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Celebrity Passport Records Popular

July 4, 2008

Washington Post / Glenn Kessler

Government workers repeatedly snooped without authorization inside the electronic passport records of entertainers, athletes and other high-profile Americans, a State Department audit has found. One celebrity's records were breached 356 times by more than six dozen people.

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Federal Report Recommends Improvements in Reporting Deaths of Immigrant Detainees

July 3, 2008

NYT > Washington

After the deaths of two immigrant detainees, a review of the cases prompted recommendations for faster reporting of deaths and better sharing of information.

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Narcoterrorists. I hate these guys.

July 5, 2008

michellemalkin.com / see-dubya

Precursors to terror. Plus a similar case in Mexico.

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The Decider Who Can't Make Up His Mind

July 5, 2008

washingtonpost.com - Sunday Outlook / Daniel Benjamin

The president's chronic failure to make decisions, and to carry them out, has hurt U.S. foreign policy.

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Threat Received Before US Cargo Jet Caught Fire At San Francisco Airport

July 4, 2008

Homeland Security National Terror Alert - Homeland Security News / national

Air crash investigators have revealed the operators of a cargo plane which caught fire at San Francisco last week received a threat earlier in the week. In its continuing investigation to determine the cause of the June 28, 2008, fire that burned a hole through the top of the fuselage of an ABX Air Boeing 767 [.

Mr. McCain’s Iron Curtain

July 4, 2008

American Street / Kevin Hayden

It’s like 1962 all over again. A decorated war veteran … south of the US border … promoting a longer stronger Iron Curtain: John McCain warned Mexicans that more border walls are needed before he attempts to overhaul U.

Independence Day ETF Homeage To Homeland Security

July 4, 2008

ETF Trends / Tom Lydon

Among the usual things that we've come to associate with this day, exchange traded funds (ETFs) focused on homeland security and aerospace and defense also come to mind. Independence Day is a national holiday that celebrates the United States, and.

Terror watch uses local eyes Privacy advocates worry that officers' snooping will entangle innocent people

July 4, 2008

CrimProf Blog / Joe Hodnicki

Hundreds of police, firefighters, paramedics and even utility workers have been trained and recently dispatched as "Terrorism Liaison Officers" in Colorado and a handful of other states to hunt for "suspicious activity" — and are reporting their findings into secret.

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Spinning the Bush wiretap ruling

July 3, 2008

Michelle Malkin / Michelle Malkin

Secrets and lies.

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Lawsuit Leads to Release of Immigrant

July 3, 2008

Washington Post / Amy Goldstein and Dana Priest

A South Korean immigrant who was repeatedly denied timely medical care while in the immigration detention system was released from an Arizona jail yesterday.

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Federal Terror Watch Program Uses Local Law Enforcement Eyes

July 3, 2008

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    Privacy advocates worry that officers' snooping will entangle innocent people.     Hundreds of police, firefighters, paramedics and even utility workers have been trained and recently dispatched as "Terrorism Liaison Officers" in Colorado and a handful of other states to hunt for "suspicious activity" - and are reporting their findings into secret government databases.

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DOJ Sorta Admits the Enemy May Have Traits

July 3, 2008

Tammy Bruce / Tammy

And isn't the Invisible, Nondescript, Possibly a Poodle But Maybe a Sasquatch Wrapped in An Enigma that we've been on the lookout for. For seven years. Who knows, the enemy just may be, hypothetically, Muslim Arab males, between the.

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Feds Use “Terrorist Liaison Officers” in Colorado

July 2, 2008

Crooks and Liars / Nicole Belle

Mike mentioned this in his Round Up, but it definitely merits its own post. Denver Post: Hundreds of police, firefighters, paramedics and even utility workers have been trained and recently dispatched as “Terrorism Liaison Officers” in Colorado and a handful of other states to hunt for “suspicious activity” - and are reporting their findings into [.

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Homeland Security Seizes 32 Computers Bound for Cuba at Texas-Mexico Border

July 3, 2008

Indybay features / A

Federal agents seized 32 computers from Pastors for Peace as they attempted to cross the Pharr International Bridge early this morning at the US-Mexico border.

Problems Remain with US Coast Guard's Homeland Security Performance

July 3, 2008

The Conservative Voice Columns

The Coast Guard's Deepwater Program, under the Department of Homeland Security, has experienced serious performance and management problems.

Two Munitions Dealers Indicted on Charges of Exporting Military Aircraft Parts to Iran

July 3, 2008

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KITS to Release J2EE Solutions That Extends IBM Lotus Sametime(TM) to Land Mobile Radios

July 3, 2008

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