And it’s too late to blame Brownie for it: The Federal Emergency Management Agency manipulated scientific research to play down the danger posed by formaldehyde in trailers issued to hurricane victims, according to an investigation by congressional Democrats. FEMA “ignored, hid and manipulated government research on the potential impact of long-term exposure to formaldehyde” on […]
That according to Tom Ridge The first secretary of the Homeland Security Department says waterboarding is torture. “There’s just no doubt in my mind — under any set of rules — waterboarding is torture,” Tom Ridge said Friday in an interview with the Associated Press. Ridge had offered the same opinion earlier in the day […]
From the party of “small government” and “fiscal responsibility”: The Homeland Security Department spent more than $90 million to create a network for sharing sensitive anti-terrorism information with state and local governments that it has decided to replace, according to an internal department document. The decision was made late last year but was not announced. […]
More like Homeland Waste: The multibillion-dollar surge in federal contracting to bolster the nation’s domestic defenses in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks has been marred by extensive waste and misspent funds, according to a new bipartisan congressional report. Lawmakers say that since the Homeland Security Department’s formation in 2003, an explosion of […]
So why do illegal immigrants come here? Simple – because they can get jobs and numerous companies won’t worry about checking their legal status. So for people who really think illegal immigration is a bad thing, consider these employers as drug dealers supplying to their junkies. What is interesting is how the situation has gained […]
We are now reduced from being Americans to being a string of ones and zeros: The Pentagon pays a private company to compile data on teenagers it can recruit to the military. The Homeland Security Department buys consumer information to help screen people at borders and detect immigration fraud. As federal agencies delve into the […]
Another sort-of terror threat ‘No credible intelligence’: FBI expresses vigilance for upcoming tournaments Could something happen? Of course. Am I sick and tired of this administrations games with scaring the hell out Americans when serious threats don’t really exist? Definitely. Maybe that’s why the US public is turning away from the Bush administration and their […]
The Associated Press has this little piece of scary news: WASHINGTON – The agency entrusted with protecting the U.S. homeland is having difficulty safeguarding its own headquarters, say private security guards at the complex. The guards have taken their concerns to Congress, describing inadequate training, failed security tests and slow or confused reactions to bomb […]
Here I am, sitting in the UK, reading things like this, Bush and his so called Homeland Security, how the hell can they be trusted to protect a country if they can not even protect their own headquarters. Looks like another fine Bush department needs and overhaul! ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON – The agency entrusted with […]
WOW! The White House cited failures by the Homeland Security Department and other agencies in planning, communications and leadership in a report on Hurricane Katrina Thursday and proposed a broad reworking of how the government would respond to the next catastrophe. The 228-page report by White House homeland security adviser Frances Fragos Townsend urges changes […]