September 2142

24 September 2142
ANCHOR: The world's five Economic Combines today signed the controversial Universal Identification Law. The law makes Identity Chip implants mandatory worldwide and on all off-world colonies. Here in the North American Union, the ruling is sure to be a big issue in the next spring's general election.

25 September 2142
ANCHOR: Privacy Party candidate Julian Matthews today strongly denounced the new Universal Identification Law. Matthews complained that making Identity Chip implants mandatory was an invasion of privacy by the central bank. He specifically condemned a provision of the law which allows police access to CenBank's database.

28 September 2142
ANCHOR: President Clarke today defended her approval of the Universal Identification Law. Clarke said the North American Union was following in the footsteps of the European Community, the Hispanic Commonwealth, the Islamic Federation, and the Asian Prosperity Sphere. She added, "Governments have a fundamental right to know."

29 September 2142
ANCHOR: Fifteen Elvis Presleys escaped last night from the Hollywood Island House of Clones. They are rumoured to be heading for Las Vegas. Authorities describe them as loud, fat and obnoxious, but not dangerous. Any unusual Elvis sightings should be reported immediately to the Police Clone Squad.

30 September 2142
ANCHOR: In his first public statement since passage of the Universal Identification Law, CenBank Chairman Barton Poole hailed the ruling as "a giant leap for humankind". Asked about the law's provision for sharing CenBank's database with police, Poole responded, "No law-abiding citizen has anything to fear."