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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 11.06.2008 | 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 11.01.2008 | 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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Obama, McCain on National Security and Nuclear Proliferation

Eliza Margarita Bates and Cara Zwerling | Posted 10.18.2008 | 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 10.17.2008 | 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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McCain, Obama on International Diplomacy and Immigration

Eliza Margarita Bates and Cara Zwerling | Posted 10.16.2008 | Home

Read More: Immigration Reform, Mccain Immigration Reform, John McCain, Homeland Security, Immigration, Election 2008, Border Fence, Border Security, Lou Dobbs Immigration, Tom Tancredo, Immigration Debate, United Nations Obama, Foreign Affairs Obama, Obama Immigration Reform, Barack Obama, United Nations Mccain, League of Democracies, Security Council Mccain, League of Nations, Bush Unilateralism, UN Human Rights, Obama Diplomacy, Fareed Zakaria Democracies, McCain Diplomacy, Un Secretariat, Zimbabwe Elections, Security Council Obama, Home News
Eliza Margarita Bates and Cara Zwerling

Over the course of this week, OffTheBus will be running a primer on some of the most important foreign policy issues the next president will face. Today, the primer looks at where Obama and McCain stand on international diplomacy and immigration.

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7 Years Later: Could Civilians Be Key to Winning the War on Terror?

Frances Moore Lappe | Posted 10.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Civil War, War on Terror, Gwot, Afghanistan, Homeland Security, Terrorism, War, Civilian Casualties, Barack Obama, Afghanistan War, Iraq War, Military, Surge, Iraqi Civilian Deaths, Counterterrorism, Human Rights Watch, World Trade Center, Iraq, September 11th, Counterinsurgency, Politics News
Frances Moore Lappe

More and more people around the world are disavowing violence against civilians, and support for terrorism is drying up.

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After Gustav: Where's the Home in Homeland?

Linda Cronin-Gross | Posted 10.05.2008 | Green

Read More: New Orleans, Common Dreams, Hurricane, Gustav, Jazz, Homeland, Homeland Security, Molly Ivins, Hurricane Gustav, Katrina, Hurricane Katrina, Nola, Esquizito, Green News
Linda Cronin-Gross

One would think that the relatively new federal department, Homeland Security, would be doing its best to defend our homes, to keep us where our heart and hearth reside.

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Bias At Homeland Security Led To Poor Site For $451 Mil. Lab

AP | LARRY MARGASAK | Posted 09.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Homeland Security, Department of Homeland Security, Mississippi, Bioterrorism, Politics News

WASHINGTON — The Homeland Security Department swept aside evaluations of government experts and named Mississippi _ home to powerful U.S. lawmak...

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U.S. Headed For "Heightened Alert" Anti-Terror Stage

ABC News | Posted 08.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Terror Attack, Election Terror Attack, Homeland Security, Counterterrorism, Period of Heightened Alert, Politics News

Government officials have been quietly stepping up counterterror efforts out of a growing concern that al Qaeda or similar organizations might try to ...

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Roxanna Brown: How Can This Happen in America?

Mort Rosenblum | Posted 07.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Justice, Homeland Security, Freedoms, Civil Rights, Fraud, Thailand, Roxanna Brown, Identity Theft, Habeas Corpus, Politics News
Mort Rosenblum

However unintended, Roxanna Brown suffered capital punishment without trial because of what appears to be simple identity theft, now so common to our daily lives.

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Bush Homeland Security Adviser Blames Reporter For "Cash For Access" Scandal

Talking Points Memo | Posted 07.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Homeland Security, Bush Administration, Bush Library Donations, Bush Library Foundation, Bush Library, Stephen Payne, Bush Library Donors, Politics News

It was the reporter's fault. That's pretty much what Homeland Security adviser and Houston businessman Stephen Payne said. Payne claims he never mea...

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Real Homeland Security

Geoffrey R. Stone | Posted 07.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Civil Liberties, Mukasey Civil Liberties, Civil Liberties Advisor, Homeland Security, Harry Truman, Woodrow Wilson, Patriot Act Civil Liberties, Ramsey Clark, Fdr, Habeas Corpus, Politics News
Geoffrey R. Stone

The next president should create a brand new position, which should become a permanent part of the Executive Branch in the future: a Civil Liberties Advisor.

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Seth Colter Walls

Senators In Heated Clash Over Bush's Privacy Record

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 07.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: Russ Feingold, Privacy, Homeland Security, Sam Brownback, Politics News

Partisan tensions rose to the surface at the close of a Wednesday hearing before a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and...

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US Military May Not Be Ready for Attack

Associated Press | Lolita Baldor | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Warwire, War on Terror, War in Afghanistan, War in Iraq, Homeland Security, Afghanistan War, Politics News

The U.S. military isn't ready for a catastrophic attack on the country, and National Guard forces don't have the equipment or training they need for t...

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Chairman Of Homeland Security Committee Endorses Obama

The Swamp | Mike Dorning | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama 2008, Democratic Primary, Endorsements, Bennie Thompson, Homeland Security, Democratic Presidential Candidate, 9/11 Commission, Obama, Barack Obama Race, 2008 Election, Obama Endorsement, Barack Obama, Politics News

Congressman Bennie Thompson, an African-American Democrat from Mississippi, endorsed Barack Obama in a conference call a few minutes ago. Thompson is...

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As If High School Weren't Terrifying Enough

236.com | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Homeland Security, High School Security, Homeland Security and High Schools, 236.Com, Politics News

Patriotic school administrators at Joppatowne High School in Joppatowne, Md. (winner: Funnest Town Name To Say, 1998-2004) have launched the first hom...

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Townsend's Farewell Letter To Bush: "You Are Such A Man"

Atlanta Journal Constitution | Ken Herman | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Fran Townsend, Breaking Politics News, Francis Townsend, Homeland Security, Fran Townsend and George W. Bush, Politics News

Top White House Homeland Security Adviser Fran Townsend resigned today after four and a half years at her post. Here's Fran Townsend's resignation l...

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White House Exodus Continues: Homeland Security Advisor Fran Townsend Resigns

AP | BEN FELLER | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Fran Townsend, Fran Townsend and George W. Bush, Francis Townsend, Homeland Security, Politics News

Fran Townsend, the leading White House-based terrorism adviser who gave public updates on the extent of the threat to U.S. security, is stepping down...

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House Aides On NASCAR Trip Advised To Get Tetanus, Hepatitis Shots

The Charlotte Observer | LISA ZAGAROLI | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Nascar, Homeland Security, Tetanus, Politics News

NASCAR fans might seem rabid, but are they actually contagious? Getting a hepatitis shot is standard procedure for travelers to parts of Africa and A...

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Giuliani Security Adviser: "Too Many Mosques" In

AP | DEVLIN BARRETT | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Radical Islam, Rudy Giuliani, Mosques, Homeland Security, Politics News

A homeland security adviser to Rudy Giuliani came under fire Thursday for claiming there were "too many mosques" in the United States -- and defended ...

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