[honway]

Summary: HONOLULU, Oct 30, 2001 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- e-Smart Technologies, Inc. (OTC: ESMT), its wholly owned subsidiary, Homeland Defense, Inc. and Akal Security, Inc., today jointly announced a strategic alliance for marketing the Super Smart Card SystemT. Initially, Akal will utilize and market Homeland's proprietary Super Smart Card SystemT domestically for security uses. Homeland will, in turn, rely on Akal's expertise to train and supervise personnel at Super Smart CardT user registration points to ensure proper identity authentication of potential users. Akal, one of the ten largest security firms in the United States, is a major contractor to governments and private corporations. Phase 2 of the alliance calls for a global relationship to include Akal's international business in the same capacity and e-Smart and its majority shareholder, IVI Smart

[honway]

Akal has both the national and international reach with over 7,000 employees and strong existing relationships with decision makers responsible for the security of critical government and business facilities that will help get our Super Smart CardT technology into the hands of the people who need it most.'

[rdavis84]

"its wholly owned subsidiary, Homeland Defense, Inc."

I'll look around in a bit, but I'm curious WHEN they registered that name.