Blunkett: ID cards about "removing fear"

Guardian [UK]

11/29/04

David Blunkett, the home secretary, today denied he was shifting Britain towards an 'authoritarian state' as he unveiled plans for identity cards and a national identity database. From 2008, all passport applicants will be issued with cards, and a decision will be made in 2011 or 2012 as to whether holding identity cards will be compulsory. ... Mr Blunkett -- who is at the centre of allegations that he fast-tracked a visa application to help a former lover -- said his aim in introducing the scheme was to help to 'remove fearfulness from people's lives.' 'The national identity card scheme will give people confidence, convenience and security in an increasingly vital aspect of modern life -- proving and protecting their identity,' he told the Commons...

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Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

The concept of ‘Global Persistent Surveillance’ (GPS) is at the centre of much debate surrounding what actions are deemed necessary to combat the current world-wide global set of threats. Current thinking is that Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) will undertake a critical role in making GPS a successful strategy. The current definition of GPS is: ‘the ability to know something of intelligence value about everything, on demand and on our terms, and have the capacity to dive deeply into the fine-grained details of specific issues to support timely political and military decisions’. If a nation’s military strategy is to successfully implement GPS, then it will need to horizontally integrate manned, unmanned and space reconnaissance and surveillance systems. Overhead systems will provide synoptic global surveillance coverage over denied areas. UAVs represent an efficient and effective solution to provide a ‘cursor’ over a target under any conditions and at any location. Simply put, UAVs enable Global Persistent Surveillance.

Speakers will include General John Jumper, Chief of Staff, United States Air Force, USA, Secretary Mike Wynne, Under Secretary for Acquisition, Technology & Logistics, Office of the Secretary of Defense, USA, and Rob Zitz, Technical Director, National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGIA) USA.

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From:
Aftermath News
Top Stories - November 28th, 2004

Paving the way for the eventual institution of a national identity card for all Americans, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security now wants children to carry identification papers. Again, the government is using the tactic of fear to needlessly scare parents and children. Many also believe the idea of forcing children to carry multiple copies of their Social Security Number makes identity theft easier.

http://www.veteransforcommonsense.org/NewsArticle.cfm?ID=2458

Neue Technologie analysiert das Verhalten von Mobiltelefon-Besitzern...

http://www.telepolis.de/tp/r4/artikel/18/18897/1.html

Big Brother is on the march. A plan to subject all children to mental health screening is under way, and pharmaceutical companies are gearing up for bigger sales of psychotropic drugs. Like most liberal big-spending ideas, this one was slipped into the law under cover of soft semantics. Its genesis was the New Freedom Commission on Mental Health created by President George W. Bush in 2002. The commission recommends "routine and comprehensive" testing and mental health screening for every child in the United States, including preschoolers. The president has instructed 25 federal agencies to develop a plan to implement the commission's recommendations. The commission proposes using electronic medical records for mental health interrogation of both children and adults for mental illnesses in school and during routine physical exams. The commission also recommends integrating electronic health records and personal health information systems. It recommends "linkage" of these mental examinations with "state-of-the-art treatments" using "specific medications for specific conditions." That means prescribing more expensive patented antidepressants and antipsychotic drugs. Illinois became the first state to jump on board. By near-unanimous votes in 2003, the General Assembly passed the $10 million Illinois Children's Mental Health Act creating a Children's Mental Health Partnership, which is expected to become a model for other states.

http://www.propagandamatrix.com/articles/november2004/241104nochild.htm
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/phyllisschlafly/ps20041123.shtml


From:
Aftermath News
Top Stories - November 25th, 2004

Big Brother on every building, door and window ledge. It's a project first dreamed up by the military to get information from the battlefield. They call it "Smart Dust" and it may soon make it possible to keep track of anything, anywhere, including you. They are the world's smallest wireless sensors. And at about the size of a wristwatch, the contain a battery powered microphone, an accelerometer, as well as temperature and humidity sensors, according to Sam Godwin, Vice President of Crossbow. Scatter them 250 feet apart and they will form their own wireless network similar to a spider's web. A Smart Dust coated world may still be a few years away. But it's possible f or an invention that could save us from pipeline accidents and keep our children safe, to also put Big Brother on every building, door and window ledge.

http://www.infowars.com/articles/bb/smart_dust_watching_you.htm


From:
Aftermath News
Top Stories - November 25th, 2004

Attempt to dump mental screening fails
http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=40384

Doctors Group Opposes Mandatory Mental Health Tests for Kids
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2004/11/11/140125.shtml

APA and Media Suppress Coverage of Bush Mental Health Testing Plan
http://snipurl.com/au51

Bush plans to screen whole U.S. population for mental illness
http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=39078

New Freedom Initiative A Progress Report: Table of Contents
http://snipurl.com/au5g

The New Freedom Initiative (US): Ready To Be Tested?
http://www.masternewmedia.org/news/2004/07/16/the_new_freedom_initiative_us.htm

USATODAY.com
No on Mandatory Mental Health Testing For Children
http://snipurl.com/au54

HR 5006 Bill Summary & Status
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d108:HR05006:

H.R. 5006 and Rep. Paul
http://www.ceopa.org/H.R.5006andRep.Paul.html

1. Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2005 (Reported in House)[H.R.5006.RH]
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?c108:1:./temp/~c1083qDXaG::

2. Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2005 (Engrossed as Agreed to or Passed by House)[H.R.5006.EH]
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?c108:2:./temp/~c1083qDXaG::

3. Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2005 (Received in Senate from House)[H.R.5006.RDS]
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?c108:3:./temp/~c1083qDXaG::


Informant: Andrea Ball

One of the nation's leading medical groups, the Association of American Physicians & Surgeons (AAPS), decried a move by the U.S. Senate to join with the House in funding a federal program AAPS says will lead to mandatory psychological testing of every child in America – without the consent of parents.

http://newsmax.com/archives/articles/2004/11/22/215244.shtml


From Information Clearing House

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Informant: Janissary Joe