Thread: Another nail in the ID card coffin
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Old 16-05-2010, 17:33   #43
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Re: Another nail in the ID card coffin
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Originally Posted by Angua View Post
One of reasons behind the ID card was to be able to identify terrorists. However all an ID card will manage in this situation is to give the terrorists a nice easy means of appearing legitimate.
Terrorists from certain groups (e.g. the IRA) were surprisingly efficient at gaining access to official forms of ID. I don't see how an Identity Card would have changed that.
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