This Is Why We Need Real ID

Corrupt DMV operators across the country sell drivers licenses to criminals, terrorists and illegal aliens.

From NBC4 here:

FBI agents raided the DMV service center in the lower level of the Georgetown Park Mall and took several people into custody. A female DMV employee was arrested in connection with a scheme to sell D.C. driver’s licenses.

The scheme began about a year ago. An investigation began when DMV service integrity officer noticed some suspicious things in the books at the Georgetown service center.

After an August 2004 FBI raid at the same service center, a teller was charged with receiving a bribe in a fake driver’s license scheme.

Part of the Real ID act will require that the humorless slackers that run the nation’s DMV’s and issue identification materials will have a background check performed.  CNET has more on the Real ID requirements and timeline here.

Think giving away drivers licenses to illegals and criminals is no problem?  A DMV employee in Virginia sold the drivers licenses to the 9/11 hijackers.