Nox Defense Manufactures RFID “Dust” as Part of Invisible Defense Perimeter

Another prime example of how miniaturized surveillance technology is becoming. Nox Intelligent Perimeter Defense has produced, as part of a larger facility surveillance system, the aptly called ID-Dust. In this particular aspect of the defense system, tiny RFID chips are sprinkled on the floor of an access-restricted area, where they can be easily picked up by a target’s shoes. Working in tandem with video surveillance and hidden RFID readers, the dust provides a detailed log of a tagged person’s movements within a facility fitted with Nox’s security measures. RFID tagging, coupled with high-resolution video surveillance, creates a near-invisible defensive perimeter. Nox’s ID-Dust and other equally covert tags can be used to track anything from valuable electronics, hard-copy documents, to personnel. The RFID readers are clandestinely installed behind walls, floors, ceilings, and other inconspicuous places. Tagged objects/personnel are overlaid in real time on a map of the facility. The tags can be used to automatically prompt video cameras to begin recording when someone enters a monitored area, as well as to send alerts to security personnel. The system is currently being marketed to both government agencies and commercial companies. At least one report names the FBI as an “early adopter” of the system. Critics of such “Big Brother” surveillance methods are rightly startled. Nox’s grain-fine ID chips have the potential to turn any structure into a veritable surveillance sandbox. –Hooded Soldier

http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=5911

http://industrywizards.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id…

From the patent:

“A method of providing air travel security for passengers traveling via an aircraft comprises situating a remotely activatable electric shock device on each of the passengers in position to deliver a disabling electrical shock when activated; and arming the electric shock devices for subsequent selective activation by a selectively operable remote control disposed within the aircraft. The remotely activatable electric shock devices each have activation circuitry responsive to the activating signal transmitted from the selectively operable remote control means. The activated electric shock device is operable to deliver the disabling electrical shock to that passenger. ”

read the full text of the patent here:
http://patft. uspto. gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1=HITOFF=PALL=1=%2Fnetahtml%
2FPTO%2Fsrchnum. htm=1=G=50=6,933,851. PN. =PN/6,933,851=PN/6,933,851

Lamperd Firearms Training Systems has proposed a wrist-worn electric shock device to be worn by “predetermined passengers” on commercial air flights. The device would enable authorized personnel to remotely administer a disabling shock to passengers who pose an imminent security threat. I take great issue with this; namely, I can’t rightly apprehend why anyone would think it a good idea to turn a plane into an airborne invisible dog fence. Security should provide just that: security. It should not foster fear and operate under the assumption that anyone and everyone is a potential threat that must be tagged and collared. The patent states that the device will be worn by “predetermined passengers. ” What information will be used to determine who will be fitted with the device? Our faulty terror watch lists, which contain thousands of innocent names? These databases have already resulted in countless unnecessary detentions and interrogations. I find it hard to believe that the TSA would adopt such a ridiculous measure, but given their habitual amateurism in the realm of airport security, anything’s possible. –Hooded Soldier

http://www. boingboing. net/2008/03/20/air-safety-proposal. html

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/03/11/fisa.democrats/index.html
“House Democratic leaders unveiled legislation Tuesday to update the nation’s wiretapping program, rejecting a Senate-passed version of the bill that would give telecommunications companies legal immunity for agreeing to participate in the program after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. ”

http://www. usatoday. com/news/nation/2008-03-05-mail_N. htm
“U. S. postal authorities have approved more than 10,000 law enforcement requests to record names, addresses and other information from the outside of letters and packages of suspected criminals every year since 1998, according to U. S. Postal Inspection Service data. ”

http://blog. wired. com/27bstroke6/2008/03/whistleblower-f. html
“A U. S. government office in Quantico, Virginia, has direct, high-speed access to a major wireless carrier’s systems, exposing customers’ voice calls, data packets and physical movements to uncontrolled surveillance, according to a computer security consultant who says he worked for the carrier in late 2003. ”

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120511973377523845.html?mod=hps_us_whats_news
“The central role the NSA has come to occupy in domestic intelligence gathering has never been publicly disclosed. But an inquiry reveals that its efforts have evolved to reach more broadly into data about people’s communications, travel and finances in the U. S. than the domestic surveillance programs brought to light since the 2001 terrorist attacks. ”

   

There have already been stories of employers accessing and making use of compromising information made available on social networking sites like Facebook and Myspace. Linking forum posts to actual names would further amplify this habit of civilian spying and background checking. Forums are meant to provide a relatively safe medium in which to discuss topics of interest with like-minded people; they were not meant to give businesses and government officials another means to data-mine the population. As Americans, we have a right to put forth information without stating who we are. Ever hear of a pen name? The dangers of this breech of privacy and its potential abuses far outweigh any potential benefits. —-Hooded Soldier

http://www.wtvq.com/content/midatlantic/tvq/video.apx.-content-articles-TVQ-2008-03-05-0011.html

A Taser Epidemic?

    In light of last week’s taser incident at the University of Florida, Farewell Freedom felt it appropriate to provide a prompt and concise response to this and other current taser-related information.
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Student Tasered at John Kerry's speech at UF

WASHINGTON (AP) — "The nation's top two law enforcement officials acknowledged Friday the FBI broke the law to secretly pry out personal information about Americans. They apologized and vowed to prevent further illegal intrusions.

Attorney General Alberto Gonzales left open the possibility of pursuing criminal charges against FBI agents or lawyers who improperly used the USA Patriot Act in pursuit of suspected terrorists and spies.

The FBI's transgressions were spelled out in a damning 126-page audit by Justice Department Inspector General Glenn A. Fine. He found that agents sometimes demanded personal data on people without official authorization, and in other cases improperly obtained telephone records in non-emergency circumstances.

The audit also concluded that the FBI for three years underreported to Congress how often it used national security letters to force businesses to turn over customer data. The letters are administrative subpoenas that do not require a judge's approval."

source : http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/N/NATIONAL_SECURITY_LETTERS?SITE=TXSAE&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT\
LARA JAKES JORDAN

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"Section 802 of the USA PATRIOT Act (Pub. L. No. 107-52) expanded the definition of terrorism to cover "domestic," as opposed to international, terrorism.   A person engages in domestic terrorism if they do an act "dangerous to human life" that is a violation of the criminal laws of a state or the United States, if the act appears to be intended to:  (i) intimidate or coerce a civilian population; (ii) influence the policy of a government by intimidation or coercion; or (iii) to affect the conduct of a government by mass destruction, assassination or kidnapping.  Additionally, the acts have to occur primarily within the territorial jurisdiction of the United States and if they do not, may be regarded as international terrorism."

"The definition of domestic terrorism is broad enough to encompass the activities of several prominent activist campaigns and organizations. Greenpeace, Operation Rescue, Vieques Island and WTO protesters and the Environmental Liberation Front have all recently engaged in activities that could subject them to being investigated as engaging in domestic terrorism."

source http://www.aclu.org/natsec/emergpowers/14444leg20021206.html

It is not unreasonable to think that, some time in the near future, this law could be used to shut down blogs and websites like Farewell Freedom.

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           "The Department of Homeland Security released long-delayed requirements for the standardization of state identification documents Thursday. States must start issuing the new internal passports by May 2008, or else their citizens will not be able to board planes or enter federal courthouses. Civil libertarians say the requirement, known as the REAL ID Act, creates a national identity card that presents significant privacy risks to Americans. Many states oppose the rule as an unfunded mandate and an encroachment on states rights."

source- http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2007/03/national_id_car.html

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