Vienna calling! the mighty Monochrom reports that "Quintessenz (an association for the re-establishment of information civil rights, monochrom's next door neighbour group here in Museumsquartier Vienna) has data mined an extensive mailing list related to the Biometric Consortium, which is part of the NSA. A Quintessenz activist was able to get access to the mailing list through social engineering. He stored all the info and even could download secret data. They are now datamining the NSA list and publishing the list and the results."

Have a look at "The genesis of Europe's biometric passports." or the "Biometrics Consortium List Archive 1994-2004 [ca 60 MB text]. Containing postings of about 2500 different persons from US military and government agencies, worldwide biometrics business people, scientists, lobbyists etc."

The internet can be so much fun sometimes!