The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is a Cabinet department of the United States federal government with the primary responsibilities of protecting the territory of the U.S. from terrorist attacks and responding to natural disasters.
Whereas the Department of Defense is charged with military actions abroad, the Department of Homeland Security works in the civilian sphere to protect the United States within, at, and outside its borders. Its stated goal is to prepare for, prevent, and respond to domestic emergencies, particularly terrorism. On March 1, 2003, DHS absorbed the Immigration and Naturalization Service and assumed its duties. In doing so, it divided the enforcement and services functions into two separate and new agencies: Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Citizenship and Immigration Services. Additionally, the border enforcement functions of the INS, the U.S. Customs Service, and the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service were consolidated into a new agency under DHS: U.S. Customs and Border Protection. The Federal Protective Service falls under Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
With more than 200,000 employees, DHS is the third largest Cabinet department, after the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs. Homeland security policy is coordinated at the White House by the Homeland Security Council. Other agencies with significant homeland security responsibilities include the Departments of Health and Human Services, Justice, and Energy.
The creation of DHS constituted the biggest government reorganization in American history, and the most substantial reorganization of federal agencies since the National Security Act of 1947, which placed the different military departments under a secretary of defense and created the National Security Council and Central Intelligence Agency. DHS also constitutes the most diverse merger of federal functions and responsibilities, incorporating 22 government agencies into a single organization.
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News Newly identified computer virus, used for spying, is 20 times size of Stuxnet
05-28-2012
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Washington Post
Researchers have identified a sophisticated new computer virus 20 times the size of Stuxnet, the malicious software that disabled centrifuges in an Iranian nuclear plant. But unlike Stuxnet, the new malware appears to be used solely for espionage.
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News Hundreds of words to avoid using online if you don't want the government spying on you
05-28-2012
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk, By Daniel Miller
The Department of Homeland Security has been forced to release a list of keywords and phrases it uses to monitor social networking sites and online media for signs of terrorist or other threats against the U.S.
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News Groups Concerned Over Arming Of Domestic Drones
05-23-2012
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CBS DC
Drones in your backyard? Possibly, if DHS has it their way. As more and more drones are being used overseas to murder those deemed enemies, civil liberties groups are worrying over whether drone patrolled roads could become a reality here at home.
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News Senate Wants To Increase Airport Rape Fees For T.S.A. Budget Shortfall
05-23-2012
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http://govtslaves.info, Erik Wasson
The Senate Appropriations Committee on Tuesday moved forward with legislation to increase airline passenger security fees, beating back a GOP attempt to keep them at current levels.
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News Homeland Security in the Land of the Free
05-21-2012
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www.batr.org
The horror stories about the Transportation Security Administration are indisputable. In the post 911 environment, civil liberties routinely ignored or eliminated, become a mere memory in a country that once prided itself as the beacon of freedom for
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News 40 Fed Agencies Man Secret Command Center Outside Chicago
05-20-2012
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InfoWars
Chicago cops, the FBI, Homeland Security, Secret Service and a large number of unnamed others have established a high-tech secret command center to surveil people exercising their First Amendment right in Chicago as the NATO war council unfolds this
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News Henry Kissinger gets groped by TSA agents in New York
05-16-2012
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http://rt.com
Winning a Nobel Prize might earn you a few perks and even a handshake from a world leader or two, but former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger learned the hard way this week that, no matter who you are, you're never excused from a TSA pat-down.
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News Metra Unveils Commuter Rail Security Restrictions For NATO
05-13-2012
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CBS News
All Metra passengers–not just those on the Electric Line–will also face carry-on restrictions and security screenings from May 19-21. Riders will be allowed one briefcase-sized bag up to 15 by 15 inches and four inches deep. Riders will not be allowe
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News After Americans become outraged with TSA, CIA announces airplane bombing thwarted
05-09-2012
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http://rt.com
American officials say they uncovered an al-Qaeda-made bomb that could have successfully passed through TSA’s security checkpoints
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News TSA Releases Video Of Pat Down Confrontation With Congressman
05-08-2012
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www.prisonplanet.com
Footage shows Texas Rep. swatting screener’s hand away from his genitals
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News “We are Preparing for Massive Civil War,” Says DHS Informant
05-08-2012
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Posted by Dominique de Kevelioc de Bailleul
In a riveting interview on TruNews Radio, Wednesday, private investigator Doug Hagmann said high-level, reliable sources told him the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is preparing for “massive civil war” in America.
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News DHS Muscles the Great Lakes
05-02-2012
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Margaret Schaut
Ore Docks and other Lakes businesses targeted by Homeland Security for free ‘security functions’ around the Great Lakes.Over the last few years, Michigan and the Great Lakes has seen a devastating surge in policing action by the Department of Homelan
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News Summit Could Mean Nazi Germany-Style Security On Trains
05-04-2012
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CBS News (video)
Some stations on the Metra Electric Line and South Shore Line could be shut down during the upcoming NATO summit, and passengers at other stations could face airport-style security screenings, due to the Secret Service security plan that could be rel
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News DHS To Release Bacteria In Boston Subway System
05-02-2012
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http://www.prisonplanet.com, Paul Joseph Watson
U.S. government has a history of dangerous biological testing on the American public
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News INNOVATIVE MOBILE APP TO COMBAT TSA PROFILING TAKES FLIGHT
04-30-2012
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Fly-Rights.Org
Introducing a quick and easy way to report complaints of air travel discrimination in real time, right after the incident occurs. The event will also be live streamed at: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/sikhcoalition
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News TSA Potbellied Pedophiles Still Grabbing Little Kids
04-27-2012
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http://www.prisonplanet.com,
Two notable incidents this week indicate that despite a “change in policy” last year, the TSA is still conducting enhanced patdowns on children as young as four years old.
