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From: Pubkeybreaker on 18 Apr 2008 21:03 fraud past the 285,000 single adult program * to more than 453,000 recipients of Aid to Families with Dependent Children. * * Of the 220,193 people electronically fingerprinted as of Nov. 9, only 146 * were found to have registered for duplicate benefits. New York State * officials said they didn't expect to find many cases of fraud. [What???] * "We are just using a new tool to help comply with Federal regulations * prohibiting us from giving duplicate benefits." * * The program is costing the state $10 million a year. One big evil eye, done with biometrics...control FAR BEYOND anything that could be implemented with a social security number. It's for our best interests... * "Suffolk Medical Examiner Urges Fingerprinting Law" * By John T. McQuiston, The New York Times, 8/20/1996 * * Putting motorists' fingerprints on NY driver's licenses, as is done in * California, would help identify disaster victims, the Suffolk Medical * Examiner told a committee of the County Legislature about his work on * the crash of TWA Flight 800. * * "The victims from California were the fastest and easiest to identify," * the Medical Examiner, Dr. Charles V. Wetli, said, "because the fingerprint * of their right thumb was on their driver's license." * * "It was a nightmare for the other families to wait for identification." ---- Just how much does the government want to track us, by issuing tracking devices? Metrocard is a re-writeable magnetic card. It's new to us New Yorkers. They are individually serial-numbered. * "Metrocards to Replace School Transit Passes" * By John Sullivan, The New York Times, 8/26/1996 * * About 500,000 students will now have their bus and subway usage tracked by * Metrocards, in an effort to save money. Unlike current passes, which * students ca
From: Pubkeybreaker on 18 Apr 2008 18:52 lots of secrecy, Military power, Military and civilian personnel, MANY BILLIONS of dollars of funding per year and no accountability. Called UKUSA. * "A Spy Agency Admits Accumulating $4 Billion in Secret Money" * By Tim Weiner, The New York Times, May 16, 1996 * * In a complete collapse of accountability, NRO, the Government agency that * builds spy satellites, accumulated about $4 billion in uncounted secret * money. [First they said it was $1 billion, then $2 billion...] * * The new head of the agency, John Nelson, said that the secret agency had * undergone "a fundamental financial meltdown." * * The agency's secrecy made Congressional oversite next to impossible, * intelligence officials said. * * Just two years previously, the NRO constructed a "stealth building". * It was a $300 million new headquarters. The agency had explained that * happened because they treated the construction of the building as a * covert operation. A covert operation against whom? The Pentagon was in operational charge of the NRO. The NRO is a sister agency to the NSA. ****************************************************************************** Key Rec
From: Rotwang on 18 Apr 2008 21:27 THAN AT ANY TIME DURING THE COLD WAR. 1984 means a constant State of War. Here's a new war: "cyberwar". # "Head of CIA Plans Center To Protect Federal Computers" # By Tim Weiner, The New York Times, 6/26/96 # # John Deutch, Director of the CIA, is building a "cyberwar" center in the NSA. # # Mr. Deutch said cyberwar could become a 21st-century national security threat # second only to nuclear, biological and chemical weapons. # # "The electron," Mr. Deutch warned, "is the ultimate precision-guided weapon." Haven't I heard bad dialogue like this on Mystery Science Theater 3000? It is simply another in an endless series of requests for funding, for misuse of our tax money. ---- Louis Freeh's FBI: * "FBI Scare Tactics", By Richard Moran, The New York Times, 1996 * * When the FBI reported that serious crime declined for the fourth year * in a row, it was still making the statistics sound worse than they * actually were. * * That's because Government tends to exaggerate the violent nature of crime. * * According to the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics, less * than a third of the 6.6 million violent crimes committed in the U.S in 1992 * resulted in injury; most of the victims suffered only minor cuts, scratches * or bruises. * * About 20 percent of them needed minor medical care; 7 percent went to * emergency rooms. Only 1 percent of the victims were hurt seriously enough * to require hospitalization. * * The incongruity arises because of the way the law defines violent crime. * * For example, aggravated assault is defined as either intentiona
From: S.C.Sprong on 18 Apr 2008 20:26 in Canada, US, UK, Australia, and New Zealand use supercomputers such as the Cray to select items of interest. The list is very fluid and is adapted rapidly to monitor people and policy areas. At any time, it is likely to contain names of all world leaders, terrorists, drug lords, mafia dons, members of radical groups, labor union activists and leaders, types of weaponry, explosives, financial dealings, money transfers, airline destinations, stock information, international conferences, demonstrations, and politically suspect groups and individuals. As is the case with operations, countries maintain deniability by getting information gathered on their domestic situations by allies. Under development is even more sophisticated "topic recognition" which can home in on guarded conversations that avoid potential trigger words. Nothing and no one is exempt. For example, you are talking on the telephone to a friend discussing your son's school play. "Boy," you say sadly, "Bobby really bombed last night," or perhaps you use the word "assassination" or "sabotage" or any one of the key words the computer has been told to flag. A hard copy of your conversation is produced, passed to the appropriate section (in this case terrorism), and probably ends up in the garbage. But perhaps the conversation is not so clear-cut or the analyst has poor judgement. Then your name is permanently filed under "possible terrorist". Weeks or even years later, you have a similar conversation and use the same words; the computer filters it out again. Since this is your second time, your name moves from the
From: tchow on 18 Apr 2008 18:14
supremacists groups for the government. Or face prosecution. When Weaver refused, he was indicted on guns charges. He was sent two conflicting court appearance dates. He became paranoid the Government was out to get him, so he didn't show up. [He was eventually acquitted of all charges except the original not showing up in court!] To justify a militaristic retaliation, BATF agents lied to the U.S. attorney's office. BATF agents claimed that Weaver had a criminal record and that he was a suspect in several bank robberies. Both charges were fabrications, even according to BATF Director John Magaw, who admitted the accusations were "inexcusable" in testimony before Congress. THREE HUNDRED armed federal agents conducted a siege of the Weavers' mountain home, first killing Randy Weaver's dog, then his son, then his wife. A law enforcement wilding. * The CATO Institute, "Congressional Testimony", May 24, 1995 * http://www.cato.org * * The Marshals, wearing camouflage and carrying silenced machine guns, did * not identify themselves or their purpose, but they did shoot one of the * dogs. Sammy Weaver, fourteen-years-old, returned fire, and was promptly * shot by a Marshal. * * Sammy turned and fled, with his nearly severed arm flopping as he ran. * * Sammy was promptly shot dead in the back. An FBI sniper, Lon T. Horiuchi, testified he could hit a quarter at 200 yards. * The CATO Institute, "Congressional Testimony", May 24, 1995 * * An FBI psychological profile, prepared before the attack, called Vicki * Weaver the "dominant member" of the family, thus implying that if she * were "neutralized" everyone else might surrender. Horiuchi shot Weaver's wife in the head while she held her baby. Her head exploded. Her dead body was laid out on the cabin floor, covered with a blanket: * The CATO Institute, "Congressional Testimony", |