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And the wallet of every other American who wants to fly on an airliner or visit certain federally-controlled facilities in the future. President Bush signed the The Real ID Act of 2005 into law in May 2005, mandating that all states meet minimum standards within three years. Legislators enacted the standards for a national ID after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and over concern about illegal immigrants crossing U.S. borders. But in the 12 months since Bush signed the act into law, there has been a lot of confusion surrounding the national ID card. What is known is...

Putin: Ally or Terrorist? by William F. Jasper Counting Vladimir Putin as an ally against terrorism ignores his career in the murderous KGB/FSB and his ongoing support for terrorist regimes and organizations. ‘‘Lena Goncharuk, aged 38, said that she was the only one to survive out of a group of six who were ordered out of the cellar where they had been hiding and shot at point blank range. Resting in her hospital bed, her voice barely rising above a whisper, she said she had survived only by pretending to be dead." So reported Paul Wood from the Chechen border...