Category Archives: Security

Repressive governments using U.S.-made spy technology

By doris | Published: December 6, 2011

Full Story at CBS News (Washington Post) Virginia technology entrepreneur Jerry Lucas hosted his first trade show for makers of surveillance gear at the McLean Hilton in May 2002. Thirty-five people attended. Nine years later, Lucas holds five events annually across the world, drawing hundreds of vendors and thousands of potential buyers for an industry [...]

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Airline groups oppose fees in Obama’s deficit plan

By doris | Published: September 28, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com DALLAS — Airline trade groups are fighting President Barack Obama’s plan to raise fees on airlines and passengers to pay for aviation security and air-traffic control. The airlines say security is a national-defense function and they pay an unfair share. The administration argues that those who use the air-travel system — [...]

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9/11 Commission heads issue security gap warning

By doris | Published: August 31, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com Washington (CNN) — The heads of the 9/11 Commission issued a new report Wednesday warning of continued shortfalls in anti-terror measures adopted in the wake of the 2001 al Qaeda attacks against the United States. Specifically, the report highlights nine commission recommendations that remain unfulfilled. Among other things, it cites a [...]

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State Dept.: Clinton not going anywhere

By doris | Published: June 11, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com WASHINGTON — The State Department shot down a report Thursday that Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has been in discussions with the White House about heading the World Bank. “The story is completely untrue,” Clinton spokesman Philippe Reines said in the United Arab Emirates, where Clinton was involved in international [...]

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To stem illegal immigration, cut labor demand in U.S.

By doris | Published: May 19, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — News that Mexican authorities found 513 would-be illegal immigrants packed tightly into trucks, with the United States as their destination, should shock Americans into action. They were from Mexico, Japan, China, India and Nepal, and authorities said each had paid $7,000 to gangsters to be smuggled in. Coming only [...]

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Obama nixes bin Laden photo release, but debate continues

By doris | Published: May 5, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com Washington (CNN) — Despite mounting pressure from some lawmakers and dissent within the ranks of his top advisers, President Barack Obama decided not to release photos of Osama bin Laden’s dead body, a White House spokesman said Wednesday. “It is not in our national security interest … to allow these images [...]

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In one stroke, a new Obama national security team

By doris | Published: April 30, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com WASHINGTON — The reshuffled national security team President Barack Obama introduced on Thursday will be charged with fighting not only the overseas war in Afghanistan but also budget battles at home over Pentagon spending that has ballooned into a fat target for politicans exercised by the national deficit. As his re-election [...]

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Homeland Security nears decision on terror warning system

By doris | Published: April 9, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — The Department of Homeland Security is nearing a decision on its plan to replace the color-coded terror warning alert introduced after the attacks on 9/11 with a two tier detailed advisory system. “The plan is not yet final, as we will continue to meet and exercise with our partners [...]

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The day that changed presidential security forever

By doris | Published: March 30, 2011

Full Story atCNN.com Washington (CNN) — “If we had been a split second slower, he could have been hit in the head.” It has been 30 years since the attempted assassination of President Ronald Reagan. But for retired Secret Service agent Ray Shaddick, the memories of that gray, rainy day in Washington remain clear. It [...]

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Most justices appear skeptical of making Wal-Mart suit class action

By doris | Published: March 29, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com Washington (CNN) — Female workers suing retail giant Wal-Mart Stores for workplace discrimination faced an uphill battle at the Supreme Court on Tuesday in their efforts to proceed in a massive class-action lawsuit. The case is among the most important dealing with corporate versus worker rights that the justices have ever [...]

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Libya no-fly zone widening; Gadhafi not targeted

By doris | Published: March 21, 2011

Full Story at news.Yahoo.com WASHINGTON – The opening phase of U.S. and coalition military action in Libya bruised Moammar Gadhafi’s ground forces and set the stage for extending a no-fly zone across the country, but American officials made clear Monday their military goals stop short of targeting Gadhafi or directly assisting rebel forces. Army Gen. [...]

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Libya bombing called successful; endgame unclear

By doris | Published: March 20, 2011

Full Story at news.Yahoo.com WASHINGTON – The U.S. on Sunday claimed initial success two days into an assault on Libya that included some of the heaviest firepower in the American arsenal — long-range bombers designed for the Cold War — but American officials said Sunday it was too early to define the international military campaign’s [...]

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