Israeli spies banned from biometric ID cards, passports

Israel’s main security and intelligence agencies have banned their employees from taking part in a new country-wide biometric identity card trial, along with officers in sensitive units of the country’s armed forces.

The Mossad and Shin Bet agencies both opposed establishing the database in 2010, fearing it would lead to dangerous leaks of identities, causing long lasting damage to both intelligence agencies, according to news outlet Haaretz.