DHS Now Issuing Thousands of New Photo ID’s for ‘Voting Purposes’
Technology Friday, January 6th, 2012
“As a nation, we will do everything in our power to protect our country. As Americans, we will never give in to fear or division. We will be guided by our hopes, our unity, and our deeply held values. That’s who we are as Americans … And we will continue to do everything that we can to keep America safe in the new year and beyond.”
Military may get faster airport screening
Privacy Rights Wednesday, December 21st, 2011
WASHINGTON — Members of the military on official travel, and their families, would move through airport security quicker next year under legislation sent to the president on Tuesday.
Breaking News, Liberty Wednesday, December 21st, 2011
Nestled amid plains so flat the locals joke you can watch your dog run away for miles, Fargo treasures its placid lifestyle, seldom pierced by the mayhem and violence common in other urban communities. North Dakota’s largest city has averaged fewer than two homicides a year since 2005, and there’s not been a single international terrorism prosecution in the last decade.
Infrastructure at Risk From Feds’ Failure to Share Info, Security Researchers Charge
Technology Saturday, October 29th, 2011
By Kim Zetter, Wired.com LONG BEACH, CA — If the government really wants to protect the nation’s electrical grid and critical infrastructure from hackers and other attackers, it’s got to change the way it communicates with the people in charge of securing those systems. That was the message sent this week from security professionals to [...]
Napolitano Confronts Drudge Report over ‘Orwellian…Big Sis’ View
Privacy Rights Tuesday, September 6th, 2011
By Jason Ryan, ABC News Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Matt Drudge is “just wrong” for dubbing her “Big Sis” on his Drudge Report website, and defended DHS’s efforts to respect people’s civil liberties while protecting against terrorist attacks. “I don’t think he means it kindly,” Napolitano said, when asked about the nickname today [...]
Breaking News, Headlines, Liberty Wednesday, June 29th, 2011
The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) says it’s got evidence that the Department of Homeland Security has failed to properly evaluate the level of risk from airport body scanners.
Liberty Sunday, June 26th, 2011
A woman has filed a complaint with federal authorities over how her elderly mother was treated at Northwest Florida Regional Airport last weekend.
CREEPY HOMELAND SECURITY MOBILE ‘MALINTENT’ PRE-CRIME SCREENING SYSTEM TO SCAN AMERICANS
Liberty Tuesday, May 31st, 2011
Straight out of Minority Report a new Homeland Security program would subject Americans to pre-crime interrogations and physiological scans to detect people who are intending to commit a terrorist act at sports stadiums, malls, airports and other public places has moved closer to being implemented after the FAST program passed its first round of testing at an undisclosed location in northeast US.
Iris Scanning: The Best Security Tool You Won’t Find at U.S. Airports
Technology Saturday, May 28th, 2011
The best security technology available that would give the TSA an alternative controversial body scanners is already in use worldwide — just not here in the U.S.
Breaking News, Technology Thursday, May 26th, 2011
The personal data of millions of passengers who fly between the US and Europe, including credit card details, phone numbers and home addresses, may be stored by the US department of homeland security for 15 years, according to a draft agreement between Washington and Brussels leaked to the Guardian.