Patents
filed by an Israeli inventor Amit Weisman and US company Yardeni Associates
of Connecticut make scary reading for nervous travelers. 
By
P. Jeffrey Black and Jeffrey Denning | July 01, 2008Just when you thought you’ve heard it all...
A senior government official with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has expressed great interest in a so-called safety bracelet that would serve as a stun device, similar to that of a police Taser®. According to this promotional video found at the Lamperd Less Lethal, Inc. website, the bracelet would be worn by all airline passengers (video also shown below).
This bracelet would:
• Take the place of an airline boarding pass
• Contain personal information about the traveler
• Be able to monitor the whereabouts of each passenger and his/her luggage
• Shock the wearer on
command, completely immobilizing him/her for several
minutes
The Electronic ID Bracelet, as it’s referred to,
would be worn by every traveler “until they
disembark the flight at their destination.” Yes,
you read that correctly. Every airline passenger
would be tracked by a government-funded GPS,
containing personal, private and confidential
information, and would shock the customer worse than
an electronic dog collar if the passenger got out of
line.
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-Musclar
Disruption. Again, according to the promotional
video, the bracelet can completely immobilize the
wearer for several minutes.
So is the government really that interested in this
bracelet?
Apparently so.
According to
this letter from DHS official,
Paul S.
Ruwaldt of the Science and Technology
Directorate, office of Research and Development,
which was written to the inventor whom he had
previously met with, Ruwaldt wrote, “To make it
clear, we [the federal government] are interested in
. . . the immobilizing security bracelet, and look
forward to receiving a written proposal.”
The letterhead, in case
you were wondering, is from a U.S. Department of
Homeland Security office at the
William J. Hughes Technical Center at the
Atlantic City International Airport, or the Federal
Aviation Administration headquarters.
In another part of the letter, Mr. Ruwaldt
confirmed, “In addition, it is conceivable
to envision a use to improve air security, on
passenger planes.”
Would every paying airline passenger flying on a
commercial airplane be mandated to wear one of these
devices? I cringe at the thought. Not only could it
be used as a physical restraining device, but also
as a method of interrogation, according to the same
aforementioned letter from Mr. Ruwaldt.
Would you let them put one of those on your wrist?
Would you allow the airline employees, which would
be mandated by the government, to place such a
bracelet on any member of your family?
Why are tax dollars being spent on something like
this?
Is this a police state or is this America?
SOURCE: Want some torture with your peanuts? - Aviation Security - Washington Times
