We may already be living in a surveillance society consider the FBI's request for $1 billion to create the world's largest biometric database. http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20071224-fbi-planning-worlds-largest-biometric-database.html
We have already detailed the global consequences of Real ID but also consider the article available from the following link http://news.zdnet.co.uk/emergingtech/0,1000000183,39232717,00.htm
Please also consider an Executive Order signed by President Bush http://www.stoprealidcoalition.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3:biometrics-president-bush-new-executive-order&catid=4:articles
This link only supports our position and should wake all Americans up http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=4865890&page=1
Finally, on this topic consider the story from the following link: http://face.nist.gov/mbgc/ This biometric challenge that our taxpayer money paid for was designed to test facial recognition technology with video, CCTV or surveillance cameras.