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<rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title>Technology Liberation Front - Latest Comments in National ID sneaked through</title><link>http://tlf.disqus.com/</link><description>The Technology Liberation Front is the tech policy blog dedicated to keeping politicians' hands off the 'net and everything else related to technology.</description><atom:link href="https://tlf.disqus.com/national_id_sneaked_through/latest.rss" rel="self"></atom:link><language>en</language><lastBuildDate>Thu, 12 May 2005 08:40:49 -0000</lastBuildDate><item><title>Re: National ID sneaked through</title><link>http://techliberation.com/2005/05/11/national-id-sneaked-through/#comment-1443402</link><description>&lt;p&gt;You aren't required to have an ID at all -- if you don't want to drive, or get on an airplane, or work for a living.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;But even if you throw it out, the law turns the Department of Homeland Security into a gestapo outside the reach of the law.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sec. 102 (c) (1):&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;(1) IN GENERAL- Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall have the authority to waive all legal requirements such Secretary, in such Secretary's sole discretion, determines necessary to ensure expeditious construction of the barriers and roads under this section.&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;So if Homeland Security wants to just force people out of their houses and tear them down (not necessarily in that order), it can.  Constitutional challenges are still permitted, but only if filed within 60 days.&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">garym</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2005 08:40:49 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: National ID sneaked through</title><link>http://techliberation.com/2005/05/11/national-id-sneaked-through/#comment-1443403</link><description>&lt;p&gt;So is it going to be illegal for me to demagnetize this thing, or zap it for a few seconds in the microwave to fry any chips in it?&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Michael</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2005 18:35:00 -0000</pubDate></item></channel></rss>