Tag: homeland stupidity
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new passport regulations start for US travelers
passport needed to fly from US to canada & mexicofrom kgo-tv: Remember to pack your passport today even if your travels keep you in North America. The temporary reprieve for travelers to Mexico, Canada and the Caribbean expires today… Travelers had been warned since the policy took affect back in January. This summer the government…
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portland police seek volunteers for topoff
topoff 4 is the largest terror drill in US history& it’s centered on oregonfrom indymedia: TOPOFF 4 (T4) is a federal exercise scheduled for October 15-19 involving local, state, and federal top officials to test decision making and communications, address policy, and conduct an emergency mobilization. This is the fourth exercise held by the Department…
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read your own homeland security travel dossier
from unsecure flight: The Department of Homeland Security already knows everything about your travel. Now, for the first time, The Identity Project makes it easy for you to request the unclassified parts of the dossier that the DHS has complied on you. Warning: You can only request records on behalf of yourself or others with…
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news on the march
colorado checkpoint takes blood & saliva samplesfrom denver post: The Gilpin County Sheriff’s Office was apologizing Monday after a weekend effort to help a research group led to complaints about what appeared to be a DUI checkpoint – but wasn’t. Sheriff’s officials who participated in the stops now acknowledge that the nonprofit organization requesting voluntary…
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florida troops deploy to nation’s capital
from wesh: Members of the 1st Battalion 265 Air Defense Artillery have mobilized and are on a plane headed first to Ft. Bliss, then for federal active duty in the capital region. The troops will be deployed for a year. “It’s going to be all right It’s OK if he helps people and everything, and…
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‘clergy response teams’ to quell unrest during martial law
from ksla: Could martial law ever become a reality in America? Some fear any nuclear, biological or chemical attack on U.S. soil might trigger just that. KSLA News 12 has discovered that the clergy would help the government with potentially their biggest problem: Us. Charlton Heston’s now-famous speech before the National Rifle Association at a…
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new tsa agents check for danger in fliers’ facial expressions
from mcclatchy: Next time you go to the airport, there may be more eyes on you than you notice. Specially trained security personnel are watching body language and facial cues of passengers for signs of bad intentions. The watcher could be the attendant who hands you the tray for your laptop or the one standing…
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US spy satellites to be used on americans
from wall street journal: The U.S.’s top intelligence official has greatly expanded the range of federal and local authorities who can get access to information from the nation’s vast network of spy satellites in the U.S. The decision, made three months ago by Director of National Intelligence Michael McConnell, places for the first time some…
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job seekers must obtain homeland security approval
from press esc: US citizens and other residents will require prior approval from Department of Homeland Security to get a job, under new immigration guidelines introduced by the Cabinet and sanctioned by President George W. Bush today. This requirement was initially part of the failed immigration bill which has now been “within the boundaries of…
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nuke weapons lab reports another major security breach
from raw story: A government watchdog group warns that New Mexico’s Los Alamos National Laboratory, one of the nation’s nuclear weapons design laboratories, has again experienced a security failure of ‘the most serious’ level. “An incident involving the unauthorized release of classified data via email occurred last week at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL),” reported…
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terrorcheese
from cnn: Police across the country should be on the lookout for what could be “dry runs” for a terrorist attack, the TSA advised after series of suspicious incidents occurred at U.S. airports. An unclassified advisory, sent July 20 from TSA to law enforcement agencies, raised the possibility that recent activity could be “pre-attack security…
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‘uncivil liberties’
from mercer films: The thriller Uncivil Liberties follows a homeland security agent who begins to question how effective her role in the war on terror has been. Her story contrasts with a group of terrorists who are planning to assassinate her, but are themselves having qualms about their mission.
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‘homeland defense’ office already existed
from sgt spline: This video is taken from a report on Fox News that was made within hours of the 9/11 attacks. The person reporting is current White House Press Secretary Tony Snow, who was Fox news personality on 9/11/01. The report states, ironically enough, that two offices that were in the Pentagon section that…
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bush changes continuity plan
white house, not dhs, would run shadow gov’tfrom raw story/blacklisted news: President Bush yesterday issued a national security directive that would, in the event of a catastrophic attack on the federal government, assign the responsibility of running a shadow government to the White House, not the Department of Homeland Security, according to a Washington Post…
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TSA Loses Hard Drive With Personal Info
from ap/my way: The Transportation Security Administration has lost a computer hard drive containing Social Security numbers, bank data and payroll information for about 100,000 employees. Authorities realized Thursday the hard drive was missing from a controlled area at TSA headquarters. TSA Administrator Kip Hawley sent a letter to employees Friday apologizing for the lost…