Thursday, January 13, 2005

# 64 Assailing Americans rights rather than preventing terrorism.

Once again the Bush administration is treating American citizens like they are the perpetrators of terrorism, rather than the victims, and are diluting our freedoms under the guise of preventing terror.

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2005/01/13/us
_passports_should_have_fingerprints_ridge_says/

US passports should have fingerprints, Ridge says

Privacy advocates fear identity theft


By Lara Jakes Jordan,
Associated Press January 13, 2005

WASHINGTON -- The United States should put the fingerprints of its citizens on passports to enhance global security, outgoing Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge said yesterday in a recommendation risking a privacy fight at home.