January 23, 2008 3:47PM 

# A Core 9/11 Commission Afterthought 

By [Jim Harper](https://www.cato.org/people/jim-harper) 

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The Department of Homeland Security [often invokes the 9/11 Commission](http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=site%3Adhs.gov+%229%2F11+Commission%22+%22REAL+ID%22) when it discusses REAL ID. A recent [DHS press release](http://www.dhs.gov/xnews/releases/pr_1200065427422.shtm) called REAL ID a “core 9/11 Commission finding.”

In fact, the 9/11 Commission dedicated about three-quarters of a page to identification security — out of 400+ pages of substance. See for yourself. [Page 390](http://govinfo.library.unt.edu/911/report/911Report.pdf).

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