Secrecy News: As of last (month), there is now a U.S. Government national security agency called the Biometrics Identity Management Agency (BIMA). It supersedes a Biometrics Task Force that was established in 2000. Though nominally a component of the Army, the biometrics agency has Defense Department-wide responsibilities. “The Biometrics Identity Management Agency leads Department of [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Biometrics’
-Colorado cops get first ID eye-scanners.
Posted: April 26, 2010 in 2010, ArticlesTags: Big Brother, Biometrics
Arapahoe wins federal grant for biometric ID system KDVR Denver | Feb 5, 2010 by Dave Young Arapahoe County will become the first law enforcement agency in Colorado to begin identifying criminals, missing children and seniors using biometric analysis of the human iris. A technician from the software and hardware developer demonstrated how their device [...]
All Americans required to carry biometric ID cards to work in US under new plan
Posted: April 26, 2010 in 2010, ArticlesTags: Big Brother, Biometrics, Indoctrination
Customs and Border Protection agent Jesus Gomez checks a passport at the vehicle crossing at the San Ysidro Port of Entry in California. Getty Images The biggest objections to the biometric cards may come from privacy advocates, who fear they would become de facto national ID cards that enable the government to track citizens. ID [...]
-Official: Children MUST go through the naked body scanners.
Posted: April 26, 2010 in 2010, ArticlesTags: Big Brother, Biometrics
BBC | Mar 29, 2010 Children selected to walk through the full body scanners at airports must do so, the transport secretary has said. Lord Adonis, announcing a consultation on a code of conduct for the scanners, said to exclude children risked undermining the security measures. Civil rights groups had raised concerns that the resulting [...]
-DHS setting new deadlines for Real ID.
Posted: April 25, 2010 in 2010, ArticlesTags: Big Brother, Biometrics, Spooks, Tracking
Wow. I figured they had just given up on it… Federal Computer News: States and territories are getting a reprieve from the looming Dec. 31 deadline for compliance with the Real ID Act drivers’ license standardization requirements. The Homeland Security Department has agreed to extend the deadline for at least 10 states and territories that previously had [...]
