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US may seek more data on people flying in from EU
WASHINGTON (AFP) - US officials may seek to expand and widen agreements that demand that airlines supply sensitive data on passengers arriving from Europe, according to a senior Homeland Security official.
Nations:Portugal Spain Source:(AFP)
2009-07-16
Chips in official IDs raise privacy fears
Climbing into his Volvo, outfitted with a Matrics antenna and a Motorola reader he'd bought on eBay for $190, Chris Paget cruised the streets of San Francisco with this objective: To read the identity cards of strangers, wirelessly, without ever leaving his car.
Nations:U.S. Canada France Mexico Source:(AP)
2009-07-11
Investigator uses phony documents to get passports
WASHINGTON - Using phony documents and the identities of a dead man and a 5-year-old boy, a government investigator obtained U.S. passports in a test of post-9/11 security. Despite efforts to boost passport security since the 2001 terror attacks, the investigator fooled passport and postal service employees four out of four times, according to a new report made public Friday.
Nations:U.S. People:Dianne Feinstein Jon Kyl Source:(AP)
2009-03-13
Passport cards proving popular in border states
WASHINGTON - Nearly 740,000 Americans have ordered passport cards, a new document being offered by the State Department to speed border crossings by U.S. citizens traveling to Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean.
Nations:Mexico U.S. Canada
2009-01-07
Switzerland joins European open borders area
GENEVA - Switzerland was ending systematic passport controls at most of its land borders Friday, becoming the 25th nation to join Europe's continentwide zone of open frontiers.
Nations:France Switzerland Italy Austria Luxembourg Germany
2008-12-14
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