Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Gregoire signs bill rejecting national ID card

By DAVID AMMONS
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

OLYMPIA -- Gov. Chris Gregoire, who is developing a high-tech state driver's license that can serve as a border-crossing document, signed legislation Wednesday rejecting Real ID, a federal identification requirement that would essentially create a national ID card.

The legislation is part of a growing rebellion against an expensive federal mandate that the American Civil Liberties Union says would threaten personal privacy. Read More...

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