BILDERBERG OTTAWA MEETING LAST YEAR

EU DICTATOR (WORLD LEADER)

REVELATION 17:12-13
12 And the ten horns (NATIONS) which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.
13 These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.

REVELATION 6:1-2
1 And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see.
2 And I saw, and behold a white horse:(PEACE) and he that sat on him had a bow;(EU DICTATOR) and a crown was given unto him:(PRESIDENT OF THE EU) and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.(MILITARY GENIUS)

REVELATION 13:1-10
1 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.(THE EU AND ITS DICTATOR IS GODLESS)
2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.(DICTATOR COMES FROM NEW AGE OR OCCULT)
3 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death;(MURDERERD) and his deadly wound was healed:(COMES BACK TO LIFE) and all the world wondered after the beast.(THE WORLD THINKS ITS GOD IN THE FLESH, MESSIAH TO ISRAEL)
4 And they worshipped the dragon (SATAN) which gave power unto the beast:(JEWISH EU DICTATOR) and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?(FALSE RESURRECTION,SATAN BRINGS HIM TO LIFE)
5 And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.(GIVEN WORLD CONTROL FOR 3 1/2YRS)
6 And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God,(HES A GOD HATER) to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.(HES A LIBERAL OR DEMOCRAT,WILL PUT ANYTHING ABOUT GOD DOWN)
7 And it was given unto him to make war with the saints,(BEHEAD THEM) and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.(WORLD DOMINATION)
8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.(WORLD DICTATOR)
9 If any man have an ear, let him hear.
10 He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.(SAVED CHRISTIANS AND JEWS DIE FOR THEIR FAITH AT THIS TIME,NOW WE ARE SAVED BY GRACE BUT DURING THE 7 YEARS OF HELL ON EARTH, PEOPLE WILL BE PUT TO DEATH (BEHEADINGS) FOR THEIR BELIEF IN GOD (JESUS) OR THE BIBLE.

DANIEL 9:26-27
26 And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come (ROMANS IN AD 70) shall destroy the city and the sanctuary;(ROMANS DESTROYED THE 2ND TEMPLE) and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
27 And he( EU ROMAN, JEWISH DICTATOR) shall confirm the covenant with many for one week:( 7 YEARS) and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease,( 3 1/2 YRS) and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.

WORLD GOVERNMENT

DANIEL 7:23-25
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.
24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.
25 And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.

DANIEL 12:4,1
4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.
1 And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.

REVELATION 13:1-3,7,8,12,16-18
1 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.
2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.
3 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.
7 And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.
8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
12 And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.
16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.

REVELATION 17:3,7,9-10,12,18
3 So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
7 And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns.
9 And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.
10 And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.
12 And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.
18 And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.

MICROCHIP IMPLANTS DISCUSSED AT BILDERBERG MEETING
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AckRQRofS1M&feature=related
MICROCHIPING TROOPS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaLq0yhFgPI&feature=related
REAL ID
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yH2WGhwoFFY&feature=related
REAL ID MICROCHIP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCI95vCauz8&feature=related
THE AIRFORCE WANTS YOUR LOV IMPLANTS FOOD,WATER,AIR
http://www.whale.to/b/palit.html
MICROCHIP MIND CONTROL
http://www.rense.com/general17/imp.htm
NA UNION AND RFID
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuBo4E77ZXo&feature=related
CLUB OF ROME
http://www.clubofrome.org/eng/home/
BILDERBERGS
http://www.4rie.com/rie%203.html
COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS (US)
http://www.cfr.org/
COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS (EUROPE)
http://www.ecfr.eu/
TRILATERAL COMMISSION
http://www.trilateral.org/
IMF
http://www.imf.org/external/index.htm
IMF PRESS BRIEFING MAR 12,09
http://www.imf.org/external/mmedia/view.asp?eventID=1408
WORLD BANK
http://www.worldbank.org/

BILDERBERG SEEKS BANK CENTRALIZATION AGENDA JUNE 10,2008
http://nationalexpositor.com/News/1255.html

Intel Strike - Fresh off of the 2008 Bilderberg Meeting, it looks as if New York Federal Reserve president Timothy Geithner is set to push a new agenda in the world of central banking that was likely decided upon at Bilderberg. Geithner yesterday, wrote an article in the Financial Times calling for a global regulatory banking framework. In addition, Geithner called for the Federal Reserve to have an instrumental role in this new framework. Geithner cites all of the problems that were actually created by the central bankers in the first place as the rationale for having greater centralized power. It is interesting Geithner decides to write this piece right after the Bilderberg Meeting where some of the most powerful figures in the world of central banking attended. Not only did Geithner attend, but the attendee list included Ben Bernanke the Federal Reserve Chairman, Henry Paulson the U.S. Treasury Secretary, Jean-Claude Trichet the president of the European Central Bank, Robert Zoellick the president of the World Bank and other high profile bankers. With the who’s who of central banking attending the Bilderberg Meeting, it is highly unlikely that what Geithner is proposing in his Financial Times article was not discussed at the Bilderberg Meeting. It is no secret that the true objective of the Bilderberg Meeting is to steer the world into accepting a global government. By establishing a new global regulatory banking framework, this will inch the planet ever closer to a one world currency operating in a cashless society where microchips are used to facilitate transactions. Make no mistake about it, this system will not be good, because it will be controlled by a bunch of criminal psychopaths like the one’s who attended the 2008 Bilderberg Meeting.In his Financial Times article, Geithner wrote the following:

The institutions that play a central role in money and funding markets – including the main globally active banks and investment banks – need to operate under a unified framework that provides a stronger form of consolidated supervision, with appropriate requirements for capital and liquidity. To complement this, we need to put in place a stronger framework of oversight authority over the critical parts of the payments system – not just the established payments, clearing and settlements systems, but the infrastructure that underpins the decentralised over-the-counter markets.Because of its primary responsibility for the stability of the overall financial system, the Federal Reserve should play a central role in such a framework, working closely with supervisors in the US and in other countries. At present the Fed has broad responsibility for financial stability not matched by direct authority and the consequences of the actions we have taken in this crisis make it more important that we close that gap.Finally, we need a stronger capacity to respond to crises. The Fed has put in place a number of innovative new facilities that have helped ease liquidity strains. We plan to leave these in place until conditions in money and credit markets have improved substantially.

