"Enhancing" the drivers license

I'm on a panel this afternoon at CFP to discuss the "enhanced" drivers' licenses (EDL's) being issued in some U.S. states and Canadian provinces:

Border-line ID: "Enhancing" the drivers license - for security or surveillance?

This session will examine technical and political contradictions in the development of "enhanced" drivers licenses as a passport alternative for entering the US at land or sea borders. It will draw on experts in the public, private and civil society sectors with their differing perspectives on the rationales and risks of enhancing drivers licenses by incorporating radio frequency identification (RFID) technology and citizenship information.

Karl Koscher, RFID researcher, Graduate student, Computer Science & Engineering, University of Washington
Edward Hasbrouck, Author, Journalist, Blogger, Consumer Advocate, and Travel Expert
Christopher Calabrese, Counsel, Technology & Liberty Program, American Civil Liberties Union
Moderator: Andrew Clement, Professor, Faculty of Information, University of Toronto

Some links and notes for additional background:

• WHTI travel document requirements effective 1 June 2009
• EDL's and ICAO standards for RFID travel documents
• Passport cards and ICAO standards for RFID travel documents
• The surveillance potential of unique RFID chip numbers in travel documents
• ICAO's 2006 symposium on machine-readable travel documents

ICAO standards for machine-readable travel documents (MRTD's) and RFID passports:

• ICAO Document 9303, Part 1, Volume 1 (OCR machine-readable passports)
• ICAO Document 9303, Part 1, Volume 2 ("e-passports" or passports with RFID chips)
• ICAO Document 9303, Part 2 (machine-readable visas, including optional RFID chips)
• ICAO Document 9303, Part 3, Volume 1 (ID cards used as travel documents)
• ICAO Document 9303, Part 3, Volume 2 (RFID chips in ID cards used as travel documents)