Feds Warning About 'Spy Coins' - Coins Found With Tiny Radio Frequency Transmitters Hidden Inside

[Kadie]

Jan 10, 2007 2:53 pm US/Pacific

Feds Warning About 'Spy Coins'
Coins Found With Tiny Radio Frequency Transmitters Hidden Inside

(AP) WASHINGTON Can the coins jingling in your pocket trace your movements?

The Defense Department is warning its American contractor employees about a new espionage threat seemingly straight from Hollywood: It discovered Canadian coins with tiny radio frequency transmitters hidden inside.

In a U.S. government report, it said the mysterious coins were found planted on U.S. contractors with classified security clearances on at least three separate occasions between October 2005 and January 2006 as the contractors traveled through Canada.

The U.S. report doesn't suggest who might be tracking American defense contractors or why. It also doesn't describe how the Pentagon discovered the ruse, how the transmitters might function or even which Canadian currency contained them.

Further details were secret, according to the U.S. Defense Security Service, which issued the warning to the Pentagon's classified contractors. The government insists the incidents happened, and the risk was genuine.

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[central scrutinizer]

1. Nuke the Canucks!!

Who needs maple syrup and round bacon anyway?

[hobbit709]

2. Where have I heard this kind of crap before?

[CrazyOrangeCat]

3. terra!

[Jim Warren]

4. The loonie now,.

next the Euro.

[SoCalDem]

5. Oh shit.. Now the gubbmint will know that i went to the Smart & Final

and then to the grocery store and then home..

Where will the madness stop :)

[annabanana]

6. SOMEBODY has to keep track of those friggen

Contractors. We haven't been doing a very good job of it.

[YDogg]

7. the coins will trace the movement of my ba11s. enjoy it, NSA

[tanyev]

8. Oh, no! What next?

[acmejack]

9. What do you think you would ever hear?

Besides klink, jingle, jingle, etc...