What Geithner is proposing is entirely insane but this is the same tactic that the financial elites used to establish the Federal Reserve back in 1913. They created a crisis and said that the crisis happened because they didn’t have enough power to prevent it. The Panic of 1907 which was used to justify the passage of the Federal Reserve Act was actually caused by JP Morgan and assorted elite financial interests. They did this so they could use the crisis as an excuse to centralize their control and power over the banking system. Through the Federal Reserve, banks were finally consolidated under its umbrella through the Great Depression which was deliberately caused by the tight monetary policies implemented by the central bank. Throughout the 1920s money was made plentiful, but following the stock market crash of 1929, the Federal Reserve tightened the money supply which put hundreds of community banks out of business and allowed the central bankers to consolidate control over the nation’s banking system.Geithner is using the excuse of the current financial crisis that was caused by the Federal Reserve and the world’s assorted central banks in order to again consolidate more power for the banking cartel. It is simply history repeating itself, only this time it is on a much larger scale. Below is another blurb taken from Geithner’s Financial Times piece:Since last summer, we have lived through a severe and complex financial crisis. Why was the financial system so fragile? What can be done to make the system more resilient in the future? The world experienced a financial boom. The boom fed demand for risk. Products were created to meet that demand, including risky, complicated mortgages. Many assets were financed with significant leverage and liquidity risk and many of the world’s largest financial institutions got themselves too exposed to the risk of a global downturn. The amount of long-term illiquid assets financed with short-term liabilities made the system vulnerable to a classic type of run. As concern about risk increased, investors pulled back, triggering a self-reinforcing cycle of forced liquidation of assets, higher margin requirements, increased volatility. What Geithner doesn’t say in his article is that the current global financial crisis was caused by the Federal Reserve and the world’s various central banks. Alan Greenspan intentionally set interest rates at incredibly low levels after the 9/11 attacks. This encouraged lenders to lend out money using all sorts of creative financing packages. It also encouraged borrowers to borrow money from the lenders because of the cheaper money. These policies lead to the continued devaluation of the U.S. Dollar and the U.S. housing crisis which have been the main drivers behind most of the economic problems we are currently seeing.

Geithner wants us to believe that giving the Federal Reserve and the rest of this private banking system more power is what’s needed to resolve all of the economic problems that were caused by the central bankers themselves. How stupid does Geithner and the rest of the global elite think we are? We have a historical track record of central bankers creating economic problems and bringing in phony solutions to expand their control. We need decentralization and free markets to resolve the economic problems that have been created by these people, not more centralized power.If all of this wasn’t bad enough, Jim Tucker from the American Free Press speaking on the Alex Jones show today stated that one of his Bilderberg sources revealed to him that the global elite are planning to push forward their cashless society grid agenda with the use of implantable microchips. The implantable microchips would be sold as a way for people to easily move through the militarized control grid that they’ve setup via the bogus terror war. Tucker also mentioned that we would see the media hyping the phony terror war and specifically the phony white Al-Qaeda terror threat as a way for them to continue the justification of the enslavement grid. Assuming Tucker’s Bilderberg source is providing accurate information, this agenda that Geithner is pushing in his Financial Times article is right in line with their well documented plans to get rid of cash. The central bankers would need a global regulatory framework for the banking system so they can move closer to a global currency operating in a cashless society.

This is some incredibly scary stuff. Of course there was not one word of the 2008 Bilderberg Meeting in any major U.S. media outlets. The corporate controlled media maintained a blackout on any coverage of this incredibly important yearly meeting of the global elite. It is pathetic when citizen journalists like the ones at InfoWars, PrisonPlanet and RogueGovernment provide the best coverage of what is one of the most important geopolitical meetings of the year. Either way, the commentary from Geithner as well as the information from Tucker’s Bilderberg source seems to indicate that the global elite are getting ready to further centralize the banking system in order to establish their one world cashless society grid. These criminals must be exposed and their system of global corruption and tyranny must be defeated. Let’s tell these bastards that they can take their cashless society grid and their implantable microchips where the sun don’t shine.

BERNANKE WAS ALSO AT OTTAWA LAST YEAR SO WAS CLINTON AND OBAMA SO WE SEE WHY THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION IS SMOOTHERED WITH BILDERBERG MEMBERS TO BRING ABOUT THE EU WORLD DOMINATION. NOW WE KNOW WHY THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION WILL BE HAND IN GLOVE TO THE EUROPEAN UNION,THE VATICAN MUST BE SECRETLY BEHIND THE SCENES IN THE BILDERBERGS ALSO SINCE THEY WILL BE HAND IN GLOVE WITH THE EUROPEAN UNION WHEN THIS GLOBAL GOVERNMENT FINALLY COMES INTO BEING FOR A BRIEF TIME 7 YEARS OR LESS AT THE MOST.

