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U.S. / OPINION Thu Sep 20, 2007 @ 4:45pm neoform

Wired -- International travelers concerned about being labeled a terrorist or drug runner by secret Homeland Security algorithms may want to be careful what books they read on the plane. Newly revealed records show the government is storing such information for ye.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Sep 17, 2007 @ 9:30am neoform

www.ala.org -- It all began March 26, when a woman came to the reference desk and asked Martha Lee of the Bluffton (Ohio) Public Library for the Allen County Hazardous Materials Emergency Plan. Lee told American Libraries that after receiving the appropriate binder, the.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Jul 20, 2007 @ 11:24am neoform

Washington Post -- A $1.2 billion program to deploy new radiation monitors to screen trucks, cars and cargo containers for signs of nuclear devices has been delayed by questions over whether Department of Homeland Security officials misled Congress about the effectiveness o.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon May 28, 2007 @ 7:31am neoform

CNN -- Claims of terrorism represented less than 0.01 percent of charges filed in recent years in immigration courts by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, according to a report issued Sunday by an independent research group. This comes despite the fact.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sat May 26, 2007 @ 4:27pm neoform

pressesc.com -- US citizens who apply for a job will need prior approval from Department of Homeland Security under the terms immigration bill passed by the Senate this week. American Civil Liberties Union pointed out that the DHS's Employment Eligibility Verification.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Dec 13, 2006 @ 4:37pm mrmdc

Houston Chronicle -- U.S. homeland security officials say they are preparing for a remote, but real possibility: that the death of Fidel Castro could trigger a mass migration from the island nation, landing refugees in detention centers in Florida, Texas and beyond... Read More

U.S. / OPINION Sat Nov 4, 2006 @ 5:18pm neoform

Pacific News -- The Halliburton subsidiary KBR (formerly Brown and Root) announced on Jan. 24 that it had been awarded a $385 million contingency contract by the Department of Homeland Security to build detention camps. Two weeks later, on Feb. 6, Homeland Security Secre.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Apr 22, 2008 @ 8:21am neoform

SF Gate -- The Bush administration would require commercial airlines and cruise-line operators to collect information such as fingerprints from international travelers and send the information to the Homeland Security Department soon after the travelers leave the co.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Sep 21, 2007 @ 8:20am neoform

USA Today -- The Homeland Security Department and top government scientists are testing a new baggage-screening machine capable of identifying liquid explosives, a technology that could put an end to unpopular rules affecting carry-on luggage. The machine would all.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Aug 8, 2007 @ 8:28am neoform

Guardian Unlimited -- Somewhere in central Los Angeles, about 20 miles from LAX airport, there is a nondescript building housing a detention facility for foreigners who have violated US immigration and customs laws. I was driven there around 11pm on May 3, my hands painfully h.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Jul 19, 2007 @ 4:26am neoform

Washington Post -- The Department of Homeland Security increased counterterrorism funding for Washington and New York City yesterday but warned that doling out more federal cash to the nation's largest urban areas would require the virtual elimination of aid to mid-size cit.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Jun 18, 2007 @ 8:15am neoform

USA Today -- The Homeland Security Department is vigorously fighting a move by Congress to delay a requirement that U.S. citizens show a passport to re-enter the country by land or sea from Mexico, Canada, Bermuda or the Caribbean, saying it puts the nation's borders.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Jun 6, 2007 @ 1:06pm neoform

CNN -- Border officers will no longer have the discretion to ignore directives barring someone from entering the country after a man crossed the border with a rare form of tuberculosis last month, a Department of Homeland Security official said. From now on,.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Jun 6, 2007 @ 8:45am neoform

CNN -- Border officers will no longer have the discretion to ignore directives barring someone from entering the country after a man crossed the border with a rare form of tuberculosis last month, a Department of Homeland Security official said Tuesday. From.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Mar 16, 2007 @ 1:38am neoform

USA Today -- Homeland Security and Energy department leaders urge cities vulnerable to terrorism to undergo an inventory of all radioactive material within city limits, so authorities can detect "dirty bombs" terrorists might plant. Maps of each city would be creat.. Read More