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Global Identity Cards

Document Date: 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.

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