The Washington Post reports that the EU Commission has agreed to hand over airline passenger data to the US, even though they're being challenged through the courts by the EU parliament on the issue.

"Angry midwives defy order to inform on asylum seekers" says the Gaurdian. Good for them say I. More power to their elbows and I hope they seriously embarrass the UK government over this. Just another example of the insidious nature of the national ID card proposals.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the Atlantic, "A federal advisory committee says Congress should pass laws to protect the civil liberties of Americans when the government sifts through computer records and data files for information about terrorists.", according to the NYT.

Finally on ID cards for today, The Scotsman reports that a large consultancy firm that advised the UK government on the introduction of the ID card stands to make a lot of money from the government process of implementing odious system. Deloite is one of the remaining two bidders in deciding what company will be the government's main commercial adviser on the scheme.

Take advice from the company that wants sell you whatever snake oil you currently crave and then buy the snake oil from them and their buddies. Just good business as far as Deloite and other similar placed bidders are concerned and I don't blame them for exploiting the technology-will-solve-the-problem-even-if-you-don't-know-what-the-problem-is snake oil junkies in government. The fault lies squarely with the junkies and the rest of us, who frankly are getting the government we deserve, as we're letting them get away with it.