Time: Tue Oct 29 17:33:26 1996
To: MAWeav@aol.com
From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar]
Subject: THIS is NOT conjecture, it is well along in CONGRESS !!
Cc:
Bcc:
>Date: Tue, 29 Oct 1996 17:33:05
>To: ralph@teaminfinity.com
>From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar]
>Subject: THIS is NOT conjecture, it is well along in CONGRESS !!
>
>You know, I saw this the other day:
>people whip out credit cards, and
>hand them to the cashier. Their hands
>must reach out to the cashiers. Pretty soon,
>it will be a simple matter just to
>reach out to them, with an empty hand,
>and a biochip implanted in place of
>the credit card.
>
>Just an observation about check-out stands.
>
>/s/ Paul Mitchell
>
>
>At 04:38 PM 10/29/96 -0500, you wrote:
>> http://TeamInfinity.com/urls.html
>>
>> NATIONAL ID CARDS>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Read and know
>> so you are aware
>> and can decide
>> when you can still
>> decide.
>>
>>Hello there is a nice little surprise in current Immigration legislation,
>>call it a TROJAN HORSE if you will.
>>
>>The TV show "Save Our Streets" this past weekend had a show which mentioned
>>the "NEED" for better IDs THROUGHOUT the whole show a million times. Makes
>>one wonder if that show is part of this effort to ID us all as well.
>>
>>Please
>>
>>MAKE SURE you read the whole thing !!!
>>
>>It is of great concern to us all. "Vair are your papers ! Sig Hial"
>>
>>-----------FWD-------------------
>>
>>Date sent: Wed, 1 May 1996 22:34:46 -0500
>>From: MAWeav@aol.com
>>Date: Wed, 1 May 1996
>>Subject: Gov't. Tracking of Americans
>>
>>Linda,
>>
>>Thanks for the article on the Christian Coalition's opposition to the
>>immigration "reform" bills moving through Congress. You should know,
>>however, that many of those individuals and organizations which
>>opposed the so-called Immigration Reform bills---the Senate version
>>of which will likely have been voted on by the time you read
>>this---did so because of the incredibly ominous national citizen
>>registry and tracking provisions in the bills. I can't speak for the
>>Christian Coalition, but I know that Grover Norquist's opposition was
>>based on these problems---not his consulting work for Microsoft
>>Corporation.
>>
>>These bills do more than attempt to stop the immigration
>>problem---they set in motion requirements that private employers seek
>>approval from a nationwide government database of "eligible
>>employees" before they can hire anyone. This means that every
>>American citizen would have to be registered in this massive
>>government database. This system would be implemented through a some
>>type of national ID card, verified through a biometric encoder such
>>as a fingerprint or retina scan. The way this will most likely work
>>is through the nationwide standardization of state driver's licences
>>and consolidation and sharing of this information with the federal
>>government. This is not some Bircher fantasy, this is fact. Please
>>read the attached white paper (now somewhat superceded by events)
>>from the National Center for Home Education, another conservative
>>group vehemently opposed to this legislation.
>>
>>Yes, illegal immigration is a problem that must be dealt with, but
>>the "reform" moving through the Congress isn't the answer. To mangle
>>Benjamin Franklin, those who will sacrifice liberty for a little
>>security deserve neither.
>>
>>Mark Weaver
>>
>>============================
>>
>>February 1996
>>
>>Congress Poised To Mandate Government Registration and Tracking of
>>All Americans
>>
>>Imagine an America in which every citizen is required to carry a
>>biometrically-encoded identification card as a precondition for
>>conducting business. Imagine having your retina scanned every time
>>you need to prove your identification. Imagine carrying a card
>>containing your entire medical, academic, social, and financial
>>history. Now, imagine that bureaucrats, police officers, and social
>>workers have access under certain circumstances to the information on
>>your card. Finally, imagine an America in which it is illegal to seek
>>any employment without approval from the United States government.
>>
>>This future may be more real than many Americans would like to think
>>if Congressional lawmakers are allowed to proceed with their most
>>recent attempt at monitoring the private lives of American citizens.
>>
>>Enter S. 269, the latest attempt by Congress to mandate a
>>computer-driven, biometrically-verifiable national identification
>>system. If enacted into law, S. 269 would require the most
>>comprehensive registration and tracking of American citizens by the
>>federal government in history. Some experts have speculated that
>>once the system envisioned by S. 269 is in place, the scope of the
>>identity card could be expanded to include information of a highly
>>personal nature, such as credit and spending history and medical,
>>educational, and social records.
>>
>>On February 29, 1996, the Senate Judiciary Committee is scheduled to
>>begin deliberation on S. 269, The Immigration Reform Act of 1996.
>>The bill has already passed the Immigration Subcommittee and is being
>>promoted by Senator Alan Simpson (R-WY) and Dianne Feinstein (D-CA).