Reducing risk in the financial system By Timothy Geithner
Published: June 8 2008 23:30 | Last updated: June 8 2008 23:30
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/807c8a64-355a-11dd-998d-0000779fd2ac.html?nclick_check=1

Since last summer, we have lived through a severe and complex financial crisis. Why was the financial system so fragile? What can be done to make the system more resilient in the future? The world experienced a financial boom. The boom fed demand for risk. Products were created to meet that demand, including risky, complicated mortgages. Many assets were financed with significant leverage and liquidity risk and many of the world’s largest financial institutions got themselves too exposed to the risk of a global downturn. The amount of long-term illiquid assets financed with short-term liabilities made the system vulnerable to a classic type of run. As concern about risk increased, investors pulled back, triggering a self-reinforcing cycle of forced liquidation of assets, higher margin requirements, increased volatility. What should be done to strengthen the system in the future? First, when we get through this crisis we have to increase the shock absorbers held in normal times against bad macroeconomic and financial outcomes. This will require more exacting expectations on capital, liquidity and risk management for the largest institutions that play a central role in intermediation and market functioning. They should be set high enough to offset the benefits that come from access to central bank liquidity, but not so high that they succeed only in pushing more capital to the unregulated part of the financial system. Second, we have to improve the capacity of the financial infrastructure to withstand default by a big institution. This will require taking some of the risk out of secured funding markets, increasing resources held against default in the centralised clearing house, and encouraging more standardisation, automation and central clearing in the derivatives markets. Third, the regulatory framework cannot be indifferent to the scale of leverage and risk outside the supervised institutions. I do not believe it would be desirable or feasible to extend capital requirements to leveraged institutiions such as hedge funds. But supervision has to ensure that counterparty credit risk management in the supervised institutions limits the risk of a rise in overall leverage outside the regulated institutions that could threaten the stability of the financial system. And regulatory policy has to induce higher levels of margin and collateral in normal times against derivatives and secured borrowing to cover better the risk of market illiquidity.Fourth, we need to streamline and simplify the US regulatory framework. Our system has evolved into a confusing mix of diffused accountability, regulatory competition and a complex web of rules that create perverse incentives and leave huge opportunities for arbitrage and evasion. The blueprint by Hank Paulson, Treasury secretary, outlines a sweeping consolidation and realignment of responsibilities.

The institutions that play a central role in money and funding markets – including the main globally active banks and investment banks – need to operate under a unified framework that provides a stronger form of consolidated supervision, with appropriate requirements for capital and liquidity. To complement this, we need to put in place a stronger framework of oversight authority over the critical parts of the payments system – not just the established payments, clearing and settlements systems, but the infrastructure that underpins the decentralised over-the-counter markets. Because of its primary responsibility for the stability of the overall financial system, the Federal Reserve should play a central role in such a framework, working closely with supervisors in the US and in other countries. At present the Fed has broad responsibility for financial stability not matched by direct authority and the consequences of the actions we have taken in this crisis make it more important that we close that gap. Finally, we need a stronger capacity to respond to crises. The Fed has put in place a number of innovative new facilities that have helped ease liquidity strains. We plan to leave these in place until conditions in money and credit markets have improved substantially. We are examining what framework of facilities will be appropriate in the future, with what conditions for access and what oversight requirements to mitigate moral hazard risk. Some of these could become a permanent part of our instruments. Some might be best reserved for the type of acute market illiquidity experienced in this crisis. Authority to pay interest on reserves would give the Fed the ability to respond to acute liquidity pressure in markets without undermining its capacity to manage the federal funds rates in line with the federal open market committee’s target. The big central banks should put in place a standing network of currency swaps, collateral policies and account arrangements that would make it easier to mobilise liquidity across borders quickly in a crisis.As we reshape the incentives and constraints for risk-taking in the financial system, we have to recognise that regulation has the potential to make things worse. Regulation can distort incentives in ways that may make the system less safe. One of the strengths of our system is the speed with which we adapt to challenge. It is important that we move quickly to adapt the regulatory system to address the vulnerabilities exposed by this financial crisis. We are beginning the process of building the necessary consensus here and with the other main financial centres.The writer is president and chief executive, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
The Financial Times Limited 2009.

OTTAWA 2008 BILDERBERG LIST OF PEOPLE.

CAN Adams, John Associate Deputy Minister of National Defence and Chief of the Communications Security Establishment Canada
CAN Brodie, Ian Chief of Staff, Prime Minister’s Office
CAN Clark, Edmund President and CEO, TD Bank Financial Group
CAN Desmarais, Jr., Paul Chairman and co-CEO, Power Corporation of Canada
CAN Edwards, N. Murray Vice Chairman, Candian Natural Resources Limited
CAN Martin, Roger Dean, Joseph L. Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto
CAN McKenna, Frank Deputy Chair, TD Bank Financial Group
CAN Prichard, J. Robert S. President and CEO, Torstar Corporation
CAN Reisman, Heather M.Chair and CEO, Indigo Books & Music Inc

