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Homeland Security

20,000 American Guns Trafficked to Mexican Criminals

Paul Helmke | Posted 07.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Homeland Security, Eliot Engel, Assault Weapons, Gun Trafficking, Gun Control, Mexico, Joe Biden, Guns, Illegal Guns, Barack Obama, Eric Holder, Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives, Rahm Emanuel, Janet Napolitano, Nancy Pelosi, Hillary Clinton, Gao, Mexico Drug Wars, Politics News
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.

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

Frank Naif | Posted 07.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Department of Homeland Security, Right Wing DHS Report, Intelligence, Politicization, Right Wing Extremism, Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano, Dhs Report, Domestic Terrorism, Dhs, Minutemen, Right-Wing Extremism, Politics News
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.

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

Frank Naif | Posted 06.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Department of Homeland Security, Cheetos, CIA Interrogations, Michael Hayden, Bloggers, Homeland Security, Financial Crisis, CIA Torture, Philip Mudd, Gen. Michael Hayden, Leon Panetta, Leon Panetta CIA, Politics News
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.

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

Andrew Kimbrell | Posted 06.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bush Administration, Politics of Food, Melamine, Homeland Security, Food Crisis, President Obama, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Mercury, Food Safety, Food, Fda, Peanut Butter Recall, Margaret Hamburg, Politics News
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.

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US Spy Aircraft Patrolling Canadian Border Despite Ban

rawstory.com | Posted 06.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Faa Ban, Canadian-American Relations, Homeland Security, Spy Aircraft, Security Breech, US Spy Drone, Politics News

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

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DHS To End Domestic Satellite Spying Program, Reports AP

AP | EILEEN SULLIVAN | Posted 06.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Homeland Security, Dhs, Napolitano Satellite Spying, Domestic Satellite Spying, Satellite Spying, Napolitano Dhs, Politics News

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

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

Art Levine | Posted 06.19.2009 | Green

Read More: Chemical Security, Labor, Greenpeace, Chemical Industry, Unions, Chemical Plants, Terrorism, Homeland Security, Bill Maher, Green News
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.

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Biloxi Removing FEMA Trailers, Undermining Obama and Victimizing Katrina Survivors

Jeffrey Buchanan | Posted 06.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Fema, Mississippi, Human Rights, Homelessness, Acorn, Homeland Security, Hurricane Katrina, Fema Trailers, Oxfam, Barack Obama, Aclu, Housing Crisis, Naacp, Biloxi, Gene Taylor, Gulf Coast Civic Works Act, Joseph Cao, Advancement Projecy, Gulf Coast, Robert Kennedy, Politics News
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.

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Wingnut Murder Spree or Are WE Part of the Problem?

Rob Kall | Posted 06.11.2009 | Media

Read More: Extremists, Hate Crimes, Holocaust Museum Shooting, Wingnuts, Homeland Security, Racism, Fbi, Hate Speech, Abortion Doctor Murder, Extremism, Media News
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.

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The Politicization of Our Safety by Republicans and Right-wingers

Senate Guru | Posted 06.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Politicization, Republicans, Public Safety, Domestic Terrorism, Homeland Security, Right-Wingers, Politics News
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.

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

AP | Posted 05.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: New York City Police Cheif, Rudy Giuliani, Homeland Security, Bernard Kerik, Giuliani Kerik, Politics News

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...

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Will Al-Qaeda Nuke America?

Sheldon Filger | Posted 05.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Jihad, Homeland Security, Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, Pakistan, 9/11, Ayman Al-Zawahiri, Nuclear Terrorism, Osama Bin Laden, War on Terror, Politics News
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...

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What's FISHY? -- PawLENTY!

Coleen Rowley | Posted 05.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Minnesota-Governor-Tim-Pawlenty, Department of Homeland Security, Tim Pawlenty, Pirates, Minnesota, No-New-Taxes, Domestic Extremism Lexicon, Homeland Security, Minnesota Fishing Opener, Politics News
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.

