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  • July 2008

    • EU Blasts Italy Over Gypsy Fingerprinting

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Jul 10, 08 1:00 PM CDT

      EU Blasts Italy Over Gypsy Fingerprinting

      Italy’s mandatory fingerprinting of its Gypsy minority is "an act of discrimination based on race and ethnic origin" and should be stopped, the European Parliament said in a resolution passed today. The assembly voted 336-220, with 77 abstentions, to condemn the practice—though the resolution is not binding, the AP notes. Italy continues to defend the program as a necessary measure to fight street crime. More »

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      Italy  • homeland security  • fingerprinting  • European Parliament  • Gypsy  • Roma people

  • June 2008
  • May 2008

    • US Imports its Drug-Sniffing Dogs for $4,500 Each

      newser  |  USA Today  |  May 23, 08 1:00 PM CDT

      US Imports its Drug-Sniffing Dogs for $4,500 Each

      The US government purchases hundreds of untrained bomb- and drug-sniffing dogs from Europe every year for as much as $4,535 each, quadruple the price of American dogs, a new federal report says. Domestic breeders and spending watchdogs are angered by the government's penchant for expensive foreign purebreds. "What kind of dogs are these—gold-plated?" asked a member of Citizens Against Government Waste. More »

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      homeland security  • dogs  • US government  • spending  • bomb-sniffing dogs

  • March 2008
  • February 2008

    • Bush Demands Europe Step Up Flight Security

      newser  |  Guardian (UK)  |  Feb 11, 08 12:50 PM CST

      Bush Demands Europe Step Up Flight Security

      In a move some EU officials call blackmail, the Bush administration is demanding that EU members implement a wide range of new air security measures. The US wants American air marshals on all inbound flights, an online screening permit process for all US-bound passengers, and personal information on anyone flying to or even over the country, the Guardian reports. More »

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      Bush administration  • European Union  • homeland security  • airport security  • visa

    • Travelers Rage Over Seized Laptops

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  Feb 7, 08 12:18 PM CST

      Travelers Rage Over Seized Laptops

      US border agents tell travelers there’s no difference between a laptop and a suitcase; both are fair game for searches. People crossing into the US have found their electronics confiscated, and their data copied, the Washington Post reports, all without explanation. “The government is going well beyond its traditional role of looking for contraband,” said one irate lawyer. More »

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      privacy  • homeland security  • airport security  • border control  • electronic surveillance laws

  • January 2008

    • Would-Be Teen Hijacker Was Suicidal, Cops Say

      newser  |  Tennessean  |  Jan 25, 08 3:14 PM CST

      Would-Be Teen Hijacker Was Suicidal, Cops Say

      A California teenager who planned to hijack a flight from Los Angeles to Nashville is in state custody in Tennessee, the Tennessean reports. The 16-year-old had handcuffs and other suspicious items when he was detained, and authorities believe he was suicidal. The FBI dismissed reports he planned to crash the jet into a Hannah Montana concert in Louisiana. More »

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      California  • terrorism  • FBI  • homeland security  • Hannah Montana  • Tennessee  • Nashville  • juveniles

    • US Faces 'Terror Attack Threat From Europe'

      newser  |  BBC  |  Jan 16, 08 6:15 AM CST

      US Faces 'Terror Attack Threat From Europe'

      Americans face a "real risk that Europe will become a platform for terrorists," US Homeland Security Chief Michael Chertoff told the BBC yesterday. America will likely boost security measures to protect the country from such a threat, but will also make an effort not to unduly hinder travel and trade, he said. "Home grown terrorism has begun to rise in Europe," said Chertoff, citing attacks in Madrid and London. More »

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      terrorism  • Department of Homeland Security  • homeland security  • Michael Chertoff

    • Critics Cry 'Privacy' Over Passport Cards

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Jan 1, 08 4:53 PM CST

      Critics Cry 'Privacy' Over Passport Cards

      New wireless passport cards will make it easier for Americans to cross borders between Mexico, Canada, and the Caribbean—but privacy groups worry that thieves will be pinching personal data off the new ID, the AP reports. One critic called the cards "inherently insecure;" officials say safeguards are built in and personal data won't be on the cards' chips. More »

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      Mexico  • travel  • technology  • Canada  • privacy  • homeland security  • wireless  • identity theft  • Caribbean  • passport

  • December 2007
  • November 2007

    • Bushies Break Records in Rush to K Street

      newser  |  Politico  |  Nov 14, 07 3:06 PM CST

      Bushies Break Records in Rush to K Street

      Departing staffers of lame duck presidents have long filled the ranks of lobbying firms, but the Bush White House is providing K Street operatives in particularly high numbers, the Politico reports—raising a series of ethics questions about the revolving-door phenomenon. The key industries hiring outgoing Bushies are homeland security—seeking know-how on scoring a chunk of the new agency’s massive budget—and alternative energy. More »

