Mobile Scanner to be Added to Biometric Data Arsenalselfnews Post The Federal Biometric ID program which was announced by ICE back in February of 2011 was introduced under the guise of tracking immigrants who have been booked for crimes by local police. However, it was quickly revealed through Freedom of Information Act requests by several justice organizations that the program was secretly intended for American citizens as well. The Secure Communities program itself has expanded well beyond its California testing grounds, and can now be found in 27 states. It has been mandated by the Federal government that all states need to comply by 2013. (Source) ICE has been under investigation for misrepresenting its intentions regarding Secure Communities, while the role of the FBI and its push to make mandatory what could have been voluntary, only furthers the suspicion that forcing states to obey a Federal dictate has intentions that far surpass documenting and deporting illegal and dangerous individuals. The new hand-held device from Cross Match Technologies aggregates facial, fingerprint and iris scan information, as well as the capability to integrate a watchlist database that currently numbers around 120,000, according to a report by Government Security News. The potential abuse of biometric database systems has led the Center for Constitutional Rights to issue a four-page fact sheet; part of which states a scope of concern that extends even beyond law enforcement abuse: Nearly all of the technology of tyranny has been introduced through supposed border control measures, while the border actually stays perfectly wide open. We have seen drones move from border control to inland functions over America with 63 bases now revealed. This new mobile device is all but guaranteed to be seen as a useful tool for day-to-day Americans under a creeping Martial Law structure that sees warrantless invasions as routine. As the TSA moves out of airports and onto the streets of America to conduct random searches, bullet-proof Pillbox checkpoints are established, and internment camps are openly planned for dissidents, we must raise awareness about the hidden intentions of the latest technological developments and their threat to our true safety and security. Read other articles by selfnews Post here. 