DHS: Any card will do
This story is a riot on several levels. First, the factual:
The Department of Homeland Security allowed a man to enter its headquarters last week using a fake Matricula Consular card as identification, despite federal rules that say the Mexican-issued card is not valid ID at government buildings.Bruce DeCell, a retired New York City police officer, used his phony card -- which lists his place of birth as "Tijuana, B.C." and his address as "123 Fraud Blvd." on an incorrectly spelled "Staton Island, N.Y." -- to enter the building Wednesday for a meeting with DHS officials.
He's been using this obsolete-style Matricula Consular card to board airplanes for FOUR YEARS!
And this:
Some members of Congress tried to crack down on use of the card, particularly as valid ID for opening a bank account, but the Bush administration opposed that effort.
For once, Bush has it right. Since banks are private businesses, it's up to THEM to say what forms of ID they will and won't accept. If they're cool with a Matricula, that's fine. Is there some overwhelming security reason why we want illegals patronizing those sleazy check-cashing stores?
Finally:
Mr. DeCell is a member of 9/11 Families for a Secure America, an organization of families with relatives who died in the September 11 terrorist attacks.
Isn't this the sort of thing that Ann Coulter was all over? As an ex-cop, he presumably knows something about security, but that has nothing to do with his 9/11 loss. Making DHS look like utter fools probably does more for security than anything the "Witches of East Brunswick" (Vox Day, trying to one-up Coulter) have done. But neither set of actions has any real connection to victimhood.
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