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Clandestine transporting of enemy combatants:

Proxy flight N8068V --
Don't look for tail number N379P if you are seeking a clandestine transporter of enemy combatants to undisclosed locations for Extraordinary Rendition, i.e., delivery of detainees to foreign locations for advanced interrogation. A straightforward open source analysis reveals that N379P is now N8068V, same serial number (581), same owner (Premiere Executive Transport Services Inc.), and one might surmise, the same purpose, (And when someone awakes to the public recognition of this datum, expect it to change again, or change ownership, or contract provider, and possibly the aircraft.)
http://www.notinourname.net/restrictions/torture-flights-14nov04.htm
http://spaces.icgpartners.com/apps/discuss.asp?guid=53D0DFB7D3B64B39BE2316DFCB79707E

Swedish Report-- "Broken Promise" ...stopover Shannon, Ireland
The flight path regularly originates in North Carolina, the jet proceeds to Dallas airport where it picks up agents and continues its journey to Europe. A stop-off is made in one or more allied countries, notably Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Israel, Jordan, Egypt and Afghanistan, according to the Swedish investigation.

The Israeli government redefined torture as "moderate physical pressure" but now the Bush administration stretched the concept to include pain until death [ no limits ] and Bybee was rewarded by Bush with a nomination to become a federal judge. President Bush himself then confirmed the government's derogation from international standards of justice in February 2002, announcing a green light for the use of extreme measures: "I determine that none of the provisions of Geneva apply to our conflict with al-Qaeda in Afghanistan or elsewhere throughout the world."

The Bush administration, flouting international law, has arguably laid the groundwork for a similar state terror network.
[ Similar to South American "Condor" state terror network ]
Fredrik Laurin, a Swedish journalist who worked on the "Broken Promise", a documentary following the fate of the two Egyptians, tracked the movements of the private jet which took the suspects from Sweden to Egypt, discovering that Shannon was among the stopover points.
http://www.statewatch.org/news/2004/oct/05sweden-us-abduction.htm

definition of torture : pain for the sake of pain; for contol, extracting information, domination, manipulation.
Ultimate control = death

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From Donna Dana ( Five Doves) :
Homeland Security Now In Charge of All Drivers Licenses & Birth Certificates
http://www.whatdoesitmean.com/index575.htm
 
What The Intelligence Bill Would Do -- Components Of Intelligence Reorganization
http://newsmax.com/archives/articles/2004/12/8/92725.shtml
 
New Police Powers Flow From 9/11 Law
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2004/12/10/141103.shtml

No Dissent allowed -- Dec. 10, 2004
And he [ Bernard Kerik ] was quoted in Newsday as saying this about opponents of the Iraq war:
"Political criticism is our enemies' best friend."
[ Ed. note: another way of saying , ' No dissent allowed'; goodbye Freedom of Speech and the First Amendment ]

Then there is Kerik's enormously profitable membership on the board of
Taser International, the stun-gun maker. Tasers are marketed as being nonlethal, but Amnesty International says more than 70 people have died in the United States and Canada since 2001 after being shocked with them.
One of the most glaring weaknesses in Kerik's resume is his limited experience working with Congress and official Washington.
http://www.iht.com/bin/print_ipub.php?file=/articles/2004/12/09/opinion/edkerik.html
For more information on Tasers, please see www.cybertime.net/~ajgood/mlaw1.html

At last .... peace and safety ???? -- Nov. 4, 2004
"The war on terror will undoubtedly force some kind of electronic compromise like the VeriChip -- or something similar. The technology has existed for years, but until now, resistance to the idea from privacy advocates and from Christians wary of the Mark of the Beast has kept it in the realm of the theoretical.
If such a system WERE to be embraced by the US, it would significantly downgrade al-Qaeda's war-making ability. If EVERY person who entered the USA were required to accept an RFID chip in order to be able to get a job or buy a newspaper, it would work like an anti-terrorist innoculation.

If it were embraced globally, say, through the United Nations, or a similarly respected global governmental group, it would immediately put an end to terrorism.
If every man, woman and child born to this earth or living on it now were required to open a cashless bank account via RFID chip in order to buy food or get a job in order to get paid, no known terrorist could ever get near a target.
And any unknown terrorist, once identified, would be similarly neutralized as a threat.
http://www.omegaletter.com/articles.asp?ArticleID=3974

James Comey, Asa Hutchinson head Gov. Civil Liberties Board
This is not what a civil liberties board should look like if it is intended to be robust, effective and independent," Flint said.
"It is made up of people who need civil liberties oversight."
Marc Rotenberg, executive director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center, thinks the board looks less like an independent commission than an interagency task force advising the president
http://www.wired.com/news/privacy/0,1848,64784,00.html?tw=wn_story_related

Our Police State has arrived. Can mass-VeriChipping,
 Martial Law and encampments be far behind ???

LiveWave, helmet cams and total surveillance -- September 6, 2004
In the past, dispatchers had to verbally describe suspects and situations over radio calls. Advances in wireless networks and handsets now allow either portions of the surveillance film or still images taken from the film to be beamed directly to sophisticated mobile phones, personal digital assistants or laptop computers carried by officers or private security guards on the front line.
At the concert, it was much more efficient for plainclothes officers to receive images over Orange SPV smart phones or other portable devices

LiveWave supplied law enforcement officers in federal buildings in New York City near the Republican convention site with "helmet cams," cameras on headgear that allowed police officers on foot or horseback to film what they were seeing and wirelessly transmit the information.

Consumers can also use the convergence of mobile and surveillance video to protect their property..... The device can be placed inside a home or boat and programmed to take images automatically and send a photo over the cellphone network to the owner.

