I have a new blog post on Cato@Liberty about a recent sit-down that DHS Secretary Chertoff had with a select group of bloggers. Below the video, a further item:
TLF-exclusive update!: I just noticed that Secretary Chertoff describes the machine-readable zone in REAL ID as if it is literally the sequence of letters and numbers in the MRZ of the passport. In fact, the REAL ID regulation calls for the use of a 2D barcode standard. A 2D barcode can hold quite a bit more information per unit of surface area and, of course, it can’t be interpreted by the eye as the MRZ on a passport can.
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