Full List of Participants

DEU Ackermann, Josef Chairman of the Management Board and the Group Executive Committee, Deutsche Bank AG
CAN Adams, John Associate Deputy Minister of National Defence and Chief of the Communications Security Establishment Canada
USA Ajami, Fouad Director, Middle East Studies Program, The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, The Johns Hopkins University
USA Alexander, Keith B.Director, National Security Agency
INT Almunia, Joaquín Commissioner, European Commission
GRC Alogoskoufis, George Minister of Economy and Finance
USA Altman, Roger C.Chairman, Evercore Partners Inc.
TUR Babacan, Ali Minister of Foreign Affairs
NLD Balkenende, Jan Peter Prime Minister
PRT Balsemão, Francisco Pinto Chairman and CEO, IMPRESA, S.G.P.S.; Former Prime Minister
FRA Baverez, Nicolas Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
ITA Bernabè, Franco CEO, Telecom Italia Spa
USA Bernanke, Ben S. Chairman, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System
SWE Bildt, Carl Minister of Foreign Affairs
FIN Blåfield, Antti Senior Editorial Writer, Helsingin Sanomat
DNK Bosse, Stine CEO, TrygVesta
CAN Brodie, Ian Chief of Staff, Prime Minister’s Office
AUT Bronner, Oscar Publisher and Editor, Der Standard
FRA Castries, Henri de Chairman of the Management Board and CEO, AXA
ESP Cebrián, Juan Luis CEO, PRISA
CAN Clark, Edmund President and CEO, TD Bank Financial Group
GBR Clarke, Kenneth Member of Parliament
NOR Clemet, Kristin Managing Director, Civita
USA Collins, Timothy C. Senior Managing Director and CEO, Ripplewood Holdings, LLC
FRA Collomb, Bertrand Honorary Chairman, Lafarge
PRT Costa, António Mayor of Lisbon
USA Crocker, Chester A. James R. Schlesinger Professor of Strategic Studies
USA Daschle, Thomas A. Former US Senator and Senate Majority Leader
CAN Desmarais, Jr., Paul Chairman and co-CEO, Power Corporation of Canada
GRC Diamantopoulou, Anna Member of Parliament
USA Donilon, Thomas E. Partner, O’Melveny & Myers
ITA Draghi, Mario Governor, Banca d’Italia
AUT Ederer, Brigitte CEO, Siemens AG Österreich
CAN Edwards, N. Murray Vice Chairman, Candian Natural Resources Limited
DNK Eldrup, Anders President, DONG A/S
ITA Elkann, John Vice Chairman, Fiat S.p.A.
USA Farah, Martha J. Director, Center for Cognitive Neuroscience; Walter H. Annenberg Professor in the Natural Sciences, University of Pennsylvania
USA Feldstein, Martin S.President and CEO, National Bureau of Economic Research
DEU Fischer, Joschka Former Minister of Foreign Affairs
USA Ford, Jr., Harold E. Vice Chairman, Merill Lynch & Co., Inc.
CHE Forstmoser, Peter Professor for Civil, Corporation and Capital Markets Law, University of Zürich
IRL Gallagher, Paul Attorney General
USA Geithner, Timothy F. President and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
USA Gigot, Paul Editorial Page Editor, The Wall Street Journal
IRL Gleeson, Dermot Chairman, AIB Group
NLD Goddijn, Harold CEO, TomTom
TUR Gögüs, Zeynep Journalist; Founder, EurActiv.com.tr
USA Graham, Donald E.Chairman and CEO, The Washington Post Company
NLD Halberstadt, Victor Professor of Economics, Leiden University; Former Honorary Secretary General of Bilderberg Meetings
USA Holbrooke, Richard C. Vice Chairman, Perseus, LLC
FIN Honkapohja, Seppo Member of the Board, Bank of Finland
INT Hoop Scheffer, Jaap G. de Secretary General, NATO
USA Hubbard, Allan B. Chairman, E & A Industries, Inc.
BEL Huyghebaert, Jan Chairman of the Board of Directors, KBC Group
DEU Ischinger, Wolfgang Former Ambassador to the UK and US
USA Jacobs, Kenneth Deputy Chairman, Head of Lazard U.S., Lazard Frères & Co. LLC
USA Johnson, James A. Vice Chairman, Perseus, LLC (Obama’s man tasked with selecting his running mate)
SWE Johnstone, Tom President and CEO, AB SKF
USA Jordan, Jr., Vernon E. Senior Managing Director, Lazard Frères & Co. LLC
FRA Jouyet, Jean-Pierre Minister of European Affairs
GBR Kerr, John Member, House of Lords; Deputy Chairman, Royal Dutch Shell plc.
USA Kissinger, Henry A. Chairman, Kissinger Associates, Inc.
DEU Klaeden, Eckart von Foreign Policy Spokesman, CDU/CSU
USA Kleinfeld, Klaus President and COO, Alcoa
TUR Koç, Mustafa Chairman, Koç Holding A.S.
FRA Kodmani, Bassma Director, Arab Reform Initiative
USA Kravis, Henry R. Founding Partner, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.
USA Kravis, Marie-Josée Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute, Inc.
INT Kroes, Neelie Commissioner, European Commission
POL Kwasniewski, Aleksander Former President
AUT Leitner, Wolfgang CEO, Andritz AG
ESP León Gross, Bernardino Secretary General, Office of the Prime Minister
INT Mandelson, Peter Commissioner, European Commission
FRA Margerie, Christophe de CEO, Total
CAN Martin, Roger Dean, Joseph L. Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto
HUN Martonyi, János Professor of International Trade Law; Partner, Baker & McKenzie; Former Minister of Foreign Affairs
USA Mathews, Jessica T. President, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
INT McCreevy, Charlie Commissioner, European Commission
USA McDonough, William J. Vice Chairman and Special Advisor to the Chairman, Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.
CAN McKenna, Frank Deputy Chair, TD Bank Financial Group
GBR McKillop, Tom Chairman, The Royal Bank of Scotland Group
FRA Montbrial, Thierry de President, French Institute for International Relations
ITA Monti, Mario President, Universita Commerciale Luigi Bocconi
USA Mundie, Craig J. Chief Research and Strategy Officer, Microsoft Corporation
NOR Myklebust, Egil Former Chairman of the Board of Directors SAS, Norsk Hydro ASA
DEU Nass, Matthias Deputy Editor, Die Zeit
NLD Netherlands, H.M. the Queen of the
FRA Ockrent, Christine CEO, French television and radio world service
FIN Ollila, Jorma Chairman, Royal Dutch Shell plc
SWE Olofsson, Maud Minister of Enterprise and Energy; Deputy Prime Minister
NLD Orange, H.R.H. the Prince of
GBR Osborne, George Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer
TUR Öztrak, Faik Member of Parliament
ITA Padoa-Schioppa, Tommaso Former Minister of Finance; President of Notre Europe
GRC Papahelas, Alexis Journar., Henry M.Secretary of the Treasury
USA Pearl, Frank H. Chairman and CEO, Perseus, LLC
USA Perle, Richard N.Resident Fellow, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
FRA Pérol, François Deputy General Secretary in charge of Economic Affairs
DEU Perthes, Volker Director, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik
BEL Philippe, H.R.H. Prince
CAN Prichard, J. Robert S. President and CEO, Torstar Corporation
CAN Reisman, Heather M.Chair and CEO, Indigo Books & Music Inc.
USA Rice, Condoleezza Secretary of State
PRT Rio, Rui Mayor of Porto
USA Rockefeller, David Former Chairman, Chase Manhattan Bank
ESP Rodriguez Inciarte, Matias Executive Vice Chairman, Grupo Santander
USA Rose, Charlie Producer, Rose Communications
DNK Rose, Flemming Editor, Jyllands Posten
USA Ross, Dennis B. Counselor and Ziegler Distinguished Fellow, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
USA Rubin, Barnett R.Director of Studies and Senior Fellow, Center for International Cooperation, New York University
TUR Sahenk, Ferit Chairman, Dogus Holding A.S.
USA Sanford, Mark Governor of South Carolina
USA Schmidt, Eric Chairman of the Executive Committee and CEO, Google
AUT Scholten, Rudolf Member of the Board of Executive Directors, Oesterreichische Kontrollbank AG
DNK Schur, Fritz H. Fritz Schur Gruppen
CZE Schwarzenberg, Karel Minister of Fsan B. Ford Distinguished Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University
ESP Spain, H.M. the Queen of
CHE Spillmann, Markus Editor-in-Chief and Head Managing Board, Neue Zürcher Zeitung AG
USA Summers, Lawrence H.Charles W. Eliot Professor, Harvard University
GBR Taylor, J. Martin Chairman, Syngenta International AG
USA Thiel, Peter A. President, Clarium Capital Management, LLC
NLD Timmermans, Frans Minister of European Affairs
RUS Trenin, Dmitri V. Deputy Director and Senior Associate, Carnegie Moscow Center
INT Trichet, Jean-Claude President, European Central Bank
USA Vakil, Sanam Assistant Professor of Middle East Studies, The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University
FRA Valls, Manuel Member of Parliament
GRC Varvitsiotis, Thomas Co-Founder and President, V + O Communication
CHE Vasella, Daniel L.Chairman and CEO, Novartis AG
FIN Väyrynen, Raimo Director, The Finnish Institute of International Affairs
FRA Védrine, Hubert Hubert Védrine Conseil
NOR Vollebaek, Knut High Commissioner on National Minorities, OSCE
SWE Wallenberg, Jacob Chairman, Investor AB
USA Weber, J. Vin CEO, Clark & Weinstock
USA Wolfensohn, James D. Chairman, Wolfensohn & Company, LLC
USA Wolfowitz, Paul Visiting Scholar, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
INT Zoellick, Robert B. President, The World Bank Group

