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Don’t Stop Hurricanes, Guide them with Homeland Security Sponsored Weather Modification

Here is not only admission that scientists are trying to control hurricane strength, if not calculating ways of steering them. Anyone unwilling to admit to themselves that this means the military is attempting to harness the power of the weather for use as a weapon or more specifically for use in weather warfare might as [...]

Hundreds of Illegal Immigrants Awaiting Deportation Riot in L.A. Detention Center

Hundreds of illegal immigrants awaiting deportation rioted at a county-run detention center and had to be subdued with tear gas, authorities said Wednesday.
The riot Tuesday started as a fight between detainees from rival gangs and spread to the detention center’s outdoor yard, said Virginia Kice, a spokeswoman for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Nearby sheriff’s stations [...]

Building a Bigger Beast, Presidential Order Links Cybersecurity Program to NSA

Department of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff has dropped the bomb.At a speech to hundreds of security professionals Wednesday, Chertoff declared that the federal government has created a cyber security “Mahattan Project,” referencing the 1941-1946 project led by the Army Corps of Engineers to develop American’s first atomic bomb.
According to Wired’s Ryan Singel, Chertoff gave few [...]

Quick Links 3/6/08

China’s Military Budget: $59 Billion – Sharp Buildup Raises Concern in the US
China Trying to Crack U.S. Computers, Buy Nukes; Report
Washington Emergency Management Officials Prepare for Catastrophic Earthquake
Israel Buys Supply of Pills to Protect Against Nuclear Radiation
Ahmadinejad Suspends Talks with EU After UN Resolution Against Iran
Iran Arming Hezbollah With Missiles Sent Via Turkey
Israel Says Hezbollah [...]

DHS: Real ID is ‘pro-consumer’ and ‘antiterrorism’

WASHINGTON–One of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s most prominent Real ID cheerleaders made a more timid than usual push on Tuesday for states to adopt the controversial identification card standards.

Stewart Baker, the department’s assistant secretary for policy, has touted what he perceives as the privacy-protective, identity theft-preventive features of the congressionally mandated Real ID [...]

Joe Lieberman Calls For British Like Use of Video Surveillance Cameras In America

Sen. Joe Lieberman, the chairman of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, says he wants to see the use surveillance cameras across America more “more widely” used.
Lieberman ignores the fact that the use of these cameras does nothing to stop attacks like the car bombing in the UK. In fact, it was left up to [...]