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2009-07-04: Headlines

Xinhua: Obama to proceed with Bush-era cyber screening plan: report 2009-07-04

WASHINGTON, July 3 (Xinhua) -- US President Barack Obama will proceed with a Bush-era plan to screen Internet data traffic between government computer ...

DAWN.com: Pakistan repeats call for fencing Afghan border 2009-07-04

Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani talks to Secretary of the US Department of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano, during at meeting at ...

Kennebec Journal: State gains $85M in Homeland Security funds 2009-07-04

AUGUSTA -- The state has received more than $85 million in homeland security funds since 2003 -- money that has paid for mobile comm ...

World War 4 Report: White House loosens up on ICE workplace policy; "gang" raids continue 2009-07-04

(NYT, July 1) Under the Obama administration, Homeland Security's bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has dropped the high-profile workplace ...

Norwalk Reflector: Cashen retires as Norwalk's top cop 2009-07-04

Since 1990, Cashen has been an adjunct professor for criminal justice and homeland security courses at Ashland University and the University of Maryl ...

Daily Press: Crime and legal issues notebook: summer brings out the firebugs 2009-07-04

... Despite Being Hounded by the FBI, the KGB, the INS, the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Justice, Interpol, and Mafia Hit Men.

IT Business Net: Autonomy Enters Into Multi-Million Dollar License Agreement ... 2009-07-04

... Reuters, Shell, Tesco, T-Mobile, the US Department of Energy, the US Department of Homeland Security and the US Securities and Exchange Commission.

Los Angeles Times: Bald eagles at risk in Washington 2009-07-04

The only nesting pair in the capital could lose a chunk of its scarce urban habitat to the Department of Homeland Security. By Faye Fiore Reporting ...

InformationWeek: Tech Innovation USA: From Resilient Networks To Self-Scheduling ... 2009-07-04

At Homeland Security, a project is under way to automatically detect fake documents. In the US Army, a team of 7000 users, including soldier ...

Fort Dodge Messenger: Ingram receives the Legion of Merit 2009-07-04

11, 2001, terrorist attacks, the entire field artillery battalion was called to active duty for a homeland security mission. Ingram was among the unit' ...

The Trentonian: Ewing police chief is top cops' president 2009-07-04

He serves as a commissioner on the New Jersey Law Enforcement Accreditation Commission and participates in state homeland security matters.

RocNow: Area immigrants celebrate their new independence 2009-07-04

... application before the fee increased, according to a report from the Office of Immigration Statistics in the Department of Homeland Security.

Santa Maria Times: Politicians and morality 2009-07-04

John Ensign was involved in an extramarital affair with a married campaign aide, and is currently the ranking Republican on the Homeland Security Committee.

Indianapolis Star: Defending the right of privacy 2009-07-04

"I understand the concern Americans have to be protected," he said, referring to the Patriot Act, enacted post-9/11 and giving the government easier acce ...

National Post: Book Review: Border Song, by Jim Lynch 2009-07-04

So if the Department of Homeland Security is hoping for a few terrorist thrillers to support its project of tightening the world's longest “undefended” ...

Reno Gazette-Journal: ICE targets employers 2009-07-04

Immigration officers served “Notices of Inspection” to 652 businesses, the Homeland Security Department said. By comparison, 503 such notices were issued ...

blogTO: Pages Books & Magazines presents This is Not A Reading Series 2009-07-04

... June, owner of a video store; and Laure Ravin, a lawyer obsessed with the Patriot Act allow her to break through the darkness of the world?

Newstrack India: Gilani stresses on US-Mexico like fencing along Pak-Afghan border 2009-07-04

Talking to US Secretary for Homeland Security, Janet Napilitano, Gilani urged the United States to provide immediate military assistance to help Pakist ...

The Mountain Press: Gatlinburg parade earns national spotlight 2009-07-04

According to Homeland Security estimates, Gatlinburg will be flooded with 80000 to 100000 spectators for the parade. The Fourth of July celebrati ...

Lew Rockwell: Independence and Liberty 2009-07-04

The Patriot Act essentially brought back Writs of Assistance. Indefinite detentions and military commissions resemble the Crown's Star Chambers that ...

ABS CBN News: Pinoy couple sues US govt for wrongful deportation 2009-07-04

The Department of Homeland Security brought the couple back to America two years later. They found themselves jobless, they had lost their home and cred ...

PRESS TV: Gilani talks on borders with Napolitano 2009-07-04

... Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani told US Secretary for Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano in Islamabad on Friday, a Press TV correspondent reported.

Inland Valley Daily Bulletin: Coalition forms to combat immigration raids 2009-07-04

Chris Newman, legal programs director for the National Day Laborer Organizing Network, said the Department of Homeland Security and Office of the Inspect ...

Globe and Mail: What makes border guards so mean? 2009-07-04

... a mandate that became formal in 2003, when Customs and Border Protection became an arm of the Department of Homeland Security. “Our mission has changed ...

Chronicle-Telegram: A YEAR LATER: Blaze tested departments' communication capabilities 2009-07-04

County fire chiefs are now hoping grants through the Department of Homeland Security will prevent such obstacles in the future.

VentureBeat: Roundup: Cyberdefense SNAFU, Twitter ad scarcity, what's a jailbreak? 2009-07-04

A Wall Street Journal report says Homeland Security officials are saying Einstein won't be fully installed for at least another eighteen months.

Huffington Post: Progressives Take Back the Flag 2009-07-03

The administration introduced the Patriot Act to codify this view, giving the government new powers to suppress dissent. (The anti-war movement countered ...

The News International: Zardari urges support for civilian security apparatus 2009-07-03

He was talking to US Secretary of Homeland Security Ms Janet Napolitano, who called on him at the Presidency here on Friday. The president said Pakist ...

The program will scrutinize only data traveling to or from government systems, but it has provoked debate within the US Department of Homeland Security ...

Systems: Portsmouth-based Coast Guard Commander, Secretary Homel ... 2009-07-03

KUWAIT — The Portsmouth, Va., based commander of the US Coast Guard's Atlantic Area, and the Secretary of Homeland Security, visited with US Coast Guard ...

Arab News: Abuses against Muslims in US 2009-07-03

Since 2006, the federal government and the Department of Homeland Security have helped states and major cities set up a network of some 58 “fusion centers.

NY1: NYPD Patrol Cars Receive Radiation Detectors 2009-07-03

The $450000 devices were given to the NYPD by the Department of Homeland Security for free after the agency determined they were not strong enough to use ...

The Nation, Pakistan: Govt to get drone technology soon, says Malik 2009-07-03

Talking to the media persons after meeting with US Secretary for Homeland Security Janet Napilitano here on Friday, Malik said that Osama was not ...

TMCnet: AP Technology NewsBrief at 4:11 pm EDT 2009-07-03

But the Department of Homeland Security is still pulling the plan together, according to senior administration officials. Web retailers, states tussle over ...

The News International: Pak-Afghan border needs a fence like US-Mexico: Gilani 2009-07-03

Gilani was talking to US Secretary for Homeland Security Janet Napilitano, who called on him here at the PM House on Friday. Referring to Janet's initiative ...