In the United States, an increasing number of cities and towns are asking for and receiving federal money to set up video surveillance in public places and transmit the film to police stations and mobile police units, said David Shatzkes, vice president for government services at Computer Horizons, an information technology services company based in Mountain Lake, New Jersey.
Police officers or security guards "can't be everywhere, but cameras can," Shatzkes said.
"So in a sense Big Brother will be watching you."
http://www.iht.com/articles/537410.htm

Bush signs 3G wireless bill to accomodate military --Dec. 1, 2004
for increased sharing among federal agencies, local governments and the private sector
One measure would create a fund-from future 3G auction receipts-to pay for the relocation of certain military radio systems from 1700 MHz to other frequencies. The legislation is based on an administration-brokered deal that effectively compensates the Department of Defense for clearing 45 megahertz that mobile-phone carriers will occupy to provide 3G services
http://rcrnews.com/news.cms?newsId=20626

LocatePLUS --July 2004
LocatePLUS is working with the law enforcement agencies that are responsible for covering the entire security detail of the DNC.  Officers will utilize LocatePLUS' products to conduct identity validation checks on license plates, cell phones and drivers' licenses.  LocatePLUS' AnyWhere(TM) RIM BlackBerry wireless product, and CD-ROMs of motor vehicle and drivers' license records provided by subsidiary Worldwide Information of Byfield, Massachusetts, will be used for security checks during the DNC event.
    Massachusetts State Police Lieutenant Robert M. Munroe stated, "Public safety and national security are our top concerns for the DNC.  The wireless devices, online database and CD-ROMs provide us with public information at our fingertips, allowing us to readily access databases that verify an individual's identity.  We can use this information to help elevate the
security at the DNC

AnyWhere, currently used nationally for anti-terrorism and criminal investigations, is an integrated handheld wireless and messaging system that supplies 24/7 access to LocatePLUS' proprietary investigative database,
containing information on 98% of the U.S. population. 
Officers can access the database in real-time through a secure Web-based portal using wireless access provided by EarthLink, a LocatePLUS partner.

Channel partners include Loislaw, Earthlink, Imaging Automation, AssureTec and the nation's leading recruitment site.
    Based on the 2000 United States Census figures and Company estimates, LocatePLUS has information on nearly 98% of the adult population and data entries relating to approximately 205 million individuals in the United States - maintained in one of the largest and most comprehensive XML data sources of its kind, capable of national delivery.  For more information, visit theCompany's Website at http://www.locateplus.com. 
For investor information, visit http://www.otcfn.com/lplha.
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=SVBIZINK3.story&STORY=/www/story/07-27-2004/0002218577
&EDATE=TUE+Jul+27+2004,+07:00+AM

Identity Validation Solutions
 LocatePLUS CEO Jon Latorella stated, "As a global, e-intelligence solution provider, Metro Risk complements LocatePLUS' growth strategy to supply the nation with the latest counter-terrorism and identity theft solutions.
Through this partnership, we can immediately expand our customer base and increase revenues.  We are also very excited to be chosen
to supply identity validation solutions for MetroRisk's planned U.S. market penetration of VeriChip. 
This represents a significant new milestone for us in servicing the biometrics sector."
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=109&STORY=/www/story/07-29-2004/0002220840&EDATE=

LocatePLUS featured on CNN
In a time of terrorism worries, the information could theoretically save lives, or produce clues that an eagle-eyed cop could use to solve a case ... LocatePLUS Holdings Corp., a Beverly, Massachusetts-based company that says it maintains more than 6 billion records and has data on 98 percent of the U.S. population, announced this week that it would provide Blackberry wireless devices to state police at Logan International Airport. Two of the planes hijacked on September 11, 2001, took off from Logan.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040706/netu004_1.html

e-intelligence
LocatePLUS CEO Jon Latorella stated, "As a global, e-intelligence solution provider, Metro Risk complements LocatePLUS' growth strategy to supply the nation with the latest counter-terrorism and identity theft solutions. Through this partnership, we can immediately expand our customer base and increase revenues. We are also very excited to be chosen to supply identity validation solutions for MetroRisk's planned U.S. market penetration of VeriChip. This represents a significant new milestone for us in servicing the biometrics sector."
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040729/neth020_1.html

ChoicePoint Inc., based in Alpharetta, Ga., also offers police wireless access to its vast databases, but so far has a smaller number of clients, said James E. Lee, the company's chief marketing officer.
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/business/stories.nsf/0/109B00451683647886256EBF00192860?OpenDocument&Headline=Long+arm+of+the+law+
has+grown+much+longer

About ChoicePoint ChoicePoint Inc. (NYSE: CPS) is the leading provider of identification and credential verification services for making smarter decisions in a world challenged by increased risks. Serving the needs of business, government, non-profit organizations and individuals, ChoicePoint works to create a safer and more secure society through the responsible use of information while ensuring the protection of personal privacy. For more information about ChoicePoint, visit the Company's Web site at http://www.choicepoint.com .
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=SVBIZINK3.story&STORY=/www/story/07-20-2004/0002213374
&EDATE=TUE+Jul+20+2004,+06:55+AM

Vulnerability
Such empowerment gains even more heft with Monday's ruling by a sharply divided Supreme Court that people who refuse to give their names to police can be arrested, even if they've done nothing wrong.
Justice John Paul Stevens, one of the dissenters, expressed concern that, with simply a name, officers could quickly tap into databases and learn a "broad array of information about the person."
Indeed, that's already happening.
http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20040625.gtprivatejun25/BNStory/Technology/

RIM Research in Motion and Blackberry ( handheld data computer / phone)
http://www.telecom.paper.nl/reports/reportinfo.asp?id=107
also
http://www.mtv.com/chooseorlose/headlines/news.jhtml?id=1489813&_requestid=239478

Security, Preparedness, Attacks, Disasters and Emergencies
If the Government was sincere in caring for the security of its citizens, it would have had
Civil Defense Shelters available for all of its citizenry years ago, stocked with supplies.
Today, only elitists have bunkers. The citizenry must fend for themselves with bailing wire and bubble gum.

