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Andrea Stone

Homeland Security Budget Cuts Leaving Cities On Their Own

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrea Stone | Posted 12.29.2011

Read More: Natural Disasters, Police, Homeland Security, Homeland Security Funds, Department of Homeland Security, Video, Minneapolis Bridge Collapse, Counterterrorism, Janet Napolitano, Homeland Security Grants, Gabrielle Giffords, Fusion Centers, Joplin Tornado, Dhs, Uasi, Federal Grants, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- When the I-35W bridge in Minneapolis collapsed in 2007, a specially equipped urban search and rescue team based in the Twin Cities respo...

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2011 in Review

Shan Wells | Posted 02.27.2012

Read More: Fbi, Fusion Centers, Drones, Sopa, Occupy Wall Street, 2011, Gps, Patriot Act, Politics News, Japan Tsunami, Tsa, Arab Spring, Vipr, Somalia Famine, Iraq War, Slidepollajax, Pipa, Denver News
Shan Wells

2011 will long be remembered as the flip side of 2008, as it hosted a GOP pre-season primary every bit as tough as the famous Clinton/Obama duel, but much sillier.

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2011: A Civil Liberties Year in Review

John W. Whitehead | Posted 02.26.2012

Read More: Iraq War, Patriot Act, Tsa, Arab Spring, Vipr, Japan Tsunami, Somalia Famine, Pipa, Occupy Wall Street, Fbi, Fusion Centers, Gps, Drones, Sopa, Politics News
John W. Whitehead

All in all, it's been a mixed bag of a year, but on the civil liberties front, things were particularly grim.

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'For Official Use Only' Intel Memo Directs Police to Pipe Down on Facebook

G.W. Schulz | Posted 05.25.2011

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G.W. Schulz

In February of 2009, Gary Waters went to court in Brooklyn, accused of possessing a loaded 9mm handgun and bundle of ammo while on parole for burglary. It looked like a simple case. But Waters escaped the charge. Why?

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