Flattrack.com: Thoughts for Americans !!!!!!!!!!! 13 Hours, 39 Minutes ago 2009-07-03

Name me a leader who has a better idea for homeland security than making us take off our shoes in airports and throw away our shampoo?

The Trentonian: Immigrant high school student endures detainment 2009-07-03

“The Department of Homeland Security did not make that decision.” But even Keith Sklar, the lawyer representing the Guadron family, was outraged.

The Open Press (press release): Illinois Community Bank Selects Edcomm Banker's Academy to Deliver ... 2009-07-03

Focus on Compliance covers: Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), Anti-Money Laundering (AML), USA PATRIOT Act, OFAC, Privacy, Reg P, Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act ...

BroadbandReports.com: Obama Using NSA, AT&T For New Snooping Project 2009-07-03

The Washington Post reports that the Obama administration is "proceeding with a Bush-era plan" that would use the NSA to more closely inspect the traffic ...

The News International: Progress made on UAV tech transfer to Pakistan: Malik 2009-07-03

Talking to the media after his meeting with the US homeland security adviser here on Friday, the interior minister stated the issue of drone attacks inside ...

SunJournal.com: Proud to be an American 2009-07-03

According to the Office of Immigration Statistics, which is part of the US Department of Homeland Security, naturalization of foreign nationals grew "at ...

TPMCafÃ©: Ignorance may be bliss, after all 2009-07-03

Those poor saps who were gulled by Obama's campaign promises of transparency are now outraged by his recent actions. But here's something that is, in a way ...

Crave Online: Idiot Box Updates: July 2 2009-07-03

Guests for specific topics will include former Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff. The show also will feature stand-up performances.

WSHM-TV: Allegations of a Child Porn Cover Up at Local Library 2009-07-03

And she gave me the same response that the police are going to want to know a name and she even brought up the Patriot Act saying that as a library ...

WPXI.com: First Day Of Regatta Kicks Off With High Security 2009-07-03

According to Ray Demichiei, the Deputy Director of Emergency Management and Homeland Security, if anything major happens, they will be in constant contact ...

2009-07-03: Headlines

Huffington Post: The Doctrine of "Sovereign Immunity" Presents a Grave danger ... 2009-07-03

Today, at the "Aspen Institue Ideas Festival" a deeply knowledgeable panel discussing "Global Insurgency" included former secretary of Homeland Security ...

StarPhoenix: Phone application instantly translates Arabic into English 2009-07-03

Currently, the application is being tested by the US Department of Defense, the US Department of Homeland Security, and the US Department of Justice.

Bradenton Herald: Citizenship depends on one's dress? 2009-07-03

When the Beachhouse waitress received her official packet from Homeland Security and US Immigration Services for the ceremony, it contained instructi ...

msnbc.com: NSA to help defend civilian agency networks 2009-07-03

... they will be guided, led and in a sense directed by the people we have at the Department of Homeland Security," the department's secretary ...

Business Gazette: Contracts, Etc. 2009-07-03

... Reinvestment Act. ACG Systems of Annapolis Junction won $10.93 million from the Department of Homeland Security for communication land mobile radios.

ENC Today: New US citizens to be sworn in Saturday 2009-07-03

... the candidates have been evaluated and approved for citizenship by the US Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Naturalization Division.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Former Wellston officer is sentenced 2009-07-03

David L. Dausman, 35, pleaded guilty of forging a seal of a federal agency in April and admitted faking a Department of Homeland Security document th ...

The Tennessean: Gun-totin' freedom in state may end badly 2009-07-03

The secretary of homeland security raised a ruckus when she alerted law enforcement authorities about the danger of right-wing extremists who might be ...

MiamiHerald.com: Young undocumented migrant in Miami can stay in US another year 2009-07-03

Department of Homeland Security officials deferred Lara's deportation until July 3, 2010, according to a letter sent to the 23-year-old just weeks ...

Monitor: Brownsville judge orders medical intervention for detainee ... 2009-07-03

The US Department of Homeland Security operates the detention center and Lima is under the custody of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

SecurityInfoWatch: Hi-Tech Solutions introduces license plate recognition system ... 2009-07-03

Homeland security and law enforcement agencies can use the LPR systems at the stadium's access gates to identify blacklisted cars – either stolen ...

New York Times: US Shifts Strategy on Illicit Work by Immigrants 2009-07-03

... illegal work forces by knowingly hiring and exploiting illegal workers,” said Matt Chandler, a spokesman for the Department of Homeland Security.

Drug War Chronicle: The Border: Obama Administration Could Deploy Up to 1500 National ... 2009-07-03

The plan is being worked out between the Defense Department and the Department of Homeland Security. It comes despite Pentagon concerns about militarizing ...

Cumberland Times-News: Volunteers sustain area EMS 2009-07-03

Statistics provided to the Times-News by Kesner and Gary Moore, director of the county Department of Homeland Security and Public Safety, show that county ...

The Open Press (press release): Illinois Community Bank Selects Edcomm Banker's Academy to Deliver ... 2009-07-03

Focus on Compliance covers: Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), Anti-Money Laundering (AML), USA PATRIOT Act, OFAC, Privacy, Reg P, Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act ...

Market Wire (press release): United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Serve ... 2009-07-03

This nationwide effort is a first step in ICE's long-term strategy to address and deter illegal employment," said Department of Homeland Security Assistant ...

Flattrack.com: Thoughts for Americans !!!!!!!!!!! 48 Minutes ago 2009-07-03

Name me a leader who has a better idea for homeland security than making us take off our shoes in airports and throw away our shampoo?

24-7PressRelease.com (press release): Russell A. Krause Joins the Ranks of Leading Professionals 2009-07-03

He has a background as a Navy Commander and has worked in the government sector for 30 years, including the Department of Homeland Security and ...

Fairbanks Daily News-Miner: More flooding assistance offered 2009-07-03

The areas were added by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which is managing relief efforts with the Alaska Division of Homeland Security ...

WSHM-TV: Allegations of a Child Porn Cover Up at Local Library 2009-07-03

And she gave me the same response that the police are going to want to know a name and she even brought up the Patriot Act saying that as a library ...

Schenectady Gazette: When waters rise, who will save Fluffy? 2009-07-03

Officials in Montgomery and Schoharie counties are considering grant applications available through the state's Homeland Security Office to help government ...

WTVY: Bomb squad removes pipe bomb from car near Dothan High 2009-07-03

It was removed from the front seat of the car by a robot the department received from the Department of Homeland Security. Lt. Gray says he just returned ...

Brownsville Herald: Judge orders intervenous fluids for detainee on hunger strike 2009-07-03

The US Department of Homeland Security operates the detention center and Lima is under the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

istockAnalyst.com (press release): Hutchison Announces Funds Headed to BCISD 2009-07-03

Hutchison announced that $61509688 in US Department of Homeland Security funding will be allocated through the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) ...

Rocktown Weekly: SHS Grad Named To Coast Guard Post 2009-07-03

For the next three years, Pavlik's job will be to oversee homeland security and search-and-rescue missions on the waterside of Guam.

Kitsap Peninsula Business Journal: Allyn business tests 'smart grid' device 2009-07-03

... product-development jobs was to build a tracking system for shipping containers, in a project by the Department of Homeland Security to secure ports.

