Homeland Security

Homeland Insecurity

Brad Listi | Posted 01.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: White House, United States of America, Brad Listi, National Security, American History, Inauguration, Homeland Security, President Obama, Joe Biden, President-Elect Obama, Barack Obama, Politics News
Brad Listi

Back in the old days, the White House was wide open. Citizens could enter freely -- much like they enter, say, the post office or the local police station in modern times.

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Dammit, Janet! Napolitano's Ascent to Homeland Security Could Leave Arizona High and Dry

Randall Amster | Posted 01.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Cabinet, Department of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano Homeland Security, Arizona, Janet Napolitano, Homeland Security, Governor Janet Napolitano, Politics News
Randall Amster

By most accounts, Jane Napolitano's been a competent and capable governor, which is something of a rarity in the annals of Arizona.

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Blagojevich's Homeland Security Credential Stripped

AP | CARYN ROUSSEAU | Posted 01.02.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Blagojevich Security Access, Blagojevich Scandal, Rod Blagojevich, Homeland Security, Chicago News

CHICAGO — The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has revoked embattled Gov. Rod Blagojevich's access to classified federal security informatio...

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Homeland Security USA: ABC Reality Show Will Track Border Police

AP | LYNN ELBER | Posted 12.23.2008 | Media

Read More: Homeland Security Reality Show, Border Patrol Reality Show, Homeland Security USA, Abc, Border Patrol, Homeland Security, Media News

LOS ANGELES — Ratings champion "American Idol" will face serious competition when it returns next month: the Department of Homeland Security. "...

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Change Out at Defense

Zoë Baird and Alec Gewirtz | Posted 12.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Duke Basketball, Homeland Security, Department of Defense, Coach K, Basketball, Defense Department, Defense Secretary Gates, Politics News
Zoë Baird and Alec Gewirtz

In a sport Obama loves, there is an analogy which captures the changes needed at the Department of Defense. For DOD to equip itself for 21st century threats it needs to learn to be both the big man and the point guard.

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Songs for the Season: "A Ho-Ho-Horowitz Christmas!"

Rick Horowitz | Posted 12.11.2008 | Style

Read More: George Bush, White House, Investments, Joe the Plumber, Christmas Parodies, Homeland Security, Holiday Songs, Chicago, Satirical Songs, Economy, George W. Bush, Christmas, Obama Administration, Sarah Palin, 401(K), Auto Bailout, Patrick Fitzgerald, Satire, General Motors, Obama Cabinet, Financial Crisis, Hurricane Katrina, Xmas, Financial Meltdown, Illinois, Detroit, Karl Rove, Michelle Obama, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Ford, Congress, Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Chrysler, Christmas Songs, Bush Administration, Wall Street, Rod Blagojevich, Janet Napolitano, Santa Claus, Car Czar, Hillary Clinton, Style News
Rick Horowitz

You'd better watch out/ And heed what I say/You'd better protect your 401(k)/Nasty times are coming to town.

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Flag International: Global Perspectives On The American Flag

Lauri Lyons | Posted 12.10.2008 | World

Read More: Europe, Election Day, 9/11, Multicultural, Globalization, Iraq, America, England, Politics, Freedom of Speech, Muslims, First Amendment, American Flag, Ireland, Italy, Germany, Americana, Belgium, Homeland Security, European Union, Melting Pot, Barack Obama, Abu Ghraib, France, Patriot Act, u.s. Foreign Policy, Patriotism, Obama Election Day, Iraq War, Religion and Politics, Identity, International Relations, Holland, Spain, World News
Lauri Lyons

What is America? Growing up, I have been able to view the country from several perspectives: Black, female, first-generation American, and a former military child.

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What Is This "Czar" Business?

Kathleen Reardon | Posted 12.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Leadership, Michelle Obama, Auto Czar, GM China, Rod Blagojevich, Homeland Security, Nancy Pelosi, Paul Volcker, Barack Obama, Henry Paulson, Politics News
Kathleen Reardon

Why should we trust a single person to oversee how taxpayer money will be spent by companies that have already demonstrated a narrow focus on short term profits and plumping the pillows of senior management?

