Comments on: DHS “update” still misstates compliance with EU agreement on PNR data

By: Papers, Please! » Blog Archive » DHS pitches PNR-based travel surveillance and control at House hearing

Thu, 06 Oct 2011 19:21:11 +0000

[...] the most part, the DHS repeated the same lies today as have appeared in previous DHS reports and lobbying to the EU. For example, they described PNR data incorrectly as “the data an [...]

By: Papers, Please! » Blog Archive » More US lies to the European Parliament

Wed, 28 Sep 2011 15:33:47 +0000

[...] the US has falsely claimed in reports to the EU that everyone who has requested their travel records has received them, the reality is that the DHS [...]

By: Papers, Please! » Blog Archive » Court hearing in our lawsuit for DHS travel records

Sat, 17 Sep 2011 03:22:15 +0000

[...] much less of their retroactive application, would never have arisen if CBP had done what is has claimed to have done, and provided everyone who requested it with a copy of CBP’s dossier about [...]

By: Papers, Please! » Blog Archive » European Commission wants to immunize DHS collaborators in travel surveillance and control

Sat, 28 May 2011 13:01:42 +0000

[...] to comply with those earlier agreements. As we have previously reported in detail in 2008 and in 2010, the reports on those reviews contained clearly false claims by DHS that everyone who requested [...]

By: Papers, Please! » Blog Archive » European Parliament hands DHS a setback on access to PNR data

Thu, 06 May 2010 13:53:09 +0000

[...] the face of US intransigence? And will Parliament use this opportunity to take a fresh look at the lies the DHS told the team reviewing its “compliance” with the current PNR agreement, and the changes the DHS made to its PNR access policies even while [...]

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The Jeff Farias Show — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 19:37:53 +0000

Now, let’s consider the new Arizona SB-1070 law.

Imagine: you can be shaken down at any moment to prove ‘citizenship‘ with ‘government issued universal ID’ which generally speaking, is unlikely to NOT include RFID.

They can set up cameras, RFID scanners & you will be immediately identified.Either for the ID you carry (perhaps reconciled against OTHER commercial RFID on you?)
The ID you do NOT carry… now imagine travelling through a location where a dragnet has been assembled to prevent a protest in a given area… do you have a ‘protester‘ sedition record?
perhaps the police, or a private agency wants to scan the crowd at an artistic event, or protest…

*taDAH* you’ve been catalogued for your activities

perhaps even arrested over it.

good luck trying to travel!!

By: Papers, Please! » Blog Archive » Testimony to the European Parliament on PNR data

Sat, 24 Apr 2010 19:29:04 +0000

[...] Contact Us Friends « DHS shifting from national origin to ID-based passenger profiling DHS “update” still misstates compliance with EU agreement on PNR data [...]

By: Confiança i els nous tractats UE-EEUU « And now, bring me that horizon….

Fri, 23 Apr 2010 08:57:44 +0000

[...] nord-americans que ja han tastat aquestes bondats del seu govern federal per a explicar-nos la realitat sobre el tema? Edward, de The Practical Nomad és molt clar: Sadly, one of the most important lessons of our work [...]

By: DHS still trying to mislead Europeans about its use of PNR data » Travel Insights 100

Mon, 19 Apr 2010 06:39:04 +0000

[...] on transfers of Passenger Name Record (PNR) data to, and use by, the DHS, I’ve posted a detailed analysis over at PapersPlease.org (the Identity Project) on the state of DHS compliance with the current [...]