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Homeland Security

Are we prepared?

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May 2008
- Charges Dropped Against '20th Hijacker'
  
  Reuters | May 13, 08 3:49 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The US has dropped charges against Mohammed al-Qahtani, who allegedly planned to be the “20th hijacker” in the 9/11 attacks, Reuters reports. The US military tribunal at Guantanamo Bay rejected the charges against Qahtani “without prejudice,” meaning that the Saudi citizen may yet face prosecution. The charges against the other five alleged planners, including Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, were approved. More »
- Judge Purges General From Gitmo Case
  
  New York Times | May 10, 08 12:10 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A military judge has expelled a Pentagon general from the case of a Guantanamo detainee in a move that could open the military tribunal system to further attacks. The judge said the general—who is supposed to be impartial as overseer of the Gitmo legal process—worked too closely with the prosecution, fueling critics’ argument that the system is designed to score convictions, the New York Times reports. More »
April 2008
- LAX Readies 'Strip Search' Scans
  
  Los Angeles Times | Apr 18, 08 9:59 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - New technology will allow screeners at Los Angeles International Airport to scan passengers with a device that effectively looks beneath their clothes, the LA Times reports. The “whole body imaging” machines are drawing mixed reviews—a TSA spokesman praised the "brand-new security tool," but an ACLU rep compared a scan to a “high-tech strip-search.” More »
- The Most Vulnerable Western City: Boise. Really?
  
  Washington Post | 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 be honest, we're a little bit surprised," a spokesman for the city said. More »
- Feds Bust Plane Passenger With Bomb Parts in Baggage
  
  Orlando Sentinel | Apr 2, 08 2:50 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A Jamaican national was arrested after checking a bag at Orlando International Airport that contained the makings of pipe bombs, the Orlando Sentinel reports. The FBI detained Kevin Brown, 32, after a TSA “behavior specialist” spotted him during check-in yesterday. He was charged with attempting to carry an explosive device onto an aircraft; a federal judge denied him bail at a hearing today. More »
- Border Fence Will Skirt Environmental Laws
  
  Los Angeles Times | 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 being pushed through without proper assessment and will endanger wildlife. More »
March 2008
- States Fume on Eve of REAL ID Deadline
  
  Christian Science Monitor | 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 one of the federal mandates that have irked states in recent years, the Christian Science Monitor reports. More »
- TSA Changes Rules on Nipple Rings
  
  CNN | Mar 29, 08 6:23 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Airport security guards who forced a woman to remove her nipple rings with pliers were following procedures, according to the TSA—but they agree it's time for some new procedures, CNN reports. Pierced passengers pulled over for inspection will in future be told they have the option of showing the piercing to a guard instead of removing it. More »
- Woman Forced to Remove Nipple Rings at Airport
  
  Associated Press | Mar 28, 08 10:04 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A Texas woman is calling for an apology after airport security in Lubbock forced her to pull out her nipple piercings with a pair of pliers before boarding her plane, the AP reports. When her chest set off the security wand, Mandi Hamlin offered to show a female guard her unremovable piercings in private, but male guards insisted they be removed. She said she could hear them snickering as she did so. More »
- Visitor Fingerprinting Expanded
  
  Christian Science Monitor | 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 visitors—to snag entrants with fake documentation or criminal records. More »
- Nuke Fluke: US Sent Missile Parts to Taiwan
  
  CNN | Mar 25, 08 2:15 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The US accidentally shipped components used in nuclear missiles to Taiwan in 2006, CNN reports. Instead of helicopter batteries, the Defense Department sent fuses designed to allow 1960s ballistic missiles to detonate; no actual nuclear material was involved. Taiwan quickly alerted the US to the error, but it wasn’t until this week that the US realized that the shipment contained missile parts. More »
- Renegade Geek to Head Cyber Security
  
  Wall Street Journal | 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 and intelligence communities for his book The Starfish and the Spider , which favors decentralized management. More »
- House Rejects Immunity for Telecoms Again
  
  Reuters | Mar 14, 08 3:10 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The House again spurned President Bush today, passing a version of an anti-terrorism surveillance bill that does not grant retroactive immunity to the telecom companies that participated in the government's warrantless-wiretapping program. The vote was 213-197, far less than the two-thirds majority needed to override a promised presidential veto, Reuters reports, and followed an unusual secret session convened last night. More »
- Montana Gov Rips Real ID Law
  
  NPR | 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 all that would be needed to subvert it. More »
- Feds Forge National Crime Dragnet
  
  Washington Post | 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 will let investigators search millions of records in seconds and make previously unsuspected connections.