Jillian Spectre & the Dream Weaver by Nic Tatano

Author:Nic Tatano
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780008140953
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 2015-03-20T14:57:39.086000+00:00

Chapter 11

My cell phone brings a smile as I see Ryan is calling. "Hey."

"Sparks, turn on channel seven."

I hang up my jacket and move to the living room. "Why, what's going on?"

"Just turn it on and call me back later."

He hangs up. I grab the remote and fire it at the television. The picture clears and I see a split screen of an anchor-babe on one side and an empty podium on the other, with Rebecca Cruise walking up to it.

"This is a ground breaking piece of legislation," says the anchor, "if she can get it passed."

"Hey, Mom!" I yell. "Come watch this! Hurry up!"

Mom comes running in, licking chocolate batter off a wooden spoon as she goes. "What's so important?" I point at the TV, she looks at it and glares. "Oh. Her."

The split screen cuts to a shot of Cruise moving to the podium, with a half dozen other senators behind her. A horde of reporters are waiting. There's an easel covered by a red sheet next to the podium. "Thank you all for coming," she says, flashing her warm smile. "Today I, along with the members of the United States Senate who have joined me, are announcing that we will introduce a bi-partisan bill that will end identity theft as we know it. We are proposing the creation of a national identity card which will be issued to every man, woman and child in the United States. While this may sound like a massive project, and it is, in the long run it will make all of our lives better and protect our personal assets. Once we have every person in the database Americans will be much safer from criminals who profit from identity theft. In addition, this will also eliminate voter fraud."

"Stop identity theft, my ass," says Mom. "She's about to steal everyone's identity. And then do God knows what with it."

Cruise pulls the sheet covering the easel and unveils it, which features a sample giant ID card with a photo, name, and fingerprint. "This is what everyone will be issued should this legislation pass. It will entail a massive campaign to get everyone registered." She takes a pointer and taps the fingerprint. "You'll notice that each card will carry the fingerprint of the person it is issued to, so no one will ever be able to do anything should you lose your card or have it stolen. Each card is unique to you and you alone, as unique as your fingerprints. It cannot be duplicated. It will be your personal assurance that your identity is protected."

"She's picking up where the cell phone left off," I say.

"Or maybe this was phase two of the plan," says Mom.

A male reporter fires a question. "Doesn't this infringe on people's privacy?"

She smiled and hummed a bit. The reporter's face relaxed. "It's no different than a driver's license, when you think about it. And at some point everyone needs proper identification. You'll be able to swipe this like a credit card when someone asks for ID.

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