Middletown Press: Clinton voters OK borrowing $3.4M to upgrade system 2009-07-03

“Right now, we can't even call in to our region headquarters of the Department of Homeland Security in Middletown. We have one radio that will do that,” he ...

Dothan Eagle: Dothan Bomb Squad removes pipe bomb from car 2009-07-03

The situation lasted more than three hours, and the Dothan Fire Department and Homeland Security responded to the scene to assist the bomb team.

Jamestown Post Journal: Local Pastor Has Breakfast With Obama 2009-07-03

Ed Rendell of Pennsylvania; Janet Napolitano, the director of Homeland Security; and US Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va.). Also during his three-day trip ...

Florida Times-Union: Sea Dog goes on security patrol at Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base 2009-07-03

Rear Adm. Steve Branham, commander of the Seventh Coast Guard District and director of Homeland Security Task Force-Southeast, said the Sea Dog and ...

SecuObs: White House Announces H1N1 Flu Preparedness Summit 2009-07-03

We'll keep you up-to-date on the summit, and on the department's continuing role in dealing with H1N1.Published by the US Department of Homeland Security ...

KMBC.com: Witness Talks About Human Trafficking Case 2009-07-03

The site even displayed seals for the a US Department of Labor and the Department of Homeland Security. They man Antonia spoke with said he tipped off ...

Houston Chronicle: Lab slated for Kansas still needs fed. permission 2009-07-03

The Homeland Security Department has said it hopes to award a contract in September for the massive lab where foot-and-mouth and other diseases will ...

Center for Research on Globalization: Banksters Love Cap-and-Trade: Economic collapse about to accelerate 2009-07-02

It was rushed through the House in the tradition of such nightmarish legislation as the Patriot Act and the banker bailout of last October: hundreds ...

New York Times: To Critics, New Policy on Terror Looks Old 2009-07-02

But his legal team notes that the 2006 Military Commissions Act contains a provision saying such prisoners may not challenge their detentions in court.

Berkeley Daily Planet: Commentary: City Needs to Rethink Emergency Services Hierarchy 2009-07-02

... Housing (for pre-disaster contracts for housing both in and out of Berkeley); Information Technology (continuity of government and operati ...

Actress Archives: Speidi Weighs In On The Global Obama Conspiracy 2009-07-02

"There's been nothing about the biggest bill since the Patriot Act being passed, and nobody reading it," notes Spencer. "It's mind-boggling trying to say ...

Brookings Institution: The Continuity of the Presidency: The Second Report of ... 2009-07-02

The Continuity of Government Commission is a private AEI-Brookings commission funded by the Carnegie, Hewlett, Packard, and MacArthur Foundations.

fox4kc.com: Another Conservative Blog Post 2009-07-02

The public hadn't seen it, and most of congress had not read it when it was passed on October 24, 2001, it is known as the PATRIOT act.

The Open Press (press release): California Money Services Business (MSB) Chooses Banker's Academy ... 2009-07-02

Focus on BSA/AML for Money Services Businesses covers the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), Anti Money Laundering (AML), the USA PATRIOT Act and OFAC ...

???: [Analysis] US shows intention to cooperate with China and Russi ... 2009-07-02

Experts say, however, that the Obama administration still has a number of choices available to it, including using Section 311 of the USA Patriot Act ...

Sovereign Society: That's The Way It Looks From Here 2009-07-02

In effect the IRS wants offshore banks to act as financial spies on Americans who bank offshore, just as the PATRIOT Act already requires US domestic bank ...

New Times SLO: Bookworms, beware 2009-07-02

The Patriot Act authorizes what amount to federal black-bag jobs in broad daylight and jail time for anyone who blows the whistle.

2009-07-02: Headlines

Los Angeles Times: LA employers face immigration audits 2009-07-02

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano has called the program an "essential tool" for employers trying to maintain a legal workforce ...

American Thinker: The ISNA Conference 2009-07-02

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) last year (2008) had a booth near CAIR, and was recruiting for federal agents and other sensitive classified ...

???: New York to help high-profile building owners enhance security ... 2009-07-02

Meanwhile, US House of Representatives and the Senate are creating proposals to have the Department of Homeland Security provide anti-terrorism money to ...

FOXBusiness: Digital Ally Expands International Market Presence With Initial ... 2009-07-02

Digital Ally, Inc. develops, manufactures and markets advanced technology products for law enforcement, homeland security and commercial security ...

New Times SLO: Winning and losering 2009-07-02

... Gras parade UNTIL they send in way too many police looking for something to do with all that fancy new riot gear they got from Homeland Security grants?

Alamogordo Daily News: Border Patrol acts like 'football team' 2009-07-02

The Border Patrol falls under the Department of Homeland Security. Border Patrol has implemented a strategy of technology, infrastructure and personnel.

Press-Enterprise: Protest of immigrant arrests set 2009-07-02

Foster said activists today will ask for a Department of Homeland Security probe into the Riverside station. Herrera praised Chavez as a model Border Patrol ...

News Courier: EMA gets funds to join national response system 2009-07-02

The SNS Program, managed by the departments of Homeland Security and Health and Human Services, works with both governmental and non-governmental partner ...

Farm and Dairy: You want funny? I'll give you funny 2009-07-02

On June 23, the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations of the Senate's Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs released a 247-page report on last ...

Fall River Herald News: Funds eyed to rehire firefighters 2009-07-02

Also, he said President Barack Obama recently signed legislation that could ease the criteria for Department of Homeland Security fire grants under ...

Asbury Park Press: Legislators: Study impact of civilian housing at Earle 2009-07-02

The measure also would ask the state Office on Homeland Security and Preparedness to provide a security analysis that looks at security issues ...

Thaindian.com: Israeli IT firms to bid for unique ID card project 2009-07-02

“Israeli IT firms with domain expertise in e-governance and homeland security will bid for the unique ID card project jointly with Indian vend ...

TCPalm: Editorial: Thumb up: Granted, it's research 2009-07-02

... and Optics Laboratory at Harbor Branch to assist the US military and Homeland Security to rapidly identify underwater threats in coastal waters.

The State: Q&A: Official quizzed on Columbia safety 2009-07-02

A lot of people feel the city is wasting $4 million on its Homeland Security Department every year because they are not sworn police officers and c ...

The Market Oracle: US Housing Market Blast From the Past 2009-07-02

“As well, remember that the majority of government discretionary spending items have been for Iraq, Afghanistan, Katrina, and homeland security—none ...

New York Times: Immigration Focus Is on the Employers 2009-07-02

The Department of Homeland Security said 625 businesses had been told they would be audited, compared with 503 for last year. Employers are required ...

New York Times: Big-City Police Chiefs Urge Overhaul of Immigration Policy 2009-07-02

Some have even suggested that the department remove the words “homeland security” from its vehicles because immigrants think they are about to be detained.

Georgiandaily: US takes aim at cyberwarfare 2009-07-02

"Responsibility for protecting federal civilian networks would remain with the Department of Homeland Security," Mr. Lynn said last week.

