Coming Next: TSA Electric Shock Bracelets?
DHS seriously explored idea of forcing travelers to wear torture compliance devicePaul Joseph Watson
Infowars.com
October 10, 2012
The TSA’s security policies are getting more and more bizarre, from testing people’s drinks for explosives to ordering all travelers to freeze on command, but could a frightening policy that was seriously explored by the DHS be resurrected – forcing people to wear shock bracelets that would deliver an electric shock if they got out of line?
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The story sounds like it belongs in a South Park episode or on an urban myths website – but it was actually true.
In 2008, the Washington Times reported on
how DHS official Paul S. Ruwaldt of the Science and Technology
Directorate, office of Research and Development, wrote to Lamperd Less
Lethal, Inc. indicating that the Department of Homeland Security was
ready to purchase devices from the company that would be used to deliver
incapacitating shock s to airline passengers, all of whom would be
mandated to wear the shock bracelet once they checked in for their
flight.
The so-called “safety bracelet,” also known as the
Electronic ID Bracelet, was designed to replace a boarding pass and be
capable of tracking the passenger through the airport by means of GPS
technology. The device would also contain details about the passenger
and their flight plans.
The primary function of the device was to allow airport
officials and flight crews to deliver an incapacitating electric shock
to travelers by means of Electro-Muscular Disruption (EMD), completely
immobilizing the individual for minutes. The bracelet would be worn by
all travelers until they disembarked at their location. The patent for
the device admits that all passengers could be incapacitated if the
devices are activated.
“Upon
activation of the electric shock device, through receipt of an
activating signal from the selectively operable remote control means,
the passenger wearing that particular bracelet receives the disabling
electrical shock from the electric shock device. Accordingly, the
passenger becomes incapacitated for a few seconds or perhaps a few
minutes, during which time the passenger can be fully subdued and
handcuffed, if necessary. Depending on the type of transmission medium
used to send the activating signal, other passengers may also become
temporarily incapacitated, which is undesirable and unfortunate, but may
be unavoidable,” reads the patent for the device.
In his letter to Lamperd Less Lethal, Inc., DHS official
Ruwaldt also noted how the bracelet could be used as a “method of
interrogation,” in other words a torture device. He also raised the prospect of
using the device against protesters to allow the temporary “restraint
of large numbers of individuals in open area environments by a small
number of agents or Law Enforcement Officers.”
The letter stated that the DHS was “interested in…. the
immobilizing security bracelet” and that it was “conceivable to envision
a use to improve air security, on passenger planes.” Other letters made
it clear that the DOD, the CDC, Department of Interior, Department of
Agriculture Forestry service, as well as unnamed law enforcement
agencies were also keen on acquiring the device.
Following a wave of negative publicity, the DHS pulled
the plug on its interest in the torture bracelet, and Lamperd Less
Lethal, Inc. set about removing the letters from Ruwaldt it had
previously proudly displayed on its website.
However, given that the TSA is already doling out
punishments for people who do not display the proper level of obedience,
by either preventing them from flying, stealing their cash, or simply punching them in the balls,
how far away are we from the hideous idea of the shock bracelet being
resurrected? Especially given the heights of absurdity the TSA has
already scaled by introducing its ludicrous “all stop” policy and its testing of drinks purchased inside the secure area of the airport?
The fact that the torture bracelet was ever seriously
considered at all should send chills down the spine of every American
who values their dignity, especially given the endless train of TSA
abuse stories that pour in on a weekly basis.
Imagine a TSA goon not only having the power to squeeze
your junk if you so much as look at them the wrong way, but also having
the capability to deliver an electric shock to anyone who speaks out of
turn. It’s a nightmare scenario, and another clear indication that the
TSA is an odious insult to the very notion of America as a free country
and needs to be defunded and ultimately abolished.
Given a recent survey which
found that a majority of travelers were happy with the TSA’s
performance and also In the interests of discovering exactly what level
of indignity Americans will tolerate, Infowars is set to commission a
poll to find out what passengers will tolerate when going through TSA
checkpoints.
One of the questions will ask if Americans, given the
apparent threat posed by terrorists who implant bombs in their own
bodies, are willing to submit to an anal cavity search in order to fly.
Although this sounds bizarre, we feel confident that a sizeable number
would agree to it. Likewise, the idea of forcing travelers to wear a
shock bracelet capable of delivering an electric shock is another
question that will be included in the poll – which will be conducted by a
professional polling agency.
Watch a Fox News report on the shock bracelet below.
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Paul Joseph Watson is the editor and writer for Prison Planet.com.
He is the author of Order Out Of Chaos. Watson is also a regular
fill-in host for The Alex Jones Show and Infowars Nightly News.
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