Re: FC: Possessing fake IDs soon to be a federal crime (& Y2K)

[attila <attila@hun.org>]

On Fri, 10 Jul 1998, Declan McCullagh wrote:

>   Remember when your underage friend ginned up that fake driver's
>   license to go bar-hopping? Soon it may be a federal crime, punishable
>   by serious fines and up to 15 years in the slammer. The Senate
>   Judiciary Committee yesterday unanimously approved the "Identity Theft
>   and Assumption Deterrence Act," a clunkily named bill that bans
>   obtaining, possessing or using ID "other than that issued lawfully for
>   the use of the possessor."
>   [...remainder snipped...]
>
    oh, shit. does that mean I will be forced to tell everyone my real
    name is FUD?  or TruthMonger? or, even HugeCajones? at least it's
    not DV_KOTM!

    speaking of the late, lamentable foul mouth... whatever happened to
    dmitri?

	attila out...    while I can still be outing attila.