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Tag: department of homeland

Jul 5
2010

Photographer Detained For The Horrid Crime Of Photographing A BP Refinery

News

I guess the first amendment is null and void: A photographer taking pictures of a BP refinery in Texas was detained by a BP security official, local police and a man who said he was from the Department of Homeland Security, according to ProPublica, a non-profit news organization in the U.S. The photographer, Lance Rosenfield, […]

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Jun 27
2010

Kit Bond And Orrin Hatch – Privacy Advocates!

Politics

The proposed “internet kill switch”, which passed out of the Senate Homeland Security Committee last week, has met some opposition: “Sen. Kit Bond (R-Mo.) has introduced his own cybersecurity legislation with Sen. Orrin Hatch, and he had some harsh words for a competing bill sponsored by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security. Bond said that […]

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Jun 25
2010

Homeland Security Committee Protects Us From ‘Live Free or Die Hard’

Science

I guess Bruce Willis was unavailable to stop these threats: The Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs approved a comprehensive cybersecurity bill on Thursday after amending it to limit the president’s authority in the event of a cyber emergency. The bill, co-sponsored by Sens. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.), Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Tom Carper […]

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Feb 3
2010

OMG – The Government Is Employing People

Society

Drudge is pushing this headline today: Largest-ever federal payroll to hit 2.15 million employees… It goes to a Washington Times story talking about the increasing workforce of the U.S. government – not a bad thing with unemployment where it’s at. But let’s take a look at where these numbers are coming from: Mr. Obama says […]

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Apr 14
2009

Because Payback Is A Bitch

Misc

During the Bush years any dissent we showed on the left from the Bush policies was met with a fear of retribution from our government. The Pentagon even spent resources spying on protestors during the Bush years. This at a time when our nation was in two very deadly wars. Well here we are with […]

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Jan 20
2009

The Bush Administration’s Final Terror Threat

Misc

Here we go: HOMELAND SECURITY ISSUES STATEMENT ON POTENTIAL OBAMA THREAT — 1030 AM ET — Statement from a Department of Homeland Security spokesman: “The FBI, the Department of Homeland Security (including the USSS) and the intelligence community are coordinating with other law enforcement authorities to investigate and analyze recently received information about a potential […]

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Nov 25
2008
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Fixing FEMA

Misc

  There is so much damage control to be done from eight years of total incompetence running our country that we end up forgetting where all the broken pieces are. Well Barack Obama hasn’t forgotten and he is working to fix them. One big piece is FEMA: The Federal Emergency Management Administration, a tragicomic disaster […]

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Nov 20
2008
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Secretary of Homeland Security Napolitano?

Misc

That’s the reports going around this morning: Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano (D) has been chosen to serve as secretary of the vast and troubled Department of Homeland Security for President-elect Obama, Democratic officials said. Napolitano is a border governor who will now be responsible for immigration policy and border security, which are part of Homeland […]

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Oct 25
2008

Even At The End Bush Tries For A Power Grab

Misc

Bush is still trying to show us he cares nothing about our privacy, just his own: The Bush administration has informed Congress that it is bypassing a law intended to forbid political interference with reports to lawmakers by the Department of Homeland Security. The August 2007 law requires the agency’s chief privacy officer to report […]

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Sep 23
2008

'Pre-Crime' Detector?

Misc

Ok this is really scarey, but it looks like the Minority Report is starting to come to life: Last year, New Scientist revealed that the US Department of Homeland Security is developing a system designed to detect “hostile thoughts” in people walking through border posts, airports and public places. The DHS says recent tests prove […]

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