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Travelers’ Laptops May Be Detained At Border
No suspicion required under Homeland Security policiesBy Ellen Nakashima / August 1, 2008 Federal agents may take a traveler’s laptop computer or other electronic device to an off-site location for an unspecified period of time without any suspicion of wrongdoing, … Continue reading
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Tagged Border Searches, Civil Liberties, Computers, Homeland Security, Surveillance, Terrorism, War on Terror
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A Bit of Justice Concerning BushCo Secrecy
White House Loses Appeal to Keep Visitor Logs Secretby Jason Leopold / July 15, 2008 The White House lost an appeal to keep secret visitor logs containing the identities of evangelical Christian leaders who visited the White House and Vice … Continue reading
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Tagged Bush Administration, Cheney, Homeland Security, Transparency, U.S. Government
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Friendly Skies Dept : Want Some Torture With Your Peanuts?
Airline bracelet id would double as stun deviceBy Jeffrey Denning Just when you thought you’ve heard it all… A senior government official with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has expressed great interest in a so-called safety bracelet that … Continue reading
Making You Safer Through Personal Invasion
U.S. border agents copying contents of travelers’ laptopsBy Federica Narancio / June 25, 2008 WASHINGTON — U.S. border agents are copying and seizing the contents of laptops, cell phones and digital cameras from U.S. and foreign travelers entering the United … Continue reading
The War on Terror Meets the War on Immigrants
From the H-Blocks to a Texas Jailby Sandy Boyer and Shaun Harkin / May 24, 2008 Twenty-six years ago, Pol Brennan was an Irish Republican Army (IRA) prisoner in the H-Blocks of Long Kesh, watching his friends die on hunger … Continue reading
Everybody Looks Like a Danger to Stability
ARE YOU ON THE LIST? The federal government has been developing a highly classified plan that will override the Constitution in the event of a major terrorist attack. Illustration by Brett Ryder.The Last Roundup: Is the government compiling a secret … Continue reading
Dude. You’re a Security Threat.
Blunt Federal Letters Tell Students They’re Security ThreatsBy Scott Shane / May 13, 2008 WASHINGTON — A German graduate student in oceanography at M.I.T. applied to the Transportation Security Administration for a new ID card allowing him to work around … Continue reading
