Chertoff Defends Biometric ID Mandate for 2008

Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff recently defended the federalization of driver's licenses and asked a Senate panel not to block the Real ID law, but he urged members to make security changes in the visa waiver program. Mr. Chertoff said he is "pretty adamant" that the new identification for all U.S. citizens go into effect May 2008. "We don't want to keep kicking the can down the road," Mr. Chertoff told the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.