Yeah, I was always super leery of most things like that. But it's black and white, and the watermarks pop up all over it as a copy. Good luck Mr. Forger who is certainly way more advanced in sophistication than my crumpled copy.

If flight crew on Air Force One give up their passport when checking into certain hotels in China, I think I'm ok. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Wink.gif" alt="" />

Prepared by the State Dept.: page 13 discusses a copy in luggage, and I think it's page 30? that discusses turning over your passport if it's that countries law.
http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/19795.pdf