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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Australian faces jail over DIY jihad book
AAP | Friday, 12 September 2008

Former Qantas cabin cleaner Belal Saadallah Khazaal faces up to 15 years in jail after being convicted over a terrorism "do-it-yourself" jihad book, and a possible retrial on a second charge.

A NSW Supreme Court jury yesterday said it was unable to reach a verdict on the second ( Read more... )

By Leonard Pitts - Miami Herald
Published 12:00 am PDT Monday, September 8, 2008

"We need change, all right. Change from a liberal Washington to a conservative Washington. We have a prescription for every American who wants change in Washington - throw out the big-government liberals."

- Mitt Romney,

Sept. 3, 2008

And then the gorilla run knee ( Read more... )

'Environmental volunteers' will be encouraged to spy on their neighbours

Councils are recruiting residents to report anyone who drops litter, fails to recycle their rubbish properly, or who allows their dog to foul the streets.

By Lucy Cockcroft

Last Updated: 7:42PM BST 01 Sep 2008

Advertisements looking for people to sign up for the unpaid " ( Read more... )

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August 26, 2008

Philip Giraldi

In George Orwell's 1984 there is a memorable scene when the speaker from Oceania's Ministry of Truth is addressing a rally, the culmination of Hate Week against the enemy, Eurasia. He receives a message mid-sentence, then smoothly shifts gears to deliver the remainder of his speech excoriating Eastasia. The crowd ( Read more... )

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The Narrative Versus the NewsGeorge Orwell, "Politics and the English Language," 1946

Most people who bother with the matter at all would admit that the English language is in a bad way, but it is generally assumed that we cannot by conscious action do anything about it. Our civilization is decadent and our language -- so the argument ( Read more... )

Telegraph

By Rosa Prince, Political Correspondent

Last updated: 10:15 AM BST 07/07/2008

Toddlers who turn their noses up at spicy food from overseas could be branded racists by a Government-sponsored agency.

The National Children's Bureau, which receives £12 million a year, mainly from Government funded organisations, has issued guidance to play ( Read more... )

From The Times

May 22, 2008

Big Brother is watching you...

...but luckily he's overstretched and has underestimated the job of keeping track of us all

Phil Hendren

The Government is planning to introduce a giant database that will hold the details of every phone call we have made, every e-mail we have sent and every webpage we have visited in the past ( Read more... )

Two arrested after ORR High School protest

May 21, 2008 7:18 PM
MATTAPOISETT - Two students were arrested and another 15 to 20 staged a sit-in at Old Rochester Regional High School Wednesday in a protest that began after students briefly commandeered the intercom system during MCAS testing, school officials and students said.

Thomas Buckley, 17 ( Read more... )