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- The Contentious History of the Passport (2017) https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/features/a-history-of-the-passport/ 46 comments
- TSA will now "pre-screen" your taxes, car registration, passport, employment history, and more: Nothing short of a criminal background check will allow you to travel in America. http://www.policestateusa.com/2013/tsa-will-now-pre-screen-taxes-car-registration-passport-employment-history/ 23 comments politics
- Does Australia really want to link Internet browsing history to passports? http://www.americablog.com/2010/06/does-australia-want-to-link-internet.html 11 comments technology
- The Government Now Wants ISPs To Link Your Online History With Your Passport http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2010/06/the-government-now-wants-isps-to-link-your-online-history-with-your-passport/ 40 comments netsec
- YANKO TIHOV - COLD WAR PASSPORT MAP - Interesting movement between time subtly reveal the change in both history and identity of the countries from the 1960’s to the present day. https://youtu.be/ip-G82lyduc 9 comments europe
- US State Dept adding intrusive, semi-impossible questionnaire for US passport applications: .. all addresses since birth; lifetime employment history, personal details of siblings; mother's addresses prior to your birth; any "religious ceremony" around time of birth...' ...wtf?! http://www.boingboing.net/2011/04/25/state-dept-adding-in.html?dlvrit=36761 3 comments reddit.com
- It's worth remembering that the US also has a history of issuing fake foreign passports to it's own covert operatives, most notably Oliver North in the Iran-Contra scandal http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/irish_passport#notable_cases_of_purported_fraudulent_use 12 comments reddit.com