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Top Homeland Security Official Accused Of Hiring Illegal Immigrants To Clean Her House

AP | DENISE LAVOIE | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Homeland Security, Lorraine Henderson, US Attorney, Illegal Immigrants, Politics News

BOSTON — A top Homeland Security official in Boston was accused Friday of repeatedly hiring illegal immigrants to clean her home, even warning o...

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NYC Subway Terror Plot May Threaten Holidays, Feds Warn

AP | DEVLIN BARRETT and TOM HAYS | Posted 11.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Al Qaida, Paranoia, Homeland Security, New York City, Terrorism, Subway, Al Qaeda, Politics News

From the AP: Police bolstered security in subways and trains Wednesday after the government warned that al-Qaida suicide bombers were contemplating an...

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Don't Tell William Langewiesche to "Have a Safe Flight" (and Other Ways to Avoid Self-Destruction in the War on Terror)

David Quigg | Posted 11.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama Presidential Transition, William Langewiesche, War on Terror, Afghanistan, The Atomic Bazaar, Terrorism, Homeland Security, Vanity Fair, George W. Bush, 9/11, Barack Obama, Osama Bin Laden, Al Qaeda, Politics News, Nuclear Weapons, Middle East, Iraq War, American Ground, Nuclear Proliferation, September 11th, Politics News
David Quigg

Langewiesche thinks we are probably too scared for a president to reason with us -- about terrorism, about our self-defeating wish for total safety. I'm not so sure.

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Friday Talking Points [56] -- Turkeys Everywhere!

Chris Weigant | Posted 11.21.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

While today is not officially Turkey Day, I will warn you in advance that it's going to be a theme running through today's column, like gravy through ...

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The Change To Competency

James Boyce | Posted 11.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Change, Barack Obama, Department of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano Homeland Security, Obama Cabinet, Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano, Obama's Cabinet, Eric Holder, Politics News
James Boyce

Finally today we have the "news" that the Department of Homeland Security has wasted $60 billion in spending, is rudderless and I might add, clueless.

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Janet Napolitano, Homeland Security Secretary?

Huffington Post | Posted 11.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Department of Homeland Security, Napolitano Homeland Security, Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano, Homeland Security Secretary, Obama Cabinet, Obama's Cabinet, Barack Obama, Eric Holder, Politics News

***Update 12/1, 11 AM*** At a news conference today, Obama introduced his picks of retired Marine Gen. James Jones as White House national security ...

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Barack: Talk To Us Like Grownups About Terrorism and Save Us From Ourselves

David Quigg | Posted 11.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama Presidential Transition, William Langewiesche, War on Terror, Afghanistan, Homeland Security, The Atomic Bazaar, Terrorism, Scott Louis Weber, George W. Bush, 9/11, David Kilcullen, Barack Obama, Obama Race Speech, Al Qaeda, George Packer, Nuclear Weapons, Audacity of Hope, Nuclear Proliferation, September 11th, Politics News
David Quigg

When we let shock or panic or a lust for vengeance guide us, we are a greater danger to ourselves than terrorists ever could be. Any terrorists. With any weapon.

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Nico Pitney and Sam Stein

Dean: Keeping Lieberman As Chairman Is Shrewd Move

HuffingtonPost.com | Nico Pitney and Sam Stein | Posted 11.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Democratic Party Lieberman, Joseph Lieberman, Howard Dean, Homeland Security, Democratic Party, Lieberman Committee Chair, Howard Dean Huffington Post, Dean Lieberman, Politics News

DNC Chair Howard Dean welcomed the decision to keep Senator Joseph Lieberman as head of the Homeland Security Committee and, consequently, in the Demo...

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Only One Day Left to Tell Your Senators "Lieberman Must Go!"

ZP Heller | Posted 11.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Caucus, Committee, John McCain, Homeland Security, Meet the Bloggers, Cenk Uygur, Iraq, Robert Greenwald, Democrats, Chairmanship, Barack Obama, Brave New Foundation, Satyam Khanna, Blackwater, Joe Lieberman, Hurricane Katrina, Republicans, Politics News
ZP Heller

Stripping Lieberman of his committee chairmanships is not about exacting revenge. Lieberman has careened to the right on both foreign and domestic policy issues.

