ID Card Venture Aims to Speed Security Screenings
Reuters reports, "Newsweek columnist and Court TV founder Steven Brill is launching a venture to distribute identity cards that will allow people to speed through fast lanes at airport, office building and sports arena security checkpoints with a thumbprint scan. Brill -- author of After, a chronicle of the security and privacy challenges faced after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks -- has formed Verified Identity Card Inc., which will issue the cards, perform background checks and match databases against the government's list of known terrorists. Once the data is linked to credit card systems, the card will offer its holders added protection against identity theft, Brill told Reuters in an interview."