http://www.theage.com.au/news/general/on-the-cards/2005/07/22/1121539146423.html
James Button
"'The UK Government has yet to make a convincing case of precisely how its proposed high-tech ID card system will contribute to targeted surveillance of a tiny number of high-risk people,' Dunleavy says. He says the card might even hinder anti-terrorism efforts. 'A lot of official attention may be diverted to registering a huge data pool of overwhelmingly innocent people who are no threat to national security, rather than focusing on the small minority who may be.'"
