[Infowarrior] - DHS Issues Maine Ultimatum on Real ID

[Richard Forno]

Does anyone else feel a chill when reading the last paragraph in the below
extract?  And I don't just mean folks from Maine, either.   -rf


http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/04/dhs-issues-main.html

> Maine has until Wednesday to agree to driver's licenses changes demanded by
> the federal government or face the consequences of having Maine driver's
> licenses rejected as valid identification at the nation's airports come May
> 11.
> 
> DHS all but told the state Monday that it was the country's "weakest link" and
> that the state needed to change its licensing ways or face the fed's wrath.

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> DHS told Maine Monday that it has until 5 p.m. Wednesday to explain what
> executive orders and legislative steps it will be taking, otherwise DHS will
> start preparing airport security screeners to pat down all Maine residents who
> attempt to fly domestically without showing a passport.