2005 : "Resolve to be ready "
Log on to http://www.ready.gov/ and look for the 'Resolve to be Ready' icon.
There, you can learn more about emergency preparedness and download a free family emergency plan template to help you get started. You and your family will be glad you did."
http://press.arrivenet.com/bus/article.php/547713.html

Be Ready Families http://www.ready.gov/index.html

Be Ready Kids ( coming soon)

FEMA for Kids http://www.fema.gov/kids/

Not the same FEMA anymore -- Dec. 27, 2004 ( reports of fraud)
Michael Brown deals with 22 agencies
In the post-Sept. 11, 2001, era, FEMA has become part of the Department of Homeland Security
I hear from emergency managers, local and state leaders, and first responders nearly every day that the FEMA they knew and worked well with has now disappeared," he testified in March. "They are suffering the impact of dealing with a behemoth federal department, rather than the small agile independent agency that coordinates federal response effectively and efficiently and understands the needs of its local and state partners."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28022-2004Dec26.html

First Responders get mobile WiFi communication -- Dec. 16, 2004
CommHub runs on 802.11x wireless local area network standards and connects to critical systems and databases at emergency operations centers via very small aperture terminal satellite links.
It's designed to offer voice, data and video communication to the first responders.
The technology can be mounted on top of an emergency vehicle or carried by a first responder.
http://www.mobilehealthdata.com/article.cfm?articleid=1181

Officials prepare for attack on schools --Dec. 27, 2004
http://kobtv.com/index.cfm?viewer=storyviewer&id=15913&cat=HOME

Intelligence Reforms from the 911 Commission-- December 2004 ..pro and con
Major Wes Russell of the Indiana National Guard recently served in Iraq and agreed with Pence that the military should be left in control of operations and intelligence gathering.
"The less people we have involved in decision making, the better," he said.
http://www.thestarpress.com/articles/4/030462-7084-004.html

Indeed, more questions are likely to pop up about the wisdom of investing billions of dollars for fighting a network-centric warfare while America's chief adversary - global terrorist groups - is primarily low-tech based, and might be best tackled by enhancing the effectiveness of the United States' intelligence-gathering capabilities worldwide and disseminating them just in time to the fighting forces.
http://atimes.com/atimes/Front_Page/FK30Aa01.html

10 ways to combat terrorism
http://www.gizmo.com.au/go/3548/

More from the Newswire:

NWO, Brave New World: We're so THERE, it's pitiful -- Dec. 30, 2004
Required ID cards ... Barcoded Driver's License
WASHINGTON D.C. -- Walk into one of New Jersey's 45 motor-vehicle offices to get a drivers license and you're instantly under surveillance by closed-circuit TV and an undercover officer. Even before you get in line, a state worker checks your passport, birth certificate or other required documents.
When you get your license, you'll notice a bar code on the back that police officers can read with electronic scanners to verify your identity -- one of 22 security features built into the card.
And forget about renewing your license by mail: Everyone now must show up

A new homeland security law passed by Congress requires the federal government to work with states over the next 18 months to devise new security standards for drivers licenses and identification cards
But skeptics say new restrictions on drivers licenses could mean new hassles for consumers -- higher costs, unnecessary delays and a hefty dose of Big Brother -- without really improving security.

Most chilling to some is the requirement that the licenses have "common machine-readable identity information,"
[ standardization] such as a magnetic strip or, in the case of New Jersey, a bar code.
"Is the government literally going to be watching you?" ( 3 guesses ) said Cheye Calvo of the National Conference of State Legislatures. "That's a big deal because when you get into federal standards, you're walking a very thin line from turning a drivers license into a national identification card."
Most countries experiencing a high rate of terrorism have a national ID, and one-third of those use biometric identifiers, according to the ACLU. The new licenses will give the federal government another way to keep track of citizens while creating a false sense of security, Johnson said
http://www.app.com/app/story/0,21625,1159340,00.html
When the 666 Mark of the Beast is required ( not mandated ) , will the scenario be the same as above ??
Without the 666 MOB, you can do nothing ( no job, no groceries, no rent, no nothing )
"Required" means that it is an automated mandate. Food is a necessity.

Axalto issues Smart Cards for the DoD -- Sept. 2004
Axalto, the Amsterdam company which has already provided some 5.7 million smart cards to the Department of Defense, says it has received an order for an additional 800,000 Common Access Cards from the DOD's prime smart card contractor. The CAC is currently serving as the standard ID for U.S. government staff at more than 900 DOD locations worldwide.
http://www.secureidnews.com/news/2004/09/07/axalto-to-deliver-another-800000-common-access-cards-to-us-department-of-defense/
updated with contactless chips
http://www.secureidnews.com/news/2004/02/18/common-access-card-ready-for-update/

NGA National Geospatial Intelligence Agency ; Aerial Imaging Sept. 27, 2004
Their work brushes up against the fine line between protecting the public and performing illegal government spying on Americans.
Spying on the citizenry
But that's not good enough for secrecy expert Steven Aftergood, who oversees a project on government secrecy for the Federation of American Scientists. "What it all boils down to is 'Trust us. Our intentions are good,'" he said.
Adds Marc Rotenberg, executive director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center in Washington:
"As a general matter, when there are systems of public surveillance, there needs to be public oversight."

Geospatial intelligence is the science of combining imagery, such as satellite pictures, to physically depict features or activities happening anywhere on the planet
But now the agency's new Americas Office has been called on to assemble visual information on more than 130 urban areas, among scores of other assignments, including maps of the national mall, the country's high-voltage transmission lines and disaster exercises.

Sometimes, agency officials may cooperate with private groups, such as hotel security offices, to get access to video footage of lobbies and hallways.( Ed. note: Do you think they would admit to hotel rooms ??)

