George W. Bush, for reasons known only to his therapist and pet snake, has spent much of the last seven plus years working as a mole for the Mexican government, rather than serving the American people as our President.
During his two terms, Dubya's number one objective seems to have been to import enough illegal
~Snooper~ATTENTION TO ORDERS: 19 JUN 08Beginning after my Blog Talk Radio show this evening, I will be on Light Blogging Detail.I will be on the road on the 20th and will be returning to Texas on the 2nd.I will try and do the regular shows on Tuesday and Thursday next week, time permitting.Quite a few former Snoopers are meeting in an undisclosed location to discuss future strategies.
As the political campaign ramps up, the McCain cohort is trying to shape the debate of American politics around the single issue of Homeland Security.
However, there is no objective reason to believe that the current administration’s policies are the way to go.
There are two conflict hypothesis based on which the current two-front war is being [...]
‘No doubt,’ says Tom Ridge, first Homeland Security secretary Former Bush official: Waterboarding is torture WASHINGTON - 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. Ridge had offered the same opinion earlier in th
Of course “terror” could somehow offend muslims so we better come up with a better term.
Now be a good Dhimmi and do what you’re told!
The west needs a more comprehensive strategy to counter al-Qaeda propaganda and the US should stop using the term “war on terror”, according to a top intelligence official.
Charles Allen, the senior [...]
Homeland Security Chief Michael Chertoff warned Pakistan to fight back against terrorism or they will experience future attacks like the one which led to the death of Beazir Buhtto. He said extremists are a threat to the security of Pakistan and it was important for the Pakistan govenment to see that “it ensures control and [...]
In the latest in its series of lectures by senior US counterterrorism officials, today The Washington Institute's Stein Program on Counterterrorism and Intelligence hosted the Department of Homeland Security's Undersecretary for Intelligence, Mr. Charlie Allen. Mr. Allen is the Department of Homeland Security's chief intelligence officer, reporting directly to DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff. Previously, he served as assistant director of central intelligence for collection, a position he assumed...(read more)
Infected by massive attack sweeping the net
The sophisticated mass infection that’s injecting attack code into hundreds of thousands of reputable web pages is growing and has even infiltrated the website of the Department of Homeland Security.…
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From: José Can You See? Bush's Trojan Taco by Greg Palast Psst! George Bush has a secret While you Democrats are pounding each other to a pulp in Pennsylvania, the President has snuck back down to New Orleans for a meeting of the NAFTA Three: the Prime Minister of Canada and the President of Mexico. You're not supposed to know that – for two reasons: First, the summit planned for the N.O. two years back was meant to showcase the rebuilt Big Easy, a monument to can-do Bush-o-nomics. Well, it is a monument to Bush's leadership: The city still looks like Dresden 1946, with over half the original residents living in toxic trailers or wandering lost and broke in America. The second reason Bush has kept this major summit a virtual secret is its real agenda - and the real
theodp writes “PC World reports that DHS has extended the time foreign graduates of US colleges can stay in the country and work to almost two-and-a-half years, an ‘emergency’ change that drew kudos from Microsoft and other H-1B visa stakeholders. Looks like when Bill Gates says ‘Jump,’ the government asks ‘How high?’ Bill Gates’s Congressional [...]
Video Surveillance does NOT come cheap! CCTV systems cost thousands of dollars to set up and operate. However, with the advancement of home computers and web cams, we are now seeing some new technology that makes it affordable to just about everyone.
