Global Identity Cards

April 26, 2005

The United States is currently developing new biometric passports that contain Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) chips that can be read remotely These documents could leave Americans open to identify theft, to terrorists interested in singling out Americans traveling overseas, or to the emergence of routine tracking by the government or private sector.

White Paper: How the U.S. Ignored International Concerns and Pushed for Radio Chips in Passports Without Security

PRESS RELEASES

ACLU Seeks Information On Government Tests of Controversial Passport Computer Chips (April 26, 2005)
Documents Show U.S. Ignored Security and Privacy Warnings On Passports (Nov. 24, 2004)

DOCUMENTS

State Department Documents on Passport Standards

Technical Report on Biometrics Deployment of Machine Readable Travel Documents (05/19/03)
Outline on Intelligent Passport Project Initiatives (undated)
Agendas for July 2003 ICAO Meeting (07/03)
GemPlus Slide Show on ICAO Specification (07/22/03)
Slide Show on "A UK Payment Industry perspective" (undated)
e-Passports Task Force Outline (08/21/03)
State Department Policy Memo on ICAO Passports Standard (08/28/03)
Trip Report on September 2003 ICAO Meeting
State Department Report on IC Embeded Passports (10/20/03)
Memo on Glascow ICAO meeting (11/19/03)

Other Links

"Open Letter to the ICAO" from ACLU and other groups (03/30/04)

Published on American Civil Liberties Union (http://www.aclu.org)

Source URL: http://www.aclu.org/technology-and-liberty/global-identity-cards