If they deviated from their own rules, how would it be discovered?" asks secrecy expert Aftergood. "I am not satisfied that they have an answer to that question."
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/nation/20040926-0942-watchingthehomeland.html

Nation's Capitol as Fortress :  Joint Forces Headquarters for the National Capital Region
Fort McNair
The idea of the new Joint Forces Headquarters is not to fend off foreign armies but to prevent if possible — and respond to, if not — surprise attack by terrorists using nuclear, chemical, biological or other unconventional means, Army Maj. Gen. Galen B. Jackson said Monday.[ commander of new headquarters ]
One of those vulnerabilities is the proximity of the White House, the Capitol and other government buildings to commercial air traffic
The deputy commander is Rear Adm. Jan Gaudio, who also is commandant of the Naval District of Washington, which provides support services to naval installations within a 100 mile radius of the Pentagon
Mobile Command Center
The new outfit also has a mobile command center, a $3.2 million truck chocked full of computer, telephone, TV and other communications to enable Jackson or others to travel to the scene of an emergency and remain in touch with the secretary of defense as well as other agencies.
Jackson's organization is subordinate to U.S. Northern Command (search), a military headquarters in Colorado set up after the Sept. 11 attacks to coordinate land defense of the United States. Air defense is the responsibility of the North American Aerospace Defense Command (search).
http://www.foxnews.com/printer_friendly_story/0,3566,132950,00.html

Homeland Security to install high-officials ay Brussels and in the Hague ( Europol )--Sept. 20, 2004
Tom Ridge, secretary of the US department, is planning to post his senior official in Brussels by the end of this year, according to officials who attended a weekend meeting between Mr Ridge and António Vitorino, the EU's justice commissioner, as well as Piet Hein Donner, justice minister of the Netherlands, which holds the EU's rotating presidency.
The US official will focus on border security issues and could be the first port of call for EU officials dealing with terrorism, including Gijs de Vries, the EU's anti-terrorism co-ordinator.
John Ashcroft, US attorney-general, is also due to visit Europe at the end of this month. [ next week ]
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/93323dfe-0a73-11d9-a415-00000e2511c8.html

Security plans to include hostage taking; prevent school crisis like one in Russia -- Sept. 10, 2004
The president said to all of us: Just make sure you know what you are going to do, who is going to be doing it, where we are going to be doing it, what resources we are going to apply," Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge said in an interview Thursday.
In recent morning briefings, Ridge said President Bush had asked his top advisers — including homeland security, FBI and justice officials — to review their strategies for dealing with hostage situations. http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2004-09-10-ridge-school_x.htm

Ridge considers retirement in November - July 30, 2004
Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge (search) is considering stepping down after the November election, telling colleagues he is worn out from the massive reorganization of government and needs to earn money in the private sector to put his teenage children through college, officials said.
During a meeting Friday in Miami, Ridge called the report "an inside-the-Beltway game" and said he wouldn't comment about it.

"The president gave me a great job," Ridge said. "I'm doing the job and after President Bush is re-elected, we'll have to have that conversation. But I've got a job to do and I plan on doing it."
Several senior Homeland Security (search) officials told The Associated Press that Ridge has indicated in recent weeks he probably will resign after the election, even if Bush wins. They spoke only on condition of anonymity, citing the delicate nature of describing private conversations with their boss.
http://www.foxnews.com/printer_friendly_story/0,3566,127531,00.html
http://www.churchage.com/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=2898&sid=a3e2e7d9de6772342d9a81df107acff3

Israel , N Grumman, to make Hunter UAV's for USA -- July 23, 2004
Israel Aircraft Industries has agreed to cooperate with Northrop Grumman and Aurora Flight Sciencies to design develop and produce tactical and long-endurance UAV systems.
Northrop Grumman already serves as the prime contractor of IAI's RQ-5 Hunter UAV project for the U.S. Army. Northrop Grumman has helped enhance and expand the Hunter program, suspended in 1996 and renewed three years later.
http://menewsline.com/stories/2004/july/07_23_2.html

High---Drones over Mexican border ..12,000 -15,000 feet above earth
Unlike the Predator combat drones used in recent years by US forces in Afghanistan and Yemen to assassinate suspected Al-Qaeda members, those used by the Arizona border patrol will not carry any weaponry, Reuters reports.
The drones weigh about 1,000 pounds, have a wingspan of 35 feet and can fly up to 120 miles per hour. They will patrol at 12,000 to 15,000 feet and have a ceiling of up to 19,000 feet. They can stay aloft for 20 hours at a time and can detect movement from 15 miles up, read a license plate and view a vehicle's occupants, officials told the AP.
The drones will focus in on a 220-mile western stretch of the Arizona border that includes an Indian reservation, a wildlife refuge and a military range. According to CNN, other recent additions to the Patrol's technological war chest include tower-mounted cameras, ground sensors, night-vision goggles and portable lifts that let agents view down lines of highway traffic.
http://www.theexperiment.org/articles.php?news_id=2055

Low---AEROSPHERE ... "persistent surveillance" sphere blimp-satellite ..1,500 feet above earth
Backers of airships say they are cheaper than satellites and manned reconnaissance planes, and would fill a gap between the two. And, by hovering over a particular area, airships can provide more persistent surveillance than unmanned reconnaissance drones.
The blimps also could serve as communications platforms, providing wireless phone or Internet service.
"Think of us as a low-hanging satellite," said Mike Lawson, president of Techsphere Systems International LLC, which is gearing up to produce 60-foot and 200-foot versions of its "Aerosphere" spherical airship in Columbus, Ga. "We're a niche in the marketplace that will create a safer world."
http://www.thejournalnews.com/newsroom/070604/b0706blimp.html

Cyberalert System; Operation Liberty Shield; Threat Matrix
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/32705.html

Privatizing war: hiring mercenaries
With 92,000 employees worldwide, CSC works with virtually every major U.S. agency. Through its State and Defense Department contracts, it implements foreign policy by proxy. Its "private security personnel" are effectively immune from criminal sanctions.
Through its Information Technology work with the NSA, it upgrades and maintains the world's most expansive and highly secure surveillance and communication systems. It also manages Air Force bases and information warfare planning, Army weapons systems, naval security, most of NASA's air fleet, and Department of Homeland Security border-crossing technology.
http://www.commondreams.org/views04/0707-14.htm

HS gets 32 billion dollars -- June 3, 2004
The bill, which would finance the Department of Homeland Security in the 2005 fiscal year beginning on Oct. 1, is
$896 million above President Bush's request and represents a $2.8 billion increase over 2004.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20040603/pl_nm/security_congress_dc&e=5

Networking depts. for data on foreign visitors -- June 2, 2004
The contract is for the "prime integrator" role for U.S.-Visit, which stands for U.S. Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology. The program will create a system for identifying visitors to the country and will link as many as 20 government databases to collect information on when the visitors enter the United States, their movements in the country and when they leave.

