Homeland Security

20,000 American Guns Trafficked to Mexican Criminals

Paul Helmke | Posted 07.07.2009 | Politics


Paul Helmke

With 20,000 illegal guns from America recovered at crime scenes in Mexico over the last five years, there is no excuse for Congress and the President not to take steps now to close the gun show loophole.

Facts Are Stubborn Things -- So Why Is Napolitano Still Knocking the DHS Extremist Report?

Frank Naif | Posted 07.02.2009 | Politics


Frank Naif

Postulating that a latter-day McVeigh or Rudolph is lurking somewhere in America is not an ideologically-driven leap of logic, it's good old-fashioned intelligence analysis.

CIA Ex-Chief Hayden Blames Bloggers, Congressional Aides for Damage Caused by His Policies

Frank Naif | Posted 06.25.2009 | Politics


Frank Naif

Senior intelligence community hacks like Michael Hayden and his peers are responsible for scuttling senior CIA analyst Phil Mudd's nomination to the senior DHS intelligence post.

The Food & Drug Administration: Broken, Now Break It Up!

Andrew Kimbrell | Posted 06.24.2009 | Politics


Andrew Kimbrell

The FDA seems to have never heard of the precautionary principle and, in service to the interests of a few chemical companies like Monsanto, put the entire eating public at risk.

US Spy Aircraft Patrolling Canadian Border Despite Ban

rawstory.com | Posted 06.23.2009 | Politics


Even though the Federal Aviation Administration has banned the use of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), the Department of Homeland Security currently h...

DHS To End Domestic Satellite Spying Program, Reports AP

AP | EILEEN SULLIVAN | Posted 06.22.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano plans to kill a program begun by the Bush administration that would use U.S. spy satel...

Latest Sell-Out: Dems Moving to Gut Chemical Security Bill, Risking Millions of Lives

Art Levine | Posted 06.19.2009 | Green


Art Levine

Democrats have apparently been cowed by intensive industry lobbying and Republican legislators' talking-points at recent hearings denouncing the new bill as a jobs-killer.

Biloxi Removing FEMA Trailers, Undermining Obama and Victimizing Katrina Survivors

Jeffrey Buchanan | Posted 06.12.2009 | Politics


Jeffrey Buchanan

The Biloxi City Council will vote June 16th on an ordinance, backed by the City's community development office, forcing FEMA trailers to be removed from residential zones by August 9th.

Wingnut Murder Spree or Are WE Part of the Problem?

Rob Kall | Posted 06.11.2009 | Media


Rob Kall

The extremist right wing echo chamber has decided to sow unrest by characterizing left wingers and their positions as anti-American, murderous, traitorous, thieving, criminal, family-threatening, communist, socialist, perverted, deranged... and it is working.

The Politicization of Our Safety by Republicans and Right-wingers

Senate Guru | Posted 06.10.2009 | Politics


Senate Guru

Our public safety and national security should never be politicized, especially not by Republicans and right-wingers desperate for relevance in the media.

Bernard Kerik, Indicted Ex-NYC Police Boss, Accused Of Lying To White House

AP | Posted 05.27.2009 | Politics


NEW YORK (AP) -- Former New York City police Commissioner Bernard Kerik (KEHR'-ihk) has been indicted on charges of making false statements to White H...

Will Al-Qaeda Nuke America?

Sheldon Filger | Posted 05.13.2009 | Politics


Sheldon Filger

It has been nearly eight years since Al-Qaeda struck the United States on September 11, 2001. In the aftermath of that transformational event, some ha...

What's FISHY? -- PawLENTY!

Coleen Rowley | Posted 05.10.2009 | Politics


Coleen Rowley

Governor PawLENTY's been stealing from the poor to give to the wealthy! He must still think his "no new taxes" piracy is the surefire, cutthroat way to the GOP presidency.

The Swine AcCHORDS: Infectious Disease Surveillance in the 21st Century

Vikrum Aiyer | Posted 05.06.2009 | World


Vikrum Aiyer

Regional disease surveillance networks be established -- both among developing countries and developed ones -- in order to improve the quality of detection and control across borders.

Where's the (Fake) Conservative Outrage on This Threat Assessment?

John Ridley | Posted 05.01.2009 | Politics


John Ridley

If conservatives are so sensitive to "shoddy" threat assessments, where's the (fake) outrage over Virginia's recently leaked report that the state's historically black colleges form a "radicalization node" for extremists?

Homeland Secretary Napolitano Apologizes To Veterans Group For Extremism Report

AP | EILEEN SULLIVAN | Posted 04.24.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano met with the American Legion on Friday to apologize for a right-wing extremism report ...

National Guard Troops Could Be Sent To Mexico Border To Fight Drug War

Washington Post | Mary Beth Sheridan, Spencer S. Hsu and Steve Fainaru | Posted 04.24.2009 | World


The Pentagon and Homeland Security Department are developing contingency plans to send National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexican border under a $350 m...

Danny Shea

Fox News Files Freedom Of Information Request With Department Of Homeland Security Over Right Wing Extremist Threat

HuffingtonPost.com | Danny Shea | Posted 04.22.2009 | Media


The Huffington Post has obtained a letter from Fox News to the Department of Homeland Security requesting they release the entire report on the right-...

Sharing Tea Bags with Right Wing Extremists

Bob Cesca | Posted 04.15.2009 | Politics


Bob Cesca

Whether intentional or not, the talkers and bloggers who appear to be driving the post-Bush crazy train have opened up the conservative tent to some pretty unsavory and dangerous characters.

Homeland Security Report Warns Of Rising Right-Wing Extremism

Huffington Post/AP | Posted 04.14.2009 | Politics


If you think the conservative "Tea Party" movement is daunting, take a look at a new report issued by the Department of Homeland Security that says ri...

Civil liberties: What, me Worry?

Chip Berlet | Posted 04.07.2009 | Politics


Chip Berlet

With civil liberties, one size fits all. Yesterday I was on a panel at the Conference on World Affairs about civil liberties with three other panelist...

The Term "Man Caused Disasters" Sounds Weak, but the "War on Terror" Has Always Been Weaker

Yvonne R. Davis | Posted 04.06.2009 | World


Yvonne R. Davis

President Obama knows the United States has been losing these wars and also knows the terrible impact these wars have had on a group of people when they are labeled and targeted.

The $50 billion price tag for America's irrational fears

Ian Welsh | Posted 03.24.2009 | Politics


Ian Welsh

The US spends almost half the world's military spending and too many Americans seem to think that it needs to spend more, not less.

Blowing Things Up: In Praise of a Pyrotechnical Education

Dan Dubno | Posted 03.17.2009 | Business


Dan Dubno

I'm not suggesting we raise a nation of pyromaniacs. But youthful experimentation is a prerequisite to innovation, to giving kids "license to think outside the box."

Police Brutality Part II

Norm Stamper | Posted 03.16.2009 | Politics


Norm Stamper

After coming to grips with my behavior as a rookie, I set out to reclaim the values I thought I'd brought to the job--and turned myself into a hydrophobic gasbag of a police reformer.