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News Smartphone App Files Official TSA Complaints In Real-Time
04-27-2012
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http://govtslaves.info, Stephen C. Webster
A smartphone application set to debut next week looks to bring real-time complaint reporting to Transportation Security Administration (TSA) checkpoints.
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News Government Planning To Evacuate Chicago
04-27-2012
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http://govtslaves.info, Off Grid Survival
A couple weeks ago we told you about the Urban Warfare training that was going on in Downtown Chicago.
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News Department of Homeland Security buying up enough ammo to wage seven-year war
04-25-2012
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http://www.naturalnews.com, by Mike Adams
As we recently reported, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), an agency that says its main purpose now is to thwart "homegrown terrorism."
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News CISPA Amendment Allows DHS to Intercept Tax Returns
04-25-2012
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http://www.prisonplanet.com, Paul Joseph Watson
Perennial big government advocate Sheila Jackson Lee strikes again
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News TSA Leaves Note Telling Passenger To “Go To Hell”
04-24-2012
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http://www.prisonplanet.com, Steve Watson
Scrawled comment on complaint form after agents tampered with luggage
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News Weeping four-year-old girl accused of carrying a GUN by TSA officers
04-24-2012
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http://www.prisonplanet.com, HUGO GYE
Of all the many complaints about airport security and the TSA, one of the most common is that they make little distinction between plausible security threats and passengers unlikely to be doing anything wrong.
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News The journalist: Homeland Security's top terrorist?
04-24-2012
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http://rt.com
If you want to know what the US Department of Homeland Security has been working hard at lately, leave it to a multimedia journalist from Miami, Florida to lay it out for you: they’ve been busy on Facebook.
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News Lawyer Slams TSA “Counter-Terror” Bus Program
04-23-2012
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http://www.prisonplanet.com, Paul Joseph Watson
Police Chief tries to cover up Fourth Amendment violations
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News "The NSA Is Lying": U.S. Government Has Copies of Most of Your Emails Says NSA Whistleblow
04-22-2012
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YouTube.com
He estimates the NSA has assembled 20 trillion "transactions" — phone calls, emails and other forms of data — from Americans. This likely includes copies of almost all of the emails sent and received from most people living in the United States.
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News FBI: Hundreds Of Thousands May Lose Internet In July
04-22-2012
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com
For computer users, a few mouse clicks could mean the difference between staying online and losing Internet connections this summer.
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News Why Is It Necessary For The Federal Government To Turn The United States Into A Prison Camp?
04-22-2012
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www.prisonplanet.com, Economic Collapse Blog
There has been no society in the history of the world that has ever been 100% safe.
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News TSA Treats 95-Year-Old Wheelchair-Bound Veteran Like a "Terrorist," $300 Stolen
04-20-2012
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http://www.globalresearch.ca, Paul Joseph Watson
Wheelchair-bound 95-year-old veteran Omer Petti and his 85-year-old partner Madge Woodward were treated like terrorists by TSA agents at San Diego International airport.
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Headlines: TSA Treats 95-Year-Old Wheelchair-Bound Veteran Like a "Terrorist," $300 Stolen -- Why Is It Necessary For The Federal Government To Turn The United States Into A Prison Camp? -- FBI: Hundreds Of Thousands May Lose Internet In July -- "The NSA Is Lying": U.S. Government Has Copies of Most of Your Emails Says NSA Whistleblow -- Lawyer Slams TSA “Counter-Terror” Bus Program -- The journalist: Homeland Security's top terrorist? -- Weeping four-year-old girl accused of carrying a GUN by TSA officers -- TSA Leaves Note Telling Passenger To “Go To Hell” -- CISPA Amendment Allows DHS to Intercept Tax Returns -- Department of Homeland Security buying up enough ammo to wage seven-year war -- Government Planning To Evacuate Chicago -- Smartphone App Files Official TSA Complaints In Real-Time -- TSA Potbellied Pedophiles Still Grabbing Little Kids -- INNOVATIVE MOBILE APP TO COMBAT TSA PROFILING TAKES FLIGHT -- DHS To Release Bacteria In Boston Subway System -- Summit Could Mean Nazi Germany-Style Security On Trains -- Your Cat May Make You a Terrorist Suspect -- DHS Muscles the Great Lakes -- “We are Preparing for Massive Civil War,” Says DHS Informant -- TSA Releases Video Of Pat Down Confrontation With Congressman -- After Americans become outraged with TSA, CIA announces airplane bombing thwarted -- A Real Life Story from the Front Line - Doug Casey -- Metra Unveils Commuter Rail Security Restrictions For NATO -- Henry Kissinger gets groped by TSA agents in New York -- 40 Fed Agencies Man Secret Command Center Outside Chicago -- Homeland Security in the Land of the Free -- Senate Wants To Increase Airport Rape Fees For T.S.A. Budget Shortfall -- Groups Concerned Over Arming Of Domestic Drones -- Hundreds of words to avoid using online if you don't want the government spying on you -- Newly identified computer virus, used for spying, is 20 times size of Stuxnet --
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