at most Americans already carry. However, the main perpetrators of new terrorism are of Middle Eastern decent. Should only those of Middle Eastern decent in the United States be required to carry these cards? On the surface this would make sense except for the equality and discriminatory issues involved with this option. But, those from the Middle East are not the only ones that may be involved with terrorism, such as the Oklahoma City bombing conducted by Timothy McVey and possibly others. There are thousands of people of other decent in this country in militia groups and even racial groups that are probably more than willing to create terror themselves, and with these people, they probably have even greater means and resources than those who attacked on September 11. Therefore a smart card would make much more sense to be issued to all of those in this country, and it seems that a majority of Americans are willing to accept this idea. Another issue, which has many, parts and has been battled over in government and the courts for years, and this is the area of civil rights. There are many court cases already that involve police methods of obtaining justice, with most of these cases barring many of these types of investigation. One method is the monitoring of phone calls and other forms of communication. The question is whether or not the government should allow the greater use of and more freedom in the use of these techniques to weed out possible terrorists. Americans seem to be about half and half on this issue. Another problem with this is the fairness of application of these powers if given more freely. However, the best solution to terrorism is prevention, and these tools would definitely help in finding those involved in terrorism related activities. Whether or not this is mostly used on those of Middle Eastern decent is trivial, as these are drastic times where the criminals are effective and faceless. All those of this decent s...
