<!--StartFragment --> The United States wants Britain's proposed identity cards to have the same microchip and technology as the ones used on American documents.

...Section 215 of the PATRIOT Act is especially troublesome, Eland argues, because it allows the Federal Bureau of Investigation to obtain a search warrant from a secret intelligence court without having to present evidence that the subject is a spy or a terrorist -- the FBI need only "certify" to the court that the subject is part of a terrorism or espionage investigation....

Ideally, the debate about national ID cards should have happened before Congress approved them. But better late than never.

Opposing Plans to Make Government-Directed
Health Care Permanent Law In Minnesota

• Violate Privacy Rights: Government must not build statewide electronic medical record systems to facilitate government tracking and reporting of patient care—and physician adherence to government-approved treatment protocols. Patients have a right to keep their private medical records free from government inspection, assessment, or collection.

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Call it Total Information Awareness, homeland-style.

Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff this week floated an idea to start a nonprofit group that would collect information on private citizens, flag suspicious activity, and send names of suspicious people to his department.