The names on the fake identification cards have been put into a national database, with the coach [??] of catching anyone who might use them.
I don't get it. If there are names on the id cards, wouldn't this imply that they haven't been illegally sold yet? Do the id cards contain photos? Or is it possible (like in Tennessee) that they were going to close the loop with a corrupt state bureaucrat and put the duplicate (illegal) ids on file in the state files and database?
Thanks for the flag and thanks to the one who posted this alert.
They very likely had a state employee's bribed or coerced connivance, and may have had other supporting documentation, possibly including passports, using the same identies and descriptions or photos as on the driver's licenses, useful in those circumstances where a single ID document is insufficient, as in several states that no longer accept Tennessee driver's licenses as positive ID proof- Colorado being one of them, as I recall.
The national database mentioned is almost certainly the EPIC database maintained by DEA, INS, Customs, Coast Guard, ATF, FAA, USMS, FBI, IRS, Secret Service, Department of State, Department of the Interior, Central Intelligence Agency, Defense Intelligence Agency, and DOD, which is run through the El Paso Intelligence Center, and no relation to the activities found at epic.org.
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They've gotta have pictures, probably already digitized. Why not release the pics on the Internet?