. . . notes the ACLU’s Chris Calabrese in this story about the use of license photos to search for criminal suspects.

Drivers’ Licenses a De Facto Law Enforcement Database is a post from Cato @ Liberty - Cato Institute Blog

The REAL ID Act should be repealed, not “fixed,” says the American Civil Liberties Union:

While offering some important privacy protections, this legislation could ultimately resurrect the discredited Real ID Act and become the basis for a National ID. “Four years after becoming law, the Real ID Act is essentially dead,” said Chris Calabrese, Counsel of the ACLU Technology and Liberty Program. “Senator Akaka is right in his efforts to eliminate a substantial number of the more problematic aspects of Real ID, including the creation of a national database of driver information and misuse of license information by the private sector. But while these attempts at improvement are commendable, Real ID cannot be ‘fixed,’ and we oppose anything that would revive it.”

The REAL ID revival bill is S. 1261.

ACLU on the REAL ID Revival Bill is a post from Cato @ Liberty - Cato Institute Blog