In being awarded the contract, Accenture has been put in charge of managing subcontractors who install systems to monitor the entry and exit of every individual at U.S. airports, seaports and land border crossings.
http://www.iht.com/articles/522825.html

U.S. agencies collect, examine personal data on Americans...May 28, 2004
 Data-mining technology can sift through massive amounts of information to uncover hidden patterns and subtle relationships to make predictions.
The Education, Defense, Homeland Security, Veterans Affairs, Health and Human Services, Interior, Labor, Justice, and Treasury departments are among those that use the contentious new technology to detect criminal or terrorist activity; manage human resources; gauge scientific research; detect fraud, waste and abuse; and monitor tax compliance.
    The audit released yesterday shows 36 data-mining programs collect and analyze personal information that is purchased from the private sector, including credit reports and credit-card transactions. Additionally, 46 federal agencies share personal information that includes student-loan application data, bank-account numbers, credit-card information and taxpayer-identification numbers.

http://www.washtimes.com/national/20040528-122605-9267r.htm

'Armageddon Plan '-- Crisis Management --April 7, 2004
Editor note: This is really a "crisis-plan", or a "Magog-plan" but rest assured, it will be implemented
long before Armageddon, by about 3 and 1/2 to 4 years earlier. "Armageddon" is a misnomer.
Nightline" expands on a book by James Mann that detailed the birth of the program, named
"Continuity of Government," during the Reagan administration. Under the plan, if the United States were facing a nuclear attack, three teams of 50 federal officials would be sent from Washington to locations across the country -- each with a Cabinet member who was prepared to become president.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A55877-2004Apr6?language=printer
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55877-2004Apr6.html

Verichip and Homeland Security Digital Angel, Applied Digital Solutions

Big Brother on stage in the PUBLIC SQUARE

Sound-system for Community Alert...speaker pods... ( BB Bull Horn ) Yoder, WY
“It alerts the community by warning tones and voice messaging that indicates exactly the nature of the emergency.”
The new system has the capability to add more speaker pods in the future and can also be networked with other outdoor warning systems within the county.
The sounding system is currently activated to warn for tornados and flash floods. Although it does have the capabilities to warn for severe weather, evacuation procedures and terrorist attacks. In conjunction with the fire department, the outdoor warning system is activated for fire and EMS calls during the day.
“This is one way to notify first responders of an emergency and it also indicates to community residents that emergency vehicles will be entering and leaving
The system is operated and controlled by an encoder located in the fire hall.
“I am also able to activate the system from my vehicle anywhere in the county with the use of a radio,” Burkhart said.

To enhance warning capabilities, an alert monitor has been placed at Southeast Schools to work in conjunction with the outdoor warning system.
When activated the alert monitor at the school will indicate an audible alarm with text messaging advising the nature of the emergency.
http://www.torringtontelegram.com/main.php?story_id=1677&page=23

NOAA - FEMA to reach nearly 100 % of the country - June 18, 2004
Federal Emergency Management Agency's Emergency Alert System (EAS) as a crawl on the bottom of TV screens and over local radio stations
Consumer technology for NOAA's system, called Specific Area Message Encoding (SAME), reached the market in April and will be popping up on numerous consumer products with a "public alert" logo, said Jenny Miller, spokeswoman for the Consumer Electronic Association.
The devices soon will be spread throughout homes including in home security systems, telephones and battery-operated television remote controls, in case electricity is lost.

Broadcast receivers already are installed in emergency control centers as well as workplaces and public schools.
http://washingtontimes.com/national/20040617-114935-6387r.htm

"Critical Reach" co-locates with "eXchange @ 200 Paul" in No. Calif. --June 18, 2004
eXchange @ 200 Paul's facilities offer immediate availability and scalability from a single cabinet to thousands of square feet in a secure data center, offering state-of-the-art security and systems support normally available for only the largest telecommunications and e-commerce companies. By aggregating one of the largest collection of carriers and networks in North America, eXchange colocation facilities offer customers the most competitive carrier neutral marketplace for data services.

For nearly a decade, Critical Reach has been dedicated to building safer communities for all citizens. This nonprofit organization developed the nation's only comprehensive, shared community alert system, which currently links nearly 2,000 law enforcement agencies in 32 states with each other and the public. Critical Reach is now extending its proven solution nationwide. No matter what the threat-crime, terrorism, biohazard-Critical Reach enables all health and safety authorities to swiftly and precisely distribute vital information to each other, as well as to schools, hospitals, transportation centers, businesses, individuals, and other public entities. [ Ed. note: Did we leave anybody out ?? ] Critical Reach's real-time, image-based alerts help authorities save lives, locate missing children, enhance Amber Alerts, maximize public health, get violent felons off the street, and better prepare for and respond to terrorist attacks
http://www.hostreview.com/news/news/040617eXchange.html
http://thewhir.com/marketwatch/200061804.cfm

National Cyber Alert System
US -- CERT Computer Emergency Readiness Team ....... ( Remember Akamai ? 6-15- 04 )
"America's huge online community deserves to have a fast, accurate and official response when things don't seem to be working right. The more people who know about problems as they develop, the more likely it is that those problems can be identified and quickly isolated. "
http://www.us-cert.gov/
http://www.king5.com/sharedcontent/ptech/computercorner2/061804ccktPtechComputerCorner.2749d23f4.html

VeriChip's "Freedom4Wireless" Community Alert System -- June 9, 2004
F4W is building a national high speed mobile broadband wireless network as well as building tactical networks for
Homeland Security and Law Enforcement agencies. F4W's services and products fall into three broad categories. Freedom 4 Emergency Alert Display Services(TM),
Freedom 4 Mobile Services(TM) and
Freedom 4 Smart Equipment Services(TM).
F4W's focus is on the public safety market