Rapporteurs
GBR Bredow, Vendeline von Business Correspondent, The Economist
GBR Wooldridge, Adrian D. Foreign Correspondent, The Economist

AUT Austria HUN Hungary
BEL Belgium INT International
CHE Switzerland IRL Ireland
CAN Canada ITA Italy
CZE Czech Republic NOR Norway
DEU Germany NLD Netherlands
DNK Denmark PRT Portugal
ESP Spain POL Poland
FRA France RUS Russia
FIN Finland SWE Sweden
GBR Great Britain TUR Turkey
GRC Greece USA United States of America
WE CAN ADD HILARY CLINTON AND BARACK OBAMA ALSO THEY WERE THERE FOR AT LEAST 1 MEETING EACH.

AND SINCE ITS THE CLUB OF ROME THAT PUTS THE WORLD INTO 10 REGIONAL BLOCS HERES THE MEMBERSHIP TO WATCH FOR THEIR SPEECHES SO WE KNOW HOW IT WILL BE COMING ABOUT.

MEMBERSHIP OF CLUB OF ROME MEMBERS.THESE ARE THE BOYS TO WATCH FOR IN SPEECHES AS THERE ARE MEMBERS FROM THE GENEVA TREATY,PEACE ORGANIZATIONS AND AN ISRAELI IN THIS BUNCH.

