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“Fingerprinting a passport to a safer country” Scotsman 14.4.05. Opinion.
“EU rules put prints into passport” Scotsman 13.4.05
“Passport applicants must give fingerprints” Guardian
See also
“UK Passport Service: Improving passport security and tackling fraud” UK Passport Service
Update
“More to iris debate than meets the eye” Scotsman. Article by Simon Davies, Visiting Fellow in the Department of Information Systems at the LSE, director of Privacy International
Update 29..3.05
“Blindspot on iris recognition is not academic ” Scotsman. Article by John Daugman
Following posted on 21.3.05
“Academics urge ministers to tear up ID card plans” Scotsman
“ID card plans too risky - report ” BBC
“ID card scheme could increase risk to security, says study” Financial Times
Press release
“Current identity card legislation must be abandoned, urges LSE study” LSE
Also
“New report predicts boost in biometrics in Europe” Euobserver
“Locals to get ID cards during G8 summit” Times
“G8 summit security cards plan revealed” Herald
“G8 identity cards plan criticised” Courier
“G8 crackdown for eight-year-olds” BBC
“Summit ID cards for kids aged 8” Daily Record
Update
“ID cards would be a positive passport to a safer society” Herald
“Scots split with Blair over issue of ID cards” Press and Journal
“Ministers hope to win ID cards fight with help of Tory splits” Guardian
Following posted on 24.11.04
“Queen’s speech gives Scots more powers ” Evening News
“Tony Blair under fire over ‘fear’ campaign ” Evening News
“Security crackdown to beat the terrorists” Evening Times
“Crime fight tops Labour’s agenda ” BBC
“UK policies ‘undermine Holyrood’” BBC
“Darling defends ‘climate of fear’” Daily Record
“Crime, terrorism top legislation target list ” Courier
“McConnell wins ground in ID cards battle ” Scotsman
“Questionable role of ID cards ” Scotsman
“ID cards for all to fight terrorism” Times
“Counter-terrorist crackdown waits on the law lords” Times
“Emphasis on safety and security provokes ‘scaremongering’ claims” Independent
“Labour unveils security gambit ” Guardian
“Scottish executive welcomes Queen’s Speech ” Epolitix
“Westminster steamrollers key new laws” Herald
“Law by the back-door” Herald
“Cards will only serve to take away our national identity” Herald
Press release
“Queen’s Speech and Scotland” Scot. Exec.
See also
Queen’s Speech (from Hansard)
Scottish Parliament 23.11.04: statement by Margaret Curran on Sewel motions and Queen’s Speech reforms
“Cò chumas fios ID o’n leth-chiallach” Scotland on Sunday
“Who will keep ID card information from the extremist?” Scotland on Sunday
Also
“Cop accused of using crime computer to find love rival” Scottish Sunday Mail 31.11.04
And
“New hi-tech passport and ID card to cost £85” Independent
“Cost of ID card and passport rises to £85” Guardian
“Identity crisis as ID trial gets brush off : The government’s controversial trial of identity cards has been plunged into chaos because too few people have volunteered for the scheme . . .” Scotland on Sunday
Posted by MM on Mon 7th Jun 2004 at 7:13 am