On Oct 31, 8:53?am, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
On Wed, 31 Oct 2007 07:17:12 -0700, Chuck Gould

wrote:
USA Today reports this morning that Homeland Security has ordered one
of its divisions, (the USCG) to define a plan to positively identify
boaters.

Old news - in fact, I posted something about this a couple of months
ago.


You scooped USA Today by a couple of months? Good job. :-)

This is very problematic both in terms of concept and execution.

Ain't gonna happen.

Don't be so sure. There are calls for a "national ID card" from a
number of sectors right now. Lots of people want to know just who the
"real" Americans are.

Lage vessels are already required to carry transponders by the A.I.S.
system. Extending that to all vessels wouldn't be an entirely
ridiculous possibility.