[GQuagmire]

Blame Canada!(needs South Park pic)

[twonie]

And canadians still want to know why their money is worth less? If there is a way to mess something up, they will find it. And do it!

[UpAllNight]

""It is important to recognize copiers and shredders can contain built-in scanners to copy the data.""

Many do.

[Bob Loblaw]

Can they still track it if I'm wearing tinfoil??

[wolfpat]

This is loonie.

[ASA Vet]

MI Ping

Anyone believing they have bugged money is welcome to send it to me.

[Pontiac]

Passing the coin to an unwitting contractor, particularly in strife-torn countries, could mark the person for kidnapping or assassination, Harris said.

"You could almost, by handing a coin to somebody, achieve the equivalent of the Mafiosi's last kiss on the cheek."

Imagine a roadside bomb programmed to detonate when the individual with a particular RFID coin wanders by.

No need for cell phones or controllers in the area. You could be on the other side of the world.

[petitfour]

Hmmmmm. Interesting. And just yesterday one of our children was asking another about some Canadian coins that he's had for three years and whether he was going to spend it. On what, I don't know because we're wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyy far away from Canada.

[Old Professer]

"A bad penny always turns up?"

[norton]

"But the report also underscores clandestine means of acquiring secrets from U.S. employees, particularly those travelling abroad."

Years ago, in a friendly country, we made it a practice to say hello to the ceiling fire extinguisher in offices and hotel rooms.

[b4its2late]

Wow. Went I went there last summer, we spent every piece of Canadian money we had before we left and the coins I had left I gave to a bum on the street. Good thing, eh?

[magslinger]

I'm wondering if the coin they used for the purpose was a Canadian Twonie(sp?), the C$2.00 coin. It would be the easiest to hide an rfid on without overheating the gizmo. The twonie is at top.

[mysterio]

[steveo]

LMAO

[untrained skeptic]

"You give the guy something with a transmitter that he's going to spend — I mean, he might have it for an hour," Mathers said with a chuckle.

My laptop bag contains lots of change I got on business trips. I always empty my change out of my pockets into the bag before going through security at the airport.

I guess I need to stop leaving all the change in my bag.

Maybe I should check if there is any Canadian coins still in there since I have gone to Canada on business and I do work for a defense contractor.

However, I doubt they would learn much by seeing where I travel that they couldn't find out by looking at our web page. I don't have a security clearance, so my involvement on such projects is minimal.

[RightWhale]

Easy enough to put RFID in paper money, but in coins it would require drilling, inserting chip, and filling. It would be something to do at contractor meetings besides doodling--examine coins.

[Gritty]

[Hot Tabasco]

Canadian coins containing tiny transmitters have mysteriously turned up in the pockets of at least three American contractors who visited Canada,

Who cares, when the guys get home they'll throw them in the waste basket. Businesses dont want canadian coins and they don't work in vending machines........LOL!

[ApplegateRanch]

Must be a really red faced punk around, wishing he had never started the currency tracking project for his statistics class.

[Cindy]

FOX NEWS.com (AP): "PENTAGON RECANTS ESPIONAGE REPORT ON 'CANADIAN' SPY COINS" (January 18, 2007)