Real ID (AKA Sensenbrenner's Boondoggle) won't just cost billions of dollars, and not improve our safety from terrorist one iota, but it will also make you more vulnerable to run of the mill criminals, as explained in this Ars Tecnica article.  The State of Wisconsin can't even keep your social security number safe (having sent them out in one form or another three times in the last year), and yet we're supposed to trust that even more sensitive information will be safe when all 50 states start sharing data together, and with the federal government?  We're not just talking about names, addresses and social security numbers.  We're talking about police records, possibly credit histories (because you know the FDIC will get in on this), and Lord knows what else.

That is one sweet, and irresistible, honey pot for any hacker.  And make no mistake about it.  These systems will be hacked.  This is not simply a prediction.  It is a guarantee.  And of course, we're not just talking about identity theft.  With this sort of information, other kinds of crime from blackmail to fraud could be easily committed, as well as making other crimes (like stalking) easier.

This needs to end now, before it's too late and we're all made to suffer.