Tag: homeland stupidity
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dhs finalizing plans for domestic spy satellite program
congress has not been updated since civil liberties concerns delayed satellite spying from raw story: A plan to dramatically widen US law enforcement agencies’ access to data from powerful spy satellites is moving toward implementation, as Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff expects to finalize a charter for the program this week, according to…
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homeland security visited omaha mall before massacre
from truthnews: It was a coincidence, no doubt. Not only did Bush visit Omaha prior to the massacre, but so did the Ministry of Homeland Security. “We learned today that shortly before the shooting a Homeland Security employee visited the West Roads Mall to talk with officials about the mall’s security,” reports Charles Gibson for…
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november clearinghouse
teachers, teens immerse selves in mock danger of ‘1984’* mayor claims he was abducted by satanists* video: rabbi weiss, outside annapolis peace confab, rips zionism* teens go on homeland security scavenger hunt* paul believes in threat of north american superhighway* ron paul smear attempts reflect ‘frightened’ & ‘insecure’ establishment* military families support ron paul’s platform…
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fdny being trained as homeland stasi
from telegraph: A scheme to train firefighters in major cities to look out for terrorists has raised fears that their iconic standing in American society could be damaged. Unlike police, firemen and paramedics do not need warrants to get into homes and other buildings during technical inspections of emergency facilities, making them particularly useful for…
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police to deploy spy drones in texas
from danger room: An attempt by police in Texas to hold a secret test of spy drones was foiled by a local TV station, which tracked the unmanned aerial vehicles, forcing law enforcement officials to disclose some of their plans… The best part of this story is that – in true spy vs. spy tradition…
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bush’s continuity coordinator resigns
by virtue of nspd51, townsend was in charge of a new ‘national continuity implementation plan’. so she set up the new CoG plan and now she’s just going to walk away? from ap: Fran Townsend, the leading White House-based terrorism adviser who gave public updates on the extent of the threat to U.S. security, is…
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news on the march
army’s robotic, armed combat vehicle rolls outfrom wired: We now know that there are robotic cars smart enough to drive themselves around a city. The next step: give those vehicles automatic weapons, of course… Last month, a set of South African remotely-operated 35 mm guns spun out of control, and killed nine soldiers. The Black…
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pipe bomb puts arizona nuclear plant on lockdown
from ap: Security officials at the nation’s largest nuclear power plant detained a contract worker with a small pipe bomb in the back of his pickup truck Friday, and investigators were searching his apartment, authorities said. It didn’t appear to be an act of terrorism, authorities said, but they were still trying to determine why…
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declassified: US spying could top $50b
from jason rhyne: The tab for US non-military spying in 2007 is a whopping $43.5 billion, according to figures released today (35kb PDF) by National Director of Intelligence Mike McConnell. Disclosure of that amount marks the first time in nine years that funds budgeted for national intelligence activities have been publicly aired, and comes amid…
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dhs strikes deal with new york on driver’s licenses
from newsday: The Bush administration and New York cut a deal Saturday to create a new generation of super-secure driver’s licenses for U.S. citizens, but also allow illegal immigrants to get a version. New York is the fourth state to reach such an agreement on federally approved secure licenses, after Arizona, Vermont and Washington. The…
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terror exercise is all set to blast portland
from oregonian: The bomb’s in place. The terrorists are ready. The city waits. As of 9 a.m. Tuesday, a lethal cloak of radiation will cover much of downtown Portland. It’s all make-believe, of course. But this week the city will be ground zero for the largest counterterrorism exercise in U.S. history. Homeland Security Secretary Michael…
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robochoppers, robobugs, radiohead & rudy
boeing robo-chopper for darpa’s super-spyeyefrom uk register: Arms’n’airliners behemoth Boeing has announced that its autonomous robotic stealth chopper, the A160T, will be the initial carrying platform for a new US airborne surveillance payload. The radical new spy system will not be so much an aerial camera as an all-seeing insect-style compound bugeye able to simultaneously…
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defazio & the continuity of government
from intellectual enema/blacklisted news: Rep. Peter DeFazio gives a speech on the house floor to fellow members discussing the fact that the Bush Administration has denied the entire Dept of Homeland Security Committee access to the so called detailed plans that the White House has drafted to ensure the continuity of government in case of…
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another elaborate bomb drill in oregon
from news-register: Operation October, designed to simulate a countywide multiple explosives incident, will be launched in dramatic fashion. At 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, a call will be received at the Yamhill Communications Agency dispatch center in McMinnville that a bomb has just gone off at the building across from the courthouse where the Yamhill County commissioners…
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best terror drill ever!
US plans biggest terror drill ever – 3 fictional ‘dirty bombs’ to go off in portland, phoenix & guamfrom wlfi: It is only a test, but three “dirty bomb” attacks will take place on U.S. soil later this month, beginning at a power plant on Guam and then hitting two U.S. cities. According to internal…