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#   Xia Hong, China InfoHighway's PR man: "The Internet has been an important
#   technical innovator, but we need to add another element, and that is
#   control. The new generation of information superhighway needs a traffic
#   control center. It needs highway patrols; USERS WILL REQUIRE DRIVER'S
#   LICENSES. THESE ARE THE BASIC REQUIREMENTS FOR ANY CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT."

In dissenting on the unconstitutionality of the CDA, which attempted to censor
the Internet, Supreme Court Justice O'Connor, together with the Chief Justice,
said CDA will be legal as soon as:

   "it becomes technologically feasible...to check a person's [Internet]
    driver's license...the prospects for the eventual zoning of the Internet
    appear promising..."

My WebTV has a slot for reading a smart card!

Well, noone would ever put up with a Universal Biometric Card in the U.S.!

Right?

*      Recent agreements announced by Sandia include contracts for the
*   issuance of national ID cards for the People's Republic of China over
*   the next five years; approximately 10 million fraud-resistant alien ID
*   cards for the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service over
*   the next three years; 5 million driving licenses for the State of
*   Alabama and 7.5 million for the State of New South Wales, Australia.

5 million driving licenses for the State of Alabama!!!

What did the announcement look like?

*   November 7, 1996-  SANDIA IMAGING SYSTEMS WINS CONTRACT TO PRODUCE
*   DRIVERS' LICENSES FOR STATE OF ALABAMA.  Carrollton, TX (Business Wire).
*   
*      Sandia Imaging Systems, a majority owned subsidiary of Lasertechnics,
*   Inc.(NASDAQ:LASX), today announced that it will supply its digital card
*   printers to the State of Alabama as part of a major upgrade of the
*   state's drivers' license program.
*   
*      Jean-Pierre Arnaudo, pr