Homeland Security Mulls Shock Bracelets for Airline Passengers
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An official with the Department of Homeland Security says the U.S. should consider having airline passengers wear electronic bracelets that could track their movements, hold personal information and be triggered like a Taser to stun them into immobility.
Paul S. Ruwaldt of the DHS Science and Technology Directorate wrote the inventor of "the immobilizing security bracelet," a Canadian company, saying he looked forward to receiving a written proposal, according to Washington Times columnist Jeffrey Denning.
"It is conceivable to envision a use to improve air security, on passenger planes," said Ruwaldt's letter, posted on website of the company, Lamperd Less Lethal.
"Just when you thought you've heard it all," wrote Denning.
According to a company video, the bracelets would assist pilots and crew members on commercial air carriers as the "last line of defense" against terror attacks.
The video says passengers could be fitted with "electronic ID bracelets" they would wear until they disembark their flights. The device would replace a ticket, carry passenger information, track passengers through terminals and track carryon luggage.
But the key feature is that the bracelets could be discharged, as a gun, and leave the wearer "immobile for several minutes" although without causing "permanent injury."
"For a businessman on his way home, to a young family going south for a winter holiday, wearing an EMD bracelet during flight is a small inconvenience to assure their safe arrival," says the company. "Many, if not most, passengers would happily opt for the extra security."
The U.S. government has expressed interested in such 'bracelets' for air travelers
Denning, who writes an aviation safety blog for the Times, was horrified.
"Clearly the Electronic ID Bracelet is a [euphemism] for the EMD Safety Bracelet, or at least it has a nefarious hidden ability, thus the term ID Bracelet is ambiguous at best. EMD stands for Electro-Muscular Disruption," he wrote.
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Obviously, warrantless wiretaps aren't enough to satisfy the Constitution-munching Department of Homeland Security but now they're thinking about requiring all airline passengers to wear an EMD bracelet that tracks their movements and can shock you into submission?
I am utterly mortified.
Paul S. Ruwaldt of the DHS Science and Technology Directorate wrote the inventor of "the immobilizing security bracelet," a Canadian company, saying he looked forward to receiving a written proposal, according to Washington Times columnist Jeffrey Denning.
"It is conceivable to envision a use to improve air security, on passenger planes," said Ruwaldt's letter, posted on website of the company, Lamperd Less Lethal.
"Just when you thought you've heard it all," wrote Denning.
According to a company video, the bracelets would assist pilots and crew members on commercial air carriers as the "last line of defense" against terror attacks.
The video says passengers could be fitted with "electronic ID bracelets" they would wear until they disembark their flights. The device would replace a ticket, carry passenger information, track passengers through terminals and track carryon luggage.
But the key feature is that the bracelets could be discharged, as a gun, and leave the wearer "immobile for several minutes" although without causing "permanent injury."
"For a businessman on his way home, to a young family going south for a winter holiday, wearing an EMD bracelet during flight is a small inconvenience to assure their safe arrival," says the company. "Many, if not most, passengers would happily opt for the extra security."
The U.S. government has expressed interested in such 'bracelets' for air travelers
Denning, who writes an aviation safety blog for the Times, was horrified.
"Clearly the Electronic ID Bracelet is a [euphemism] for the EMD Safety Bracelet, or at least it has a nefarious hidden ability, thus the term ID Bracelet is ambiguous at best. EMD stands for Electro-Muscular Disruption," he wrote.
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Obviously, warrantless wiretaps aren't enough to satisfy the Constitution-munching Department of Homeland Security but now they're thinking about requiring all airline passengers to wear an EMD bracelet that tracks their movements and can shock you into submission?
I am utterly mortified.
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Are they mad!! Hell NO!!!
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- Witch_King
- 3 months ago
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I need this for my employees...pee break my ass, get back to work!!
Fascism is everywhere these days. -
I'd rather take the heel-toe express.
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