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Terrorists Over 50 Don't Fly According To The DHS

I just read this and found the implication that folks over 50 years of age are not terrorist threats rather odd.

Today the U.S. Department of Homeland Security released some new rules related to READ ID.

"By 2014, anyone seeking to board an airplane or enter a federal building would have to present a REAL ID-compliant driver's license, with the notable exception of those more than 50 years old, Homeland Security officials said.

The over-50 exemption was created to give states more time to get everyone new licenses, and officials say the risk of someone in that age group being a terrorist, illegal immigrant or con artist is much less. By 2017, even those over 50 must have a REAL ID-compliant card to board a plane."

Does blowing out 50 candles extinguish a person's terrorist ambitions and goals? Those 49-year-olds must be the biggest terrorist threats...they're probably trying to beat the clock...

Makes you wonder what databases of personal information and activity information was used to make that determination.

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Posted by Rebecca Herold on January 11, 2008 12:51 PM |

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Hey, I'm almost 60 and I'm sure I'm a terrorist: I think this whole Real ID concept is absurd, have an "IMPEACH BUSH" sticker on my car, and send the White House and other elites disrespectful emails. Chertoff? Or Jerkoff? A plant from the KGB? Sounds like we're headed for Mother Russia or Nazi Germany in a downhill rush. Our national motto should be: "Help! The paranoids are after us!"

Posted by: Bob | January 11, 2008 2:09 PM

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Rebecca Herold,CISSP, CIPP, CISM, CISA, FLMI, has been providing information security, privacy and regulatory assistance and services to organizations from a wide range of industries for over 18 years. Rebecca was instrumental in building the information security and privacy program while at Principal Financial Group, which was awarded the CSI Information Security Program of the Year Award in 1998. IT Security ranked Rebecca as one of the top 59 IT security influencers, and Computerworld put Rebecca their list of the 25 top privacy experts and on their list of the 9 best privacy consulting firms. Rebecca has been CPO for two consulting organizations, and has had her own information privacy, security and compliance business since 2004. Rebecca has written chapters for several books, dozens of articles, and has been writing a monthly privacy column for the CSI Alert newsletter since the beginning of 2001, and is working on her 11th book. Some of her other books include The Privacy Papers, Managing an Information Security and Privacy Awareness and Training Program, The Definitive Guide to Security Inside the Perimeter (Realtime Publishers), The Shortcut Guide to Improving IT Service Support through ITIL (Realtime Publishers), and The Practical Guide to HIPAA Privacy and Security Compliance. In addition, Rebecca is the leader of The Realtime IT Compliance Community where she posts to her IT Compliance weblog. You can contact Rebecca at: rebecca_herold@realtimepublishers.net.