More: continued here
Poster oficial de ”My Mom’s New Boyfriend [Homeland Security]”)La película escrita y dirigida por George Gallo,con Antonio Banderas, Meg Ryan y Colin Hanks, hijo de Tom Hanks. Quien interpreta a un detectivo encargado de atrapar a un refinado ladron de arte internacional. Pero las cosas se complican cuando descubre que el ladrón es el nuevo novio de su excéntrica madre.Alejandro Franco para la Guia gay-friendly THE RONDA BUENOS AIRES
WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--PrecisionIR Group, a worldwide provider of web-based communication solutions and online investor relations services, today announced their Vcall webcasting solution was used by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to webcast speeches by President Bush, Secretary Michael Chertoff, and former Secretary Tom Ridge at the ceremonies marking DHS’s fifth anniversary. “Vcall’s innovative use of streaming video in conjunction with live closed captioning enabled DHS employees who could not attend this event in person to participate and view all the ceremonies,” said Steve Schneider, PrecisionIR Group CEO. Vcall On-Demand Pro, formerly known as Vodium, is the prefer
The US Department of Homeland Security is not meeting its goals. If yesterday's explosion in Times Square does not convince you, then maybe this latest news story will. But is it really that much of a stretch? Do you feel safer today America? I don't know about the rest of you but I think nothing has changed since 9/11 except everyone is scared, the government has been spying on us and oil spirals ever higher.More of the same stumbling and bumbling through history, answers right in front of our faces yet we are paralyzed by a corrupt government full of impotent bureaucrats more worried about job security than saving the nation. Huge empty promises from the Bush administration is nothing new - take a look at every State of the Union since 2000- but the one thing you would think his cronies
The above things are realated, really they are. I know, I was surprised too when all I was trying to do is pay my phone bill.Having just moved offices, I am a bit behind on my own personal admin. I received a call from Verizon last Friday and realized it was time to pay the bill. I usually handle this thru my online account with the bank or directly on the Verizon web site.Realizing that the call was serious, rather than pay thru the bank, which can add a few days to the posting time, I went to log in on their website. Well, for whatever reasons, my login no longer worked and trying to reset didn't work either because the site wanted account numbers that would be on a physical copy of the bill. OK, I can relate to that EXCEPT I get my bills electronically and cannot retreive the infor
Upgrade: Travel Better points us to the Citizen’s Insertable Swiftness Manifest:
My favorite:
“Do not be alarmed by: Cattle Prod (unfolds into ergonomic pillow)”
Just too delicious.
Monday Chris Walla, Guitarist of Death Cab For Cutie, was paid a visit by homeland security. The government took his computer for no valid reason (actually, they never really gave a clear explanation why).
Possibly because the would-have-soon-debuted album called Field Manual sat in the hard drive.
"(The New Album) is "very political," packed with songs about issues both foreign ("The Score" tackles the war in Iraq) and domestic ("Everyone Needs a Home" deals with the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina; "Sing Again" is about so-called "morning after" pills and whether they're a form of contraception or abortion)."
-Source: MTV News
Chris Walla and Death Cab's music promotes terrorism! I mean, CDs can be dangerous if you sharpen the edges and throw them like frisbees. Great work Homeland Security. I guess freedom of speech isn't the same as the freedom to rock.
hj wanted to ask me out for a beer this evening since it's Oktoberfest, but I wasn't feeling well, so I turned him down.
When I reached home, I saw a memo pad with my brother's words saying that he will be having dinner outside. I was like, ok, luckily I didn't eat out, if not my mother would have to eat on her own.
Not talking about being filial or what, but I think it is something that
The FBI, working in conjunction with the Department of Homeland Security, raided Valve headquarters early this morning, detaining several developers who work directly with the popular Counterstrike mod. Authorities also confiscated computers used to program the game. The developers are currently being held on charges of domestic terrorism at an undisclosed U.S. prison that may or may not be inside the United States.
Intelligence agencies working with law enforcement have discovered a vast and troubling network of gamers working together within our country training themselves in strategies and tactics that could potentially be used by domestic terror cells, Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff told reporters at a press conference held in the White House shortly after the raid. We have detained the instigators of this domestic terrorist training program, and further arrests will be forthcoming as we track down individuals using this "Steam" network.
From the Washington Post:"The U.S. government is collecting electronic records on the travel habits of millions of Americans who fly, drive or take cruises abroad, retaining data on the persons with whom they travel or plan to stay, the personal items they carry during their journeys, and even the books that travelers have carried, according to documents obtained by a group of civil liberties advocates and statements by government officials."Wonderful.read more | digg story
We can all sleep well tonight.
Recently I was on a quick trip up to Canada for a funeral and stayed on the Windsor, Ontario side of the border from Detroit Michigan. We passed through customs several ...
The US Department of Homeland Security is developing Ground Truth, a video game. So if you thought America’s Army or Full Spectrum Warrior was the end of government-created games, think again! The United States Department of Homeland Security was created after the 9/11 terrorist attacks to help protect the US homeland.
Ground Truth (probably a temporary name) has been in development for the past year with an estimated $600,000 dollars worth of funding pumped into the project so far (not much at all in mainstream video game terms). The game has you playing as a first responder to a natural disaster or terrorist attack. Success in the game would be dependent not only on the quickness of your response, but also how you go about responding. Make poor choices and you can expect larger casualties and a lower score.
