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From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2001 03:55:35 -0400



Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2001 21:58:00 -0400
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From: Monty Solomon <monty () roscom com>
Subject: Latest Privacy Nightmare: Money That Tracks You

Latest Privacy Nightmare: Money That Tracks You

Wes Vernon
Saturday, July 28, 2001

WASHINGTON - It isn't every day that you learn how to promote the
Constitution and trash it in one easy congressional hearing. But
that's exactly what happened this week.

A House Subcommittee on Financial Services divided its session
Tuesday between praising an idea by young students to print parts of
the Constitution on U.S. currency and an anti-privacy proposal to rig
that same currency with a device that would allow others to keep
track of who has had it and for how long.

http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2001/7/27/212324.shtml



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