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      Bush administration  • Department of Homeland Security  • homeland security  • lobbyists  • alternative energy

    • Kerik Indicted, Pleads Not Guilty

      newser  |  CNN  |  Nov 9, 07 1:05 PM CST

      Kerik Indicted, Pleads Not Guilty

      Bernard Kerik was indicted today on 16 federal counts, including conspiracy, fraud, and lying to investigtors, and he faces up to $4.7 million in fines and 142 years behind bars. The ex-New York City police commissioner pleaded guilty and later described himself as "disappointed that the government has brought forward this case," CNN reports. More »

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      Rudy Giuliani  • fraud  • homeland security  • conspiracy  • indictment  • Bernard Kerik  • false statements

    • Syria to Let US Screen Iraqi Refugees

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Nov 9, 07 9:30 AM CST

      Syria to Let US Screen Iraqi Refugees

      Syria, home to more than 1 million refugees from Iraq, will for the first time allow US officials into the country to clear the way for their possible resettlement in America, the AP reports. The US, under criticism for not doing more to ease the growing refugee crisis in the region, has promised to begin taking in 1,000 a month, Reuters reports. More »

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      Iraq  • Syria  • homeland security  • Iraqi refugees

  • October 2007

    • Body-Imaging Scanner Enters Airport Testing

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Oct 11, 07 2:45 PM CDT

      Body-Imaging Scanner Enters Airport Testing

      The federal government today begins testing a device that could replace metal detectors and pat-downs at airports around the country, the AP reports. The scanners produce full-body images of passengers, sans clothing. Privacy advocates are feeling sheepish. “These are virtual strip searches,” one said. “If Playboy published them, there would be politicians out there saying they're pornographic.” More »

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      privacy  • homeland security  • airport security

  • September 2007

    • Traveling? Uncle Sam is Watching

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  Sep 22, 07 3:39 PM CDT

      Traveling? Uncle Sam is Watching

      The Feds are stockpiling data on millions of Americans as they travel, the Washington Post reports. Civil liberties activists charge Homeland Security with violating the Privacy Act, saying that travel partners, hotel bookings and reading material should not be in the Feds’ database. But Michael Chertoff claims that the data helps unravel terrorist plots and avoid "inconvenient screening of low-risk travelers."  More »

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      Department of Homeland Security  • homeland security  • domestic surveillance

    • Big Brother Making Strides in Technology

      newser  |  BBC  |  Sep 16, 07 5:27 PM CDT

      Big Brother Making Strides in Technology

      Top researchers are developing new surveillance technology, the BBC reports - including "gait DNA" to identify a person by their walk and advanced spy drones that can fly overhead for years. The Pentagon plans to continue its tech supremacy, which includes inventing the Internet in the 1970s and satellite navigation in the 1990s. What's next in spy tech? "I'd prefer not to say," says a Pentagon researcher. More »

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      Great Britain  • United States  • Pentagon  • homeland security  • surveillance  • domestic surveillance

    • Ad Hoc Security Doesn't Cut it at Home

      newser  |  Slate  |  Sep 12, 07 7:16 PM CDT

      Ad Hoc Security Doesn't Cut it at Home

      America’s ad hoc security is still off the mark, says Slate’s Daniel Byman: It fosters fears, ignores US Muslims and never plans from a terrorist’s point of view. “The very concept of homeland security is new for Americans,” Byman writes, “and the department was thrown together quickly and involved many already-dysfunctional bureaucracies. ” More »

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      terrorism  • terrorist  • homeland security  • security  • jihad  • threats  • American Muslims

    • Kean Slams US Security Effort Since 9/11

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  Sep 9, 07 3:05 PM CDT

      Kean Slams US Security Effort Since 9/11

      Six years after 9/11 and three years after the 9/11 Commission report, commission chairman Thomas Kean assesses the nation's progress in protecting itself against the threat of terrorism.  On the domestic front, our defenses are better, he writes in the Washington Post. , but internationally we have lost ground to a "rising tide of radicalization" that the war in Iraq has helped foster.  More »

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      Iraq war  • terrorism  • Islam  • September 11  • Osama bin Laden  • foreign policy  • homeland security  • Muslims  • 9/11 commission  • Thomas Kean

    • Osama Urges US to Convert

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Sep 7, 07 4:27 PM CDT

      Osama Urges US to Convert

      The first video of Osama Bin Laden in 3 years appears authentic, and he issues "no overt threat" but does call the US unjust, chides Americans for re-electing George Bush, and says the war in Iraq can only end with American defeat—or Americans converting to Islam, which he invites them to do. The video was leaked to the US government and has not yet gone public, the AP reports. More »

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      Iraq war  • al-Qaeda  • War on Terror  • terrorist  • September 11  • Osama bin Laden  • homeland security  • videotape

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