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Correction: **He *in the above passage refer* Gorgio Agambem... * Regards Afthab Ellath On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 7:07 AM, Jayaprakash ND <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * > *Dear Afthab, > > Thanks a lot for forwarding the article. The information about the > extensive and intensive surveillance network is absolutely scary. It is > indeed terrible that China has opted to emulate the worst aspects of the US > system. > > The following quotes from the article provides an overview of the problem. > ** > > *"You have probably never heard of L-1, but there is every chance that it > has heard of you. Few companies have collected as much sensitive information > about U.S. citizens and visitors to America as L-1: It boasts a database of > 60 million records, and it "captures" more than a million new fingerprints > every year. ... In addition, L-1 has an even more secretive intelligence > unit called SpecTal.* > > * * > > *….* > > * * > > *Liu Zhengrong, a senior official dealing with China's Internet policy, > has defended Golden Shield and other repressive measures by invoking the > Patriot Act and the FBI's massive e-mail-mining operations. * > > *…..* > > * * > > *The U.S. currently has more people behind bars than China, despite a > population less than a quarter of its size. * > > *…..* > > *The global homeland-security business is now worth an estimated $200 > billion — more than Hollywood and the music industry combined. Any sector > of that size inevitably takes on its own momentum. New markets must be > found — which, in the Big Brother business, means an endless procession of > new enemies and new emergencies: crime, immigration, terrorism.* > > *…..* > > * * > > *When I leave China, I feel a powerful relief: I have escaped. I am home > safe. But the feeling starts to fade as soon as I get to the customs line at > JFK, watching hundreds of visitors line up to have their pictures taken and > fingers scanned…. Later, I look it up: The company providing the > technology is L-1."* > > Jayaprakash > > *================= > * > 2008/7/17 Afthab Ellath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> *Sorry for the long post.... an article by Noami Klein,*"China's >> All-Seeing Eye" >> >> *But you will how Orwallian Big Brothers watching you over "telescreens", >> national states talking "newspeak" and "ministry of love" and "reality >> control" are not a fiction any more... >> >> *In January 2004, he refused to give a lecture in the United States >> because under the US-VISIT <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US-VISIT> he >> would have been required to give up his >> biometric<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biometric>information, which he >> believed stripped him to a state of "bare life" ( >> *zoe*) and was akin to the >> tattooing<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tattooing>that the >> Nazis <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazis> did during World War II - * >> Wikipedia >> >> But how long he will enjoy such a choice to do this? >> >> **I know this will be described as another anti-CPIM venom in FEC... But >> the possibility of scary states are not far for the entire mankind... That >> scare tempt me to post this...* >> >> Refards >> Afthab >> China's All-Seeing Eye With the help of U.S. defense contractors, China >> is building the prototype for a high-tech police state. It is ready for >> export. >> >> NAOMI KLEIN >> ** >> > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
