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NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. (AP) - Thieves rammed a vehicle through the back wall of a Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles office and stole 1,700 blank driver's licenses. "This could be anything from a bunch of juveniles who want to be able to make IDs to buy beer, to major criminal activity or even terrorism," police spokesman Tim Bedwell said Tuesday. "We don't know what they took them for." The theft occurred early Monday in a remote industrial area, authorities said. The thieves took blank licenses and laminated covers, a digital license camera, a camera computer and a license printer,...

The Washington Times www.washingtontimes.com National ID card feared in license standardsBy Audrey HudsonTHE WASHINGTON TIMESPublished October 7, 2004 Proposed federal standards for new driver's licenses contained in the intelligence-reform bill moving through Congress creates a national identification card, according to civil liberties groups on both sides of the aisle.     The Senate passed its intelligence-reform bill yesterday by a 96-2 vote, and the House is expected to vote on its version by the end of the week.     Sen. John McCain, Arizona Republican and one of the amendment's sponsors, defended the legislation that was quietly added Friday. However, he said the...

In the article from the Washington Times. The legislation moving through the Senate and House with provisions for a backdoor National ID card. From the article, "Opponents say, however, the House provision goes a step further and creates a tri-national identification card by requiring states to create and share databases among themselves and with Mexico and Canada." This is related to the Driver License Agreement as presented by the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators (AAMVA). In the House Bill HR10, states will be REQUIRED to participate in the DLA. It is not optional but mandatory if the state wants...

<p>WASHINGTON -- Your driver's license soon may become a lot smarter, and a lot more worrisome.</p> <p>State motor vehicle agencies want Congress to standardize the license, share more driver data between states and mandate techniques such as biometrics to "uniquely identify" each of America's 228 million drivers.</p>

WASHINGTON, May 1 (UPI) -- Legislation to standardize state-issued driver's licenses across the United States, and to mandate that those licenses carry a computer chip and incorporate some kind of unique identifier such as a fingerprint, will be introduced in Congress on Wednesday. The Driver's License Modernization Act of 2002, sponsored by Reps. Jim Moran, D-Va., and Tom Davis, R-Va., also directs that the chip be capable of accepting software for other applications, including those of private companies. The objective of the legislation is to prevent identity fraud and enhance national security by making driver's licenses a better way to...