Freedom 4 Emergency Alert Display Services(TM) networks are networks of plasma and LCD displays that provide Emergency Alert System(TM) (EAS) and
Community Alert System (CAS(TM))
messaging to the public in times of community crisis and distress. Such services will allow both federal and local governmental authorities to communicate with the public about imminent and immediate events that may require a quick response to save lives or improve public well-being. Built into these displays are 2-way video and voice capability so that an individuals and first responders in a crisis can communicate with emergency organizations.
See www.freedom4wireless.com for more information. < < < < < < ( lots of info )

http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/040609/95592_1.html

American Capital plans to integrate VeriChip technology with its Freedom4Wireless Mobile Broadband Wireless Solutions for security applications
http://www.rfidnews.org/news/2004/06/10/american-capital-to-integrate-verichip-with-freedom4wireless/

"Mattie's Call" Alert System for dementia wanderers--Atlanta
The alert system, modeled after the state's Levi's Call system, would automatically trigger a set of responses for police and other city agents. Councilwoman Moore, who is not related to the missing woman but represents the area where she lived, said the proposal would combine coordination with local news media and MARTA.
"We will be working to coordinate with the emergency alert system and others to be able to get it automatically (activated) like a Levi's Call," the councilwoman said.
http://www.wsbtv.com/news/3419299/detail.html

Team Amber Alert takes to the Internet
Abduction Alerts Get Transmitted Via Web Tickers, Dynamic Web Content, E-Mail Cellular SMS, Instant Message and Fax.
http://www.teamamberalert.net/news/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1638

Neighborhood Network Advisory
http://www.nnanow.net/

Weather-radio Alert Systems
Once popular mainly with weather geeks and people in tornado country, the humble weather radio is enjoying a renaissance across the country. The number of transmitters nationwide has doubled to 900 since 1994, and the National Weather Service recently dedicated two new stations in Washington. The types of warnings broadcast via the system also have expanded dramatically.

Now, in addition to 24/7 weather news, weather radio sends out alerts for volcanic eruptions and mudflows, floods, tsunamis, gas leaks, toxic chemical spills and the Amber alerts issued when children are missing. The Department of Homeland Security also plans to use weather radio to help sound the alarm in case of a terrorist attack, and is studying Washington's setup as a model for the country, said Ted Buehner, of the National Weather Service in Seattle
Today, the entire process is increasingly automated. Warnings from weather radio feed in to the Emergency Alert System, which notifies commercial radio and television stations

That's the type of system the Homeland Security Department hopes to develop nationwide, to allow almost instantaneous warnings of everything from a dirty-bomb attack to power line sabotage.
Eventually, Swanson predicts, warnings from weather radios will be transmitted via cell phones, laptops and personal digital assistants.
http://www.indystar.com/articles/3/155436-5203-010.html

Emergency Alert by gov. to you by midnight phone call; internet and TV (EAS) Jan 10, 2003
"Television sets suddenly turning on in the middle of the night, Internet messages or nontraditional telephone rings may be the next way Americans are alerted by the government they are under attack by terrorists. "
http://www.prisonplanet.com/news_alert_011003_terror.html
http://www.washtimes.com/national/20030110-90194169.htm

Dramatization: Crisis-announcement concerning the VeriChip ... a dramatization for the near future
http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/viewthread.php?tid=40940
www.cybertime.net/~ajgood/directive.html

VeriChip Corporation Increases Its Washington, D.C. Presence -- Sept. 29, 2003
Retains Stanley L. Reid to Market Subdermal RFID VeriChip to Federal Agencies
Mr. Reid has particular expertise in selling new, introductory technologies to government agencies, including the Departments of Defense (DoD), Energy (DoE) and State, as well as the agencies that have been incorporated into the Department of Homeland Security. [ 22 agencies within Homeland Security ]

Retaining Mr. Reid to lead the VeriChip marketing effort in Washington, D.C. continues the Company's ongoing program, first announced last year in the "Protected by VeriChip" awareness initiative, to demonstrate VeriChip's potential as a secure identification technology with a variety of applications in the areas of homeland security and defense
http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/f_headline.cgi?day0/232725722&ticker=adsx

Digital Angel helps Homeland Security--Jan 29, 2003
Biosensor Mobile connectivity.... bioterrorism alert
Additional projects will look at ways to monitor and provide alerts of unhealthy environmental conditions such as the presence of hazardous gases, chemical agents, pollen and pollution. Certain of these capabilities may be also helpful in tightening homeland security

The University of California system includes more than 187,000 students and 157,000 faculty and staff, with more than 1.2 million alumni living and working around the world. The UC also manages three U.S. Department of Energy national laboratories including the Lawrence Berkeley, Livermore and Los Alamos Laboratories, which have become unparalleled research and development centers whose programs and activities address national interests including response to terrorism, homeland security and many other issues of national importance.

UC at Riverside is the fastest growing UC campus, with approximately 16,000 students in the academic year 2002-03. UCR is also the most diverse UC campus and is the third most diverse institution among the doctoral granting universities surveyed by U.S. News and World Report. The Bourns College of Engineering (BCOE) is the premier college at UCR with one-fifth of its 60 faculty belonging to the prestigious American Association for the Advancement of Science.
http://www.canadiangrassroots.ca/sections.php?op=printpage&artid=1836

http://216.239.57.104/search?q=cache:uO5adSvTnW4J:www.digitalangel.net/about_pressreleases.asp%3FRELEASE_ID%3D13+
Digital+Angel+%2B+homeland+security&hl=en&ie=UTF-8
http://www.digitalangel.net/about_pressreleases.asp?RELEASE_ID=13
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/030129/nyw030_1.html

Homeland Security Chip -- Dec. 31. 2002
By 2005, Mr. Talbot estimates that nursing home companies will be selling at least 500,000 per year. This would translate to at least $125-150 million in relatively high margin revenues for Beverly and any other Digital Angel marketing partners. For Digital Angel, Mr. Talbot estimates that 500,000 units would mean $250 million in revenues and gross profit margins in the 70 percent range.
This projection excludes other potential markets for Digital Angel Corp. such as medical devices or
U.S. homeland security, he said.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/021230/nym049_1.html
Transponder-locator for the elderly; eventually for anyone the government wants to monitor.
"You can run, but you cannot hide"

"We Tip" on a grand scale -- Jan 9, 2003 (Digital Angel to the rescue)
Place transponder on "wanted" subject; "Wander-alert" signals when subject is "out of bounds"; Subject is "tracked by authorized people"
Call is made into 24 / 7 base near Washington D.C. (Owings, Maryland); networked with web-enabled
wireless telecommunication linked to GPS. Transmits temperature and heart rate of subject.
Subject soon found and made captive.