Mr. Sadikou Ayo Alao, Benin President, Gerrdes Bank
Prof. Assia Bensalah Alaoui, Morocco Public Law University Mohammed V, Rabat-Agdal
Ms. Eda Coutinho Barbosa Machado de Souza, Brazil Director General of the Institute of Superior Education of Brazil
Ms. Estela de Magelhaes Barbot, Portugal Vice-President of AGA
Ambassador Benjamin Bassin, Finland Former Ambassador of Finland to China
The Hon. Shlomo Ben-Ami, Israel Vice-President, Toledo International Centre for Peace
Ms. Janine Benyus, USA Author and Biologist at the Design Table Biomimicry Guild
Mr. Jérôme Bindé, France Director, UNESCO Division of Foresight, Philosophy and Human Sciences
Mr. Juan Luis Cebrian, Spain Council Delegate of the Group PRISA
Dr. Derrick de Kerckhove, Canada Director, McLuham Program in Culture and Technology at the University of Toronto
Ambassador Mauricio de Maria y Campos, Mexico Former Mexican Ambassador to South Africa
Dr. Ricardo Diez-Hochleitner, Spain Board Member of International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance and Honorary President of the Club of Rome
Mr. Isidro Faine Casas, Spain Chairman, Caja de Ahorros y Pensiones de Barcelona (La Caixa)
The Hon. José María Figueres Olsen, Costa Rica CEO, Grupo Felipe IV and former President of Costa Rica
Prof. Arnoldo José Gabaldon, Venezuela Honorary Professor of the Simón Bolívar University
Prof. Alberto Gasparini, Italy Professor of Urban and Rural Sociology, University of Trieste
Mr. Gerardo Gil-Valdivia, Mexico President, Mexican National Association of the Club of Rome
Prof. Paulo Alcantara Gomes, Brazil Rector, University Castelo Branco
Prof. Heitor Gurgulino de Souza, Brazil Secretary-General of the International Association of University Presidents and Vice-President of the Club of Rome
Prof. Orhan Güvenen, Turkey Chair of Accounting Information Systems, Bilkent University and Member of the Club of Rome Executive Committee
Prof. Talat S. Halman, Turkey Chairman of the Department of Turkish Literature, Bilkent University
Dr. Bohdan Hawrylyshyn, Ukraine Chairman International Centre of Political Studies, International Management Institute, Geneva
Mr. Rafael Hernandez Colon, Puerto Rico Former Governor of Puerto Rico
Mr. Diego Hidalgo Schnur, Spain Founder and President of FRIDE
Prof. Kuniko Inoguchi, Japan Member of the National DIET, Tokyo
The Hon. Mugur Constantin Isarescu, Romania Governor, National Bank of Romania
Mr. Peter Johnston, UK Head of Unit, New Methods of Work, Directorate-General Information Society, European Commission
Prof. Esko Kalimo, Finland Chair of the European Support Centre, Club of Rome
Mr. Tapio O. Kanninen, Finland Policy Planning Unit, Department of Political Affairs, United Nations
Dr. Sergey P. Kapitza, Russia Institute for Physical Problems, Academy of Sciences
Dr. Laszlo Kapolyi, Hungary Founder of System Consulting Rt. and former Hungarian Secretary of State for Energy
Dr. Ashok Khosla, India President of Development Alternatives and Co-President, The Club of Rome
Dr. David C. Korten, U.S.A. Co-Founder and Board Chair of People-Centred Development Forum
Mr. Martin Lees, United Kingdom Secretary-General of the Club of Rome
Mr. Patrick Liedtke, Germany Secretary-General and Managing Director of The Geneva Association and Executive Committee Member of the Club of Rome
Mrs. Wendy Luhabe, South Africa Chairman, Alliance Capital
Prof. Mona Makram-Ebeid, Egypt Head of the Association for the Advancement of Education and Executive Committee Member of the Club of Rome
Mr. Wolfgang Meyer, Germany Honorary President, UITP - International Association of Public Transport
Mrs. Liz Mohn, Germany Vice Chairwoman of the Executive Board, Bertelsmann Stiftung
Mr. Uwe Möller, Germany Former Secretary-General and Executive Committee Member of the Club of Rome
Mr. Jesus Moneo, Spain Member of the Ilustre Colegio de Abogados de Madrid
Mr. Kikujiro Namba, Japan President, Promotech Inc.
Dr. Konrad Osterwalder, Switzerland Rector of UNU
Mr. Gunter Pauli, Belgium President, ZERI Organisation
Dr. Roberto Peccei, USA Vice Chancellor for Research at the University of California Los Angeles and Executive Committee Member of the Club of Rome
Dr. José Aristodemo Pinotti, Brazil Head of Department, Sao Paulo University Medical School
Dr. Franz Josef Radermacher, Germany Founder of the Global Marshall Plan
Ms. Maria Ramirez Ribes, Venezuela Author and President of the Venezuelan Chapter of the Club of Rome
Dr. Harold Robles, The Netherlands Founder of the Medical Knowledge Institute
Dr. Wolfgang Sachs, Germany Head of the Globalization and Sustainability Project, Wuppertal Institute
Rector Victor A. Sadovnichy, Russia Rector of Lomonosov Moscow State University
The Hon. Noemí Sanín Posada, United Kingdom Ambassador of Columbia to the United Kingdom
Dr. Siegfried Sellitsch, Austria President of the Vienna Technical University
Mr. Tasneem Ahmad Siddiqui, Pakistan Chairman of SAIBAN
Dr. Ivo Slaus, Croatia Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Rudjer Boskovic Institute, President of the Croatian National Association of the Club of Rome
Dr. Mihaela Y. Smith, United Kingdom CEO, Commonwealth Partnership for Technology Management (CPTM)
Mr. Klaus Steilmann, Germany Founder of the Klaus Steilmann GmbH & Co KG
Dr. Keith D. Suter, Australia President of the United Nations Association of Australia
Prof. Ramon Tamames Gomez, Spain Professor of Economic Structures, Autonomous University of Madrid
Prof. Anitra Thorhaug, U.S.A US National Association for the Club of Rome; Research Faculty,Yale University; Chair International Outreach and Physiological Section American Botanical Society; Project Director The Future of the Western Hemisphere UsaCoR; author, researcher on pollution in the coastlines and oceans of the world.
Mr. Wouter van Dieren, The Netherlands President, IMSA Institute for Environment and Systems Analysis Amsterdam Ltd.
Dr. Agni Vlavianos-Arvanitis, Greece President and Founder of the Biopolitics International Organisation
Dr. Klaus von Dohnanyi, Germany German Politician and Member of the German Social Democrat Party
Dr. Eberhard von Koerber, Germany Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Eberhard von Koerber AG and Co-President of the Club of Rome
Prof. Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker, Germany Dean of Donald Bren School of Environmental Science and Management at the University of California
Prof. Raoul Weiler, Belgium Prof. Emeritus, Faculty of Agricultural and Applied Biological Sciences, University of Leuven and Chairman of the Belgian Chapter and Executive Committee member of the Club of Rome
Dr. Anders Wijkman, Sweden Member of the European Parliament and Vice-President of the Club of Rome
Dr. Markku Wilenius, Germany Senior Vice-President, Group Development, Allianz Group and Executive Committee Member of the Club of Rome

Microchips Everywhere: a Future Vision
By TODD LEWAN AP National Writer JAN 29,2008

Here's a vision of the not-so-distant future:Microchips with antennas will be embedded in virtually everything you buy, wear, drive and read, allowing retailers and law enforcement to track consumer items and, by extension, consumers wherever they go, from a distance.

A seamless, global network of electronic sniffers will scan radio tags in myriad public settings, identifying people and their tastes instantly so that customized ads, live spam,may be beamed at them.In Smart Homes, sensors built into walls, floors and appliances will inventory possessions, record eating habits, monitor medicine cabinets _ all the while, silently reporting data to marketers eager for a peek into the occupants' private lives.

Science fiction?