Pacific News Center: DPHSS: Swine Flu Update 2009-07-02

... of Public Health and Social Services website at www.dphss.guam.gov or Guam Homeland Security/Office of Civil Defense website at www.guamhs.org.

Examiner.com: Nick Jonas visited the president alone on June 24 to meet kid ... 2009-07-02

Nick testified before the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee Hearing. (Photo by AP/Susan Walsh) Nick Jonas took a long trip ...

MiamiHerald.com: Police say feds should enforce immigration laws 2009-07-02

The US Department of Homeland Security is reviewing its immigration and border security policies, including those relating to state and local law ...

SecuObs: From Madrid: Secretary Meets with President of Spain 2009-07-02

Sean Sean Smith is the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs at the Department of Homeland SecurityPublished by the US Department of Homeland Security ...

USA Today: Statue of Liberty gets her view back 2009-07-02

James Carafano, a homeland security specialist at the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank, says the nation feels confident enough for "a period ...

???: [Analysis] US shows intention to cooperate with China and Russi ... 2009-07-02

Experts say, however, that the Obama administration still has a number of choices available to it, including using Section 311 of the USA Patriot Act ...

New York Times: To Critics, New Policy on Terror Looks Old 2009-07-02

But his legal team notes that the 2006 Military Commissions Act contains a provision saying such prisoners may not challenge their detentions in court.

Town Hall: New Knife Legislation: Pointless or Dangerous? 2009-07-02

Sixty-one of the 275 members of the Congressional Sportsmen's Caucus sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano urging her ...

CCH: Bipartisan members of Congress meet with the President to discu ... 2009-07-02

In his remarks, President Obama confirmed that he selected Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano to lead a group that is going to be working ...

ZDNet Asia: Unisys puts stealth into the cloud 2009-07-02

It uses the company's Stealth technology, originally developed for United States Homeland Security, to shield one client's data in the cloud from another ...

fox4kc.com: Another Conservative Blog Post 2009-07-02

The public hadn't seen it, and most of congress had not read it when it was passed on October 24, 2001, it is known as the PATRIOT act.

Examiner.com: Celebrate July Fourth at William Paca's home 2009-07-02

... as they take the Oath of Allegiance administered by an official with the Department of Homeland Security's US Citizenship and Naturalization Services.

TopNews United States: US government introduces `IT Dashboard' - set of tools ... 2009-07-02

... spending for as many as 27 agencies - including the Department of Defense; the Department of Homeland Security; NASA; and the Smithsonian Institution.

Daily Press: Boat accidents are up from a 20-year low last year 2009-07-02

... far and 15 percent were in violation compared to 30 percent a year ago, said Scott Gryszko, a member of the police department's Homeland Security Unit.

Kevin Sites in the Hot Zone: US police call for immigration reform 2009-07-02

He announced that Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano would join congressional leaders to form a working group on immigration reform which would ...

American Conservative Magazine: One More Levin Post (Someone stop me.) 2009-07-02

... on the light bulbs that we are allowed to purchase (for arguably good reasons) with the repression of liberty while supporting the USA PATRIOT Act?

Slashdot: TSA Asked to Ensure Safety Of Customer Data After Clear Closing 2009-07-02

CWmike writes "The chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security, Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), has given the Transportation Security Administrati ...

Grand Forks Herald: Cando caricatures 2009-07-02

The caricatures of dogs and cats are listed under the heading of Homeland Security. “They're transplants,” Gibbens said. “They do this kind of media stuff.

Voice of America: Studying in the US: Foreign Graduates and Jobs 2009-07-02

Bill Wright at the Department of Homeland Security says fewer than forty-five thousand applications for these visas had been received as of this week.

Actress Archives: Speidi Weighs In On The Global Obama Conspiracy 2009-07-02

"There's been nothing about the biggest bill since the Patriot Act being passed, and nobody reading it," notes Spencer. "It's mind-boggling trying to say ...

Latin American Herald Tribune: US Homeland Security Chief Visits Spain 2009-07-02

MADRID – US Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano started her official visit to Spain on Wednesday by honoring the victims of the March 11, 2004 ...

Beaver County Times: Former Ambridge resident retiring after nearly 70 years in federal ... 2009-07-02

She was honored for her service by top Department of Homeland Security officials at a ceremony at ICE headquarters last Friday. “The greatest memory right ...

MyFox Tampa Bay: Somali-Americans Accused 2009-07-02

"[Their] primary focus obviously is not on the homeland, it's abroad," Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano said during a briefing with reporter ...

Houston Chronicle: Toll road plan falters as special session opens 2009-07-02

The idea was “struggling to find support,” said Senate Transportation and Homeland Security Committee Chairman John Carona, R-Dallas.

New York Times: Defend America, One Laptop at a Time 2009-07-02

Some in the administration want to use Cybercom to help the Department of Homeland Security protect the domestic components of private networks that ...

Globe and Mail: A reason to celebrate the Fourth of July 2009-07-02

Giving Janet Napolitano a long leash to run the Department of Homeland Security is hardly in keeping with the pledge. The border/trade issue is a wake-up ...

Wall Street Journal: Congress's Travel Tab Swells 2009-07-02

the chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, led a group to Brazil, Argentina, Peru and Panama. "This trip further solidified the message th ...

Antiwar.com: Enemies All Around Us 2009-07-02

Falkenrath is a Bush-Cheney homeland security product who has impressive credentials though one might note that he has always held what might be described ...

Examiner.com: Discovery Channel to air global catastrophe reality show 2009-07-02

According to the network, the space was designed by homeland security, engineering and psychology experts who used elements from both real-life disaster ...

MiamiHerald.com: Treasury Department imposes sanctions on North Korean firms 2009-07-01

In those cases, the Treasury Department cited provisions of the USA Patriot Act that give the accused virtually no due process rights and are based ...

msnbc.com: Pentagon reviewing 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' 2009-07-01

Bill Maher losing his job, the Patriot Act and all of the BS that went into “not wasting a good crisis” is what drove me to my utter spite for “W” and h ...

Family Security Matters: Exclusive: US Anti-Money Laundering Efforts Improving 2009-07-01

One such tool is Section 311 of the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001, which authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to prohibit US financial institutions ...

Us Magazine: Spencer Pratt: 9/11 Was an "Inside Job" 2009-07-01

"How are we so famous when...there's been nothing about the biggest bill since the Patriot Act being passed, [the Cap-and-Trade bill, which regulates carb ...

The Palmetto Scoop: Sanford has a book deal 2009-07-01

The misnamed “Patriot Act” and the recent “Cap and Trade” bill are but a few examples. What about declaring war and coining money?

CBS News: In Senate, When 60 Doesn't Equal 60 2009-07-01

They need to restore the Constitution and Bill of Rights, and drastically reduce the Patriot Act; as the war on citizens' rights were based on a plethora ...

ThomasNet Industrial News Room (press release): Desktop Software offers watch list compliance solution. 2009-07-01

CHARLOTTE, NC, June 19 / / - ATTUS Technologies, Inc., a pioneer in OFAC and USA PATRIOT Act compliance solutions, introduces, WatchDOG® WinPro.

