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...wrong to call on the United States to officially recognize captured al Qaeda members as “prisoners of war.” Al Qaeda members do not carry arms openly, nor do they wear a fixed, distinctive sign recognizable from a distance—such as a uniform. They therefore do not qualify as prisoners of war under the standards of the Geneva Conventions...
...Enter Richard Durbin. In concert with the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators (yes, the dreaded DMVs have their own trade group), the Illinois Senator is proposing legislation that would create a uniform standard for the country's 200 million state-administered driver's licenses. Durbin noticed that the driver's license has become "the most widely used personal ID in the country. If you can produce one, we assume you're legitimate," he says. At present, nearly anyone can get a license; 13 of the 19 hijackers did. Having those licenses "gave the terrorists cover to mingle in American...
...high-tech, hard-to-forge driver's license could become a national E-ZPass, a way for a law-abiding citizen to move faster through the roadblocks of post-9/11 life. It's no digitalized Supercard, but the states would have uniform standards, using bar codes and biometrics (a unique characteristic, like a palm print) and could cross-check and get information from other law-enforcement agencies. Polls show 70% of Americans support an even more stringent ID. But Japanese-American members of Congress and Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta are keenly sensitive to anything that might single...
...game by granting playing time to freshman Katie Murphy and senior Sharon Nunamaker. It was Murphy’s first varsity experience, and she is currently tied for the national lead in field goal percentage, connecting on her only shot for her first two points in a Harvard uniform...
They were asking the same stupid questions on Sept. 11, when the hijackers boarded the planes: Did you pack your own bags? Did anyone give you anything to take on the plane? The answers were a uniform, "No," the very same ones the rest of us give. No. As in, "No, our nation's airline security system doesn't work...