In truth, much of the radio frequency identification technology that enables objects and people to be tagged and tracked wirelessly already exists and new and potentially intrusive uses of it are being patented, perfected and deployed.Some of the world's largest corporations are vested in the success of RFID technology, which couples highly miniaturized computers with radio antennas to broadcast information about sales and buyers to company databases.Already, microchips are turning up in some computer printers, car keys and tires, on shampoo bottles and department store clothing tags. They're also in library books and contactless payment cards (such as American Express' Blue and ExxonMobil's Speedpass.)Companies say the RFID tags improve supply-chain efficiency, cut theft, and guarantee that brand-name products are authentic, not counterfeit. At a store, RFID doorways could scan your purchases automatically as you leave, eliminating tedious checkouts.At home, convenience is a selling point: RFID-enabled refrigerators could warn about expired milk, generate weekly shopping lists, even send signals to your interactive TV, so that you see personalized commercials for foods you have a history of buying. Sniffers in your microwave might read a chip-equipped TV dinner and cook it without instruction.We've seen so many different uses of the technology, says Dan Mullen, president of AIM Global, a national association of data collection businesses, including RFID, and we're probably still just scratching the surface in terms of places RFID can be used.

The problem, critics say, is that microchipped products might very well do a whole lot more.With tags in so many objects, relaying information to databases that can be linked to credit and bank cards, almost no aspect of life may soon be safe from the prying eyes of corporations and governments, says Mark Rasch, former head of the computer-crime unit of the U.S. Justice Department.By placing sniffers in strategic areas, companies can invisibly rifle through people's pockets, purses, suitcases, briefcases, luggage and possibly their kitchens and bedrooms anytime of the day or night,says Rasch, now managing director of technology at FTI Consulting Inc., a Baltimore-based company.In an RFID world, You've got the possibility of unauthorized people learning stuff about who you are, what you've bought, how and where you've bought it ... It's like saying, Well, who wants to look through my medicine cabinet?

He imagines a time when anyone from police to identity thieves to stalkers might scan locked car trunks, garages or home offices from a distance. Think of it as a high-tech form of Dumpster diving,says Rasch, who's also concerned about data gathered by spy appliances in the home.It's going to be used in unintended ways by third parties not just the government, but private investigators, marketers, lawyers building a case against you ...Presently, the radio tag most commercialized in America is the so-called passive emitter, meaning it has no internal power supply. Only when a reader powers these tags with a squirt of electrons do they broadcast their signal, indiscriminately, within a range of a few inches to 20 feet.Not as common, but increasing in use, are active tags, which have internal batteries and can transmit signals, continuously, as far as low-orbiting satellites. Active tags pay tolls as motorists to zip through tollgates; they also track wildlife, such as sea lions.

Retailers and manufacturers want to use passive tags to replace the bar code, for tracking inventory. These radio tags transmit Electronic Product Codes, number strings that allow trillons of objects to be uniquely identified. Some transmit specifics about the item, such as price, though not the name of the buyer.
However,once a tagged item is associated with a particular individual, personally identifiable information can be obtained and then aggregated to develop a profile, the U.S. Government Accountability Office concluded in a 2005 report on RFID.Federal agencies and law enforcement already buy information about individuals from commercial data brokers, companies that compile computer dossiers on millions of individuals from public records, credit applications and many other sources, then offer summaries for sale. These brokers, unlike credit bureaus, aren't subject to provisions of the Fair Credit Reporting Act of 1970, which gives consumers the right to correct errors and block access to their personal records.That, and the ever-increasing volume of data collected on consumers, is worrisome, says Mike Hrabik, chief technology officer at Solutionary, a computer-security firm in Bethesda, Md. Are companies using that information incorrectly, and are they giving it out inappropriately? I'm sure that's happening. Should we be concerned? Yes.Even some industry proponents recognize risks. Elliott Maxwell, a research fellow at Pennsylvania State University who serves as a policy adviser to EPCglobal, the industry's standard-setting group, says data broadcast by microchips can easily be intercepted, and misused, by high-tech thieves.As RFID goes mainstream and the range of readers increases, it will be "difficult to know who is gathering what data, who has access to it, what is being done with it, and who should be held responsible for it,Maxwell wrote in RFID Journal, an industry publication.The recent growth of the RFID industry has been staggering: From 1955 to 2005, cumulative sales of radio tags totaled 2.4 billion; last year alone, 2.24 billion tags were sold worldwide, and analysts project that by 2017 cumulative sales will top 1 trillion generating more than $25 billion in annual revenues for the industry.

Heady forecasts like these energize chip proponents, who insist that RFID will result in enormous savings for businesses. Each year, retailers lose $57 billion from administrative failures, supplier fraud and employee theft, according to a recent survey of 820 retailers by Checkpoint Systems, an RFID manufacturer that specializes in store security devices.Privacy concerns, some RFID supporters say, are overblown. One, Mark Roberti, editor of RFID Journal, says the notion that businesses would conspire to create high-resolution portraits of people is simply silly.Corporations know Americans are sensitive about their privacy, he says, and are careful not to alienate consumers by violating it. Besides, All companies keep their customer data close to the vest ... There's absolutely no value in sharing it. Zero.Industry officials, too, insist that addressing privacy concerns is paramount. As American Express spokeswoman Judy Tenzer says, Security and privacy are a top priority for American Express in everything we do.But industry documents suggest a different line of thinking, privacy experts say.A 2005 patent application by American Express itself describes how RFID-embedded objects carried by shoppers could emit identification signals when queried by electronic consumer trackers. The system could identify people, record their movements, and send them video ads that might offer incentives or even the emission of a scent.RFID readers could be placed in public venues, including a common area of a school, shopping center, bus station or other place of public accommodation, according to the application, which is still pending and which is not alone.In 2006, IBM received patent approval for an invention it called, Identification and tracking of persons using RFID-tagged items. One stated purpose: To collect information about people that could be used to monitor the movement of the person through the store or other areas.Once somebody enters a store, a sniffer scans all identifiable RFID tags carried on the person, and correlates the tag information with sales records to determine the individual's exact identity. A device known as a person tracking unit then assigns a tracking number to the shopper to monitor the movement of the person through the store or other areas.But as the patent makes clear, IBM's invention could work in other public places, such as shopping malls, airports, train stations, bus stations, elevators, trains, airplanes, restrooms, sports arenas, libraries, theaters, museums, etc.(RFID could even help follow a particular crime suspect through public areas.)Another patent, obtained in 2003 by NCR Corp., details how camouflaged sensors and cameras would record customers' wanderings through a store, film their facial expressions at displays, and time to the second how long shoppers hold and study items.Why? Such monitoring allows one to draw valuable inferences about the behavior of large numbers of shoppers,the patent states.

