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Rob Kamphausen said:
even if it meant for their own protection?

clearly, the number one reason for not divulging an ID is for the all-too-easy purpose of a villain using said ID to attack a hero at his weakest. sue dibny's experience in "infinite crisis" being one of the more poigniant examples.

however, what if the stance were moreso that divulging the ID to government higher-ups added extra layers of protection?

presuming, of course, that the "higher ups" were not akin to our real life fuck ups. but, lets say, the government higher up organization was like an officially sanctioned checkmate, which currently counts larger heroes, like alan scott, amongst their numbers.

with that kind of firepower and surveilance at hand, its possible sue's fate could have been prevented. or, in the recent JLA story arc (and i don't think i'm spoiling much here), where red tornado's house and family are infiltrated.

the argument can be made that, with registration, there'd be more of a pro-active response to deter such infiltrations.



See, Identity Disc.