Can’t blame this one on Gonzales, but here’s a NYT article on the use of RFID tags to track the movements of students inside and outside school, reminiscent of broader designs to create a national form of ID. The Spring, TX school board was apparently successful in convincing parents that this would make their children safer, even though there has never been a reported act of violence against children in the community: “I’m sure we’re being overprotective, but you hear about all this violence,” said Elisa Temple-Harvey, 34, the parent of a fourth grader. “I’m not saying this will curtail it, or stop it, but at least I know she made it to campus.”
A look at what John Ashcroft has left us: a villiagevoice.com link
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