>>In the House, Republican Congressman Lamar Smith of Texas is the key
>>sponsor of a similar bill, H.R.2202, The Immigration in the National
>>Interest Act. Although the House bill is not as extreme in its
>>proposals as the Senate version, it still contains provisions which
>>should be viewed as objectionable by family privacy advocates. H.R.
>>2202 is scheduled for a final floor vote on March 18. The Clinton
>>Administration is a strong proponent of both bills.
>>
>>Why would Congress and the Clinton Administration consider such a
>>plan?
>>
>>Some Americans believe that America is in the midst of an illegal
>>immigration crisis. Politicians want to show their constituents that
>>they are taking strong action against illegal immigration. These
>>politicians argue that the best way to control illegal immigration
>>is to give the government the right to approve all employee hiring in
>>America. By using advanced technology to register, track and store
>>information on every citizen, they argue, it will be easy to spot
>>illegal immigrants.
>>
>>If At First You Don't Succeed . . .
>>
>>Similar (but unsuccessful) proposals to create a national registry
>>and tracking system were advanced in the early 1980's by a powerful
>>array of government agencies who brushed aside any concerns about
>>personal privacy. Agencies like the Internal Revenue Service, the
>>State Department, and the Central Intelligence Agency, each for their
>>own unique reasons, craved a law which would require every American
>>to carry a national identity card. One attempt to register and track
>>Americans came close to being endorsed by the Reagan cabinet in July
>>1981, but it was stopped when President Reagan personally vetoed the
>>idea on the grounds that it was a massive invasion of privacy.
>>
>>In 1993, under the guise of an immunization bill, Congress attempted
>>to register and track every American from birth, but the measure was
>>defanged of its dangerous provisions after tens of thousands of
>>calls and letters poured into Washington D.C. from parents around the
>>country asking Congress to respect their family privacy and
>>individual liberties. Perhaps the most famous attempt to create a
>>national registry came in 1994 as part of the Clinton
>>Administration's ill-fated Health Security Act.
>>
>>Each time these proposals have been mounted, pro-family forces have
>>rallied to defeat them.
>>
>>Smart Cards, Retina Scans, Voice Patterns and the Coming Biometric
>>Privacy Invasion
>>
>>Biometrics is the science of measuring unique physiological or
>>behavioral characteristics. In recent years, the technology which
>>drives this science has evolved well beyond fingerprinting and
>>dental records. In fact, the technology is available to identify
>>people by the length of their fingers, the pattern of their retinas,
>>the sound of their voices, and the smell of their skin. Senate
>>lawmakers intend to incorporate advanced forms of this technology as
>>part of the most comprehensive identification and information
>>gathering program in history.
>>
>>On May 10, 1995, the Senate Subcommittee on Immigration met for a
>>hearing entitled, "Verification of Applicant Identity for the
>>Purposes of Employment and Public Assistance." The hearing was
>>chaired by Senator Alan Simpson (R-WY) and was attended by Senators
>>Ted Kennedy (D-MA), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), and Jon Kyl (R-AZ).
>>Robert Rasor, from the Financial Crimes Division of the Secret
>>Service, provided an explanation to the Subcommittee of the emerging
>>"biometric" technologies' role in personal identification: "The use
>>of biometrics is the means by which an individual may be conclusively
>>identified There are two types of biometric identifiers: physical
>>and behavioral characteristics. Physiological biometrics include
>>facial features, hand geometry, retinal and iris patterns, DNA, and
>>fingerprints. Behavioral characteristics include voice
>>characteristics and signature analysis."
>>
>>Although the language of S. 269 does not mandate which specific
>>biometric technique will be used to register, track and identify
>>every American, it clearly calls for the use of biometrics (Section
>>115(7)). Senator Dianne Feinstein, an original drafter of the
>>proposal, recently explained in a Capitol Hill magazine that it is
>>her intention to see Congress immediately implement a national
>>identity system where every American is required to carry a card with
>>a "magnetic strip on which the bearer's unique voice, retina pattern,
>>or fingerprint is digitally encoded."
>>
>>"Fifteen years ago, they would have torn the building down."
>>
>>Despite the fact that this bill could dramatically increase the role
>>of the federal government in the private lives of Americans, the
>>proposal has received relatively little media attention. Senate
>>sponsors seem to be pleased by the opportunity to act covertly.
>>During his closing remarks following the last panel of the May 10
>>subcommittee meeting, Senator Simpson mused on the relative lack of
>>media attention given the hearings and the overlap between a national
>>ID card and President Clinton's proposal for a "Health Security Card"
>>two years ago: "There is much to do here, but I was just saying to
>>Ted [Kennedy] before he left, a hearing like this fifteen years ago,
>>they would have torn the building down. And here we are today just a
>>bunch of us, kind of sitting around and no media, no nothing. This is
>>fine with me. I get tired of them on this issue."