Computer scientist Donna Djordjevich who is a designer on the game said that she is designing Ground Truth to be on par with anything on a next-generation console. “I
The Department of Homeland Security has posted on its web site, and will publish on Aug. 6, 2007, in the Federal Register, four Privacy Act records involving the Automated Targeting System (ATS). The records are an updated System of Records Notice (SORN), the Discussion of Public Comments Received on the SORN, a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for Privacy Act Exemptions, and a Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA)....(read more)
President Bush has announced his intention to nominate Dr. Jeffrey W. Runge as the first Assistant Secretary for Health Affairs and Chief Medical Officer at the Department of Homeland Security. Jeff has been a core member of my senior leadership team for the past two years as Chief Medical Officer, and more recently as Acting Assistant Secretary for Health Affairs. He also provided valuable leadership, during a period of important transition, as Acting Under Secretary for the Science and Technology...(read more)
You read the title right, there was a deal made between the US and the European Union that allows for Homeland Security to gain access to information obtained during reservations made when traveling to the US from Europe. This information would be placed in a database and stored for a period, for how long is still in negotiations, this information will aid in keeping track of habits, suspected individuals and will be able to detect pretty much anything they like!
According to the deal, the information that can be used in such exceptional circumstances includes “racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, trade union membership” and data about an individual’s health, traveling partners and sexual orientation. Full article in Washington Post.
Now, for years now, when you travel to America they keep a record of your name, flight, credit cards, where you are from and any travel partners listed. Dutchie must fill out a waver when
You read the title right, there was a deal made between the US and the European Union that allows for Homeland Security to gain access to information obtained during reservations made when traveling to the US from Europe. This information would be placed in a database and stored for a period, for how long is still in negotiations, this information will aid in keeping track of habits, suspected individuals and will be able to detect pretty much anything they like!
According to the deal, the information that can be used in such exceptional circumstances includes “racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, trade union membership” and data about an individual’s health, traveling partners and sexual orientation. Full article in Washington Post.
Now, for years now, when you travel to America they keep a record of your name, flight, credit cards, where you are from and any travel partners listed. Dutchie must fill out a waver when
By Ryan SingelThe Department of Homeland Security is funding the creation an LED flashlight that uses powerful flashes of light to temporarily blind, disorient and incapacitate people. Homeland Security's Science and Technology arm hopes government agents can use the "light saber" to arrest people on planes and at the borders without using traditional weapons.The LED Incapacitator uses a range-finder to measure the distance to a target's eyes and then unleashes continually changing, multi-color light pulses that both blind and disorient the person. Intelligent Optical Systems, a small company in Torrance, CA, is developing the weapon with money from Homeland Security's Science and Technology division, which thinks its possible to have the weapon deployed to cops, National Guard troops and border agents by 2010.The company's president Bob Lieberman says the tool would be perfect for confronting border jumpers."You don't want to hurt or kill them, just take them into custody," Liebe
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) today proposed an amendment to the homeland security bill that would fund a seven hundred mile fence at the southern border.
an amendment devoting $3 billion to increase border security efforts as part of a $38 billion homeland security funding bill.
The amendment by Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) provides funding to build a 700-mile long fence along the U.S.-Mexico border, as called for in the Secure Fence Act. It also requires the federal government to establish and to demonstrate operational control over 100 percent of the land and maritime borders between the U.S. and Mexico.
What is shocking to me here is that the senate approved it by a vote of 89-1. It’s not the margin of victory in this vote I am referring to,although it is impressive, it is the fact that they approved it at all. Maybe the Republicans are finally realizing that although they are in the minority they do have some power to legislate if they hold firm in what they believe in
The other day the Democrat leaders,(it had bi-partisan support), stripped from the homeland security bill an amendment called the John Doe amendment. This amendment would have protected concerned citizens who report suspicious activity from civil lawsuits. This legislation was in response to the Flying Imams case.
We are asked to be more vigilent in these trying times, and when we try to do the right thing…..in comes the ACLU. What a shock.
Political correctness almost led to the non-twarting of the Fort Dix six. You can read how here. The store clerk who reported the six after seeing their terrorist training video they asked him to copy was a young man. He has obviously been raised in the politically correct mindset as he at first wasn’t sure he should report it for fear of being called a racist. If somwhow these men are freed, they will now be able to sue this store clerk hero. This amendment would have stopped that.
