Rasmussen Reports™: The Most Comprehensive Public Opinion Data Anywhere Seventy-three percent (73%) of U.S. voters believe that a police officer should automatically check to see if someone is in this country legally when the officer pulls that person over for a traffic violation. Only 21% disagree, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
Last week, Security Debrief contributor and former Chief of Operations at the DEA, Michael Braun, testified in front of the House Subcommittee on National Security & Foreign Affairs Committee on Oversight and Government Reform regarding “Guns, Drugs and Violence.” Today, Braun continued his testimony, this time speaking on the Merida Initiative and the current enviornment along the U.S.-Mexican border.
Given backscatter technology’s proven track record in detecting potential threats, why has TSA chosen not to deploy it at U.S. airports, along side millimeter wave – thereby introducing competition to the procurement process and the “random factor” that TSA talks so much about. Simply put – because it didn’t focus group well enough for TSA.
FBI cited for worst FOIA responses — Federal Computer Week An open-government group cited the FBI today for poor response to requests for records by giving the bureau its annual award for “outstandingly bad responsiveness to the public that flouts the letter and spirit of the Freedom of Information Act” (FOIA). George Washington University’s National […]
Let’s put aside Charles Freeman’s previous in-your-face assertions denouncing Israel’s policies as “high handed,” “self-defeating,” and “inherently violent.” What’s more telling is that he seems surprised that such public statements would not provoke equally in-your-face responses, and that they would come back to bite him, as they have done in the current controversy over his appointment. He was surprised? Really? And we were thinking of appointing him as one of our Intelligence Czars? What were we thinking?
The roller-coaster of immigration enforcement continues as immigration rights activists rally around the DHS response to the recent ICE worksite enforcement operation in Bellingham, Washington. The worksite enforcement investigation resulted in the arrest of 28 illegal aliens at an engine manufacturing plant. Worksite enforcement operations of this nature were routine and of high priority under the Bush administration.
Glenn Beck – Glenn Beck: Illegal who should have been deported shoots cop in cold blood GLENN: Tell me the story of — because this one, I have to tell you, it’s setting — blood’s shooting out of my eyes on this one. Tell me the story about what happened with the police officer there […]
New airport security rules to require more personal information — chicagotribune.com You may have been patted down at airports or suffered the indignity of having your dirty laundry from a vacation searched at screening checkpoints. Now prepare yourself for security to get a little more personal. Passengers making airline reservations soon will be required to […]
Remember when the USA Patriot Act was seen as a common-sense counterterrorism tool? Congress enacted the law shortly after the 9/11 attacks by large bipartisan majorities. It wasn’t even close.
During Secretary Napolitano’s first appearance before the House Homeland Security Committee, Congressman Charlie Dent (R-PA) performed an important service. He pointed out that legalistic “one size fits all” homeland security requirements don’t make sense. Rigid compliance enforced without exception and not viewed through the lens of common sense can sap the credibility of DHS in the eyes of the American public and at the same time fail to enhance security.
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