"But my primary objection isn't the totalitarian potential of national IDs, nor the likelihood that they'll create a whole immense new class of social and economic dislocations. Nor is it the opportunities they will create for colossal boondoggles by government contractors. My objection to the national ID card, at least for the purposes of this essay, is much simpler.
"It won't work. It won't make us more secure."
"National Insecurity Cards" by Bruce Schnieir, at AlterNet.
