http://www.newstatesman.com/Ideas/200505300020
Christina Zaba
"With its built-in iris measurements and fingerprints, the high-tech ID card is held up by the government as the answer to everything from terrorism to benefit fraud. Not so. This card will open the door to disaster. Just over a year ago, David Blunkett declared his belief in magic. 'The ID card system will make identity theft impossible,' he said. 'Not nearly impossible: impossible.' Security geeks everywhere shook their heads and groaned, but the Home Secretary wasn't listening."
