A privacy rights group is turning to a federal court in hopes of forcing the U.S. Office of Homeland Security to divulge information behind proposals for a national identification system. The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) said it planned to . . .
A privacy rights group is turning to a federal court in hopes of forcing the U.S. Office of Homeland Security to divulge information behind proposals for a national identification system. The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) said it planned to file a lawsuit in a U.S. District Court Tuesday after receiving no response to requests under the Freedom of Information Act for background information on national ID plans.

The group said it is seeking records the security office might have "on technical and legislative proposals for identification systems" in the belief that legislation has already been drafted calling for state driver's license records to be linked to federal agency databases.

"The potential privacy implications of these proposals are far-reaching," EPIC Executive Director Marc Rotenberg said in a written statement, adding that Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge "has an obligation to the American people to ensure that these decisions are made in the open."

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