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Study Urged for National ID System
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Friday,
April 12, 2002
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WASHINGTON - While a national identity card has been
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widely
discussed following the terrorist attacks, a panel of
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the National
Academy of Sciences says any such system
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must
carefully balance security needs with privacy concerns.
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A well-run national system would make it
more difficult for
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a
person to have multiple identities and would help in
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finding
people such as potential terrorists, the committee
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concluded.
But serious questions must be addressed about
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how
to protect privacy, who would use the system, whether
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participation
would be mandatory, the type of information to
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be
collected and how to deal with any failure or misuse of
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the system.
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