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Supreme Court Will Hear
Navy Sonar Appeal

Justices also reject environmentalists' challenge to US-Mexico border fence

Jun 23, 08 1:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Supreme Court today agreed to hear the US Navy's objection to a court order that ships may not use sonar within 12 miles of the California coast because high-frequency signals are harming whales and other marine life, the Los Angeles Times reports. The Bush administration argues that the judge... More »

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Mexico • Department of Homeland Security • US Navy • border fence • US Supreme Court • sonar • whales

 Big Brother Sees Washington 

City develops extensive CCTV surveillance network

Jun 16, 08 1:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - If you plan to go outdoors in Washington, DC, comb your hair first, because someone's probably going to see you. The capital is ramping up a video surveillance system that puts most others in the entire world to shame, the LA Times reports. Unsurprisingly, the 5,625-camera network has captured... More »

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terrorism • Washington DC • ACLU • camera • domestic surveillance • Department of Homeland Security • surveillance • CCTV footage

 US Visitors
 Face Tough New Rules 

Tourists must register online information 3 days before trip

Jun 3, 08 3:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - Visitors to the US who don't need visas will have to register personal information online before traveling this summer, reports ABC News. The information will be used for background checks and scrutiny of travel plans. European officials have threatened to introduce similar rules in retaliation. The new regulations would apply... More »

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travel • United States • Department of Homeland Security • Michael Chertoff • 9/11 commission • Zacarias Moussaoui • visas • background checks • visa waiver program • Richard Reid

Rogue al-Qaeda Backers Call for
Nuke Attack in Online Video

But no evidence of specific plot, says FBI

May 28, 08 8:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Al-Qaeda supporters will use an Internet video to call for the use of biological, chemical, and nuclear weapons in a new attack on civilians in the West, reports ABC News. FBI officials have alerted US law enforcement of the tape, said a spokesman, but emphasized that there is no evidence... More »

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War on Terror • Israel • terrorism • FBI • nuclear weapons • Department of Homeland Security • Osama bin Laden • WMD • weapons of mass destruction • al-Qaeda • Ayman al-Zawahiri

Docs Get List of Who to Let Die
in Pandemic

Don't waste resources on the elderly, handicapped: report

May 5, 08 2:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - If the US were to suffer a devastating pandemic, and doctors didn’t have resources to save everyone, who should die? A number of universities, government agencies, and other groups mulled that grim scenario recently, sending doctors a brutally ruthless list of who to let die. The report ensures “... More »

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • Department of Health • Department of Homeland Security • medical treatment • outbreak

Immigration Chief Covered Up Racist Pics, Dems Say

Myers report highlights worries about diversity

Apr 9, 08 2:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - The head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement tried to hide pictures of her giving an award to an employee in a racially insensitive Halloween costume, House Democrats say. Julie Myers was photographed smiling and standing next to an employee in prison garb and wearing blackface, whom she awarded the night's... More »

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racism • Department of Homeland Security • Immigration and Customs Enforcement • cronyism • Julie Myers • blackface

Workers Charge Laptops to Lingerie on Fed Credit Cards 

Audit: Nearly half of purchases broke rules

Apr 9, 08 8:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Millions of dollars government employees charged to federal credit cards went for less-than-appropriate perks ranging from digital cameras to dating services, sexy lingerie, laptops, and a $13,000 postal party, reports the Washington Post. An investigation by the Government Accountability Office found that 48% of major purchases on federal credit... More »

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State Department • Department of Homeland Security • Department of Defense • Norm Coleman • Government Accountability Office • USPS • Department of Agriculture • purchase cards • Forest Service • Debra K. Durfey • Office of Management and Budget • Government Credit Card Abuse Prevention Act

The Most Vulnerable Western City: Boise. Really?

City 'surprised' by terror response ranking

Apr 5, 08 7:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - Boise, Idaho, may be better known for hosting the World Potato Congress than topping terrorist target lists, but it was the only city west of the Mississippi to make the top 10 in a Homeland Security-funded study ranking cities by vulnerability to terror attacks, the Washington Post reports. "To... More »

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terrorism • security • Idaho • Department of Homeland Security • terrorist attack • Boise

Border Fence Will Skirt Environmental Laws

Dozens dumped to speed building

Apr 2, 08 5:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Homeland Security is ditching environmental laws in a push to finish 670 miles of border fence along Mexico by the end of this year, reports the Los Angeles Times. Congress has approved a waiver for more than 30 environmental and cultural laws to accelerate building. Critics say the plans are... More »

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Texas • Mexico • Arizona • Department of Homeland Security • Michael Chertoff • illegal immigration • border security • U.S. environmental laws • border fence

States Fume on Eve of
REAL ID Deadline

Montana leads fight against unfunded federal law

Mar 30, 08 4:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Washington is locked in a standoff with states over REAL ID, an anti-terror law that aims to make driver's licenses harder to dupe or obtain. But no states are near complying and Montana, New Hampshire, and Maine have all balked at the unfunded plan. What's more, REAL ID is just... More »

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Montana • homeland security • Department of Homeland Security • driver's license • Real ID • Brian Schweitzer • Montana driver's license • Real ID Act • states' rights

