Committee Raises Questions About National ID Card

Serious concerns about a national identification system, including how privacy would be protected and how misuse would be prevented, should be addressed before such a system is created, a National Academy of Sciences committee said. Calls for a national ID system emerged after the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, but the debate lacks a clear definition of the goals and use of such a system, the committee said in its report.