo ID legislation," The Register/UK, May 11, 2005.
• "Country moves closer to a national ID card," The Baxter Bulletin (Arkansas), May 11, 2005.
• Mike Chalmers, "ID theft bill would allow a 'freeze' on credit reports. Consumers could prevent unauthorized inquiries," DelawareOnline, May 11, 2005.
• Dibya Sarkar, "Real ID zips through Congress," FCW.com, May 11, 2005.
• Brian Purchia, "New Law to Curb Ability of Illegal Immigrants to Get US ID Cards," Voice of America, May 11, 2005.
• "National ID Card Draws Fire," Wired News, May 11, 2005.
• "Immigration groups denounce new post-Sept 11 curbs," Reuters, May 11, 2005.
• Alan Texeira, "Immigrants advocates condemn passage of REAL ID Act," AP, May 11, 2005.

After Passage of the Act

2005

• Margie Hyslop and Corina E. Rivera, "Real ID Act passed, touted as way to improve security," Gazette.net (Maryland), May 12, 2005.
• Kim Zetter, "National ID Battle Continues," Wired News, May 12, 2005.
• "Real ID Act pushes states toward uniform license rules," Scripps-Howard, May 12, 2005.
• Patrick Peterson, "Real ID Act spurs real concerns. Conservatives join outcry against measure to create standardized identification card," Florida Today, May 13, 2005.
• Chandler Sharma and Arun C. Vakil, "The REAL McCoy," Times News Network, May 16, 2005.
• "South Dakota Prepares For Real ID Act," Keloland.com (South Dakota), May 16, 2005.
• Jennifer Wipf and Peter Wipf, "Real ID Act Causes Mixed Reactions," about.com, May 17, 2005.
• Judith Elliott, "Another View: New Ipswich police chief rewrites law to harass immigrants," The Union Leader (Manchester, NH), May 17, 2005.
• Annalee Newitz, "Burn your license," San Francisco Bay Guardian, May 18, 2005: "In other words: your license will include some kind of tech – probably a magnetic stripe or radio frequency identification (RFID) chip – containing all your personal information. ... Because there will be national standards for how this information can be stored, it appears anyone will be able to acquire readers for them. You can expect machines to start reading your cards in bars, buildings, state parks, taxicabs, and stores. ... Well, suddenly a lot more businesses and other entities will be collecting your personal information in not-very-secure databases. That leaves you much more vulnerable to identity theft and fraud."
• Mark Morford, "They Really Are Watching You. Ready for your own all-new, sinister ID card, courtesy of Homeland Security? Shudder," SF Gate, May 18, 2005.
• Dave Lindorff, "Black Helicopters? The GOP's Police State," CounterPunch, May 21/22, 2005.

2006

• Nancy Levant, "Global Government and Its American Leadership," The American Chronicle, July 13, 2006.
• Tim McGlone "Lack of information stymies ID plans," The Virginian-Pilot, July 15, 2006.
• Norma Love, "Candidates for governor have qualms about federal ID requirements," Associated Press (Boston Globe), July 16, 2006.
• James Plummer, "Are You Ready for Your North American Union ID Card?" Human Events Online, July 17, 2006.
• Valerie Miller, "State in the dark concerning Real ID mandate. In 2 years, getting NV driver's license could be nightmare," Las Vegas Business Press (Nevada), July 17, 2006.
• "Getting driver licenses and ID cards will change by 2008," The Creswell Chronicle (Oregon), July 18, 2006.
• Lynda Gledhill, "Long waits looming for license renewals. DMV officials fear new federal ID rules will lengthen lines," San Francisco Chronicle, July 24, 2006.
• Wilson P. Dizard III, "DHS' technology check is in the mail. Spending bills would boost funds, but PASS card program still on hold," GCN, July 24, 2006.
• "The real ID issue," Rome News-Tribune (Georgia), July 25, 2006.
• "Smart Card Technology: Texas Instruments Supports Smart Card Alliance Position On The REAL ID Act," Data Collection Online, July 26, 2006.
• Henry J. Hyde, "Congressman Hyde Comments on Provisions of H.R. 4844, 'The Federal Election Integrity Act of 2006'," U.S. Newswire, July 26, 2006.
• "Review: Aaron Russo's 'America: Freedom to Fascism'," RFID Blog/CNET News, July 28, 2006.
• Spencer S. Hsu, "Legal Residents Face Fingerprinting at Ports. Program Requires More Proof of Identity," Washington Post, July 28, 2006.
• Eric Fleischauer, "Wait to get driver license is expected, but this long? Server failure causes computers to crash statewide," The Decatur Daily (Alabama), July 30, 2006.

2007

• Jason Szep, "Maine revolts against digital U.S. ID card," Reuters, January 25, 2007.
• Carter Yang, "Big Improvement ... Or Big Brother?" CBS News, March 1, 2007.
• Nicole Gaouette, "Real ID Act postponed two years. The 2005 law requiring new driver's licenses now won't take effect until 2009," Los Angeles Times, March 2, 2007.
• Joe Sudbay, "Susan Collins (R-ME) screwed over Maine (and the nation) on Real ID," AMERICAblog, March 3, 2007. re Susan Collins