In an excellent post, Michael Arrington at TechCrunch has picked up and expanded on my post here about the ITAA’s advocacy in favor of REAL ID. His title “Conflicts of Interest: . . .” draws out nicely the schism that ITAA’s advocacy for REAL ID creates for its membership. They work to serve us when they sell products directly, but work to hurt us when they sell surveillance infrastructure to the government.
Helpfully, he also provides links to information at WashingtonWatch.com about the House and Senate bills to repeal REAL ID.
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