Katherine Albrecht started a web site in October of 1999 called CASPIAN. I  wanted to help promote her concerns about the phony promotion of supermarket "Club Cards" or "Savings Cards" as nothing less than a deceptive gimmick to gain access to personal information about grocery store customers (social security number, drivers license number, address, telephone number, birth date, etc.) AND their buying habits (specifically which items they purchased from the supermarket). The ultimate purpose of this promotion scheme is to get customers accustomed to using those cards. Later, these "club" cards will be converted to "smart" cards. When food shortages start showing up in the next year or two, obtaining food will become more problematic. You can be sure that 'preferred' customers with their smart cards will be given first consideration (or rationing?) by the supermarket chains. When the 'unexpected' collapse of our financial system occurs and the government (for reasons of National Security, of course) kick in their "cash-less society" plans, smart cards will be the only vehicle (or so they will tell you) that you can use to obtain the basic necessities of life, like food. It's all been pre-written, planned, scripted, and choreographed by NWO Planners. We're simply waiting for the curtain to rise.

Katherine's E-mail notices follow:
 

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From: CASPIAN Supermarket Newsletter <newsletter@nocards.org>
Date: Sunday, May 07, 2000 4:14 AM
Subject: Upcoming Media Coverage of Supermarket Privacy Issue
 

Katherine Albrecht, the founder of CASPIAN, will be appearing on NBC's "Extra" television program on Tuesday, May 9th. (http://www.extratv.com/) to discuss privacy concerns over supermarket "loyalty" cards.  In addition to the interview with Albrecht, Extra also speaks with Robert Rivera, the California resident who claimed lawyers threatened to use his alcohol
purchase records against him in court, and a DEA agent who explains how "helpful" supermarket records are in catching criminals. Extra is seen each weekday by several million viewers around the United States.  To see what time the program airs in your area, see Extra's station listings at
http://www.extratv.com/cmp/locallist.htm.
 

When it rains it pours! On Monday, May 8th from 1:30pm-2:00pm Central Time, Katherine will be interviewed by popular talk show host Brad Messer of KTSA radio in San Antonio, Texas. Don't live in Texas? No problem, you can catch the program through a live Real Audio feed from KTSA's website at http://www.ktsa.com. (Tip: test out the audio feed in advance; you may need to download some software to make it work.)
 

Furr's Supermarkets plans to issue more than 100,000 microprocessor-equipped "smart cards" to shoppers at 10 New Mexico stores this summer. Customers will collect digital coupons by inserting their cards into small readers on shelves, then present the cards to cashiers when they check out to receive discounts. The program creator, SoftCARD Systems Inc., says the microprocessors on the cards (which Furr's conveniently neglects to mention to shoppers) will enable supermarkets to add "more sophisticated rewards programs and to cross-sell with other merchants." SoftCARD is currently negotiating with the 1,650-store Safeway chain to put microprocessors in their cards, too. (Source:  Smart Card News,  http://www.cardtech.faulknergray.com/index.htm )
 
 

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