The ID Chip You Don't Want in Your Passport »

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If you have a passport, now is the time to renew it -- even if it's not set to expire anytime soon. If you don't have a passport and think you might need one, now is the time to get it. In many countries, including the United States, passports will soon be equipped with RFID chips. And you don't want one of these chips in your passport.RFID stands

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uncleT
Sept. 17, 2006, 10:15 a.m.
Without getting into this too much, my comment is that big brother or the antichrist is alive and well and there is no place to run to get away in this world.
I don't buy what allot of folks are saying that if you don't have anything to hide then you have nothing to fear. What they want admit is that they have already conceded their rights to be allowed to pursue success and happiness that the framers of the constitution had envision.
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samsara15
Sept. 17, 2006, 10:47 a.m.
Governments can never admit they have made a mistake, and rectify it. All of them, including our own. As the old saying gfoes, those who are willing to sacrifice their freedom for security will have neither.
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anarchy
Sept. 17, 2006, 10:55 a.m.
The people who say "if you don't have anything to hide then you have nothing to fear" are beyond hope. They have became sheep who gladly gave away there freedom for the safety and security of the flock.
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markjseydel
Sept. 17, 2006, 12:29 p.m.
I came to this story intending to "fight", as I was sure the posts would be ridiculous and suggest that people are being paranoid. I am very happy with what I see, yet a bit disappointed. LOL Everyone have a great day!
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48hours
Sept. 17, 2006, 1:45 p.m.
If they had a chip in John Mark Karr's passport would they have found him before they did? No, because they didnt know to look for him.
Same with this system. Spending million of tax dollars to install chips and not having the proper intel to target the few who need to be tracked is continuing the same old reasoning that it's ok to make the many suffer for the transgressions (alleged) of the few.
What will you do now? When something else happens round up all the folks with chips and warehouse them in a FEMA concentration camp until you can sort the whole mess out?
That's what you are doing with alleged terrorists because you dont know which one of them is guilty or not so they all suffer while you take your time sorting reams of data out and spinning silly propoganda...
Do your jobs and accept the fact that good detective work takes time not cessation of civil liberties while you ponder your next move.
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Inquest
Sept. 18, 2006, 1:27 a.m.
How about the Robert Hanssen's that are in the FBI or other government agencies who also have access to information that can harm us.
I think people forget to realize that even in this age of terrorism that we are still more to die from either self-inflicted injuries or by be killed from an another American citizen. You can check the national data if you don't believe me.
Back to the Robert Hanssen issue, even if you are the type that trusts the government 100% and you have nothing to hide because you haven't done anything wrong, that still doesn't mean your information can't be used improperly.
However as far as the government is concerned they've already shown that at this point they lack the technological sophisication to track a large percentage of the population in through their various transactions, tracking a smaller quantity of targets is different however.
Give it 10 years or so and let's see if the technology surpasses our expectation though.
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gaigerlian
Sept. 18, 2006, 8:47 a.m.
The anti-christ is now working in the United State. The mere fact that they are promoting the "chips", is a clear manifestation that Satan's deceiving power is working and it seems like no one could stop that. Well, it has been revealed to us a thousand years ago. All we need is a greated faith.He came here to steal, to deceive and to destroy us but there's one thing that the devil cannot imitate and that is LOVE.
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Zeitgeist
Nov. 4, 2006, 12:58 p.m.
Ah jeez...not this crap again...