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On AlterNet: homeland security

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "homeland security"

Joe Lieberman In a Thong? New

Joe Lieberman In a Thong? New "Strip Joe" Game Allows You to See the Awful Truth

Adele Stan, AlterNet AlterNet: Politics. November 4, 2009.
The folks at Agit-Prop have a new animated game for you to play. Warning: It's not pretty.

Homeland Security Picks Up San Francisco Baker for Overstaying His Visa

Staff, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. October 29, 2009.
Seriously?

Sen. Lieberman May Try to Stop Public Option By Joining With GOP Filibuster

Sen. Lieberman May Try to Stop Public Option By Joining With GOP Filibuster

Adele Stan, AlterNet AlterNet: Health and Wellness. October 27, 2009.
Former Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Lieberman said he might join a Republican filibuster to stop a final vote on health-care reform.

Has 'America's Toughest Sheriff' Lost It?

Has 'America's Toughest Sheriff' Lost It?

Isabel Macdonald, AlterNet. October 20, 2009.
Local community organizers are calling on the DHS to go further in stripping rogue Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s powers.

Outrage: House Sneakily Passes Bill Banning Release of Photos Showing Detainee Abuse

Outrage: House Sneakily Passes Bill Banning Release of Photos Showing Detainee Abuse

Nick Baumann, MotherJones.com AlterNet: PEEK. October 16, 2009.
The provision was slipped into a Homeland Security spending bill "apparently under direct orders from the Administration."

Fox News: Tom Ridge? Never Heard of Him.

Fox News: Tom Ridge? Never Heard of Him.

Eric Boehlert, Media Matters for America AlterNet: Media and Technology. August 22, 2009.
Since news broke that Ridge admitted terror alerts were political, CNN has mentioned his name on air 41 times; MSNBC has 62 times. Not Fox.

Indians Outraged, Burn U.S. Flags, After Homeland Security Detention of Country's Leading Star

Indians Outraged, Burn U.S. Flags, After Homeland Security Detention of Country's Leading Star

Sandip Roy, New America Media. August 19, 2009.
Indian minister Ambika Soni suggested all Americans coming to India should be frisked.

Immigrant Detainees Staging Hunger Strikes to Protest Deplorable Confinement

Immigrant Detainees Staging Hunger Strikes to Protest Deplorable Confinement

Aura Bogado, AlterNet. August 7, 2009.
The South Louisiana Correctional Center has seen five hunger strikes in one month, as detainees are denied medical care and access to legal libraries.

Guantanamo Inmates May Go to Special U.S. Prison: Report

Agence France Presse August 2, 2009.
U.S. officials are considering a plan to move Guantanamo detainees to a special prison camp that would also contain courtrooms and long-term living quarters.

U.S. to Let Immigration Agents Make Drug Arrests

The Washington Post June 17, 2009.
The decision would increase the number of federal drug agents, particularly on the border between the U.S. and Mexico.

Our Worst Enemies Aren't Terrorists: Rethinking National Security on a Sinking Planet

Our Worst Enemies Aren't Terrorists: Rethinking National Security on a Sinking Planet

Chip Ward, Tomdispatch.com. March 3, 2009.
The chances of being affected by a terrorist attack are slim, but disruptions to our far-flung supply lines for food, water and energy are a reality.

Homeland Security Show Misses the Real Drama

Homeland Security Show Misses the Real Drama

Raj Jayadev, New America Media. January 9, 2009.
The real American drama is the inspiring epic of immigrants struggling to survive in a nation that both needs and rejects them.

High-Ranking Homeland Security Official Repeatedly Hired Undocumented Workers

High-Ranking Homeland Security Official Repeatedly Hired Undocumented Workers

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: PEEK. December 7, 2008.
The irony is rich.

What Does Napolitano at Homeland Security Mean for Immigration Reform?

What Does Napolitano at Homeland Security Mean for Immigration Reform?

Diego Graglia, Feet in 2 Worlds AlterNet: Immigration. November 24, 2008.
Napolitano's approach on immigration is fundamentally pragmatic.

Theater of War: Portrait of a Homeland Security State [Photo Slideshow Included]

Theater of War: Portrait of a Homeland Security State [Photo Slideshow Included]

Lindsay Beyerstein, AlterNet. November 22, 2008.
A new book by the award-winning photojournalist Nina Berman probes how the U.S. homeland security apparatus stokes fantasies about war.

Obama Taps AZ Gov. Janet Napolitano to Head Homeland Security

Obama Taps AZ Gov. Janet Napolitano to Head Homeland Security

Melissa McEwan, Shakesville AlterNet: PEEK. November 20, 2008.
I guess it's too much to hope that her first order of business will be to defang and rename the creepily fascistic DHS.

Only One Day Left to Tell Your Senators 'Lieberman Must Go!'

Only One Day Left to Tell Your Senators 'Lieberman Must Go!'

ZP Heller, Meet the Bloggers AlterNet: Video. November 17, 2008.
Calls for Lieberman's ouster gaining Joe-mentum

Woman Kicked Out of Federal Building for Lesbian T-Shirt

Woman Kicked Out of Federal Building for Lesbian T-Shirt

Melissa McEwan, Shakesville AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. August 27, 2008.
"As an African-American and a lesbian, I haven't been through one day without facing some sort of discrimination ... but this is just shocking."

Buckets of Feces Banned at Democratic Convention

Buckets of Feces Banned at Democratic Convention

Gregory Daurer, Huffington Post AlterNet: PEEK. August 20, 2008.
Somebody is expecting a crappy time.

Broad New Domestic Spying Measures Are Coming to a Neighborhood Near You

Broad New Domestic Spying Measures Are Coming to a Neighborhood Near You

Liliana Segura, AlterNet AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. August 18, 2008.
In a series of quiet but sweeping measures, the Bush Administration is codifying the government's capacity to spy on its citizens.

At JFK Airport, Denying Basic Rights Is Just Another Day at the Office

At JFK Airport, Denying Basic Rights Is Just Another Day at the Office

Emily Feder, AlterNet. August 18, 2008.
I was recently stopped by Homeland Security as I was returning from a trip to Syria. What I saw in the hours that followed shocked and disturbed me.

The Translator's Perspective: an Inside Account of the Biggest ICE Raid in History

The Translator's Perspective: an Inside Account of the Biggest ICE Raid in History

Erik Camayd-Freixas, New America Media. July 14, 2008.
An interpreter struggles with his conscience after a massive immigration raid in Iowa.

The Liberty City 7 Exposed Homeland Security

The Liberty City 7 Exposed Homeland Security

Brave New Films, Brave New Films AlterNet: Video. May 20, 2008.
What happens when the FBI funds domestic terrorism?

Who's the Bigger Criminal: Woman Boarding Plane with Nipple Ring or Bush Admin Official Who Misused Grant Money?

Who's the Bigger Criminal: Woman Boarding Plane with Nipple Ring or Bush Admin Official Who Misused Grant Money?

Steven Reynolds, The All Spin Zone AlterNet: PEEK. March 31, 2008.
You make the call.

Homeland Security Training NYC Firefighters to Spy

Homeland Security Training NYC Firefighters to Spy

Colin Meyn, In These Times. February 19, 2008.
The FDNY will now be on the lookout for "material or behavior that may indicate terrorist activities" during their day-to-day work.