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Do You Want Lieberman to Have Subpoena Power to Investigate President Obama?

Robert Greenwald | Posted 11.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Democratic Steering Committee, Lieberman Must Go, Homeland Security, Barack Obama, Joe Lieberman, Fire, John McCain, Chairmanship, Politics News
Robert Greenwald

Lieberman has proven he cannot be trusted to hold a high rank within the Democratic caucus. That is why we launched Lieberman Must Go last summer.

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If National Security Matters, Don't Vote GOP

Donna and Ed Bassett | Posted 10.28.2008 | Home

Read More: Aviation, John McCain 2008, Bush Administration, Edward Markey, National Security, Homeland Security, Election 2008, Aviation Security, Security, Joseph Crowley, Voting, National Security Barack Obama, September 11, 9/11, Hollywood, McCain Palin, Bush Administration National Security, National Security GOP, Obama Biden 08, National Security John Mccain, Home News
Donna and Ed Bassett

We haven't been hit domestically again by terrorists because of the work of dedicated men and women, domestic and foreign, who have kept us safe -- in spite of the Bush Administration, not because of it.

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Homeland Security

Kate Clinton | Posted 10.11.2008 | Home

Read More: Ohio Swing State, California Martial Law, Vice Presidential Debate, Gay Rights, Proposition 8, Homeland Security, Financial Crisis, Credit Crisis, California Prop 8, Joe Biden, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mormons Polygamy, Gay Marriage, Sarah Palin, Yes on Prop 8 Mormons, Home News
Kate Clinton

Though I have not looked, I bet you twenty dollars my 401K looks like the Y2K. Actually, make that five dollars. I have been treating my 01K as I tr...

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From a West Bank Jail to the Governor's Mansion: How One Judge Weighed a Popular Imam's Suspicious Past

Elizabeth Dwoskin | Posted 10.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Palestine, Muslim-Americans, Mohammad Qatanani, Homeland Security, Terrorism, Imam, Hamas, Israel, Torture, Politics News
Elizabeth Dwoskin

For months, Muslims across the tri-state area waged a campaign to support their beloved imam. Many had never been politically active, until he was threatened with deportation.

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Hand Grenade Found In DC Park

Washington Post | Howard Schneider | Posted 10.01.2008 | Home

Read More: Washington DC, Homeland Security, Terrorism, Home News

A maintenance worker found a hand grenade near a sports field in Rock Creek Park this morning, prompting officials to close 16th St. and call the mili...

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Feingold Fights Search And Seizure Of Our Laptops

Bob Geiger | Posted 09.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Russ Feingold, Right to Privacy, Laptop Security, Airport Security, Laptop Searches, Laptop Privacy, Homeland Security, Privacy, Politics News
Bob Geiger

Feingold's would require all DHS agents to have reasonable suspicion before searching the contents of laptops or other electronic equipment carried by U.S. citizens.

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Obama, McCain on National Security and Nuclear Proliferation

Eliza Margarita Bates and Cara Zwerling | Posted 09.17.2008 | Home

Read More: Department of Homeland Security, Infrastructure, John McCain, Tom Ridge, War on Terror, Food Crisis, National Security, Homeland Security, Brownie, Election 2008, Obama National Security, Duct Tape, Water Crisis, Barack Obama, Defense Department, Terrorist Attack, Barack Obama Nuclear Weapons, 9/11, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Nuclear Weapons, Us Security, Nuclear Deterrence, North Korea Nuclear Program, Barack Obama Nuclear Proliferation, Nuclear Proliferation, Home News
Eliza Margarita Bates and Cara Zwerling

Where do Obama and McCain stand on these issues? To start, McCain, the nominee of what used to called the "small government party," wants to create two entirely new government organizations.

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9/11 and the GOP's False Sense of Security

David Quigg | Posted 09.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Lies, John McCain, Richard Clarke, War on Terror, Counterterrorism, Homeland Security, Terrorism, Sarah Palin, 9/11, Election 2008, Barack Obama, Dick Cheney, Al Qaeda, John Mccain Terrorism, Politics News
David Quigg

Our safety depends on us acting together. And our shared action depends on a basic shared understanding that it is far too soon to claim "never again."

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