Wall Street Journal: Is Tougher Airport Screening Going Too Far? 2009-07-01

Mr. Bierfeldt recorded the encounter on his iPhone and the American Civil Liberties Union filed suit in June against Homeland Security Secretary Janet ...

NJ.com: Hispanic youths in Morristown learn leadership skills this week ... 2009-07-01

For Avila, the lesson on the Patriot Act created after 9-11 and recent deportation of Mexicans (los braseros) was particularly memorable.

Bangor Daily News: What we don't know could hurt us worse 2009-07-01

New invasive measures passed through the Patriot Act created a legal form of spying on our banking business done here in the United States, even though th ...

Examiner.com: Did Markey really read the bill? 2009-07-01

For some perspective, the American Clean Energy and Security Act is more than three times longer than the long and far-reaching PATRIOT Act, which was ...

Towleroad: Glenn Beck Guest: Only An Attack from Bin Laden Can Save America 2009-07-01

I guess Irag, Afghanistan, Homeland Security, and the Patriot Act just didn't do it for him. I read his bio on wiki and his comments on Fox just seem to run ...

Greensboro News Record: Sickening allegations in Durham 2009-07-01

The misnamed "Patriot Act" and the recent "Cap and Trade" bill are but a few examples. What about declaring war and coining money?

Jerusalem Post: US Gov't grants $1.83m. for security at Brooklyn Jewish non-profits 2009-07-01

... Bronx synagogues, the Department of Homeland Security has allocated $1.83 million to boost safety at Jewish institutions in another part of the city.

Washington Post: Latest Palin Controvery Just a Subset of War Over Direction of GOP 2009-07-01

Aren't FISA, Patriot Act and co still in place? Aren't the rich and well connected still getting TARP and stimilus packages and we are getting higher taxes?

Southwest Virginia Today: HEART BEAT: The Fourth of July, and Counting 2009-07-01

A few years ago, the Patriot Act served as a reminder. This act, among other things, gave law enforcement agencies more license to search private records ...

Ripley Bee: Calling for a responsible government 2009-07-01

“When I saw the Homeland Security memo listing dangerous people it made me recall my experience with the East German Stasi (secret police) because they ...

Clarksville Leaf Chronicle: APSU faculty, staff achieve goals through pursuits 2009-07-01

Dr. Thomas O'Connor, program manager of criminal justice/homeland security, published a chapter, titled “Six Amendment Rights in the USA,” for a book ...

Heritage.org: US Levies Economic Sanctions on North Korea 2009-07-01

Acting under Section 311 of the USA PATRIOT Act, Washington banned all US banks from dealing with BDA. Macau banking authorities subsequently froze 50 North ...

InformationWeek: InformationWeek Global CIO Blog 2009-07-01

Let's start with the biggest spenders by average IT project expenditure, excluding for now the Defense Dept., Homeland Security, and Veterans Affairs due ...

Appeal-Democrat: Letter: Quit complaining; try fixing problems 2009-07-01

Our freedoms were severely curtailed during the last eight years of Republican rule (the Patriot Act, wiretapping of all of us, etc.

Examiner.com: Clean Energy and Security Act brings auditors into your home 2009-07-01

The last two times I've seen this was with the Patriot Act and TARP legislation. Congressman Ron Paul told the Washington Times that no one was allowed ...

Orlando Sentinel: Deportation clock ticks as advocates fight for Central Florid ... 2009-07-01

Corrine Brown, both Democrats, wrote to the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, a branch of the Department of Homeland Security, and asked that Lara' ...

Gather.com: Political Program for a New Third Party of the Political Right 2009-07-01

(9) The Patriot Act should be permanently instituted and strengthened in order to prevent America from encountering anouther major terrorist attack in ...

Reason Online: McCain and Feingold Sitting in a Tree, Choking 2009-07-01

Feingold was the only Senator to vote against the PATRIOT Act. So that's something. Yo, fuck the Honorable Sens. McCain and Feingold.

PR-Inside.com News: California Money Services Business (MSB) Chooses Banker's Academy ... 2009-07-01

Focus on BSA/AML for Money Services Businesses covers the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), Anti Money Laundering (AML), the USA PATRIOT Act and OFAC ...

AZ Central.com: Gov. Brewer tougher than expected? 2009-07-01

The governor was thrown into the job after Janet Napolitano moved on to head Homeland Security six months ago. All things considered, has Brewer been ...

Voices: Disaster Preparedness Urged 2009-07-01

The town has plans in place for a wide variety of events, which are reviewed and updated annually, to ensure continuity of government, and many businesse ...

CNN Political Ticker: White House plans flu summit next week 2009-07-01

President Obama will be traveling next week to Russia, Italy and Ghana on a foreign trip, so the summit will be chaired by Homeland Security Secretary Janet ...

2009-07-01: Headlines

Voices: Disaster Preparedness Urged 2009-07-01

The town has plans in place for a wide variety of events, which are reviewed and updated annually, to ensure continuity of government, and many businesse ...

Best of Times: Quarantine: Keep Out! 2009-07-01

... of the Homeland and Security Advisory Council, which is part of the Louisiana Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness.

Legalbrief (subscription): US department defends ISP gag order 2009-07-01

The so-called national security letter (NSL) programme, expanded under the USA Patriot Act of 2001, included a provision allowing the US Federal Bureau ...

Sidelines Online (subscription): United States Senate to vote on bill to secure borders 2009-07-01

The US House of Representatives voted on June 24 to approve the Homeland Security Appropriations Act of the 2010 fiscal year. This act will increase ...

MiamiHerald.com: Treasury Department imposes sanctions on North Korean firms 2009-07-01

In those cases, the Treasury Department cited provisions of the USA Patriot Act that give the accused virtually no due process rights and are based ...

Bangor Daily News: What we don't know could hurt us worse 2009-07-01

New invasive measures passed through the Patriot Act created a legal form of spying on our banking business done here in the United States, even though th ...

Family Security Matters: Exclusive: US Anti-Money Laundering Efforts Improving 2009-07-01

One such tool is Section 311 of the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001, which authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to prohibit US financial institutions ...

Appeal-Democrat: Letter: Quit complaining; try fixing problems 2009-07-01

Our freedoms were severely curtailed during the last eight years of Republican rule (the Patriot Act, wiretapping of all of us, etc.

Aviation International News: Homeland Security Funding Bill Addresses LASP Concerns 2009-06-30

Under a Department of Homeland Security appropriations bill for fiscal year 2010 that was passed by the House last week, lawmakers lauded the Transportati ...

JURIST: Coming to America? Obama's Limited Options for Holding Guantanamo ... 2009-06-30

One possible safety valve is a provision buried in the PATRIOT Act geared toward alien terrorists picked up in the United States and pending removal ...

WITN: FDA Increases Pain Reliever Warnings 2009-06-30

I really want the government controlling my medications being that they're doing such a fine job with Homeland Security, Auto Industry, Banking ...

Centralia Chronicle: Obama Doesn't Believe in the Rule of Law 2009-06-30

We know that Congress approved the Military Commissions Act of 2006 and the Protect America Act of 2007, so we know that Congress is not necessarily ...