So why would the Democrat leaders kill t
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced final Fiscal Year (FY) 2007 Homeland Security Grant Program (HSGP) awards totaling $1.7 billion. HSGP grants enhance the ability of states, territories, and urban areas to prevent, protect against, respond to and recover from terrorist attacks and other disasters....(read more)
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June 20th was a particularly long day for Scott Charbo, the Chief Information Officer for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). He was the lead witness in a hearing held by a subcommittee of the U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security. The hearing was convened as part of the Committee's ongoing investigation into the cybersecurity vulnerabilities of the United States.
In his opening statement, the subcommittee's chairman, Rep. James R. Langevin (D-R.I.), emphasized that, from the series of hearings on cybersecurity, it has become clear that "infiltration of federal government networks and the possible theft or exploitation" of government information is "one of the most critical issues" confronting the U.S.
'Significant Security Incidents'
The irritation of federal lawmakers was heightened by the release of a report by the Government Accountability Office that concluded that, despite some progress, there were still significant flaws in key DHS security programs.
"These p
My friend came across this story from The Raw Story It tells about a woman, Yaderlin Hiraldo, who entered the United States illegally and married a soldier who was subsequently sent to Iraq where he is now missing. When the judge found out her husband, Alex Jimenez, was missing, he revoked her green card.
I'm on Mrs. Hiraldo's side.
Look at it this way: The guy does the honorable thing and marries the woman, right? If you marry an American, you get to stay automatically and apply for residency. So, Mr. Jimenez volunteers for Iraq and goes missing (I pray he comes back) which leaves Ms. Hiraldo vulnerable to deportation.
If Mr. Jimenez hadn't joined the Army and gone to Iraq and had been a street bumb instead, Mrs. Hiraldo would be staying. In other words, the only reason she's being deported is because her husband decided to serve his country.
It seems here that no two good deeds (getting married and joining the Army) go unpunished.
DHS acknowledges own computer break-ins By TED BRIDIS, Associated Press Writer The Homeland Security Department, the lead U.S. agency for fighting cyber threats, suffered more than 800 hacker break-ins, virus outbreaks and other computer security problems over two years, senior officials acknowledged to Congress. In one instance, hacker tools for stealing passwords and other files were found on two internal Homeland Security computer systems. The agency's headquarters sought forensic help from the department's own Security Operations Center and the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team it operates with Carnegie Mellon University. In other cases, computer workstations in the Coast Guard and the Transportation Security Administration were infected with malicious software detected trying to communicate with outsiders; laptops were discovered missing; and agency Web sites suffered break-ins. The chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, Rep. Bennie Thom
Bahhh! These are the same people that think the internet is like a bunch of tubes. Most governmental functionaries are woefully ignorant of computer networks and even worse they are often in charge of them. And I deal with them on a daily basis professionally. I don't think there's a particular vulnerability at DHS," Chertoff said.And the more that fools like Michael Chertoff say their systems are invulnerable the bigger target they make of themselves. What they need to do is dump the bureaucratic drones they have running their networks and hire some computer guys with real world knowledge. Like they say hackers always make the best network admins. ~RJH Fox News article link Computer Hacking Plagues Department of Homeland SecurityWASHINGTON Several government agencies within the Department of Homeland Security admit they are regularly victims of computer break-ins at home and overseas by hackers finding their way into the department's cyber network.More than 800 security
no, really...and from the dude who wrote ringwold...i couldn't make this one up if i tried:Looking to prevent the next terrorist attack, the Homeland Security Department is tapping into the wild imaginations of a group of self-described "deviant" thinkers: science-fiction writers."We spend our entire careers living in the future," says author Arlan Andrews, one of a handful of writers the government brought to Washington this month to attend a Homeland Security conference on science and technology.Those responsible for keeping the nation safe from devastating attacks realize that in addition to border agents, police and airport screeners, they "need people to think of crazy ideas," Andrews says.The writers make up a group called Sigma, which Andrews put together 15 years ago to advise government officials. The last time the group gathered was in the late 1990s, when members met with government scientists to discuss what a post-nuclear age might look like, says group member Greg Bear.
