{"id":32122,"date":"2012-09-24T16:31:17","date_gmt":"2012-09-24T20:31:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=32122"},"modified":"2012-09-24T16:31:17","modified_gmt":"2012-09-24T20:31:17","slug":"feds-find-it-easy-to-get-phony-state-ids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=32122","title":{"rendered":"Feds find it easy to get phony state IDs"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Washington Times<\/a> reports that Government Accountability Office (GAO) investigators were successful every single time they tried to get phony IDs in three unnamed states where they tried it. Using forged birth certificates, they were questioned only once by a single clerk who still didn’t stop the process of issuing IDs.<\/p>\n

A full verification system that would help states perform checks on out-of-state identities could be a decade away, the investigators said in their report.<\/p>\n

The auditors also faulted the Homeland Security Department, which it said has failed to tell states how to carry out key parts of Real ID, the 2005 law that is supposed to tighten rules on how states issue identification cards and driver\u2019s licenses.<\/p>\n

In its official response, the Homeland Security Department rejected auditors\u2019 recommendations, saying states are free to collaborate and come up with their own state-to-state systems.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So, I guess the clock has been turned back to September 10th, 2001. Has Homeland Security been successful at any task it was mandated to handle?<\/p>\n

Overall, federal agencies pointed fingers at one another.<\/p>\n

The Social Security Administration, which controls the databases for its all-important numbers, said it was up to Homeland Security and the Transportation Department to deal with driver\u2019s license laws, while Homeland Security said birth certificate fraud is a problem for the Health and Human Services Department.<\/p>\n

The GAO said states need national leadership to encourage coordination and that Homeland Security officials aren\u2019t providing it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But Homeland Security was created to cut through all of the bureaucratic bullshit that was at the root of the failures of government that caused 9\/11. All it’s creation did was add to the number of fingers being pointed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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