U.S. to Use Interpol Passport Data for Border Security

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced plans to integrate data from an Interpol database of stolen travel documents into U.S. security efforts, reversing course on previous objections to the use of Interpol’s database. According to media reports, the U.S.’s decision to incorporate Interpol’s data followed intense bureaucratic infighting between DHS, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and Congress ... [more]