"The Government’s controversial identity card scheme is in jeopardy, with Whitehall officials accusing ministers of ignoring reality, according to leaked e-mails. Officials are openly questioning whether the scheme can be tested and delivered by 2008 as promised... David Foord, the ID card project director at the Office of Government Commerce, says: "This has all the inauspicious signs of a project continuing to be driven by an arbitrary end date rather than reality.” He doubts that the cards can by delivered in two years. “I conclude that we are setting ourselves up to fail.” - The Times
