King George II orders feds to collect biometric data on terrorists
Posted on June 12th, 2008 at 2:19pm by bile Categories and Tags: Uncategorized, 4th Amendment, biometrics, Bush, Congress, directive, Executive Branch, fascism, freedom, George II, George W. Bush, Legislative Branch, liberty, Lincoln, pass law, police state, politics, privacy, restricted travel, Technology, terrorism, United States, USA, White House, your rightsTwo new directives signed by President Bush establish sweeping authority for federal executive departments and agencies to establish a coordinated “framework” to collect and retain biometric data on U.S. citizens identified as “known and suspected terrorists,” without requiring public or congressional disclosure of the procedures.
Although the directives run over 1,700 words in length, Congress is not mentioned once, nor is there any specification of how the coordinated “framework” will be disclosed to the public.
WND contacted the White House press office for comment but received no return call.
The directives also do not specify any procedures for citizens to challenge their inclusion in the biometric database or any resulting consequences, such as restricted travel or additional government surveillance.
How is it that something so large can be put into place without the say of Congress? Obviously while the executive branch is given funds by the legislative and not all ways in which the money will be spent can be tagged by them you would think something this intensive would get some nod from those who hold the purse and pass law. But no. As we have seen time and time again from Lincoln to G.W. Bush the executive branch thinks itself supreme and obviously above the law.
I suspect that this will be challenged right quick by the EFF and/or ACLU and if we’re lucky it’d be shot down.
