INTRODUCTION: -

In this section we document the push to put a compulsory ID card into the possession of every man woman and child in every country of the world. Granted, on a global scale we are still in early days, hence the reason why most reports speak of a 'British ID Card' or an 'Australian ID Card' etc and not a 'Global ID Card'. And of course there is the admitted desire to then replace the 'card' (that you would carry around in your wallet) with an implant-able chip that would be imbedded under your skin (using some variation of RFID technology), possibly of the hand and without which no man nor woman will be allowed to buy or sell, lest they carry the mark... (if you know what I mean). Once the current precedent is fully under way, the people (you and me) are expected to go along with it...  so are we gonna let them?

MAINSTREAM MEDIA REPORTS: - 

GLOBAL DISSENTING VOICES: -

• 'Health underclass' ID card fear - Identity cards could create a "health underclass", the Liberal Democrats have warned as opponents of the scheme intensify their campaign.

• Race watchdog warns on ID cards

• Real (USA) ID Act is a Trojan horse - In February, the Real ID Act (HR 418) passed the House 261-161. The vote fell largely along party lines, with 95 percent of Republicans betraying a tradition of federalism and the valuation of a life lived free of excessive government control to vote for the measure.

• Watchdog's 'alarm' over ID cards

• WATCHDOG WARNS OF BIG BROTHER-STYLE SYSTEM IF PLANS ARE IMPLEMENTED - Tony Blair's plans for identity cards risk creating a Big Brother-style system of checks in which people are subjected to "unnecessary and disproportionate intrusion" into their privacy, the data protection watchdog has said, writes Christopher Adams.

• ID cards have 'hidden dangers'

• Gov't Accused of Bullying Over ID Cards - The head of the London School of Economics has accused Government ministers of bullying academics who produced a report critical of their plans for ID cards.

• Blunkett urged to shelve ID cards

• RON PAUL: Reject the National ID Card - Washington politicians are once again seriously considering imposing a national identification card - and it may well become law before the end of the 108th Congress.

• ID card plans 'badly thought out'

• Rebels ready to face prison over ID cards - Hundreds of thousands of people are set to defy the government by refusing to carry ID cards, despite the risk of imprisonment. Campaigners say that a network of anti-ID card groups, ranging from hackers to anarchists, plans a series of assaults in the coming months to try to block the scheme. A £1 million fund is being raised to help pay legal fees if, as expected, prosecutions are brought once the cards become compulsory, probably in 2010.

• ID card plans too risky - report

• ID cards 'will not make us safer' - Plans for ID cards are in turmoil as the government gears up for Tuesday's vote on the issue, the shadow home secretary David Davis has said. The cards are "unnecessary, unworkable and unlikely to make our streets and communities safe", he says in the Mail on Sunday newspaper.

• BBC Poll 'Should there be a national identity card system in the UK?' Shows 83% Oppose ID Cards!

• Labour steps back in push for ID cards - Benefits were oversold and legislation is flawed, admits minister. The government has admitted that it has been guilty of "overselling" the case for a compulsory national identity card scheme in Britain and conceded that it will not prove a panacea for fraud, terrorism or the abuse of public services.

OTHER ITEMS REGARDING THE ID CARD: -

United Kingdom: -

• Blunkett 'jumps gun' on ID cards

• Government to issue 'ID cards' to teenagers - Teenagers are to be issued with government smart cards that will offer them a range of attractive discounts - but will raise suspicions that they are being given ID cards under another name. 

• When the British fought off ID cards

• By 2013 everyone over 16 will have to own ID card

• ID cards could top £100 each as costs of project spiral

• Blunkett launches ID cards bill

• BLEARS ID CARD ROW - A FURIOUS row erupted yesterday after Home Office Minister Hazel Blears said ID cards could have helped to stop the (July 2005) London bombings.

• Blair defends identity card plan (of course he does!)

• One in four 'touched' by ID fraud

• ID cards scheme 'may cost £18bn'

• (An un-informed) Public 'happy to carry ID cards'

United States of America: -

• Beggers In Minneapolis May Be Forced To Wear ID Cards

• California Senate Passes Bill Prohibiting RFID in Identification Cards and Documents

TECHNOLOGICAL PRECEDENTS: -

• Companies announce RFID drug-tracking project - Unisys Corp. and SupplyScape Corp. have begun a test project to track pharmaceuticals through the supply chain using radio frequency identification tags or bar codes. The effort was launched to cut down on counterfeit medicines, the companies said today.

• Motorola, MasterCard trial RFID PayPass system

• (UK) Testing the biometric facts

• Radio tags spark privacy worries

• Kane gets child-ID system - Kane County Sheriff Ken Ramsey unveiled Friday new technology that he hopes will help locate and identify missing children in the blink of an eye.The $25,000 system, called iris recognition biometric technology, quickly takes a digital photograph of an eye.

• In the eye of the storm as the ID road show rolls in

• IBM expands efforts to promote RFID - Many giants of the computing world, like Microsoft, Oracle, SAP and Sun Microsystems, have been vying to gain recognition as technology leaders in the drive to use radio tags to identify consumer goods. None has been more aggressive than IBM, which plans to start yet another marketing salvo Tuesday.

• Q&A: What is the RFID-hype all about?

• Security under the skin

• (Spain) Barcelona clubbers get chipped

• US forces issue hi-tech ID cards for insurgent suspects - Tikrit: Suspected insurgents are being issued with hi-tech identity cards by US forces, Gulf News has learned. Tagging will allow intelligence to keep track of suspects after their release. The cards allow American intelligence services to keep track of people taken into custody even if they are released because they are found to have done nothing wrong.

• (USA) Federal report warns of RFID misuses

• Get ready for the smart shopping basket

• Brain chip reads man's thoughts

• US wants to be able to access Britons' ID cards

• ID cards technology is ready, says UK minister

• Would a microchip keep your child safe? - ("We've been doing it to dogs for years, hell we might as well put 'em in our kids!")

• (UK) Trial shows ID card technology flawed

• H-P launches ID tracking system - Governments can use software to crack citizens

ALTERNATIVE MEDIA REPORTS: -

• Mass Conditioning for the Beast System at the Statue of Liberty, an Illuminati Icon

FURTHER IMPORTANT RESEARCH: -

• (BBC) ID cards: an iCan briefing

• What is RFID?

• ID Theft

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