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In the name of improved security a hacker showed how a biometric passport issued in the name of long-dead rock 'n' roll king Elvis Presley could be cleared through an automated passport scanning system being tested at an international airport.
In the continuing identity confusion among republicans, the CPAC disconnect over what is pro-liberty is manifesting itself yet again here in Arizona. Check out this sonoranalliance.com link to amuse yourself and to leave a comment if you so choose.
Guns to safeguard America found their way into the hands of criminals after absent-minded federal officers left firearms unsecured everywhere from fast-food restaurants to bowling alleys, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
WASHINGTON — Airport screeners for the first time will begin roving through airports taking chemical swabs from passengers and their bags to check for explosives, the Transportation Security Administration said Tuesday.
Our primary objection is to the very existence of a system under which the government requires common carriers to identify each would-be traveler and get the government’s permission (”clearance”) before they can travel. Such a scheme is made far wor
“The $215 million proposal to acquire 500 scanners next year, combined with the 450 to be bought this year, marks the largest addition of airport-security equipment since immediately after the 9/11 attacks.
Air passengers who refuse to submit to controversial full body scans will be barred from boarding their flights
The cost of an electronic security program at NY's Metropolitan Transportation Authority has ballooned but a severe shortfall in the money needed means it may never be completed. The cost has risen to $833 million from $591 million but only $59 milli
What he has made little mention of is that the Chertoff Group, his security consulting agency, includes a client that manufactures the machines. The relationship drew attention after Chertoff disclosed it on a CNN program Wednesday, in response to a
"Security theater" refers to security measures that make people feel more secure without doing anything to actually improve their security.
2 federal agencies charged with keeping potential terrorists off airplanes and out of the country have been without their top leaders for nearly a year. It took the Obama administration more than 8 months to nominate anyone to lead the Transportation
My guess is that the federal agents involved in the beat-down know that whatever Mr. Watts did, it didn't rise to the level of assault. They probably also know that if they tried to charge him with assault themselves, the federal prosecutor would eit
The procedures are blatantly discriminatory and in apparent violation of Federal law, the U.S. Constitution, and Article 12 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), a treaty ratified by and binding on the USA. One of the
"But now Peter faces a felony rap for "assaulting a federal officer" (Peter and the witness in the car say he didn't do a thing, and I believe them). Defending this charge will cost a fortune, and an inadequate defense could cost Peter his home, his"
Al-Qaeda followers are inside the United States and would like to attack targets here and in other countries, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Wednesday night. The secretary's comments were striking not only for their content -- t
The Department of Homeland Security spent $230 million to develop better technology for detecting smuggled nuclear bombs but had to stop because the United States has run out of a crucial raw material, experts say.
I appreciate you keeping up on this, and if it is not on your drawing board, I hope you will consider it. When these power crazy bastards get all the permanent road checks completed, you will provide us with the locations. Keep up the good wo
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Besides the fact that there is no law requiring one to show their ID before boarding a plane between interstate travel, the main issue here is whether or not providing an ID actually keeps us safer. The 9/11 hijackers all had valid identifications, s
The Obama administration will propose the federal government take over safety regulation of the nation's subway and light-rail systems, responding to what it says is haphazard and ineffective oversight by state agencies.
Joe Lieberman has an ally in Janet Napolitano, Secretary of Homeland Security.
As part of an effort to derail the lawsuit brought by the ACLU on behalf of Steve Bierfeldt, who was detained and interrogated at a TSA checkpoint at the St. Louis airport, the TSA has filed a public declaration with the court that includes their lat
Washington notables broke ground on the future home of the Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday, symbolically starting construction on the biggest federal building project in the Washington area since the Pentagon 68 years ago.
Trucks that could be hauling livestock along the Kansas and Oklahoma border were detained and their drivers questioned, during a drill aimed at protecting the nation's food supply from foot-and-mouth disease. State and local authorities set up ro
Eight years after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and despite repeated mandates from Congress, the United States still has no reliable system for verifying that foreign visitors have left the country.
Only the new warning, delivered recently to police officers, sheriffs and other law enforcement personnel across the country, is lumping those dedicated to the constitutional principles on which the nation was founded together with crazed killers.
An FBI data-mining system is being used in domestic criminal investigations, and now contains thousands of records from private corporate databases, including car-rental companies, hotel chains and at least one department store.
Either the government controls the people or the people control the government. I see there is a new Terrorist warning from obama oops sorry I mean osama threatening us again.
Washington notables broke ground on the future home of the Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday, symbolically starting construction on the biggest federal building project in the Washington area since the Pentagon 68 years ago.
The United States wants to enlist its 3.4 million Girl Scouts in the effort to combat hurricanes, pandemics, terror attacks and other disasters. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) launched a campaign Tuesday to entice the blue, brown and green-clad multitudes to be even more prepared, with the promise of a new patch if they pitch in.
A day after the American Civil Liberties Union sued the Homeland Security Department for access to records on laptop searches at the border, DHS released updated guidelines on how and when a border official can search or confiscate an electronic device.
