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07 Aug 08

Galen Sanford

New bracelet purportedly for security use on airplanes. Every passenger wears a bracelet which will contain information on them and which will be capable of shocking them if they act up. Ripe for abuse.

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The F-16 on the wing-tip is not to reassure the passengers during a hijacking, but rather to shoot them down.

31 Jul 08

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21 Jul 08

Dying Fire

And so it progresses, give the terrorists cool toys and they will use them in ways not intended.

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20 Jul 08

Chrys R

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16 Jul 08

Calvin Lear

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14 Jul 08

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DHS is thinking about making passengers wear bracelets that can be turned to "stun" in the event of a hijacking situation.

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09 Jul 08

Michael Connelly

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Roberto Cubells

vaya .. esto no se me habia ocurrido en su momento .. :))). Cuanto tardara en usarse?

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Martin Leyrer

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Melissa Wiley

This may be the only time you will ever see me link to the Washington Times. Creepiest thing I've read in a year of creepy news. HT: Daily KOS.

08 Jul 08

Eldritch Crank

As a first approximation, if one simply assumes the US government does what it does because the average government employee or politician hates the citizens, one seldom runs into news that the assumption can't explain.

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A senior government official with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has expressed great interest in a so-called safety bracelet that would serve as a stun device, similar to that of a police Taser®. According to this promotional video found at the Lamperd Less Lethal website, the bracelet would be worn by all airline passengers.