Canadian Coins Bugged, U.S. Security Agency Says

If a rep from another country was visiting defense labs or plants, then having a tracker on them is far from absolute nonsense.

They only need the rep to have it on them for as long as they are on site.

I mean would you want a US rep (or one from any nation for that matter) , who is in ALL likelihood also trolling for secrets to be roaming around loose is your labs gleaning whatever information they can?

I really don't think so, unless of course you're utterly stupid.

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"and the knowledge they fear is a weapon to be used against them"

"The Weapon" - Rush

I say these claims are "nonsense" because the accusations come from a source well known for its habitual lying, and these people have offered up no proof to back up their accuations. <br><br> <blockquote>A service spokeswoman said details of the incidents were classified.</blockquote> <br><br> Without proof, all we're left with is speculating about how feasible the approach is. <br><br> <blockquote> The likely need for such a reading device means the doctored coins could be used to track people only in a controlled setting, not over long distances, said Chris Mathers, a security consultant and former undercover RCMP officer. <br><br> "From a technology perspective, it makes no sense," he said. "To me it's very strange." <br><br> Then there's the obvious problem: what if the coin holder plunks the device into a pop machine? <br><br> "You give the guy something with a transmitter that he's going to spend — I mean, he might have it for an hour," Mathers said with a chuckle.</blockquote>

If the story is true ?????????? the question is who made those transmitters and why they ended up in the pockets of American contractos, who visited Canadian plants? Did they receieve them in the plants? If yes, why ? Why would visiting contractors receive Canadian coins in the plants?

The story stinks to high heaven

But here's another one, that can be confirmed easily, told to me by my Swiss business partner, who came back a month ago.

The world famous Swiss chocolate factories that used to have conducted tours of their facilities, as are thousands of factories around the world, are no longer permitted to have them on US orders, or their products won't be permitted into the States.

No further comments.

Ed Deak.

"... Why would visiting contractors receive Canadian coins in the plants?"

Why would the US Government put out this unverifiable story?

Who gains and who loses when stories like this are publicized?

Listen to the Americans...they should know a thing or
two about unwarranted bugging...especially the
conversations of their own citizens.

Gawd.....Do you think, they may have learned such thing from the communist secret police when their millions of files were opened in 1989 ?

In any case, I've been writing under my own name for over 10 years on the Net, expecting that every word may be read by some pimp, or spy of the "globalized, free enterprise wealth creators"

Ed Deak.

"Gawd.....Do you think, they may have learned such thing from the communist secret police when their millions of files were opened in 1989 ?"

Seems to me that would be the biggest 'How to' manual on domestic and forgien spying ever.

I've read a couple other stories on this, and some are pointing the finger to China. I really don't see how an RFID chip could be embedded in a coin, unless the coin were made to be an antenna, and being totally surrounded by metal it would be insulated from recieving any signal.

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"I think it's important to always carry enough technology to restart civilization, should it be necessary." Mark Tilden

Don't forget the ingenuity of the Canadian commies, Dr.C, out to socialize wealth creating US medical services, the best in the world, and to spy on the defence efforts of the great defenders of democracy!

Ed Deak.

I have just read the following:<br />
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A U.S. government defence agency has suddenly retracted its claim that Canadian coins containing tiny transmitters were planted on at least three American contractors who visited Canada.<br />
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It's the latest twist in an intriguing cash caper.<br />
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Canadians began carefully scrutinizing their loonies following the Virginia-based Defense Security Service's claim that specially doctored coins were a new tool of the trade for shadowy figures out to steal sensitive U.S. military technology<br />
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<a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/cpress/20070113/ca_pr_on_na/spy_coins">http://news.yahoo.com/s/cpress/20070113/ca_pr_on_na/spy_coins</a><br />
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The allegations, however, were found later to be unsubstantiated following an investigation into the matter," the statement said, adding that "the 2006 annual report should not have contained this information."<br />
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It is obvious the Americans will do all that they can to create an aura of mistrust in Canada. The Bell Helicopter incident further indicates that they mistrust "Canadians". <br />
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Canada seems to do little about the unfounded allegations and infact attempts to play their game. One example would be the undaunted relinquishment of Canadian flight passanger lists to the Americans. The Americans are free to scrutinize the lists and dictate whom they feel may fly in Canada (and whom may not.)<br />
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