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TSA Takes an Hour to Figure Out 2 Year Old is Not a Terrorist
The New York Times
September 30, 2008
On the Road
Not Too Small to Appear on a Big No-Fly Watch List
By JOE SHARKEY
A RESPONSE to last week’s column about the chronic troubles of air travelers came from Christine Anderson, who says she was with her son Jack both times he was told that he was on the terrorist watch list.
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Strip searches are now called "freedom searches"
Transportation Security Operations Center Re-Named Freedom Center
Freedom Center is the Heart of TSA's Mission
- Click to hear PHL Security Manager Todd Fox reading his winning submission to rename TSOC the Freedom Center. (524Kb, mp3)
- Click here for a behind-the-scenes look at TSA's Freedom Center.
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Homeland Security, Sesame Street Join Forces To Teach Kids About Terror
Homeland Security, Sesame Style
By Jeff Dufour and Patrick Gavin
POSTED September 18, 2008 | 7:30 AM
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Congress: DHS Oversaw $15B In Failed Contracts
By Dana Hedgpeth
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, September 17, 2008; D02
In the five years since it was created, the Department of Homeland Security has overseen roughly $15 billion worth of failed contracts for projects ranging from airport baggage-screening to trailers for Hurricane Katrina evacuees, according to congressional data to be ( Read more... ) -
Homeland Security Sets up Suspicionless Checkpoints Along Roads in Washington State
author: Charlie
Sep 12, 2008 07:38
Homeland security has setup up 3 internal checkpoints on the Olympic Peninsula. These checkpoints are in addition to checkpoints at Washington Ferry docks and highway border crossings. According to the U.S. Border Patrol, it has a jurisdiction of about 100 miles from the border. This puts most of Washington state in ( Read more... ) -
DHS Official IDs "No. 1 Killer" In US: The Government
CQ HOMELAND SECURITY
Sept. 9, 2008 - 8:00 p.m.
Stephan: ‘No. 1 Killer in the United States Is Entrenched Bureaucracies’
By Daniel Fowler, CQ Staff
Calling them “more clever than al Qaeda in many respects,” a Department of Homeland Security official said Tuesday that bureaucrats are the “No. 1 killer in the United States.”
“Most of the time, every day, ( Read more... )
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