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From: fortune.bruce on 18 Apr 2008 18:46 -crypto legislation is an important first step for backing away from the abyss of having every single aspect of our lives --- including our telephone calls --- monitored by computer for the UKUSA International Secret Government. Even the Prime Minister of New Zealand wasn't told about it. Even the director of the NSA wasn't told about it, until after a year [ Puzzle Palace, p333 ] of UKUSA deciding if he was "one of them". And, as documented in the books I've been referencing, when the director of the NSA knows about it and testifies before Congress, UKUSA not only lies about their activities, they also do so with impunity. A Secret Government? : The Puzzle Palace, Author James Bamford, 1983 revision, p206 : : Bypassing not only the Joint Chiefs but even the secretaries of the : branches of the armed forces, the NSCID devolves incredible authority : and responsibility on the NSA director, giving him, at least where : SIGINT is concerned, his own Army, Navy, Marines, and Air Force. Let's just say 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 official
From: fortune.bruce on 18 Apr 2008 20:17 entire finger - including skin * patterns and reflections and blood flow - for subsequent comparison. Oh my gawd, a Universal Biometric Card! What losers are getting one? * Sandia and Coms21, currently engaged in an agreement to support the * People's Republic of China's driver license and national ID card * program, have partnered to create a fraud-proof solution for on-the-spot * positive identification of card bearers. * * This combination features Sandia's personalization printing and encoding * technologies that add photos and encode chips onto smart ID cards. * * Coms21's hand-held smart card readers then provide portable verification * of cardholders' personalized information by bringing smart-card stored * photos, text and graphics up on a screen. # With the Universal Biometric Card, motorists in Chinese provinces will be # required to carry the smart cards like a personal driver's license. When # being stopped for a traffic violation, the driver would have to forward # the smart card to the traffic cop who would use
From: Matthew T. Russotto on 18 Apr 2008 20:44 # links in terrorism, white-collar crime, intelligence breaches, and violent # crimes with common clues or techniques. Cybernetic control of society. Everything on-line and monitored in real-time. : From: "EPIC-News" <epic-news(a)epic.org> : Date: 05 Jun 1997 19:01:58 -0400 : Subject: EPIC: Clinton Endorses Privacy Rights : : In a commencement address at Morgan State University on May 18, : President Clinton called privacy "one of our most cherished freedoms" : and said that technology should not "break down the wall of privacy and : autonomy free citizens are guaranteed in a free society." Is President Clinton being honest? He supports Clipper III and ECHELON's legal domestic extension CALEA. The Washington Post, July 7, 1996: the Clinton Administration has sharply increased use of Federal telephone wiretaps and other electronic surveillance and officials estimate it will continue to grow. What do you think? Whitfield Diffie, Distinguished Engineer---Security at Sun Microsystems: "An essential element of freedom is the right to privacy, a right that cannot be expected to stand against an unremitting technological attack." One cannot come up with a more 'unremitting technological attack' than what is happening now. That's worth saying again: A more 'unremitting technological attack' could not be described!
From: quasi on 18 Apr 2008 20:55 # tracking purposes an one embedded in the body? ---- Sure, government can give debate reasons for requiring fingerprinting for driver's licenses... But it is still a violation of the minimization requirement of the Privacy Act of 1974. Biometric data on citizens is FAR BEYOND any reason government can give. Notice how no citizens in any state ever got to vote on such an important escalation of personal data collection by the government. Indeed, it seems to be accomplished in the quietest way possible, giving citizens the least amount of opportunity to choose their fate. Odd, since tax-payer paid-for government services is what gives them the power. But elected representatives will do, you say? Did you hear any of them mention it during campaigning? Did Alabama elected officials even mention it with their press release of a new driver's license, despite that being the plan? No. What does that tell you? We need a cabinet-level Privacy Commission, with the power to intervene nationwide. Power to protect us little people from fanatical personal data collection. We are losing it piece by piece. Who would have thought the United States would collect fingerprints from all citizens? Collect biometric information from everyone... law enforcement's Evil Holy Grail. * "U.S. Has Plan to Broaden Availability tests of DNA Testing" * By Fox Butterfield,
From: fortune.bruce on 18 Apr 2008 20:53
the International Traffic in Arms Regulations. : Any disputes regarding the decision to designate or : redesignate shall be resolved by the President." : : WILLIAM J. CLINTON 11/15/96 : : 1 if by land, 2 if by sea. Paul Revere - encryption 1775 : : Charles R. Smith : SOFTWAR : http://www.us.net/softwar The U.S. Constitution is in tatters, disappearing piece-by-piece, emasculated by politicians constantly beating drums of War for "Law & Order". ****************************************************************************** The NSA Admits --- --- ------ Ready? Let's start out with what the NSA will admit. (extra capitalization is mine) * Court Says U.S. Spy Agency Can Tap Overseas Messages * By David Burnham, The New York Times, 1982 * * Washington, Nov 6 --- A Federal appeals court has ruled that the National * Security Agency may lawfully intercept messages between United States * citizens and people overseas, even if there is no cause to believe they * Americans are foreign agents, and then provide summaries of these messages * to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. * * Because the National Security Agency is among the largest and most * secretive intelligence agencies and because MILLIONS of electronic messages * enter and leave the United States each day, lawyers familiar with the * intelligence agency consider the decision to mark a significant increase in * the legal authority of the government to keep track of its citizens. * * The mission of the NSA is to eavesdrop on electronic messages of foreign * governmen |