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TrapWire Training Courses Reveal Possible Purpose for its Creation
Written by Joe Wolverton, II, J.D.
TrapWire is a massive and technologically advanced surveillance system that has the capacity to keep nearly the entire U.S. population under the watchful eye of government 24 hours a day, using a network of cameras and other surveillance tools.
In a report filed by online news gathering site darkernet.in, a list of the training courses offered to end users shines a little light on the otherwise purposefully obscured goals of this global monitoring behemoth.
The first course listed in the darkernet article is called the Surveillance Awareness Workshop. The goal is that users will learn to “view their facility the same way as would a terrorist, and then to be alert to the indicators of pre-attack surveillance.” "Pre-attack" is a statist way of saying “guilty until proven innocent.”
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Federal Websites Reveal Uncomfortable Corporate Connections with TrapWire
Written by Joe Wolverton, II, J.D.
Given the potential flood of legal challenges to its constitutionality, the corporation believed to be behind TrapWire is heading for higher ground, denying any association with the surveillance technology.
In a statement published on its website on August 13, Cubic Corporation attempted to sever the ties binding it to TrapWire. "Cubic Corporation (NYSE: CUB) acquired Abraxas Corporation on December 20, 2010. Abraxas Corporation then and now has no affiliation with Abraxas Applications now known as Trapwire, Inc. Erroneous reports have linked the company with Trapwire, Inc.,” the company insisted.
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