http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,11078178%5E421,00.html
James Riley
"SENIOR federal police are urging the Howard Government to consider introducing a national identity card to help combat terrorism.
Australian Federal Police chief Mick Keelty said identity-related crime - which costs the country about $1.1 billion a year - was an 'enabler' for almost every form of domestic and international organised crime, including terrorism.
Identity crimes were commonly used to finance and facilitate subsequent crimes involving drugs, weapons, people smuggling and fraud.
The AFP's national manager for economic and special operations, Shane Connelly, told an Asia-Pacific conference in Canberra yesterday there was evidence that identity theft and identity fraud had been used to support terrorist operations, including the September 11 attacks in the US and the Bali bombing two years ago. "
