Court asked to crack secrecy over 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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