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Leaked NIS ID Cards Document

By The Basa ⋅ January 29, 2008 ⋅

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NO to ID

Taken from the blog of EdSucks reader, Guido Fawkes comes the entire leaked NIS ID Cards document which has been annotated by upstanding group NO2ID. Well worth a read and distribute as widely as possible. Guido has some points of interest:

1) [Page 4, bullet point 3] Despite current assertions they are sticking with fingerprints, the strategy clearly includes options to gather personal information and issue ID cards WITHOUT fingerprints, e.g. “rising 16 year olds could be sent pre-populated forms for the Inclusion card… which would only need to be signed and returned”.

2) [Page 4, bullet point 5] Indication that up to 10% of the population will be called in for ‘interrogation’ (ID interviews).

3) [Page 3, bullet point 1] Language suggests it will effectively be compulsory to *carry* the card – counter to Ministerial assertion.

4) [Page 5,'Next Steps', bullet point 1] Initial target groups (“trusted relationships”) to be identified and confirmed by end of January 2008 – i.e. within the next 48 hours!

5) [Page 4, bullet point 6] They are explicitly pursuing a policy of “coercion” not compulsion because universal compulsion “cannot be delivered quickly due to the need for inevitably controversial and time consuming primary legislation and would pose serious political, enforcement and resource challenges.”

Does this seem like a good idea to you? Get letters written to your MP if not. Bendy Wendy can’t help you with this one.

Use the tools along the top of the document to search, zoom in/out, adjust views, flip through the 7 pages, print and open in a new window of required.