>>
>>Key Problems With The Bill
>>
>>Congressional attempts to include privacy safeguards in the language
>>offer little hope or consolation. Agencies like the IRS and the
>>Social Security Administration (SSA) have recently been subject to
>>criticism for their lack of control over employees who, in violation
>>of the privacy safeguards, were opening confidential files and making
>>the information available to outsiders. Among other things, the bill
>>establishes:
>>
>>* That the federal government create a national database
>>containing information on all Americans and immigrants eligible to
>>work in this country (S. 269, Sec. 111).
>>
>>* That all Americans may be required to obtain a national
>>identification device, like an ID card (S. 269, Sec. 111(b)).
>>
>>* Beginning in 1999, all employers must receive authorization from
>>the national computer database before hiring any new employee this
>>does not just apply to immigrants. For each new employee, the company
>>would be required to transmit his name and identification number via
>>modem and then wait for the national database to respond with an
>>authorization code. If the person's name is not in the database, he
>>can not work (S. 269, Sec. 111).
>>
>>* All American children must register with the SSA by age sixteen.
>>When they register, they must provide the agency with a "fingerprint
>>or other biometric data." The agency would place the fingerprint "or
>>other biometric data" on the child's birth certificate, hoping to
>>make the birth certificate more fraud-resistant (S. 269, Sec.
>>116(7)).
>>
>>* In violation of the Tenth Amendment, the Senate bill would
>>create federalize rules pertaining to the creation of driver's
>>licenses, and would unconstitutionally mandate that 1) social
>>security numbers be attached to the license; and that 2) all drivers
>>licenses "shall contain a fingerprint or other biometric data." (S.
>>269, Sec. 116(b)).
>>
>>A National Database Would Be a Nightmare!
>>
>>Majority Leader Dick Armey (R-TX) called the national computer
>>registry and move toward a national identity card, "an abomination
>>and wholly at odds with the American tradition of individual
>>freedom." Senator Spencer Abraham (R-MI) recently joined Armey in
>>signing a letter denouncing the tracking system. Jack Kemp wrote in
>>the New York Times, "An anti-privacy, anti-business and anti-American
>>approach is no way to run immigration policy."
>>
>>These bills would create an unprecedented increase in the
>>government's ability to collect information. For the first time:
>>
>>* The government would have a comprehensive registry of every
>>American name, date of birth, place of birth, mother's maiden name,
>>Social Security number, gender, race, and other information.
>>Personal information that is now scattered in many different places
>>would be consolidated in one database, controlled by a single federal
>>agency.
>>
>>* Personal information would be accessible to local agencies and
>>anyone who claims to be an employer.
>>
>>* The government would have to grant approval before a company
>>enters into private employment contract with a private citizen.
>>
>>The Legislation Is Likely To Pass Unless Significant Opposition
>>Develops Soon
>>
>>Under the current political climate, the bill is likely to be enacted
>>into law. Most Senators do not even realize that the bill would
>>create a national, computer-linked registry and tracking system
>>driven by biometric technology. Those who do understand have not
>>properly evaluated the tremendous threat to individual liberties and
>>family privacy posed by the measure.
>>
>>The House Version
>>
>>In its current form, H.R. 2202 calls for pilot programs to test the
>>idea of an computer-linked verification system. It calls for new and
>>unprecedented databases and data sharing and computer link-ups
>>between state and federal agencies, thus expanding the government's
>>ability to monitor private citizens. Like S. 269, it would, for the
>>first time, require private employers to receive approval from a
>>federal computer database before entering into private employment
>>contracts with individuals.
>>
>>Opposition To The Bills
>>
>>More than fifty influential organizations representing groups on both
>>the right and left of the political spectrum have joined together in
>>an effort to defeat these bills. A number of Representatives and
>>Senators have responded favorably to their concerns. Two of them,
>>Senators Spence Abraham (R-MI) and Rus Feingold (D-WI) have joined
>>together to offer amendments to delete all references to registries,
>>ID cards, or employment verification programs from the Senate bill.
>>
>>Action Is Urgently Needed
>>
>>The registry and tracking system currently before Congress must be
>>defeated. Now is the time to write and call urging your lawmakers on
>>Capitol Hill to oppose any national registry, tracking and
>>identification system. Tell them that the threat to individual
>>liberty and family privacy far outweigh any potential benefits that
>>such a system might provide in curbing illegal immigration. If your
>>senator is a member of the Judiciary Committee urge him to support
>>the Abraham/Feingold Amendment. Tell them that there are acceptable
>>solutions to America's illegal immigration problem but giving the
>>government the power to register and track its citizens is not one
>>of them. [Note: S. 269 may be officially redubbed S.1394.]
>>
>> Call your Senator at (202) 225-3121 and your Representative at
>> (202) 224-3121.
>>
>>This special report was prepared by the legal staff of the National
>>Center for Home Education, P.O. Box 125, Paeonian Springs, VA 22129.
>>Permission is granted to reprint this report in its entirety.
>>
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