CIO Today: Press Releases Vordel Provides Cloud-Computing Interoperability 2009-06-30

The same regulatory rules apply in the Cloud as outside, eg SOX, HIPPA, Basle II & US Patriot Act. Using Vordel's underlying security accelerati ...

FCW.com: Registered Traveler: Data privacy, security prompts chairman's inquiry 2009-06-30

A House committee chairman with jurisdiction over the Homeland Security Department is urging DHS' Transportation Security Administrati ...

Reuters: Air security better post-9/11, but vigilance needed-US 2009-06-30

11 attackers would have been picked up beforehand if today's air travel security had been in place, so vigilance is still needed, Homeland Security ...

ICIS (subscription): New US site security bill unlikely to be finished this year 2009-06-30

Holly Idelson, majority counsel at the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, told a chemicals sector audience that “it is unrealistic ...

Poynter.org: Should the National Guard Patrol the Mexican Border? 2009-06-30

And there is a question about who would control the forces -- Homeland Security or the Defense Department. But there are other issues.

Los Angeles Times: Review: 'New York' 2009-06-30

Detained under the Patriot Act, the driver, Omar (Neil Nitin Mukesh), adamantly denies any wrongdoing. His interrogator (the great Irrfan Kh ...

Media Newswire (press release): Longest serving DHS employee honored for her federal service 2009-06-30

WASHINGTON - Top officials of the Department of Homeland Security and US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) gathered at ICE headquarters th ...

World Socialist Web Site: Letters on Iran and public opinion 2009-06-30

... until they, themselves, became The Man, endorsing foreign occupations, the Patriot Act and attacks on our Constitutional protections.

PC Magazine: Government Site Exposes US IT Spending 2009-06-30

A $29.2 million dollar information network within the Homeland Security Department, for example, is being handled by General Dynamics, the Blackstone ...

CharterX: NBAA: DHS Inspector Report Concludes GA Security Threat is Limited 2009-06-30

The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) recently welcomed a conclusion in a recent report conducted by the Department of Homeland Security' ...

McDowell News: Combs: The Republican leadership is ruining conservative prospects 2009-06-30

And they certainly did not protest when Bush had to have his stupid Patriot Act passed without debate or question. And that is precisely why their argument ...

OMB Watch: Chemical Security Legislation Begins to Move Through Congress 2009-06-30

The House Homeland Security Committee passed legislation June 23 that would greatly reduce the risks and consequences of a terrorist attack on a chemical ...

Arizona Republic: Foreign-worker laws limit pay cuts at tech firms 2009-06-30

The H-1B program is run by US Citizenship and Immigration Services, a division of Homeland Security. The program caps the number of H-1B visas to 65000 per ...

Aero-News Network: Six Suspected As Security Threats Kept Licenses For Years 2009-06-30

A spokeswoman for the Homeland Security Department, Amy Kudwa, told the Times her department would “conduct a comprehensive review to see why the system ...

2009-06-30: Headlines

ChannelWeb: ICANN CEO Affirms Free, Open Internet 2009-06-30

Beckstrom the former director for the Department of Homeland Security's National Cyber Security Center, took the reins as CEO of ICANN Friday.

Connectcut Plus: State pursuing federal aid in wake of tornado, violent storms 2009-06-30

The Governor said she has ordered the state Department of Emergency Management and Homeland Security to work closely with federal authorities throughout ...

World Socialist Web Site: Letters on Iran and public opinion 2009-06-30

... until they, themselves, became The Man, endorsing foreign occupations, the Patriot Act and attacks on our Constitutional protections.

The Associated Press: AP source: Guard to seek volunteers for border 2009-06-30

The plan is a stopgap measure being worked out between the Defense Department and the Homeland Security Department, and comes despite Pentagon concern ...

HSToday: House DHS Budget Bill Tweaks President's Priorities 2009-06-30

The Homeland Security Appropriations bill (HR 2892) for fiscal 2010 passed by the House of Representatives, 389-37, last week spurned ...

Science Daily (press release): Tunnel Vision: Border Patrol Agents To Spot Tunnels With Advanced ... 2009-06-30

"All of them have been found by accident or human intelligence," said Ed Turner, a project manager with the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science ...

Worthington Daily Globe: Letter: A case of misplaced outrage 2009-06-30

The Department of Homeland Security is breaking its own rules of political correctness calling pro-lifers, returning veterans and fundamentalist Christi ...

Arizona Republic: Foreign-worker laws limit pay cuts at tech firms 2009-06-30

The H-1B program is run by US Citizenship and Immigration Services, a division of Homeland Security. The program caps the number of H-1B visas to 65000 per ...

Cato @ Liberty: The Jurisprudence of Detention: Definitions and Cases 2009-06-29

Congress responded to his victory at the Supreme Court with the Military Commissions Act (MCA) to establish legislatively-sanctioned commissi ...

Village Voice: Fun For the Paranoid: Homeland Security TV 2009-06-29

... Homeland Security Television Channel, "world's first online, on-demand television network dedicated to homeland security and global development 24/7.

PCWorld Norge: Obama's Cybersecurity Push: What It Means for CIOs 2009-06-29

Kurtz is a former senior advisor to former Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush on national and homeland security. "For every month that passe ...

Military.com: GAO: Arms Sales Program Still Flawed 2009-06-29

In a new report, the US Government Accountability Office says the departments of Defense, State and Homeland Security still haven't corrected weaknesse ...

Irish Times: US homeland security chief says threat 'never goes away' 2009-06-29

ALTHOUGH NOT aware of any Irish branches to her family tree, US secretary of homeland security, Janet Napolitano, has been a fairly frequent visitor to th ...

Hillsboro Reporter: SO Implements Reverse 9-1-1 2009-06-29

It was secured through a $120000 Homeland Security grant administered by Governor Rick Perry's Division of Emergency Management and the Heart of Tex ...

Urgent Communications: Reporter's Notebook: DHS announces $1.8 billion in grants 2009-06-29

State Homeland Security Program (SHSP)  $861.1 million will build and strengthen preparedness capabilities at all levels through planning, equipment ...

New York Daily News: A no-brainer bill to fight crime: Require corporations to disclose ... 2009-06-29

The US Senate Committee for Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs is considering a bill that would require the state ...

HSToday: Infrastructure Mandate Unfulfilled by DHS Analysis 2009-06-29

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) did not receive any cost-benefit analysis on protecting critical infrastructure from ...

Daily Kos: Political Prosecutions Hit the National Spotlight 2009-06-29

... of the Justice Department, the renewal of The Patriot Act, along with state secrets and CIA renditions of suspects without warrants or due process.

Twin Cities Planet: Rowley, Napolitano: Recent murders don't vindicate DHS extremist ... 2009-06-29

Eight members of the Welcoming Committee were charged with “furtherance of terrorism” under the Minnesota Patriot Act because of damage to property of over ...

MarketWatch: LIGATT Security International Signs Letter of Intent to Purchase ... 2009-06-29

... to utilize ITAR in the future to sell products to National Homeland Security, foreign militaries, foreign militaries and international governments.

Gary Post Tribune: How they voted in Washington 2009-06-29

FUNDING FOR HOMELAND SECURITY PROGRAMS: The House approved an amendment to the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act (HR 2892) to increase ...

