On Jun 17, 11:27 am, "Vaughn Simon"
wrote:
When Bush first floated the idea of a "Department of Homeland Security", just
the name sounded Gestapo-ish enough to give me serious reservations. Now this?

http://www.cbsnews.com:80/stories/20...ws/main2939438....
"New Security Rules For Small Boats, Planes"

Vaughn


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"Out in the middle of Minnesota, a small car is really not a problem.
But when you take a small car and put it in Manhattan or Pennsylvania
Avenue the threat dynamic becomes much different," says security
expert Paul Krutz.

Homeland Security is contemplating new requirements including
mandating IDs for the operators and passengers of small cars,
installing tracking transponders, and subjecting passengers to
terrorist watch list checks.

"It's overkill. It's not going to have the payback," says Ed Bacon who
drives a Geo Metro.

Bacon has been driving in Manhattan for more than 20 years. Getting ID
from all of his passengers may seem like a good idea, but he says it
just won't work.

"You get a lot of last minute requests," he says. "My neighbor might
call and ask for a ride to the grocery store, or a stranded friend
might call from the subway station. How am I going to get that
information to authorities?"

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