'Obviously we need to figure out the operational mechanisms,' she said.
They don't store that data locally on the device, do they?
OK, so there was no plan to destroy those things upon evacuation, which I would have thought would be a priority.According to Skynews, the large centralized database of personal information that those HIIDE devices were linked was seized by the Taliban as well as two Afghan government operated biometric databases...
Afghanistan: The biometric, social and business data the Taliban could use to target left-behind Afghans
Both a ridiculous and an unethical thing to say.I think this is a ridiculous claim, I don't believe that Americans would want to stay there under Taliban rule...
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State Department claims hundreds of Americans might choose to STAY in Afghanistan
Several hundred American decisions are yet to decide whether to leave Afghanistan, the State Department said on Friday - despite the deadline for U.S. military withdrawal being only four days away. Ned Price, the State Department spokesman, said that some people were changing their minds every time they were asked, as they agonized over their decision.
He said that since August 14 – the day before Kabul fell to the Taliban – at least 5,100 American citizens have been evacuated, including 300 in the previous 24 hours. 'There are approximately 500 American citizens we are currently working with who want to leave and with whom we are communicating directly to facilitate their evacuations,' Price said.
'We are communicating with several hundred American citizens who have not yet determined whether they want to leave for various reasons.' Some were weighing up leaving behind homes and relatives, while others thought about the long-term implications for their safety.
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He ran a rescue, with a staff including vets, so they are not really his pets. Despite what he may think, there are too many in this country who also think that his animals should be a British government priority.