[FormerLurker]

Putting corporations in charge of this would be very smart. They already track individuals as it is and are very good at it. :( Have a group contracted with gathering the information, then download into a government owned database. Easy.

That is a very disturbing reality. The reason why it IS disturbing is that many IT companies these days hire predomintly FOREIGN workers on the H1-B program. As such, potential ememies of the US including terrorists will have full knowledge of how the system works. It is the American people that will be left in the dark, ignorant of what events would mark them for investigation or questioning..

That's why it appears to me at least that this has less to do with tracking down terrorists than it does with tracking the activities of US citizens and could EASILY be used to silence dissent.

[Democratic_Machiavelli]

So, it all goes back to borders, doesn't it? Yet, I'm certain no corporation would stand idly by and let their cheap labor disappear without even a murmur of discontent. If there's a true attempt to close the borders, the cry from various groups (corporations, "civil rights" groups, liberals, etc.) will be tremendous and, in my opinion anyway, drown out any other voices.