Let this be submitted as evidence that I was asleep while the Bush Administration was stealing our freedom and liberty for the sake of security.
Benjamin Franklin: “Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.”
I have never had a need for a passport until recently as my wife and I are going on a cruise later this year. I was honestly unaware of the RFID chips that were mandated in 2005 and when I told my wife about them she didn’t believe me. I only caught wind of the chips in passports after hearing a news story on the radio about the main component of the US passports being manufactured in a Thai factory where security risks are likely.
“Last month, a gunman opened fire on an insurance building in the ancient Thai city of Ayutthaya, piercing the glass windows of the People’s Alliance for Democracy headquarters with 11 millimeter caliber bullets.
A few weeks earlier, bombs made from powerful plastic explosives were detonated near transmission towers in the same city in an unsuccessful effort by terrorists to darken the manufacturing district.
The violent episodes hardly registered in the United States. Few Americans have heard of Ayutthaya, after all, or know of a reason to pay attention to it.
But there is a reason, one directly connected to America’s security. The key electronic components for millions of American e-Passports, the crown jewel of a new U.S. border security system, have been put together inside a little-known factory in Ayutthaya for the past four years.(Source listed below)“
Read about it here: http://www.publicintegrity.org/articles/entry/2153/
These chips basically broadcast your pertinent information such as name, age, date of birth, address, and a digital image. Only after thousands of people expressed their outrage did the government implement a material in the passport cover that supposedly blocks your RFID chip from the readers that grab the information off of your passport. However this has proven to be a modest fix at best and as you can see in this video your information is not safe from prying eyes.
I for one am disgusted that I am forced to acquire a passport with this technology embedded. I find it hard to believe that anyone can say with a straight face …The US government doesn’t have too much power over the people.
Obama despises the wealthy and it's very apparent in the way he handles these issues. Unfortunately, most of our jobs come from the evil rich and a lesser amount from small business owners. The more we crush them, the fewer jobs we will have. The more we tax them, the faster they leave and take their jobs and money elsewhere.
I think this is a lot less far fetched than it was a year ago. My sister called me from California yesterday to tell me the power company has installed a little thermometer gadget on her meter and if she turns her air conditioner on too high the gadget clicks her unit off and resets it to the approved temp. They are peddling it as something to help everyone save on their energy costs. Does anyone really believe that they wouldn't shut down the internet?
Benjamin Franklin: “Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.”
I have never had a need for a passport until recently as my wife and I are going on a cruise later this year. I was honestly unaware of the RFID chips that were mandated in 2005 and when I told my wife about them she didn’t believe me. I only caught wind of the chips in passports after hearing a news story on the radio about the main component of the US passports being manufactured in a Thai factory where security risks are likely.
“Last month, a gunman opened fire on an insurance building in the ancient Thai city of Ayutthaya, piercing the glass windows of the People’s Alliance for Democracy headquarters with 11 millimeter caliber bullets.
A few weeks earlier, bombs made from powerful plastic explosives were detonated near transmission towers in the same city in an unsuccessful effort by terrorists to darken the manufacturing district.
The violent episodes hardly registered in the United States. Few Americans have heard of Ayutthaya, after all, or know of a reason to pay attention to it.
But there is a reason, one directly connected to America’s security. The key electronic components for millions of American e-Passports, the crown jewel of a new U.S. border security system, have been put together inside a little-known factory in Ayutthaya for the past four years.(Source listed below)“
Read about it here: http://www.publicintegrity.org/articles/entry/2153/
These chips basically broadcast your pertinent information such as name, age, date of birth, address, and a digital image. Only after thousands of people expressed their outrage did the government implement a material in the passport cover that supposedly blocks your RFID chip from the readers that grab the information off of your passport. However this has proven to be a modest fix at best and as you can see in this video your information is not safe from prying eyes.
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9isKnDiJNPk&feature=player_embedded
I for one am disgusted that I am forced to acquire a passport with this technology embedded. I find it hard to believe that anyone can say with a straight face …The US government doesn’t have too much power over the people.
~hannah~
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