Date: Wed, 05 Nov 2003 16:18:27 -0500 From: "Michael Walsh" <MJW at mail.press.jhu.edu> To: <wsfalist at keithlynch.net> Subject: [WSFA] We Don't Need No Steenkin' Papers . . . Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net> . . .we have plastic. from the International Herald Tribune (10/24/03): "Americans hate to wait. But will they pay - and submit to security screenings and high-tech fingerprinting - to avoid the long lines snaking behind checkpoints in airports, office buildings and sports arenas? "Steven Brill is betting that the answer is yes. He planned to announce on Thursday a new company, Verified Identity Card, to offer customers an electronic card containing data showing that they are not on antiterrorism "watch lists" and do not have certain felony convictions on their records." Rest of the article: <http://www.iht.com/articles/114936.htm> mjw