Enter Stage Right: Experience, judgment, and character: The road from Eisenhower to Obama 2009-06-29

Paul is the author of the books Living Under The Patriot Act: Educating A Society and Feeding Lions: Sharing The Conservative Philosophy In A Politically ...

Examiner.com: US anti-money laundering efforts improving 2009-06-29

One such tool is Section 311 of the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001, which authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to prohibit US financial institutions ...

NewsWithViews.com: CAP & TRADE RAPE PASSED - WHAT MUST BE DONE NEXT 2009-06-29

Paul is the USA Patriot Act. This bill violates several constitutional protections and defines a "terrorist" as anyone who opposes a federal government ...

The BLT: Blog of Legal Times: Judge Dismisses Bagram Habeas Case 2009-06-29

Wazir's lawyers had argued that the Military Commissions Act of 2006, which banned federal courts from hearing habeas cases brought by detainee ...

Boston Globe: The First Amendment, with little give-and-take 2009-06-29

During the war on terror of George W. Bush, Americans were introduced to the USA Patriot Act, which drastically expanded government's power to m ...

Enter Stage Right: Government gone mad in a total surveillance society 2009-06-29

As a result of provisions in the Patriot Act (a monstrous law, passed in the panic of 911 and admittedly never read by a single member of Congress before ...

AHN: Senate Pushes For Changes To Terror Detainee Military Commissi ... 2009-06-29

... have inserted changes to the Military Commissions Act "to address a series of issues including the use of coerced testimony and hearsay evidence.

National Review Online Blogs: Wittes and Goldsmith: Bring Congress In [Ramesh Ponnuru] 2009-06-29

But it has seemed a lot less persuasive to me since the Supreme Court struck down the Military Commissions Act. Congressional buy-in didn't count then.

CNN: Kids on a plane! 5 fixes for unruly young passengers 2009-06-29

Freeman threw a can of tomato juice on the floor, and was arrested and convicted of a federal felony defined as an act of terrorism under the Patriot Act.

StarNewsOnline.com: New bus will fill evacuation role 2009-06-29

The county's EMS bought the vehicle through a $324000 grant from the US Department of Homeland Security. The county agency has gotten more than $2 milli ...

Wall Street Journal: New Rift Opens Over Rights of Detainees 2009-06-29

As a result, some officials believe a legislative fix to the Military Commissions Act should include additional rights for defendants in order to lower ...

2009-06-29: Headlines

CQPolitics.com: Cutting Edge Debate Over Switchblades 2009-06-29

Now it's warning the Department of Homeland Security that it also won't tolerate efforts to restrict knife imports. The spat centers on a decision ...

NewsWithViews.com: CAP & TRADE RAPE PASSED - WHAT MUST BE DONE NEXT 2009-06-29

Paul is the USA Patriot Act. This bill violates several constitutional protections and defines a "terrorist" as anyone who opposes a federal government ...

Wall Street Journal: New Rift Opens Over Rights of Detainees 2009-06-29

As a result, some officials believe a legislative fix to the Military Commissions Act should include additional rights for defendants in order to lower ...

Enter Stage Right: Experience, judgment, and character: The road from Eisenhower to Obama 2009-06-29

Paul is the author of the books Living Under The Patriot Act: Educating A Society and Feeding Lions: Sharing The Conservative Philosophy In A Politically ...

Enter Stage Right: Government gone mad in a total surveillance society 2009-06-29

As a result of provisions in the Patriot Act (a monstrous law, passed in the panic of 911 and admittedly never read by a single member of Congress before ...

Youngstown Vindicator: Preparing for disaster 2009-06-29

The Homeland Security Department's Hospital Emergency Response Training for Mass Casualty Incidents and other training sessions are paid for by the Federal ...

Alton Telegraph: Firefighters train for bombings 2009-06-29

The US Department of Homeland Security sponsored the session. "It's great training, not just for law enforcement, but also for fire service personnel ...

Daily Kos: Political Prosecutions Hit the National Spotlight 2009-06-29

... of the Justice Department, the renewal of The Patriot Act, along with state secrets and CIA renditions of suspects without warrants or due process.

Twin Cities Planet: Rowley, Napolitano: Recent murders don't vindicate DHS extremist ... 2009-06-29

Eight members of the Welcoming Committee were charged with “furtherance of terrorism” under the Minnesota Patriot Act because of damage to property of over ...

Tallahassee Democrat: Juan Goni: Homeland health care is a national security need 2009-06-28

Now that I have got your attention with my catchy headline, Dear Reader, allow me to tell you why I think we need to remove the middle man (for-pr ...

Los Angeles Times: 'New York' 2009-06-28

Detained under the Patriot Act, the driver, Omar (Neil Nitin Mukesh), adamantly denies any wrongdoing. His interrogator (the great Irrfan Kh ...

New America Media: Still Invisible in The Labor Force 2009-06-28

... their use skyrocketed afterward due to legitimate security concerns, as well as laws like the Patriot Act. However, Emsellen said that because ...

Examiner.com: "Landmark" climate change bill passes the House 2009-06-28

Yes, but what about the Republicans' "Patriot" Act just a few a years ago? That piece of disgusting legislation was jammed through Congress, written before ...

Philadelphia Inquirer: Area Votes in Congress 2009-06-28

Homeland-security budget: By a 389-37 vote, the House approved a $44 billion Department of Homeland Security budget for fiscal 2010, up 6.5 percent ...

Lew Rockwell: Bipartisan Fascism 2009-06-28

... forgetting that the same complaint was offered when the Democrats were on the receiving end of the Republicans “Patriot Act” measure a few years back.

ABC News: DC Train Crash Shows Major Cities Better Prepared for Emergency ... 2009-06-28

He served in the Bush White House as special assistant to the president for homeland security and senior director for response policy.

Daily Kos: Congress should Legislate and our President follow the Law 2009-06-28

... and drafts of legislation like the patriot Act, the Military Commissions Act, the Detainee Treatment Act, ACES and now Healthcares "Public Option".

Victoria Advocate: Both sides of the fence 2009-06-28

Eloisa Tamez is the first Texan who refused to sign federal paperwork that would allow US Homeland Security to build a border fence in her ...

Kansas City Star: Homeland security bill omits funding for Kansas biosecurity lab 2009-06-28

The House passed a 2010 homeland security spending bill that did not include the first $36 million to begin building the National Bio- and Agro-Defense lab ...

Albany Times Union: Terror to-do list: First, fix the list 2009-06-28

The Department of Homeland Security needs to fix the watch list and the policies governing it before using it to deny people's right to own a gun.

United Press International: DoD, DHS square off over border troops 2009-06-28

WASHINGTON, June 28 (UPI) -- The US Defense and Homeland Security departments are facing off over the use of drug-fighting soldiers along the US-Mexico ...

AlterNet: 'A Comedy of Errors': Why It's Time to Get Rid of the So-Called ... 2009-06-27

The Patriot Act would be only history. Homeland Security could be dissassembled. A dream? No, reality, if the American people demand to know the truth ...

We were led to believe that the closure of Gitmo meant an end to the suspension of habeus corpus, to the crimes of the Military Commissions Act ...

