Tag: id cards
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return of the ‘no-work list’
employment verification plan: big brother or big improvement?from mcclatchy: For critics, the idea is an Orwellian nightmare: The federal government would begin signing off on every hiring decision made in the United States… Whether it’s regarded as Big Brother or a big improvement, the plan is getting a good vetting on Capitol Hill. It has…
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cameras, cops, confiscation & corruption
in more public places, cameras are on watchfrom boston globe: Over the past few years, some patrons of Lexington’s Cary Memorial Library have had the misfortune of encountering a person exposing himself. Five such incidents, along with vandalism that destroyed about $13,000 worth of property, prompted library officials and police to consider installing surveillance cameras,…
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truant tracking, shock bracelets, miami drones & rfid radio
omnilink gets students back in schoolfrom gps daily: Truancy not only keeps students from getting an education, it also acts as a gateway to the commission of illegal activities, such as vandalism, theft or more serious crimes. That’s why getting students back in school is so important to the Midland County Justice Court in Texas,…
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biometric borders, lockheed, background checks & id
eu plans biometric border checksfrom time: It is a very 21st century conundrum: how can modern, open democracies provide basic homeland security in a world with nearly limitless mobility? On Wednesday, the European Commission tried to answer that by unveiling a border management plan calling for fingerprinting all foreign visitors to the European Union. lockheed…
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real id, tecsar, davos, the black pope & wal-mart
let the governors’ rebellion against real id begin!from no quarter: Montana governor Brian Schweitzer – who, by the way, speaks fluent Arabic from his years in Saudi Arabia as an irrigation developer – “declared independence Friday from federal identification rules [”Real ID”] and called on governors of 17 other states to join him in forcing…
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uk prisoners ‘to be chipped like dogs’
Hi-tech ‘satellite’ tagging planned in order to create more space in jails. Civil rights groups and probation officers furious at ‘degrading’ scheme from independent/cryptogon: Ministers are planning to implant “machine-readable” microchips under the skin of thousands of offenders as part of an expansion of the electronic tagging scheme that would create more space in British…
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the girl can’t help it
from american thinker: Hillary has trapped herself in a mess where she dare not take a clear position on illegal alien driver’s licenses, and seemingly is unable to stop waffling and obfuscating. Evasion has always worked for her in the past, but now, with a wartime presidency at stake and Democrat rivals demanding clarity, her…
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rfid coming to dc driver’s licenses
from dc examiner/total411: Privacy advocates are alarmed by a D.C. Department of Motor Vehicles initiative to embed SmarTrip computer chips inside every new D.C. driver’s license, making it easier than ever to track D.C. residents on their travels through the transit system. The DMV will spend $830,000 a year to install SmarTrip chips in all…
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dhs strikes deal with new york on driver’s licenses
from newsday: The Bush administration and New York cut a deal Saturday to create a new generation of super-secure driver’s licenses for U.S. citizens, but also allow illegal immigrants to get a version. New York is the fourth state to reach such an agreement on federally approved secure licenses, after Arizona, Vermont and Washington. The…
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thumbscanning for lunch in oregon
from fox: A new finger scanning system aimed at speeding up the lunch line at an Oregon middle school is raising security concerns. Instead of swiping an ID card or entering a pin number, students at Stayton Middle School press their thumb on an infrared scanner and are matched with their lunch account, according to…
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new passport regulations start for US travelers
passport needed to fly from US to canada & mexicofrom kgo-tv: Remember to pack your passport today even if your travels keep you in North America. The temporary reprieve for travelers to Mexico, Canada and the Caribbean expires today… Travelers had been warned since the policy took affect back in January. This summer the government…
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microchip implants cause tumors in lab animals
damning research could spell the end of VeriChipfrom inteldaily: The Associated Press will issue a breaking story this weekend revealing that microchip implants have induced cancer in laboratory animals and dogs, says privacy expert and long-time VeriChip opponent Dr. Katherine Albrecht. As the AP will report, a series of research articles spanning more than a…
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August 2007 Clearinghouse
‘noble’ is good, not grand brainwashing the hero-worshiping society warren buffett sees silver lining in market chaos bbc drops fictional terror attack to avoid offending muslims suspicious man seen before virginia tech massacre US army to launch new video game book tells of philharmonic’s nazi ties robert fisk: even i question the ‘truth’ about 9/11…
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ron paul on civil liberties
from ron paul 2008: This is Day 2 of our YouChoose ’08 Spotlight week. Throughout this week we will be featuring a new video every day of presidential candidate Ron Paul talking about different issues. Please submit your questions, comments or your positions on the issues by posting your video comments on our video pages……
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oregon to use face recognition for driver’s licenses
from seattle times: In an effort to curtail identity theft, the 2005 Legislature directed the state Department of Transportation to use facial recognition software before issuing driver’s licenses. The deadline for putting the changes into effect is the summer of 2008, but the conversion to the new system has started… “The computer will spit out…