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Homeland Security's New Spies: Hotel Guests

TV spot asks travelers to be on the alert for terrorists

(Newser) - It may not be the first thing you want to hear upon checking into a hotel on vacation, but Homeland Security would like you to keep an eye out for terrorists, please. The agency has begun running 15-second spots on hotel TVs across the US asking guests to report any...

Naomi Wolf: I Was Busted in Gown for Using Sidewalk

Arrest highlights 'closing of America,' writes Wolf

(Newser) - Stunned feminist author Naomi Wolf says she was busted in an evening gown for "standing lawfully on a sidewalk" outside an event she was invited to. Cops cuffed the writer after she explained to Occupy Wall Street protesters they had a legal right to use the sidewalk outside an...

We're Getting Better at Deporting Convicts

More than half of those sent packing in last year were criminal offenders

(Newser) - The US is not only deporting more illegal immigrants than ever, it’s doing a better job of booting actual convicts, according to figures released today by Homeland Security. The US deported 396,906 people in fiscal 2011, a new record, USA Today reports, and 55% of those deported were...

Insects, Diseases Invaded US Borders After 9/11
 Insects, Diseases 
 Invaded After 9/11 
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Oct 10, 2011 7:13 PM CDT

Insects, Diseases Invaded After 9/11

Tiny terrors infect food supply, bump prices

(Newser) - America's obsession with terrorism after 9/11 has left our borders prone to the tiniest of invaders, an AP study finds. Focused on guns and bombs, inspectors have overlooked foreign insects and plant diseases that menace the country's food supply, send prices soaring, and leave pesticide residue on food....

Homeland Security Tests 'Pre-Crime' Detectors

'Non-intrusive' sensors collect data on prospective crooks

(Newser) - Homeland Security is trying to make Hollywood's science-fiction fantasies come true, CNET reports. While the Tom Cruise film Minority Report portrayed psychics who predict crimes, DHS officials are using a "prototype screening facility" to "detect cues indicative of mal-intent" in people, according to a DHS document. The...

FBI Seeking 'Terror Trio' Believed Sent by al-Qaeda Boss

At least one man in suspected plot is believed to be US citizen: ABC

(Newser) - The FBI, CIA, and police are attempting to track down a trio of men they believe arrived in the US last month to launch a terror attack on the anniversary of 9/11. The men, who officials believe were sent by al-Qaeda boss Ayman al-Zawahiri, are suspected of plotting a car...

Coming Soon to Airports: Shoes! On Your Feet!

Janet Napolitano says the end to the annoying practice is nigh

(Newser) - Rejoice, Americans: Just as you admitted that you would be willing to do away with your freedoms in exchange for security ... freedom! Janet Napolitano today said that air passengers will soon be able to inch their way through security with their shoes on, reports Politico . "We are moving towards...

9/11 Panel: US Is Still Not Prepared

Commission says too many gaps remain in national security

(Newser) - The 9/11 Commission takes stock of national security 10 years later, and the bottom line isn't pretty: "A decade after 9/11, the nation is not yet prepared for a truly catastrophic disaster," says a new report by the panel out today. Several key recommendations remain in limbo,...

US Deports Record 393K
 US Deports Record 393K 
Jul 22, 2011 1:03 PM CDT

US Deports Record 393K

... thanks in part to increase in driving offenses

(Newser) - The Obama administration deported a record 393,000 people last fiscal year, with half of those deported considered criminals. That jibes with the Obama administration's pledge to go after the "worst of the worst," but the AP reports that some critics are scoffing: The figure includes big...

Homeland Security Blowing $300M on Sketchy Scanners

Department skipped a mandatory test on ASP device, GAO complains

(Newser) - Homeland Security plans to buy 400 new radiation detection machines, even though it’s skipped its own internal requirements to test them first, the Government Accountability Office complained in a report today. These Advanced Spectroscopic Portal machines have a checkered past, the Washington Post reports: In January, the National Academy...

Cartels Bribe US Border Agents With Cash, Sex

127 border workers nabbed for corruption since 2004

(Newser) - Dangling offers of money and sexual favors, Mexican drug cartels have bribed US border officials to allow illegal immigrants through checkpoints, shield traffickers, or provide secret information, a top official testified before a Senate subcommittee. The Zetas drug cartel in particular has been “involved increasingly in systematic corruption,”...

Sen. Schumer Calls for 'No Fly List' on US Trains

We need tougher security in wake of Osama compound intel, he says

(Newser) - Since Americans love flying so much these days, New York Sen. Charles Schumer wants to make train travel a little more like it. He's calling for the Department of Homeland Security's Secure Flight program with its "No Fly List" to be extended to Amtrak, creating a "...

US Replaces Color-Coded Terror Alert System

New warnings will be specific and have exipiration dates

(Newser) - The nation's color-coded terror alert system will be gone next week. In its place will be what Homeland Security chief Janet Napolitano describes as a more efficient system that will issue specific alerts with expiration dates, reports the Wall Street Journal . DHS will issue the alerts via public announcements...

Reality TV Examines Ad World and ... Homeland Security?

AMC plans two new shows

(Newser) - Do real ad men look like Don Draper? How many threats does the Department of Homeland Security investigate on a daily basis? The answers to these questions and more will be discovered with AMC's first foray into reality TV. The Mad Men network plans two new, real-life series: The ...

For Terror Alerts, Check Facebook

New system will reportedly be in place by April 27

(Newser) - Details of the new terror alert system are out, and it looks like Twitter and Facebook are in. As previously reported , the government is replacing its color coding system: In its place will be a two-level system—"elevated" and "imminent"—and alerts might be sent to Americans...

Ariz. Sheriff: Border Patrol Told Not to Make Arrests

Border patrol commander vigorously denies rumor

(Newser) - Are US Border Patrol agents intentionally avoiding arresting illegal immigrants on orders from higher-ups? That’s the rumor being spread by Arizona sheriff Larry Denver, who tells Fox News that he heard it from a top Border Patrol official. “The senior supervisor agent is telling me about how their...

Homeland Security Hiding Its Emails: Insiders

Employees concerned over lengthy vetting process for internal records

(Newser) - Homeland Security insiders spent months complaining that top Obama appointees were improperly delaying the release of potentially embarrassing files sought under the Freedom of Information Act. In a raft of uncensored emails obtained by the AP , insiders called the vetting process “meddling," "crazy" and "bananas!”...

All Those Carry-ons Actually Costing Taxpayers Millions

Congress asks whether airlines should help cover the expense

(Newser) - In dodging baggage-check fees by squeezing everything into a carry-on, fliers are still ending up with a big bill: The increased workload for airport security is costing the Transportation Security Administration, and therefore taxpayers, $260 million a year, reports the AP . "When you have to pay to check a...

Border Fence Strands Some Texans in 'No Man's Land'

Border wall erected up to a mile north of Rio Grande in parts of state

(Newser) - Pamela Taylor and her husband built their home on the banks of the Rio Grande 50 years ago, but when the Department of Homeland Security built a big steel fence here last year, Taylor and seven other homeowners found themselves on the wrong side, wedged between the fence and the...

Color-Coded Threat Levels Getting Scrapped

New system will be introduced in April

(Newser) - Today's threat level is yellow—as it has been since 2006—but it won't be any color at all by the end of April. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano will announce Thursday that the much-maligned five-color advisory code introduced after the September 11 attacks is to be scrapped, ABC reports....

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