Minneapolis Star Tribune: Trudi Hahn Pickett: Let us sing 2009-06-27

Instead, we hear calls to dump the anthem, and we cringe at vocal stylings that resemble a lounge act more than a patriot's act. Let's take back the right ...

PoliGazette: I Wish They Didn't Love Us So Much 2009-06-27

I know this because like the Patriot Act and the Stimulus, it was passed on feelings rather than the arduous and unreasonable method of actually READING it.

New York Times: Homeland Security Is Ordered to Respond to Petition on Immigrati ... 2009-06-27

Matt Chandler, a spokesman for Homeland Security, said only that the agency would comply with the court order by responding to the plaintiffs' petiti ...

Lew Rockwell: We Are All Terrorists Now! 2009-06-27

I have written in the past about the invasions of privacy concerning finance and The USA Patriot Act, anti-money laundering laws, and the nonsensical ...

Marietta Times: Patriot Act must be repealed to protect rights 2009-06-27

Repealing the Patriot Act, which creates a secret, Gestapo police force, is a critical first step. It is the lack of transparency that the so-called Patriot ...

Khaleej Times: Obama's Immigration Deal 2009-06-27

Washington should scrap the extra baggage of protectionism and curses of legislation such as the Patriot Act, which has pushed the great country to ...

Examiner.com: House passes 1200-page green energy bill that was probably not read 2009-06-27

... burned by other large bills that turned out to be stinkers, like the Stimulus Package and the Patriot Act, might want to read the whole thing first.

Salon: Obama contemplates Executive Order for detention without charges 2009-06-27

... was willing to allow Congress to endorse his radical proposals: hence, the Military Commissions Act, the Protect America Act, the FISA Amendments Act ...

2009-06-28: Headlines

Daily Kos: Congress should Legislate and our President follow the Law 2009-06-28

... and drafts of legislation like the patriot Act, the Military Commissions Act, the Detainee Treatment Act, ACES and now Healthcares "Public Option".

Lew Rockwell: Bipartisan Fascism 2009-06-28

... forgetting that the same complaint was offered when the Democrats were on the receiving end of the Republicans “Patriot Act” measure a few years back.

Philadelphia Inquirer: Area Votes in Congress 2009-06-28

Homeland-security budget: By a 389-37 vote, the House approved a $44 billion Department of Homeland Security budget for fiscal 2010, up 6.5 percent ...

North County Times: REGION: Arrests along the border drop everywhere but here 2009-06-28

... about 466000 fewer people than the 1189031 arrested in 2005, according to a report released by the Department of Homeland Security earlier this month.

Albany Times Union: Terror to-do list: First, fix the list 2009-06-28

The Department of Homeland Security needs to fix the watch list and the policies governing it before using it to deny people's right to own a gun.

Tallahassee Democrat: Juan Goni: Homeland health care is a national security need 2009-06-28

Now that I have got your attention with my catchy headline, Dear Reader, allow me to tell you why I think we need to remove the middle man (for-pr ...

Dayton Daily News: GAO: Foreign military sales program still flawed 2009-06-28

In a new report, the US Government Accountability Office says the departments of Defense, State and Homeland Security still haven't corrected weaknesse ...

Kansas City Star: Homeland security bill omits funding for Kansas biosecurity lab 2009-06-28

The House passed a 2010 homeland security spending bill that did not include the first $36 million to begin building the National Bio- and Agro-Defense lab ...

El Paso Times: Stephanie Caviness: Studies show more ports of entry needed 2009-06-28

With the growing security pressures and the Department of Homeland Security urging that more infrastructure be built, the Foreign Trade Association h ...

New America Media: Still Invisible in The Labor Force 2009-06-28

... their use skyrocketed afterward due to legitimate security concerns, as well as laws like the Patriot Act. However, Emsellen said that because ...

Examiner.com: New report: Feds blame US Gunowners for Mexico's Violence 2009-06-28

ATF and Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the primary agencies implementing efforts to address this issue ...

Examiner.com: "Landmark" climate change bill passes the House 2009-06-28

Yes, but what about the Republicans' "Patriot" Act just a few a years ago? That piece of disgusting legislation was jammed through Congress, written before ...

Victoria Advocate: Both sides of the fence 2009-06-28

Eloisa Tamez is the first Texan who refused to sign federal paperwork that would allow US Homeland Security to build a border fence in her ...

Benton County Daily Record: Reverse decision 2009-06-28

In 2008, Benton County received a goahead from the Department of Homeland Security for a reverse 911 system. Under the terms of the agreement ...

ABC News: DC Train Crash Shows Major Cities Better Prepared for Emergency ... 2009-06-28

He served in the Bush White House as special assistant to the president for homeland security and senior director for response policy.

Salon: Obama contemplates Executive Order for detention without charges 2009-06-27

... was willing to allow Congress to endorse his radical proposals: hence, the Military Commissions Act, the Protect America Act, the FISA Amendments Act ...

PoliGazette: I Wish They Didn't Love Us So Much 2009-06-27

I know this because like the Patriot Act and the Stimulus, it was passed on feelings rather than the arduous and unreasonable method of actually READING it.

New York Times: Homeland Security Is Ordered to Respond to Petition on Immigrati ... 2009-06-27

Matt Chandler, a spokesman for Homeland Security, said only that the agency would comply with the court order by responding to the plaintiffs' petiti ...

Khaleej Times: Obama's Immigration Deal 2009-06-27

Washington should scrap the extra baggage of protectionism and curses of legislation such as the Patriot Act, which has pushed the great country to ...

Lew Rockwell: We Are All Terrorists Now! 2009-06-27

I have written in the past about the invasions of privacy concerning finance and The USA Patriot Act, anti-money laundering laws, and the nonsensical ...

Minneapolis Star Tribune: Trudi Hahn Pickett: Let us sing 2009-06-27

Instead, we hear calls to dump the anthem, and we cringe at vocal stylings that resemble a lounge act more than a patriot's act. Let's take back the right ...

Marietta Times: Patriot Act must be repealed to protect rights 2009-06-27

Repealing the Patriot Act, which creates a secret, Gestapo police force, is a critical first step. It is the lack of transparency that the so-called Patriot ...

Softpedia: Homeland Security Secrets Acquired for Less than $40 Sensitive ... 2009-06-27

Journalism students from University of British Columbia (UBC), who were investigating e-waste dumping ...

Examiner.com: House passes 1200-page green energy bill that was probably not read 2009-06-27

... burned by other large bills that turned out to be stinkers, like the Stimulus Package and the Patriot Act, might want to read the whole thing first.

We were led to believe that the closure of Gitmo meant an end to the suspension of habeus corpus, to the crimes of the Military Commissions Act ...

Topeka Capital Journal: Duo upbeat about NBAF 2009-06-27

"In addition, (Department of Homeland Security) Secretary Napolitano has indicated her strong support and the administration's intentions to move forward ...

AlterNet: 'A Comedy of Errors': Why It's Time to Get Rid of the So-Called ... 2009-06-27

The Patriot Act would be only history. Homeland Security could be dissassembled. A dream? No, reality, if the American people demand to know the truth ...