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  • July 2008

    • Woman Sues Spitzer Call Girl in ID Theft

      Star-Ledger  |  Jul 18, 08 5:59 AM CDT

      Woman Sues Spitzer Call Girl in ID Theft

      (Newser) - A New Jersey woman has filed a federal lawsuit against Ashley Dupre—better known as Eliot Spitzer's high-priced call girl—and Girls Gone Wild for defamation and invasion of privacy for Dupre's use of the woman's lost driver's license on the raunchy program. More »

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      lawsuit  • defamation  • Girls Gone Wild  • identity card  • Ashley Dupre  • invasion of privacy  • driver's license

  • March 2008
  • January 2008

    • Mont. Governor Calls for Rally Against Real ID

      Wired  |  Jan 19, 08 10:33 AM CST

      Mont. Governor Calls for Rally Against Real ID

      (Newser) - Montana's governor firmly rejected new federal ID legislation yesterday, urging 17 other states to join him in battling the DHS Real ID program, which requires citizens to reapply for ID, Wired reports. "If we stand together either DHS will blink or Congress will have to act to avoid havoc at our nation's airports and federal courthouses," Brian Schweitzer wrote to fellow governors. More »

    • New ID Rules Look to Shore Up US Borders

      Associated Press  |  Jan 18, 08 8:00 AM CST

      New ID Rules Look to Shore Up US Borders

      (Newser) - All travelers entering the US, including Americans, will face tough new ID requirements beginning in two weeks. "It's time to grow up and recognize that we've got to take determined steps to getting better security," homeland security chief Michael Chertoff told the AP. More »

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      Department of Homeland Security  • Michael Chertoff  • border control  • passport  • identity card

    • New Fed ID Law Puts States in Costly Bind

      Associated Press  |  Jan 11, 08 5:45 PM CST

      New Fed ID Law Puts States in Costly Bind

      (Newser) - A new federal ID law has 17 states in an uproar over the cost of new driver's licenses and a rushed timetable, the AP reports. Michael Chertoff laid out final details of the REAL ID program today, including an extended timetable with one short deadline: Residents of states that don't request an extension for complying by May will not be able to use a driver's license to get through airport security. More »

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      Department of Homeland Security  • Michael Chertoff  • ACLU  • identity card  • Real ID

  • December 2007

    • FBI Plans Huge Biometric Index

      Washington Post  |  Dec 22, 07 12:29 PM CST

      FBI Plans Huge Biometric Index

      (Newser) - The FBI is planning a $1 billion database of “biometric” information—face shapes, iris scans, palm patterns, and even gait patterns—to enhance investigations, the Washington Post reports. Critics fear that the plan, called Next Generation Identification, will further erode individual privacy as the body becomes a de facto identification card: "It's enabling the Always On Surveillance Society,” said an ACLU director. More »

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      FBI  • privacy  • Berlin  • law enforcement  • identity card  • Big Brother  • fingerprinting  • biometrics

  • November 2007

    • SF to Issue ID Cards to Illegal Immigrants

      San Jose Mercury News  |  Nov 21, 07 1:38 PM CST

      SF to Issue ID Cards to Illegal Immigrants

      (Newser) - San Francisco will issue its own identification cards, the city's Board of Supervisors decided yesterday. San Francisco is host to about 40,000 illegal immigrants, who will be able to use the cards to access city services and open bank accounts, though the details are not entirely worked out. City employees and police may not ask about immigration status. More »

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      immigration  • San Francisco  • illegal immigrant  • gender  • identity card

  • August 2007

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