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Launching the collection of information for the U.S. Diplomats

The moment was an unpleasant one for the American administration in general, and also for their diplomats specifically, with the “information leak” bearing the mark of WikiLeaks. But because Romanians have learned to see the glass half full and see a speck of good in anything bad, the National Journal used this friendly international context as a hornet’s nest to communicate to the United States that they have here, in Romania, at the very least an ally that they can count on.

When the mass media and the world government flying with indignation after obtaining information that up to now was secret correspondence of Washington’s foreign politics, the National Journal extended the American diplomats a helping hand in finding out what is eating them so much: Biometric information, especially complementary, about Romanian politicians. We tell them “Yes we can!” like Barack Obama’s campaign team. We don’t know if the final product will be a caricature or a portrait of a potential world leader. What we do know though is that we either have the information necessary or that, in the worst case, we could get it for them. And, a very important thing in the era of cyber terrorism, we work discretely.

If this is a new stake in American foreign politics, and if the National Journal can play the role in the delicate process of rotating the earth, why not take the opportunity? We could make available to the U.S. all the information obtained through journalistic means from the National Journal reporters and editors. We do not have scanned images mapping the blood vessels, and neither close-ups of an iris full of significance. We have the questions “Who?”, “What?”, “Where?”, “How?”, “With Whom?”, “Why?”, sheets, investigations, press files, information from “sources.”

So we invite them, and our readers, to join in this plan on this occasion. Romanian politicians need to be depicted with details on the “scanner” Obama administration. Any information is welcome about our studied politicians: about the way they obtained their diplomas, about the ins and outs of their wealth, declared or not on mandatory forms.

Elements: it’s not free, but heavily loaded and clearly useful for a more exact image. Details about Romanian politicians’ hobbies, about their principal relations, about their religious or sexual orientation … in short, anything that can be of use to describe the most details about Romanian politicians, for the few “chosen” that are the objects of interest and desire to be known by the U.S. institute.

To collect and publish this information we are offering at the reader’s disposition the email address aid_for_usa@jurnalul.ro. Yes, we can!

Biometric – a reliable method of identifying a person.

The term “biometric” derives from the Greek word “bio” (“life”) and “metric” (“a measure”). According to the experts from the Passport Department, biometrics is a general term alternatively used to describe a characteristic or a process.

When referring to a characteristic, a biometric element is a biological trait (anatomical and physical) and a behavior that can be used for automatic recognition. When referring to a process, a biometric parameter represents an automated method of identifying an individual based on biological characteristics (anatomical and physical) and behavioral.

Biometric parameters least implemented or studied are: digital impressions, face, iris, voice, signature, and hand geometry.

The principal functions of biometric devices are: Authentication — represents verification of the person’s identify; identification — represents the selection of a certain suspected persons out of many. One of the areas in which biometrics was found immediately applicable was regarding the introduction of travel documents with biometric data; this represented the most viable way to efficiently and strongly fight against organized crime and illegal immigration.

Definitions fitting from Dex Online, biometrics is “the science that applies to animal statistical methods and probability calculations; research methods of organisms and organs through measurements; research methods of biological phenomena through measurements made on living beings; measurement techniques effective on living beings and the interpretation of the results obtained.”

“Biometrics is the part of science that focuses on establishing a tie between different representative points of the face.” These ties, once established, can be easily changed in reports of representative points that we mentioned and which can be used successfully in facial recognition. In fact, it represents a type of facial imprint of each individual.

From this science, I can tell you the part that is of interest for my work in Permits Registrations: that is just about the face, given that it is used on driver’s licenses, and even on all identification papers. Fine, biometrics can be interpreted differently, according to each area. The concept of biometrics is even found in the medical field. Why is this science important? I’ll tell you again, with reference to my area, all documents of identification and others bearing photo identification, inclusive of biometrics, of an individual.

Informational applications scan the face, measure the distances between points on the face, and make a type of matrix of the face that serves to identify in proportion 90 percent of individuals. With the help of these elements, they can search for specific people in a database and you can realize that he passed in that area or not. Regarding the complementary data, I’m not sure what exactly to tell you, but it probably represents the elements that are associated with the respective person. This results in a “knowledge” of a person. For example, we get a new colleague. I should know my discussion partner, from work. “This represents a clear mechanism of identifying a person with whom you work with or with whom you have certain collaborative relations,” explained Dan Mosescu, the head of Bucharest Permits Registrations.

In turn, superintendent Gabriel Taru (photo), the director of the Institute of Criminology, spoke about biometric data with which he works with in the area of criminology. “Thus, generally, biometric data means the method of recognizing and identifying the uniqueness of a person.” In other words, it represents the individualization of a person. The criteria are: physical data, anthropometry (to use the specialist term for height and weight) and biological data (genetic data). For example, fingerprints permit the identification of a person.

In recent years even biometric data to confirm individual identify from the iris (for example, in airports) has emerged. And let’s not forget classical identification, through the image of the face, which uses data identification from the optic center, the tip of the nose, or the chin. The same exists of a robot-portrait that represents a distinguishing description. Indeed, this base data permits verification of diverse people. Yet, they are not in any way within reach of anyone. There exists personal data protection laws, and such databases are authorized, “as are the people who operate them,” declared Gabriel Taru.