21.   The Cuban authorities, eager for the dollars that Americans bring, facilitate this strategy by not stamping American passports.

22.   The man had an American passport and a Pakistani identity card, the worker added.

23.   The man had an American passport as well as a Pakistani identity card, the worker added.

24.   The only remaining outright legal bans on using American passports cover travel to Iraq and Libya.

25.   The two men, along with the woman, carried American passports that may have been forged, these officials said.

26.   There is always a danger that defectors may be seeking publicity or American passports, or that they are pushing a line devised by their South Korean guardians.

27.   There is nothing irregular about the use of a middle initial instead of a full middle name in an American passport, State Department officials said.

28.   They had valid American passports.

29.   Tim Platt, her New Hampshire lawyer, said she has never held an American passport or been an American citizen.