The last thing the Republic needs is another old Canadian hippie promoting the use of LSD.But for the quick thinking of a Homeland Security employee, one of these could be walking the streets of America right now.Sixty-six year old, Vancouver Psychotherapist Andrew Feldmar, attempted to enter the United States. to visit a friend in Seattle. Historically he has invaded the United States five or six times a year.At the Blaine border crossing he handed his passport to a guard. The quick thinking agent deftly Googled his name and came up with an article he had written in 2001 suggesting that LSD might have some therapeutic value.In the article he also admitted some pretty healthy psychedelic banging back in the '70's.Accordingly, Feldmar was yanked out of his car and marched into a bare interview room, adorned only by an American flag.The border guard told him from hence forth he was permanently barred from the United States, under the provisions of the Homeland Security Act.This brings
Homeland Security officials are testing a supersnoop computer system that sifts through personal information on U.S. citizens to detect possible terrorist attacks, prompting concerns from lawmakers who have called for investigations. The system uses the same data-mining process that was developed by the Pentagon’s Total Information Awareness (TIA) project that was banned by [...]
The Department of Homeland Security fronted up as a reasonable gent yesterday when it granted state civil servants extra time to implement the Real ID Act. The long-awaited rules issued on Thursday in Washington DC, will ease the timetable for state governments to adopt the Act, and delay an initial insistence on RFID [...]
When we entered the Magic Kingdom on the first day of our trip, I was alarmed to see that they were using biometrics with finger scanning along with the ticket cards. Since I had gotten 10-day no expiration passes for use on another trip, this was going to foil my plan. I had three 10-day adult (age 10+) passes and one 8-day child (age 3-9) pass. Luckily for us, Dova was three weeks from turning 3 on this trip so she was free. My plan was to come back on the next trip for 5 days, after Adam was 10, where he could use Grandma's pass and Dova would use Adam's pass. Suddenly, my plan was foiled and we had to come back before Adam turned 10 to be able to use up his pass. Then we started our own biometric tests. First Grandma and I switched cards and we were admitted fine. Grandma's finger obviously has a different fingerprint was definitely wider than mine, if they were only going by dimensions. Later, Doug I and swapped cards and we flew through again. So this biometric scan
This has to be the most despicable case of political correctness I have ever heard of. Michael Chertoff is supposed to be the chief of anti terrorism for America and here he is singing the praises of radical Islam. Its not bad enough he is throwing his own Border Patrol agents to the wolves but now he’s running interference for Islam. My disgust with the Department of Homeland Security, the Bush administration and George Bush personally has no bounds. My sense of frustration is at similar levels. What happened to calling bad guys bad guys? The days of Ronald Reagan pointing to our enemies and saying they are the evil empire are long gone. Now our government is making secret deals with Mexico to remove our borders open and our country to uncounted hordes of poor Mexicans. What’s next, a similar deal for an invasion of radical Muslims? I have to applaud World Net Daily for taking such a lead in covering the perfidy of the Department of Homeland Security.  Between this and their des
Wednesday, Former Governor Mark Warner, Democrat of Virginia, campaigned in Nevada, giving a speech in Las Vegas where he said that the cuts in the city's homeland security funding was result of, "Misplaced priorities" He also campaigned for the democratic nominee for governor, Dina Titus. Nevada will have the second caucuses in 2008. Interested? Find out more here.
Rainbow Warrior was the name of the Greenpeace ship sunk by the French intelligence service as the organization tried to reach the site of nuclear tests, about 20 years ago.Rainbow warrior is the name of the sinking US president as he tries to reach a more decent approval rate by raising both fear and the
US Department of Homeland Security
's threat level from Green to Blue to Yellow to Orange to Red*.
Neither Greenpeace nor Bush did swallow Dr. Mohamed ElBaradei's Nobel Price, the IAEA promoting from the start civil nuclear energy and its leader contesting from the start the existence of WMDs in Iraq.
Yesterday, you had to see Greenpeace leaders go nuclear and Dubya turn green... Now that's quite a weird association. And c
onsidering the intensity of the attacks on a former Nobel duet (the UN & Kofi Annan), ElBaradei could be considered an endangered specie.
* Is Amerika Ready ? For those feeling nostalgic for the McCarthy era, enjoy
the government's website
Wednesday, Former Governor Mark Warner, Democrat of Virginia, campaigned in Nevada, giving a speech in Las Vegas where he said that the cuts in the city's homeland security funding was result of, "Misplaced priorities" He also campaigned for the democratic nominee for governor, Dina Titus. Nevada will have the second caucuses in 2008. Interested? Find out more here.