The new lightweight units will offer three alert modes initially: Emergency Alert (subscriber sends alert); WanderAlert (signals when subscriber has violated pre-set geographical boundaries for use with parole monitoring or Alzheimer's patients, for example) and Low BatteryAlert (signals when less 30 minutes of power are left).

On March 27, 2002, Digital Angel Corporation completed a merger with Medical Advisory Systems, Inc., which for two decades has operated a 24/7, physician-staffed response center in Owings, Maryland. Prior to the merger, Digital Angel Corporation was a 93% owned subsidiary of Applied Digital Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: ADSX - News), which now is a beneficial owner of a majority position in the company. Digital Angel(TM) technology represents the first- ever combination of advanced sensors and Web-enabled wireless telecommunications linked to Global Positioning Systems (GPS). By utilizing advanced sensor capabilities, Digital Angel is able to monitor key functions -- such as ambient temperature and physical movement -- and transmit that data, along with accurate emergency location information, to a ground station or monitoring facility. The company also invented, manufactures and markets implantable identification microchips the size of a grain of rice for use in humans, companion pets, fish, and
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/030109/nyth115_1.html

NO RIGHT OF DISSENT ( the end of the First Amendment )
( it's not about al-Queda or Taliban or such; it's about you and me )

“In a democracy dissent is an act of faith. Like medicine, the test of its value is not its taste, but its effect.”
  J. William Fullbright

“To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.”
 Theodore Roosevelt (in a newspaper column, 1918)

"Dissent is the highest form of patriotism."
- President Thomas Jefferson

Trying to define "combatant" -- Nov. 18, 2003
A federal appeals judge said Monday it would be "a sea change" in the Constitution to allow the Bush administration to designate a U.S. citizen suspected in an alleged dirty bomb plot as an enemy combatant.
But Judge Barrington D. Parker Jr. said he believed the power to designate a U.S. citizen as an enemy combatant rested with Congress, rather than the president.
Giving such power to the executive branch with only limited review by the courts, he said, would be "a sea change in the constitutional life of this country and ... unprecedented in civilized society."
Said Judge Rosemary S. Pooler .... "As terrible as 9/11 was, it didn't repeal the Constitution."

Jenny Martinez, a Stanford Law School professor who argued on Padilla's behalf, said the government believed it could designate anyone, even a citizen, an enemy combatant at any time.
"This new power government is looking for is entirely unprecedented," she said.
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20031117/D7USK1E81.html


Quarantining dissent: How the Secret Service protects Bush from free speech. Jan. 4, 2004
"terrorists" defined as anyone who is not politically-correct;
who is pro-First Amendment (free speech) ; can be seen, but not heard
Whatever happened to 'I don't agree with you, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it'?"

Attempts to suppress protesters become more disturbing in light of the Homeland Security Department's recommendation that local police departments view critics of the war on terrorism as potential terrorists. In a May terrorist advisory, the Homeland Security Department warned local law enforcement agencies to keep an eye on anyone who "expressed dislike of attitudes and decisions of the U.S. government." If police vigorously followed this advice, millions of Americans could be added to the official lists of suspected terrorists.

One of the most violent government responses to an antiwar protest occurred when local police and the federally funded California Anti-Terrorism Task Force fired rubber bullets and tear gas at peaceful protesters and innocent bystanders at the Port of Oakland, injuring a number of people. ......

Such aggressive tactics become more ominous in the light of the Bush administration's advocacy, in its
Patriot II draft legislation, of nullifying all judicial consent decrees restricting state and local police from spying on those groups who may oppose government policies.

On May 30, 2002, Ashcroft effectively abolished restrictions on FBI surveillance of Americans' everyday lives first imposed in 1976. One FBI internal newsletter encouraged FBI agents to conduct more interviews with antiwar activists "for plenty of reasons, chief of which it will enhance the paranoia endemic in such circles and will further service to get the point across that there is an FBI agent behind every mailbox."

this is a net that could catch almost any group or individual who falls into official disfavor.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2004/01/04/INGPQ40MB81.DTL

Latest news:

Russian Drones (UAVs) for US surveillance

http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=86

US fingerprints 'allied' visitors  
A US requirement for visitors to be fingerprinted and photographed is being expanded to include citizens from America's closest allies.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3595221.stm

Darpa Blimps over our cities --March 15, 2004
Ed. note: We've had a regular sized blimp over the city of Redlands this month (testing sensors?)
DARPA is starting the planning for a blimp, three times the size of Goodyear's, that would keep watch over an entire city.
Sitting at 70,000 feet above ground, the ISIS (short for "Integrated Sensor is Structure") airship would use a giant, flexible radar antennae to give, in the words of Darpa program manager Larry Correy, a "dynamic, detailed, real-time picture of all movement on or above the battlefield: friendly, neutral or enemy."
Imagine the impact it will have if ISIS tracks the movement of individuals for months. Hidden webs of connections between people and facilities will be revealed."
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2004/3/12/222951.shtml

March 14, 2004
Homeland Security increases vigilance over trains, Metro (buses) ,bridges, tunnels, mail deposit boxes etc.
Amtrak increased patrols of its police force and canine units, spokesman Dan Stessel said. Electronic surveillance of bridges and tunnels was intensified, he said. And the company reinforced its message to Amtrak  employees to report suspicious activities to police.
That gives you another 20,000 sets of eyes," ....cruise lines too .....
James Carafano, a homeland security expert with the conservative think tank Heritage Foundation, said Al Qaeda has shown an interest in bridges and tunnels. Major subway systems are now closely monitoring tunnels, he said.Mailboxes disappeared from downtown Washington streets as the city tightened its guard against terrorism.

