UK: ID cards may herald mass surveillance / World Peace Herald, 18 Aug 2005

http://www.wpherald.com/storyview.php?StoryID=20050818-113721-2648r"The British government is creating a 'mass public surveillance' system capable of tracking every citizen without their consent, senior lawmakers have warned. Under the proposed national identity cards scheme, currently before Parliament, authorities will be able to electronically monitor individuals -- even those who have never committed a crime -- without their knowledge, they said. Biometric facial scans, compulsory with every identity card, will be stored on a national database along with fingerprints and iris scans. Police and security services will be able to cross-reference images of every adult in Britain with footage from CCTV cameras in streets, shops and malls."