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“Big Brother” Presidential Directive: “Biometrics for Identification and Screening to Enhance National Security”

Posted by Charlie Kilo on June 12th, 2008

1984:

The latest Big Brother police state measure emanating from the Bush administration, with virtually no press coverage, is NSPD 59 (HSPD 24) entitled Biometrics for Identification and Screening to Enhance National Security [Complete text of NSPD 59 (HSPD 24) in Annex below] 

NSPD is directed against US citizens. 

It is adopted without public debate or Congressional approval. Its relevant  procedures have far-reaching implications.
 
NSPD 59 goes far beyond the issue of biometric identification, it recommends the collection and storage of “associated biographic” information, meaning information on the private lives of US citizens, in minute detail, all of which will be “accomplished within the law”:

“The contextual data that accompanies biometric data includes information on date and place of birth, citizenship, current address and address history, current employment and employment history, current phone numbers and phone number history, use of government services and tax filings. Other contextual data may include bank account and credit card histories, plus criminal database records on a local, state and federal level. The database also could include legal judgments or other public records documenting involvement in legal disputes, child custody records and marriage or divorce records.”(See Jerome Corsi, June 2008)

The directive uses 9/11 as an all encompassing justification to wage a witch hunt against dissenting citizens, establishing at the same time an atmosphere of fear and intimidation across the land.

It also calls for the integration of various data banks as well as inter-agency cooperation in the sharing of information, with a view to eventually centralizing the information on American citizens.

In a carefully worded text, NSPD 59 “establishes a framework” to enable the Federal government and its various police and intelligence agencies to:  “use mutually compatible methods and procedures in the collection, storage, use, analysis, and sharing of biometric and associated biographic and contextual information of individuals in a lawful and appropriate manner, while respecting their information privacy and other legal rights under United States law.”

The Directive recommends:  “actions and associated timelines for enhancing the existing terrorist-oriented identification and screening processes by expanding the use of biometrics”.

Feds to Collect Millions of DNA Profiles Yearly, Stay Out if You Can

Posted by Charlie Kilo on May 13th, 2008

Sorry, I know I’ve used this line before but its a “brave new world”, ur…maybe its 1984…or Minority Report…

The feds will soon be collecting about one million DNA samples a year under a new program that lets federal agents collect cheek swabs from citizens merely arrested for any federal crime or from any non-citizen detained by federal agents — including visitors to the country who have visas.

The intent is build a massive database of DNA samples (.pdf) that police can use to catch rapists and murderers, but even the innocent should fear being in the database, due to the vagaries of how cold case DNA searches can easily pinpoint an innocent person.

Thanks to an amendment in the Violence Against Women Act of 2005 that was sponsored by Sen. Jon Kyl (R-Arizona), the feds now have the authority to immediately take DNA from any arrestee or ‘detained’ non-citizen and immediately upload it to the FBI’s CODIS database.  That database is currently fed by federal law enforcement agencies and all 50 states, a few of which collect and upload DNA samples from people arrested, but not convicted of a crime. 

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Terror Propaganda on Your Cell Phone

Posted by Charlie Kilo on April 11th, 2008

Where do I sign up for this!

Obviously, it is not enough that the corporate media - on the idiot box, radio, and the internet - ceaselessly hype fake, non-existent terror, now you may receive a text message on your cell phone warning about cave dwellers ready to attack because they hate your freedom to shop until you drop, that is if there is room left on your Mastercard.

From the Mockingbird corporate media, Associated Press division:

Federal regulators have approved a plan to create a nationwide emergency alert system using text messages delivered to cell phones.

Text messages have exploded in popularity in recent years, particularly among young people. The wireless industry’s trade association, CTIA, estimates more than 48 billion text messages are sent each month.

The plan stems from the Warning Alert and Response Network Act, a 2006 federal law that requires upgrades to the nation’s emergency alert system.

New York City attempts “overly broad’ subpoena in text messaging case

Posted by Charlie Kilo on March 30th, 2008

From Valleywag:

In representing the New York Police Department, which is facing charges that officers improperly detained hundreds protestors during the 2004 Republican convention, the New York City Law Department has subpoenaed MIT doctoral candidate Tad Hirsch, creator of TxtMob, demanding he turn over the time, content, and identity of people who sent and received SMS messages through the service. Hirsch says most of the data is gone, and his lawyer argues the subpoena is overly broad.

Text messages have become a favorite tool of direct action organizers worldwide, because they make it easy to quickly disseminate information to large groups and can be read and written even while sirens wail or helicopters make low passes. The NYPD was aware of the service at least a month before the convention, according to secret internal documents revealed last year by the court. Why not just ask the NSA to turn over their archives from the event? That seems easier.

Here’s detailed coverage from the New York Times.

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