State Rep. Babette Josephs, D-Phila., has introduced legislation that would make it illegal to implant any identification device on or under a person’s skin that would contain and transmit personal information.
By Harold Gray
RFID chart sourced from CNET
Verichip Corp. states on their website, "the need of implantable chips arose from the events of September 11th, when New York firemen were writing their badge ID numbers on their chests in case they were found injured or unconscious." The day after 9/11 is used as an excuse for dismantling many of our Constitutional liberties through legislation, and social engineering the public to accept it through the use of media propaganda.
The news of voluntary implantable RFID chips has been reported in several positive media campaigns, specifically directed to calm the public, and incrementally sell them on the idea of safety, especially in cases of kidnapping or mental ills such as Alzheimer's disease. Other campaigns focused on the chips being a new "fashion trend", by using them for VIP access in hot night clubs. In contrast, the mainstream media has historically glossed over the forced implementation of implantable chips by corporations, government entities or military personnel.
Overseen by the Department of Health and Human Services, the FDA approved human RFID implants in January of 2005. During the time of VeriChip's approval, DHHS was headed by Tommy Thompson. Just two weeks after the device's approval, Thompson left the DHHS, and within five months, became a board member of VeriChip Corp. and Applied Digital Solutions, receiving compensation with cash and stock options. He proceeded to go on a national media campaign, suggesting every American should be implanted with VeriMed chips for access to personal medical data, even saying he would have it implanted himself.
In 2006, the first example of using implantable RFID chips to identify a person, occurred in a US company in Ohio called City-Watcher. Three workers, including the CEO and founder, Sean Darks, had the chips embedded under the skin of their forearms, which they swipe across a reader in order to gain access to the company's data center. The company provides surveillance cameras and Internet monitoring for police departments in high-crime areas for a number of cities. Darks goal was to control employee access to areas in which data, and images are stored for use by city police departments.
Privacy advocate Katherine Albrecht, who co-authored the book "Spychips: How Major Corporations and Government Plan to Track Your Every Move with RFID.", responded to the news by saying "the fear is that the government or your employer might someday say, 'Take a chip or starve."' The same sentiment was echoed by several other civil libertarians, Christian conservatives and members of the ACLU.
The Pentagon has expressed interest in microchipping soldiers in order to access medical data for battlefield injuries and casualties. A $1.6 million dollar contract was awarded to Clemson University's, Center for Bioelectronics, Biosensors and Biochips; the University of Alabama at Birmingham; and Telesensors Inc., of Knoxville, Tenn. Researchers from Clemson state they are now 4 years away from human trials which would include a new gel specially created to minimize rejection from the human body.
The idea of privacy is just one cause of concern for RFID implants, dating back to the mid 90's, research studies showed the implants induced cancer malignant tumors in some lab mice and rats. Keith Johnson, retired toxicology pathologist from Dow Chemical, stated in an interview with the AP that his findings proved "The transponders were the cause of the tumors."
The negative news swirling around cancer links with their implantable chips, led to a steep dive in their stock price in 2008. This resulted in Scott R. Silverman stepping down as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer in July of 2008. For thirteen years he held top positions at the parent company Applied Digital Solutions, and it's various subsidiaries. In conjunction with his departure, VeriChip sold it's Canadian subsidiary, Xmark, to Stanley Canada Company for $47.9 million. Xmark is comprised of RFID-based products designed to help track infants in hospitals, as well as other patients and physical assets within the medical community.
VeriChip did not benefit financially from the sale of Xmark or it's HealthLink direct-to-consumer marketed chips. Thus, shares plunged from it's 52 week high of $4.19 to as low as 30 cents a share, now currently hovering around 40 cents a share. These massive financial losses have crippled the once feared harbinger of the "Mark of the Beast".
Taking advantage of the current financial position of VeriChip, a watchdog group of privacy advocates, are working towards forcing VeriChip into bankruptcy by exposing the privacy and health concerns surrounding the implants. Mark Dice, spokesperson for The Resistance, a privacy watchdog group based in San Diego stated “These chips were first used for identifying pets and livestock, and now they’re being pushed onto the public as a safety device in this age of terrorism and fear.” “We are human beings, not animals or pieces of inventory, and we urge everyone to resist such technology.”
During the Senate confirmation of Supreme Court Justice John Roberts, Vice-Presidential Candidate Joe Biden, brings up the issue of tracking humans with forced implantable chips.
Even more disturbing, is the evidence some researchers have uncovered, revealing a master plan by elite bankers, to forcibly microchip the population in order to gain ultimate control of society. The chip would be used as a monetary device for all transactions, and could be easily tracked, traced and regulated. Hollywood director and documentary filmmaker, Aaron Russo, who lost his battle with cancer in 2007, revealed knowledge of such a plan. He learned of this through personal conversations with Nick Rockefeller.
In one conversation Russo said, "I used to say to him what's the point of all this," states Russo, "you have all the money in the world you need, you have all the power you need, what's the point, what's the end goal?" Rockefeller replied (paraphrasing), "The end goal is to get everybody chipped, to control the whole society, to have the bankers and the elite people control the world."
The video below is an excerpt from an interview with Russo by Alex Jones.
Many states have taken action to prevent the possibility of force chip implants with legislation. On Jan 1, 2008, California joined Wisconsin and Nebraska with laws preventing chipping without consent. The latest state bill banning forced chipping was introduced in Pennsylvania by D-Rep. Babette Josephs.
In her press release Josephs states:
"Maintaining our personal and our family’s privacy is becoming increasingly difficult," Josephs said. 'Any positive impact that an implanted device could have would be eclipsed by the potential damage that could be done if the information was accessed by an outside party not intended to have the information. Moreover some of this information should not be collected by government either. "Government organizations, independent researchers, members of the technology industry and civil liberties watchdog groups have all expressed concern about the personal security threat posed by such an action."
In the past, such talk of humans being microchipped voluntarily or forcibly, was ridiculed by many as "tin foil hat" conspiracy. It is now a reality, incrementally being directed at security sensitive jobs, or accessing patient information in the medical field. The introduction of legislation by states, and increased public awareness of the wide range of concerns surrounding human implants, should curtail the push for such devices that can do significant harm under the pretense of doing good.
