http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0405/041305tdpm2.htm
Sarah Lai Stirland
"A government official last week downplayed the privacy implications of a new wireless chip technology that soon will be embedded into American passports, but a civil liberties advocate disagreed with his stance. The State Department is installing chips that can be read wirelessly by machines when Americans pass through U.S. immigration. The chips contain the information that American passports currently display, such as name, identification number and photograph, enhanced by facial-recognition technology."