 Visitor Fingerprinting Expanded 

Homeland Security hopes scans of all 10 digits will improve tracking, monitoring

Mar 27, 08 8:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - Visitors to the US entering through New York's John F. Kennedy airport will have all 10 fingers scanned under a new program of the Department of Homeland Security, the Christian Science Monitor reports. Officials hope the program, called US-VISIT, will allow customs—which currently collects just two prints from non-citizen... More »

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immigration • fingerprint • Department of Homeland Security • visa • Immigration and Customs Enforcement • ports of entry • Customs and Border Protection

Renegade Geek to Head Cyber Security

DHS taps outsider
as Silicon Valley ambassador

Mar 20, 08 2:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Outre tech entrepreneur Rod Beckström will top the White House’s new secretive cyber security initiative, the Wall Street Journal reports, to the surprise of many Washington insiders. Beckström is a Silicon Valley transplant without security experience, but he has developed a cult following in the security... More »

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Bush administration • cyberterrorism • cyberattack • Department of Homeland Security • Michael Chertoff • Internet security • Rod Beckström

Montana Gov Rips Real ID Law

Calls scheme 'kooky' and 'hare-brained'

Mar 9, 08 8:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - NPR Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer and every single state legislator have refused to implement the Real ID Act, a congressional mandate to create standardized identification documents. Schweitzer tells NPR the law is "kooky" and "hare-brained," asserting that half a dozen high school students and a Kinko's are... More »

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Congress • Montana • Department of Homeland Security • Michael Chertoff • identity card • Real ID • Brian Schweitzer • identification • Montana driver's license • Real ID Act

Feds Forge National Crime Dragnet

Link data of local
police agencies for instantaneous search

Mar 6, 08 11:23 AM CST
(Newser) - Law enforcement agencies all over the country are building a new information "dragnet" that will dramatically boost data-sharing,  the Washington Post reports. This month the Justice Department will begin hooking up local and county police forces to the new federal National Data Exchange, creating a "one-stop-shop" that... More »

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Department of Justice • police • privacy • domestic intelligence • Department of Homeland Security • data mining • data • national database • National Data Exchange

March Madness Prompts Alert

FBI and Homeland Security don't cite a specific threat in warning

Mar 5, 08 9:15 AM CST
(Newser) - March Madness should have security forces on high alert, the FBI and Dept. of Homeland Security warned in a joint statement yesterday, as crowded sporting events are “potential targets” for terrorists. College basketball games are just some of the many sporting events that "regularly bring tens of thousands... More »

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sports • terrorism • FBI • security • Department of Homeland Security

Homeland Security Dep't Turns 5

Chertoff reflects on successes, challenges at Homeland Security

Feb 28, 08 1:32 PM CST
(Newser) - With the Department of Homeland Security celebrating its fifth anniversary Saturday, Secretary Michael Chertoff says six attack-free years could tempt the next US administration to make cuts in his agencies, the Christian Science Monitor reports. He said he has a "moral responsibility" to make choices he might not see... More »

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War on Terror • terrorism • September 11 • Department of Homeland Security • Michael Chertoff • anniversary • private sector

'Virtual Fence' Cleared For Arizona Border

Troubled system already operational

Feb 22, 08 12:14 PM CST
(Newser) - The government has just given the green light to a 28-mile “virtual fence” along the Arizona/Mexico border, the AP reports. The system, which uses cameras, radar, and other sensor devices to detect border jumpers, is already partially constructed, and working. Last week Border Patrol caught 38 would-be illegal immigrants... More »

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illegal immigrant • border control • Boeing • Mexican border • Department of Homeland Security • Michael Chertoff • Border Patrol • border fence • virtual fence

Families Battle Feds
Over US Border Fence

Many resist federal efforts, but judges order them to give up

Feb 16, 08 7:30 PM CST
(Newser) - Americans on the southern US border are fuming over a federal fence that threatens to cut their properties in two, the Washington Post reports. The feds have erected about 165 miles of fence in the West and southwest, but some families, protecting land they have held for generations, are turning... More »

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California • Texas • Mexico • Arizona • Department of Homeland Security • illegal immigration • border fence

FBI Bails on Immigrant Probes as Backlogs Mount

Backlog means immigrants will be granted residency before background checks

Feb 12, 08 4:45 AM CST
(Newser) - Immigration officials are expected to grant green cards to tens of thousands of aliens before required FBI background checks, because the Department of Homeland Security is struggling under a ballooning backlog, McClatchy Newspapers reports. Background checks would be performed after immigrants are granted residency, which could be revoked if problems... More »

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FBI • Citizenship and Immigration Services • Department of Homeland Security • background check • green card • immigrant • permanent residency • Center for Immigration Studies • US citizenship

US to Admit More Iraqi Refugees

Speeds up glacial pace of resettlement

Feb 5, 08 3:47 AM CST
(Newser) - The State Department plans to admit 12,000 Iraqi refugees into the US by September, despite resettling only 375 so far this year, CNN reports. Ambassador James Foley, charged with the task of accelerating resettlement, vowed to reporters that the pace will pick up in the coming months. The US... More »

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Iraq • Jordan • Syria • State Department • Department of Homeland Security • refugee • Iraqi refugees • UN High Commissioner for Refugees • Refugees International

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