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News.com's coverage:
http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-5702505.html

CNN.com's coverage:
http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/05/10/war.funds/index.html

Slashdot discussion:
http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/05/05/11/0119205.shtml

Text of the soon-to-be law:
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:h.r.01268:

FAQ:
http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-5697111.html

Speech by Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Illinois, who doesn't like the Real ID 
Act but felt compelled to vote for it:
http://www.epic.org/privacy/id-cards/durbin_senate_4_20_05.html

Reminiscent of the Senate's 98-1 vote for the Patriot Act:
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d107:HR03162:@@@L&summ2=m&

Posted by Declan McCullagh on May 11, 2005 in category privacy

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