Then there's a 2001 patent application by Procter & Gamble, Systems and methods for tracking consumers in a store environment.This one lays out an idea to use heat sensors to track and record where a consumer is looking, i.e., which way she is facing, whether she is bending over or crouching down to look at a lower shelf.The system could space sensors 8 feet apart, in ceilings, floors, shelving and displays, so they could capture signals transmitted every 1.5 seconds by microchipped shopping carts.The documents raise the hair on the back of your neck, says Liz McIntyre, co-author of Spychips, a book that is critical of the industry. The industry has long promised it would never use this technology to track people. But these patent records clearly suggest otherwise.Corporations take issue with that, saying that patent filings shouldn't be used to predict a company's actions.We file thousands of patents every year, which are designed to protect concepts or ideas, Paul Fox, a spokesman for Procter & Gamble, says. The reality is that many of those ideas and concepts never see the light of day.And what of his company's 2001 patent application? I'm not aware of any plans to use that, Fox says.Sandy Hughes, P&G's global privacy executive, adds that Procter & Gamble has no intention of using any technologies RFID or otherwise to track individuals. The idea of the 2001 filing, she says, is to monitor how groups of people react to store displays, not individual consumers.NCR and American Express echoed those statements. IBM declined to comment for this story.

Not every element in a patent filing is necessarily something we would pursue...., says Tenzer, the American Express spokeswoman. Under no circumstances would we use this technology without a customer's permission.McIntyre has her doubts.In the marketing world of today, she says, data on individual consumers is gold, and the only thing preventing these companies from abusing technologies like RFID to get at that gold is public scrutiny.RFID dates to World War II, when Britain put transponders in Allied aircraft to help radar crews distinguish them from German fighters. In the 1970s, the U.S. government tagged trucks entering and leaving secure facilities such as the Los Alamos National Laboratory, and a decade later, they were used to track livestock and railroad cars.In 2003, the U.S. Department of Defense and Wal-Mart gave RFID a mammoth push, mandating that suppliers radio tag all crates and cartons. To that point, the cost of tags had simply been too high to make tagging pallets let alone individual items viable. In 1999, passive tags cost nearly $2 apiece.Since then, rising demand and production of microchips along with technological advances have driven tag prices down to a range of 7 to 15 cents. At that price, the technology is well-suited at a case and pallet level,says Mullen, of the industry group AIM Global.John Simley, a spokesman for Wal-Mart, says tracking products in real-time helps ensure product freshness and lowers the chances that items will be out of stock. By reducing loss and waste in the supply chain, RFID allows us to keep our prices that much lower.Katherine Albrecht, founder of CASPIAN, an anti-RFID group, says, Nobody cares about radio tags on crates and pallets. But if we don't keep RFID off of individual consumer items, our stores will one day turn into retail zoos where the customer is always on exhibit.So, how long will it be before you find an RFID tag in your underwear? The industry isn't saying, but some analysts speculate that within a decade tag costs may dip below a penny, the threshold at which nearly everything could be chipped.To businesses slammed by counterfeiters pharmaceuticals, for one that's not a bad thing. Sales of fake drugs cost drug makers an estimated $46 billion a year. In 2004, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration recommended that RFID be incorporated throughout the supply chain as a way of making sure consumers get authentic drugs.

In the United States, Pfizer has already begun chipping all 30- and 100-count bottles of Viagra, one of the most counterfeited drugs.Chips could be embedded in other controlled or potentially dangerous items such as firearms and explosives, to make them easier to track. This was mentioned in IBM's patent documents.Still, the idea that tiny radio chips might be in their socks and shoes doesn't sit well with Americans. At least, that's what Fleishman-Hillard Inc., a public-relations firm in St. Louis, found in 2001 when it surveyed 317 consumers for the industry.Seventy-eight percent of those queried reacted negatively to RFID when privacy was raised. More than half claimed to be extremely or very concerned, the report said, noting that the term Big Brother was used in 15 separate cases to describe the technology.It also found that people bridled at the idea of having Smart Tags in their homes. One surveyed person remarked: Where money is to be made the privacy of the individual will be compromised.In 2002, Fleishman-Hillard produced another report for the industry that counseled RFID makers to convey (the) inevitability of technology, and to develop a plan to neutralize the opposition, by adopting friendlier names for radio tags such as Bar Code II and Green Tag.And in a 2003 report, Helen Duce, the industry's trade group director in Europe, wrote that the lack of clear benefits to consumers could present a problem in the real world,particularly if privacy issues were stirred by negative press coverage.(Though the reports were marked Confidential, they were later found archived on an industry trade group's Web site.)The Duce report's recommendations: Tell consumers that RFID is regulated, that RFID is just a new and improved bar code, and that retailers will announce when an item is radio tagged, and deactivate the tags at check-out upon a customer's request.Actually, in the United States, RFID is not federally regulated. And while bar codes identify product categories, radio tags carry unique serial numbers that when purchased with a credit card, frequent shopper card or contactless card can be linked to specific shoppers.And, unlike bar codes, RFID tags can be read through almost anything except metal and water, without the holder's knowledge.EPCglobal, the industry's standard-setting body, has issued public policy guidelines that call for retailers to put a thumbnail-sized logo EPC, for Electronic Product Code on all radio tagged packaging. The group also suggests that merchants notify shoppers that RFID tags can be removed, discarded or disabled.Critics say the guidelines are voluntary, vague and don't penalize violators. They want federal and state oversight something the industry has vigorously opposed particularly after two RFID manufacturers, Checkpoint Systems and Sensormatic, announced last year that they are marketing tags designed to be embedded in such items as shoes.Marc Rotenberg, executive director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center, says, I don't think there's any basis ... for consumers to have to think that their clothing is tracking them.On the Web:http://www.epcglobalinc.org
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