01
Aug
Schools Biometric Company Linked To Gitmo
By Mick Meaney
VeriCool, one of the companies responsible for fingerprinting thousands of British school children, has been linked to inhumane detention centres, Guantanamo Bay and Abu Ghraib.
A startling development as the British government seemingly knows no limits when it comes to - not only the risks of mass surveillance - but is also willing to support immoral and unethical corporations using their technology on our children.
VeriCool has installed fingerprinting systems including registration and cashless lunch systems in at least 22 British schools. Anteon, parent company of VeriCool, was recently bought by General Dynamics Information Technology, a defence who also trained Guantanamo Bay interrogators.
VeriCool has partnered up with Capita Education Services, who boast a client base of over 22,500 British schools - and 5,000 are already using VeriCool compatible software.
Parent company, Anteon, currently runs interrogation and counterintelligence courses at US Army Intelligence Centre headquarters, Fort Huachuca in Arizona.
How blatant can the government make it that Britain is becoming a nation of suspects, where personal data can be accessed without just reason in a complete surveillance society, while they reward corporations that are willing to push the limits of human decency.
