"Could A Brain Scan Protect U.S. Troops From Insider Attacks?" Topic

"A Pentagon report, revealed by The New York Times over the weekend, showed that the American troops working alongside Iraqi forces were at risk of harm from Sunni extremists who had infiltrated the Iraqi Army (and, perhaps, from the pro-Iranian Shiite militias that effectively are the Army.) On Monday, Rear Adm. John Kirby told reporters that "it would be imprudent, irresponsible not to think about the insider threat." The threat is real in Afghanistan as well where insider threats, so-called "green-on-blue" attacks, have killed several U.S. troops in recent years.

So, if you're a U.S. soldier in Iraq or Afghanistan today, how do you determine whether or not the Iraqi or Afghan soldier next to you is going to give up your location to the enemy at the first chance? One solution, developed by a former Army counterintelligence agent, is scanning the brains of Iraqi troops for signs of potential betrayal…"
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Scary Implications!. What if it ended used on civilian population as a whole? They can tested your loyalty to the government or the level of your support and this is not good.(IMHO).
Come to my mind the SF movie "Brazil".

Amicalement
Armand

Citizen! The Thought Police hold your welfare foremost in any action they take. These scans are designed to protect you and the rest or our community from the pain of negative think…

Sorry. Reverted back to role playing a Zhodani noble there for a minute…

BRAINSCANS? heck, all they have to do is have the NSA go thru the 'meta-data'…to check out their buying habits,etc…(like with the rest of us????)

My favorite part was that WHOEVER is/has/will authorize that should be FORCED to sit and listen to ALL telephone conversations between 14-year old girls…..in their ENTIREITY!!!!!! Mwah-hah-hah!!!! The 'Wind-Talkers' would be easier to understand! (My grand-daughter just turned 17 and posts to FB all the time and I'm LOST!!!!!!)

Sgt DWW-btod

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I remember on one of those "reality" shows, an alien abduction "expert" said, if you think random, confusing and goofy thoughts the aliens have a hard time getting control of your mind … Based on most people I know … thinking random, confusing, goofy thoughts would not be too difficult …

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