WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 (UPI) -- A liberal-conservative coalition ran a full-page advertisement in The Washington Times Monday protesting the proposed national identification card.
The American Civil Liberties Union said it and other organizations are asking the conference committee on intelligence reform to remove the national ID provisions from its final Sept. 11 intelligence reform legislation. The conferees are currently working to reconcile the House and Senate versions of the bill.
The advertisement, in the form of an open letter, says a national identification card would create an unprecedented invasion of the privacy rights guaranteed by the Constitution and would allow the government to constantly monitor everyone with a driver's license or identification card.
The letter was signed by the ACLU, the American Conservative Union, American Library Association, Gun Owners of America, Republican Liberty Caucus, American Immigration Lawyers Association, Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, the Free Congress Foundation and approximately 40 other organizations.
