FEDS TESTING  F.A.S.T. PRECRIME SCANNER AT SECRET LOCATIONS

    Future Attribute Screening Technology is a chilling concept that will subject Americans to pre-crime interrogations and physiological scans to detect “malintent” at sports stadiums, malls, airports and other public places has moved closer to being implemented after Homeland Security’s FAST program passed its first round of testing.  A senior research analyst at the Federation of American Scientists, a think-tank based in Washington DC that promotes the use of science in policy-making, is pessimistic about the FAST tests. He thinks that they will produce a large proportion of false positives, frequently tagging innocent people as criminals and terrorists. Scientists question whether there really are unique signatures for 'malintent', the agency's term for the intention to cause harm that can be differentiated from the normal anxieties of traveling etc. Even having an iris scan or fingerprint read at immigration is enough to raise the heart rate of most legitimate travellers. As for where precisely FAST is being tested, that for now remains a closely guarded secret. The DHS says that although the first round was completed at the end of March, more testing is in the works, and the agency is concerned that letting people know where the tests are taking place could affect the outcome. It is not an airport, but it is a large venue that is a suitable substitute for an operational setting.
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- As pre-crime technologies become more prevalent and accepted in everyday society, those who believe that they have nothing to hide will continue to go along with the new systems being put in place to make sure that the other guy stays in line. The reality of constant surveillance will have an impact on our lives that go beyond the intrusion into our personal lives. When a thought becomes enough to arrest a person for a crime they have not committed, perhaps then the masses will wake up. Until then, the Big Brother control systems being put into place now are conditioning us to not only curb our actions to fit their expectations, but also altering our minds so that no part of our being is sacred -

UPDATE: COPS WANT THIS TOO!
Michael Bloomberg, Mayor for New York and Raymond Kelly, police commissioner, are collaborating with Microsoft to create pre-crime and counterterrorism technology to aid federal intelligence and local law enforcement agencies domestic and international. The Domain Awareness System (DAS) will be a very sophisticated software technology that aggregates and analyzes public information in real time that will produce comprehensive reports to be used by NYPD to ascertain potential threats and pre-crime activity. By utilizing smart cameras and license plate readers, combined with Microsoft technologies NYPD personnel can search suspects, allegedly suspicious packages, and any other information at their disposal to control possible criminal action in NY. Graphical interface, environmental sensors and law enforcement databases will be interlaced so that crime analysis can effectively allocate proper man-power and improve response to potential situations. This creates a collusion of information for the NYPD to use in real-time.
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Hmmm ... A Criminal Intent Detector ... Let's Test It On Campaigning Politicians

  

Homeland Security checkpoints are being set up more frequently all across USA. Here is what you should do, should you run into one of these unconstitutional checkpoints. Know your rights, and stick by them.