Yet more declassified papers have emerged that prove that the
British Government has consistently attempted to mislead the public
over ID cards and retention of biometric information. A second
set of papers also shows that the government has embarked on a
huge programme of fingerprinting school children without Parliamentary
debate or oversight.
As reported by the Mail
on Sunday yesterday, Whitehall papers, which the government
has fought for two years to suppress, disclose that Blair's government
has always intended to force the public to sign up to the programme,
despite consistently stating that the cards, and the national
identity register containing people's names, addresses, fingerprints
and other information, would be 'on a voluntary basis'.
The papers, released under the Freedom Of Information
Act, state that from 2014 - Year 7 of the project - 'The identity
card scheme is now compulsory'.
The papers also confirm that the government's projected
figures for ID cards cutting benefit fraud are based not on any
facts but on pure guesswork.
Former Liberal Democrat home affairs spokesman Mark
Oaten, who successfully fought to get the internal documents published,
said: "They show Ministers had no basis to claim the cards
would combat benefit fraud, that from the very beginning the cards
were going to be compulsory and that Ministers were consistently
not telling the truth about their true intentions."
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The latest documents come swiftly on the back of a previous
set of government papers that stated “Compulsion will
be triggered once 80% take-up is achieved in [the first quarter
of] 2019... It is assumed that, following compulsion, a 100% registration
will be achieved two years later.”
Last month a government official in charge of the scheme revealed
that anyone who attempts to resist the ID card and database system
in the UK will never
be able to leave the country.
James Hall, the official in charge of the supposedly-voluntary
scheme, said the Government would allow people to opt out - but
in return they must "forgo the ability" to have a travel
document.
This constitutes another gross untruth on the part of the government
given that a supposed "opt
out" clause was promised as demanded by the Lords in order
for the ID cards bill to pass Parliament.
In a further dereliction of duty the government plans not to keep
your biometric information safe as promised, but instead
intends to sell access to personal information stored on the
database to banks and other private companies, for around 60p a
time, in order to finance the scheme which is expected to run into
the billions according to studies by leading economic experts.
A top firm of headhunters is already working for the government,
seeking a consultancy expert to market the benefits of the database
to the private sector.
The government was again exposed on the biometric issue when
it was also revealed last month that children as young as 11 will
have their fingerprints taken and stored, even though the ID card
bill specifically only applies to adults above the age of 16.
The London Times reported:
The leaked Home Office plans show that the mass fingerprinting
will start in 2010, with a batch of 295,000 youngsters who apply
for passports.
The Home Office expects 545,000 children aged 11 and over
to have their prints taken in 2011, with the figure settling
at an annual 495,000 from 2014. Their fingerprints will be held
on a database also used by the Immigration and Nationality Directorate
to store the fingerprints of hundreds of thousands of asylum
seekers.
Yet
more documents have been released today under FOIA that show
the government has long been engaged in a back door program to collect
the fingerprints of children in schools all over the country, in
many cases without the knowledge of parents.
The mail reports that Freedom of Information data obtained by the
Tories reveals a further 4.9 million sets of prints could now be
added to school computers after the vast majority of local education
authorities sanctioned the practice.
Critics say it is part of a 'softening-up' exercise to condition
children to accept a creeping surveillance society. They also point
to the danger of identity theft, if hackers manage to access school
databases.
Phil Booth, of the NO2ID campaign, said: "This is an abrogation
of moral duty. Schools should be teaching children to look after
their biometric information.
"They are going to grow up in a world where keeping it secure
is enormously important, yet they are being taught that it is OK
to hand it over for the most trivial of matters. It is a disgrace."
As of 2009 anyone who applies for a passport in Britain will also
be issued with an ID card, for which they must also provide fingerprints,
biometric details such as a facial scan and a wealth of personal
details - including second homes, driving licence and insurance
numbers.
The government has been caught lying and misleading on the ID issue
so frequently that it is now clear that anything they say about
it cannot be trusted and is usually the exact opposite of the reality
of the situation.
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