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• Hazleton illegal immigration ordinance struck down

  Published: July 27, 2007, 12:47 am

  Tags: Aclu, 1st Amendment, Border Control Homeland Security, News

  By Wade Malcolm, Staff Writer 07/26/2007 The Citizens Voice A federal judge has struck down the Illegal Immigration Relief Act, ruling Hazleton’s proposed crackdown on landlords and employers doing business with illegal immigrants is unconstitutional. In a 206-page opinion, U.S. District Judge James M. Munley stated, “Federal law

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• Fixing' FISA

  Published: August 1, 2007, 9:31 pm

  Tags: Intelligence Gathering, Homeland Security, Civil Liberties, White House

  it easier for the National Security Agency to eavesdrop on some purely foreign telephone calls and e-mail. Such a step now requires court approval. The White House has already conceded that it's blowing off existing law, it won't disclose to Congress the extent of its legally dubious surveillance efforts, and Congress is ready to hand over more

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• Homeland Security Dept.: Symbol of Basic Governmental Competence Collapses

  Published: August 2, 2007, 1:49 pm

  Tags: Cnn, Disasters, Feature, Fox, Homeland Security Dept, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Top, Wolf Blitzer, Wtf

  A big-ass bridge collapsed for no apparent fucking reason in your East Coast editor’s hometown yesterday. Nine people are confirmed dead, but with fifty cars tumbling into the river and at...

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• GAO: Pentagon Improperly Sold F-14 Parts

  Published: August 2, 2007, 2:58 pm

  Tags: Iran, Homeland Security

  oxymoron than National Security in the Bush Administration? SFGate: (h/t Gregory) The Pentagon sold more than a thousand aircraft parts that could be used on F-14 fighter jets - a plane flown only by Iran - after announcing it had halted sales of such surplus, government investigators say. In a report Wednesday, the Government

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• Lott to DC: Run for your lives

  Published: August 4, 2007, 8:11 am

  Tags: Homeland Security

  stepped up the department's security presence on Capitol Hill in response to intelligence indicating the increased possibility of an al-Qaida terrorist attack on Congress sometime between now and Sept. 11. One assumes they're working on something more reliable that Michael Chertoff's gut. But leave it to Lott to push the matter too far.

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• 'ICED' Seeks To Show How Immigration Laws May Increase Crime

  Published: August 6, 2007, 6:22 am

  Tags: Gamer Life, Burgeoning, Computer Science Student, Current Society, Department Of Homeland, Department Of Homeland Security, Electoral College, Empathy, Game, Genre, Immigrants In The United States, Immigration System, Indian Girl, Israeli Conflict, Japanese Computer

  wrote on the Department of Homeland Security. These are two of the characters in ICED!” — a new video game that invites players to step into the shoes of foreigners who run afoul of the U.S. immigration system. It is part of a burgeoning genre of video games that examine major social and policy issues such as the

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• Finding Osama bin Laden: 'We are not closer'

  Published: August 5, 2007, 12:22 pm

  Tags: Homeland Security

  a significant role in the security situation in Afghanistan as well. "There is no question," he said, that weaponry of Iranian types has been entering Afghanistan for some time in amounts that make it hard to imagine that the Iranian government is not aware that this is happening." Is Iran directly involved in the security situation -- the

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• Homeland Security's latest non-lethal weapon: the pukelight

  Published: August 7, 2007, 8:31 am

  Tags: Department Of Homeland Security, Departmentofhomelandsecurity, Dhs, Flashlight, Homeland Security, Homelandsecurity, Intelligent Optical Systems, Intelligentopticalsystems, Led Flashlight, Ledflashlight, Pukelight

  Misc. GadgetsSomeone in Homeland Security's R&D department must have a sense of humor, because the agency is hoping to soon deploy an LED flashlight that causes uncontrollable vomiting. The light, which is being developed for DHS at Intelligent Optical Systems, first shines a high-intensity beam to stun the target and then begins

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• Dept. Of Phasers On Stun: Protesting Hippies To Be Forced To Taste Awful Vegan Meals Twice

  Published: August 7, 2007, 10:34 am

  Tags: Border Patrol, Dept Of Phasers On Stun, Hippies, Homeland Security, The Evil Color, Weapons

  Back in the good old days, hippies used to thrive on physical conflict with the brave, short-haired men of our police and national guard. At protests against the Vietnam War, getting your pot-addled...

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• Children For Sex In Cambodia

  Published: August 8, 2007, 4:44 am

  Tags: General News, Beautiful Little Girls, Child Sex Trafficking, Department Of Homeland Security, International Justice, Msnbc, Pedophile, Sex Slaves, Sex Children, To Catch Predator

  trafficking, department of homeland security, international justice, msnbc, pedophile, sex slaves, sex with children, to catch a predatorIf you enjoyed this post invite me to drink a

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• POLLARD GETS SCREWED.... AGAIN!!!

  Published: August 3, 2007, 5:21 pm

  Tags: Homeland Security, Prejudice Against Israel, Jonathan Pollard, Dod, Prison, American Colleges Universities Prejudice Against Israel, Spy, Espionage, U S Prejudice Against Israel, Fbi, Pollard

  L. Myers, Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary for ICE. "These items, such as the proprietary source code stolen and altered by the defendant in this case, are controlled in the interest of national security. We will continue to work with our law enforcement partners and industry to enforce U.S. technology export laws.""The

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• The Citadel of Sanity

  Published: July 20, 2007, 3:21 pm

  Tags: Immigration, Homeland Security, Mexico, Texas

  the article on Thursday:The homeland chief on Wednesday said he "can't rule out" that the government would use eminent domain to seize private property to make way for the fence.Ummmmm, excuse me? Homeland Chief? As in, "Jawohl, mein Commandant?" He's not my homeland chief, I'll tell you that right now.Let's keep it in perspective and call him

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• Swamp TV-Fed turf war harms terror fight

  Published: August 14, 2007, 10:50 am

  Tags: Homeland Security

  by Sabrina Fang Click here to read the Homeland Security report on the turf war between the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Here's a press release from the office of Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa), the lawmaker who ordered the report.

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• WSJ: More U.S. officials to get spy satellite imagery

  Published: August 15, 2007, 9:55 am

  Tags: Homeland Security

  at the disposal of domestic security officials. The move was authorized in a May 25 memo sent to Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff asking his department to facilitate access to the spy network on behalf of civilian agencies and law enforcement. Until now, only a handful of federal civilian agencies, such as the National Aeronautics

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• Homeland Security: This Backpack Will Protect Your Children's Upper Bodies From School Shootings

  Published: August 15, 2007, 5:25 pm

  Tags: Clips, Homeland Security, We Hate Your Kids

  newVideoPlayer("bullet_pack_gawker.flv", 475, 376); Are we awful for laughing when the little girl demonstrates the bulletproof qualities of this backpack by crouching behind it? We know all your...

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