Bruce Schneier points out that neither a Virginia proposal to require more paperwork for driver's licenses, nor REAL ID, will solve the problem of people getting phony driver's licenses. "Several of the 9/11 terrorists had Virginia driver's licenses in fake names. These were not forgeries; these were valid Virginia IDs that were illegally sold by Department of Motor Vehicle workers," he notes. Meanwhile, the REAL ID program will cost $100 million in the state of Pennsylvania alone.

The best locks in the world won't stop a burglar who knows a guy on the inside who will let him in.