RFID and Immigration

[Alexandre Enkerli]

The interview itself is just a bit clearer:
http://www.spychips.com/press-releases/silverman-foxnews.html

Alexandre
http://enkerli.wordpress.com/

Harold F. Schiffman wrote:
> A tracking device for immigrants
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> Not satisfied with building a wall along the Mexican border, politicians
> in D.C. are discussing the idea of implanting immigrants with radio
> frequency ID chips. Scott Silverman is the chairman and CEO of Applied
> Digital, parent company of VeriChip, an RFID industry leader. Among their
> specialties is tagging pets. On a May 16 visit to "FOX & Friends First," a
> New York-based morning show, Silverman tried to make the plan sound
> innocent enough.
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> "It's an election at the part of the immigrant or an election on the part
> of the government," he explained. "We have talked to many people in
> Washington about using it." Silverman then tried to make it sound like he
> would be doing immigrants a favor by implanting a tracking device in their
> bodies, saying the chips would be "a benefit to the person that's in the
> guest worker program because if you leave your card at home or you leave
> it at your work, you're not going to be able to go back and forth across
> the border."
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> Brian Kilmeade, one of the show's hosts, compared the implants to
> "permanently putting a string on your finger." A string that stretches all
> the way to Washington D.C. Silverman's chips are currently being used to
> hold people's medical records. Their most notable guinea pig will be Tommy
> Thompson, President Bush's former Secretary of Health and Human Services.
> As a member of Applied Digital's board, he stands to profit handsomely if
> the government were to go forward with immigrant implants.
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> "We are all well aware of the need to enhance information technology in
> healthcare," Thompson said in a statement last year. "It is my belief that
> VeriChip is an important and secure means of accessing medical records and
> other information." He has vowed to be tagged as soon as hospitals in D.C.
> and his home state of Wisconsin adopt the technology.
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> Americans are already being forced to have their passports implanted with
> the chips, enabling the government to access your personal information as
> well as a photograph of you. RFID tags are also used to allow V.I.P.
> access to nightclubs, keep track of employees and luggage, and are in
> countless things you buy regularly.
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> http://www.sploid.com/news/2006/06/tracking_device.php
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