Will Russian troops ( foreign forces) patrol the USA ? Good question.
Last month, Homeland Security officials met with a Russian delegation for a debriefing on the February explosion on the Moscow metro that killed 41, TSA spokesman Mark Hatfield said.
http://www.foxnews.com/printer_friendly_story/0,3566,114069,00.html

ARDA -- Feb. 23, 2004
Congress left undisturbed a separate but similar $64 million research program run by a little-known office called the Advanced Research and Development Activity, or ARDA, that has used some of the same researchers as Poindexter's program
Poindexter aimed to predict terrorist attacks by identifying telltale patterns of activity in arrests, passport applications, visas, work permits, driver's licenses, car rentals and airline ticket buys as well as credit transactions and education, medical and housing records.
The research created a political uproar because such reviews of millions of transactions could put innocent Americans under suspicion. One of Poindexter's own researchers, David D. Jensen at the University of Massachusetts, acknowledged that "high numbers of false positives can result."

People with direct knowledge of the contracts told the AP that the surviving programs included some of 18 data-mining projects known in Poindexter's research as Evidence Extraction and Link Discovery.
Poindexter's office described that research as "technology not only for `connecting the dots' that enable the U.S. to predict and pre-empt attacks but also for deciding which dots to connect." It was among the most contentious research programs.
Privacy advocates feared that if such powerful tools [ intensive software] were developed without limits from Congress, government agents could use them on any database

ARDA, the research and development office, sponsors corporate and university research on information technology for U.S. intelligence agencies. It is developing computer software that can extract information from databases as well as text, voices, other audio, video, graphs, images, maps, equations and chemical formulas. It calls its effort
"Novel Intelligence from Massive Data."
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=519&u=/ap/20040222/ap_on_re_us/terror_privacy_3&printer=1

Army tanks for crowd control ( no posse comitus ); citizens now an endangered species.
Includes crowd control for dissidents etc.
ANNISTON, Ala.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 16, 2004--Did you ever wonder what happens to excess Army tracked vehicles? United Defense Industries, Inc. is supporting a unique solution that supports local law enforcement and Homeland Defense needs. It converts surplus military vehicles into domestic law enforcement units for special situations.
http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20040216005061&newsLang=en

DARPA wants warriors who don't eat, sleep or ever need medical attention -- Feb. 2004
http://www.wired.com/news/medtech/0,1286,62297,00.html?tw=wn_story_top5

"Metabolic Dominance" --Dr. Joseph Bielitzki
http://www.darpa.mil/dso/solicitations/baa03-02mod2.htm

Sleep Deprivation
http://www.darpa.mil/dso/thrust/biosci/cap.htm

Persistence in Combat
http://www.wired.com/news/medtech/0,1286,60768,00.html

Israel, Maryland ( D.C. area ) forge partnership in homeland security -- Nov. 2003
Israel and Maryland have formed a partnership in Homeland security - a symbiosis of Maryland´s facilities and Israel´s expertise. The announcement came during the visit last week to Israel of a 27-person delegation from Maryland headed by Gov. Robert Erlich Jr.
He is extremely interested in what Israel has to offer in the field of homeland security. State and local officials, in this era have to pay attention to International affairs and terrorism - it is no longer just a federal issue. We want our partnership to Israel to help us with emergency preparedness, emergency medical treatment and law enforcement," Bogage told ISRAEL21c.

To this end, Ehrlich announced during his visit the creation of the Maryland/Israel Partnership in Homeland Security, a symbiosis of his state´s facilities and Israel´s expertise. The Homeland Security Partnership will include conferences, seminars and exchange visits to examine issues such as risk analysis and preparedness. An immediate measure announced by Ehrlich´s office was the implementation of Israeli-developed security precautions at Baltimore-Washington International Airport and the port of Baltimore.
http://www.israel21c.org/bin/en.jsp?enPage=BlankPage&enDisplay=view&enDispWhat=object&enDispWho=Articles%5El548&en
Zone=technology&enVersion=0&

Developing anti-shoulder missiles -- Jan 8, 2004
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040107/ap_on_re_us/airlines_missiles_8


Darpa: Mobile Robots
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,61808,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_2

Bush signs first-ever $30 BBBBillion to Homeland -- Oct. 6, 2003
President Bush said the $30 billion spending bill he signed Wednesday — the first ever for the new Homeland Security Department — will help America protect its soil from terrorist threats
The bill that Congress sent to Bush was about $1 billion above what the president requested. It includes some $4.2 billion for first-responder programs, $9 billion for border protection and $5.2 billion for the Transportation Security Agency and the Federal Air Marshal Program. [ where is the other 11.6 Billion ????]
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=544&u=/ap/20031001/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_homeland_security_2&printer=1

Protection from lawsuits
The Support Anti-Terrorism by Fostering Effective Technologies ("Safety") Act of 2002 authorizes the Homeland Security Department to name as "qualified antiterrorism technologies" any devices designed to thwart or mitigate the effects of terrorism. Users of approved devices will enjoy blanket protections from liability lawsuits arising from a terrorist attack.

According to one technology industry lobbyist, the Safety Act was a "backroom deal" brokered by defense contractors, tort reform lawyers and congressional leaders.
But the Safety Act has recently caught the attention of the food industry, which is now funding the development of RFID biosensors and pushing for their coverage under the Safety Act
http://www.wired.com/news/privacy/0,1848,60156,00.html

Homeland Securities Industrial Association HSIA
Development of position papers reflecting industry positions and concerns that may be shared with federal and local official; and Networking among industry representatives
http://www.hsianet.org/

About HSIA
http://www.hsianet.org/aboutus.asp

Businesses band to launch Homeland Security Association
http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0902/090302td1.htm

Salvation www.cybertime.net/~ajgood/sal.htm

Bible www.blueletterbible.org