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Pentagon to Track American Consumer Purchases?

Posted by timothy on Wednesday November 20, 2002 @08:33AM from the don't-worry-ma'am dept.

Anonymous Nerd writes "I was looking at Fox News today and came accross this gem of a story . It seems the Pentagon wishes to create a massive database of every transaction made in America. I wonder how they plan to track purchases made with cash?"

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Re:I know... by BitterOak · 2002-11-20 14:47 · Score: 5, Interesting

I wonder how they plan to track purchases made with cash?
Simple. Require that an I.D. (such as a driver's license) be presented when making cash purchases. This will be done in the name of preventing counterfeiting.

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