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

Vikrum Aiyer | Posted 05.06.2009 | World

Read More: Homeland Security, President Obama, Swine Flu, Global Health and Security Initiative, H1N1 Influenza, Sam Nunn, Rockefeller Foundation, Dr. Keiji Fukuda, Mexican Health Secretary Jose Angel Cordova, World Health Organization, Nuclear Threat Initiative, Health and Human Services, Ibm, Chords, Nti, Ghsi, World News
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.

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

John Ridley | Posted 05.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Department of Homeland Security, Homegrown Terrorists, Homeland Security, Politics News
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?

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Homeland Secretary Napolitano Apologizes To Veterans Group For Extremism Report

AP | EILEEN SULLIVAN | Posted 04.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Janet Napolitano, Homeland Security Department, Homeland Security, Politics News

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

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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

Read More: Pentagon, Homeland Security, Mexico Drug War, US Military, Mexico Drug Cartels, Obama Administration, Mexico, Obama, Us Mexico Drug Trafficking, Barack Obama, Mexico Drugs, US-Mexico Border, Mexico Drug Violence, Mexico Drug Wars, National Guard, World News

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...

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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

Read More: Fox News, Freedom of Information Act, Fox News Homeland Security, Foia, FOIA Requests, Homeland Security, Media News

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-...

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Sharing Tea Bags with Right Wing Extremists

Bob Cesca | Posted 04.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Warrantless Wiretapping, Tax Day Tea Party, Wingnuts, Warrantless Surveillance, Terrorism, Homeland Security, Glenn Beck, Right Wing, Fisa, Michelle Malkin, Politics News
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.

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Homeland Security Report Warns Of Rising Right-Wing Extremism

Huffington Post/AP | Posted 04.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Dhs Report, DHS Document, DHS Extremism PDF, Right Wing Extremism Reaction, Dhs Report Reaction, Right Wing Extremism, Conservatives and Dhs Report, Homeland Security Report, Homeland Security Right Wing, Dhs Right Wing, Right Wing Extremist, Department of Homeland Security Report, Homeland Security Tea Party, Homeland Security Reports, Homeland Security Right Wing Extremists, Homeland Security, Dhs Report Right Wing, Dhs Right Wing Extremism, Homeland Security Right Wing Extremist, Iraq, Afghanistan, Politics News

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...

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Civil liberties: What, me Worry?

Chip Berlet | Posted 04.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Civil Liberties, Terrorism, Homeland Security, Politics News
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...

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

Yvonne R. Davis | Posted 04.06.2009 | World

Read More: Drugs, Mexican Drug Cartel, Osama Bin Laden Capture, War on Terrorism, Ronald Reagan, War on Terror, Osama Bin Laden, Global Contingency Operations, Civil Rights Legislation, U.S., American Democracy, War on Terror Oxymoron, World, World News, Politics News, Arabs, Middle East, Homeland Security Secretary, Subnational Groups, Terrorists, Overseas Contigency Operations, Terror, The Homeland, Clandestine Agents Obama Administration, African Americans, Mexico's Drug War, Obama 44, Homeland Security, Politics, Man Caused Disasters, Mexico, Bush 43, U.S. International Law, America's Psyche, Republican Clerics, Barack Obama, Warfare, War on Poverty, Zbigniew Brzezinski, Central Command, Muslims, Racial Profiling, Lyndon B. Johnson, Janet Napolitano, Republicans, War on Drugs, Poverty, Patriotism, Nationalism, World News
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.

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

Ian Welsh | Posted 03.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Boondoggles, Homeland Security, Military Spending, Politics News
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.

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Blowing Things Up: In Praise of a Pyrotechnical Education

Dan Dubno | Posted 03.17.2009 | Business

Read More: Competitiveness, Research, Homeland Security, Science, Barack Obama, Explosion, Department of Homeland Security, Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives, Education, Office of Naval Research, Dan Dubno, Obama Budget, Dean Kamen, Robotics, FIRST Robotics National Championship, Bombing, Darpa, China, Business News
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."

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Police Brutality Part II

Norm Stamper | Posted 03.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Milgram, Drug War, Paul Schene, Homeland Security, Sexism, Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, Police Brutality, Homophobia, Racism, Zimbardo, Politics News
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.

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