Ever since the Sept. 11 attacks on New York and Washington DC, our government and corporations
have been scrambling to come up with ways to ensure better security. The latest idea comes from Oracle
Chairman and CEO Larry Ellison. He is urging the U.S. to create a national identification card system --
and Oracle are prepared to serve up the software to make it all possible at no cost.
Under his proposal, American citizens would be fingerprinted and photographed. The information would
then be placed on a national database to be used to verify the identities of travelers at airport gates.
A lot of good this would have been at preventing the attacks, if it were already in place, as the
attackers are believed to be non-U.S. citizens.
Besides, such a system would only catch a few criminals as it [the system] could be hacked or the
ID cards faked.
Scarier is the poll showing that many Americans support the idea of a national ID card. According
to the survey released by the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press, 7 out of 10 Americans
favored the requirement "that citizens carry a national identity card at all times to show to a police
officer upon request."
The U.K. are also considering similar measures. Home Secretary David Blunkett revealed that compulsory
identity cards are being considered as a measure to combat terrorism.
Why not take the idea a step further and simply implant a micro-chip into our skulls and into the skulls
of every newly born baby, that way there won't be any ID cards to fake. Plus, a micro-chip would allow the
FBI the ability to track our every moments. They'll know where we are every second of every minute.