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"
When Patagonia resident Iris Cooper, 18, turned her car around two miles before a Border Patrol checkpoint because she had forgotten her schoolbooks, she didn’t foresee being forced from her vehicle and handcuffed for a half an hour while agents wait
Additionally, an inspector is observed attempting to open and search a private cargo container in a private conveyance absent consent from the driver or probable cause. This action violates limitations imposed on internal checkpoint operations by the
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 federal government has paid an illegal immigrant $48,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging he was assaulted and illegally arrested by two U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents while waiting for his 6-year-old son at a bus stop.
The violent and publ
Instead of serving as an independent agency conducting a neutral review regarding the effectiveness of internal checkpoints, in its report the GAO went out of its way to downplay data showing border operations are more than ten times more effective t
The last speaker identifies herself as a Tubac homeowner who wants to know how checkpoints can be effective if all they do is verbally request someone to state their citizenship.
Chief Gilbert indicates that checkpoint agents are trained to look f
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.
GAO representative Richard Stana responds to Marshals questions regarding SBInet from the previous video. Stana indicated neither SBInet or Project 28 have lived up to expectations but work will continue on them. He also indicated SBInet's ultimate g
Of special note is Chief Gilbert's feigned outrage after being accused of not listening to community concerns regarding the proposed checkpoint. To show just how much concern he has, Gilbert assured the speaker the community will have a say in the ty
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
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
Representative Giffords responds in this video by making it clear she's bought the Department of Homeland Security's propaganda hook, line and sinker. She indicates the maps of (permanent) checkpoint locations and statistics speak for themselves. I w
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.
To really add insult to injury, Chief Gilbert went on to say the American people deserve a 'defense in depth' but failed to mention whether or not the American people also deserved to be routinely stopped, seized, interrogated and searched absent sus
Stana went on to say he wanted to conduct comparisons between different checkpoint operations but made no mention of comparing checkpoint operations to actual border operations. As I've pointed out elsewhere, doing so would have undermined the GAO's
Chief Gilbert goes on to indicate the Border Patrol collaborates closely with local and state enforcement efforts while ignoring the fact that numbers from the GAO report make it clear border interdiction operations are far more effective than intern
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
Chief Gilbert attempted to artificially bolster the argument in favor of internal checkpoints by misrepresenting facts surrounding an increase in drug interdictions at checkpoints. Gilbert created the impression the increase was due to interdicting m
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
A full expense report was recently released by the CBO estimating the costs of PASS ID. A PDF of complete report is available for download via GovTrack.us
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.
If a Dept of Homeland Security-funded project is successful, airport travelers in the near future will be scanned for body signals. It’s being touted as “convenient”, and it will be–if your signals are just right. But if they’re too high or too low,
A federal appeals court may have slapped the FBI for its misuse of gag orders to prevent discussion of government investigations conducted under the authority of National Security Letters, but that hasn't slowed the feds very much.
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