Crime

Nigerian with al Qaeda Ties Attempts Airline Terrorist Attack

As the Airbus 300 from Amsterdam packed with holiday travelers descended toward Detroit on Christmas Day, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab returned to his seat...

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. December 28, 2009

Inside Goldman

Bob Adelmann December 28, 2009

When the New York Times announced in their lead article on the front page of their Christmas Eve edition that the Securities and...

Crime Rate Falls Despite Recession

Steven J. DuBord December 22, 2009

The FBI’s preliminary crime statistics for the first half of 2009 show the crime rate falling all across the nation despite high unemployment...

TSA Baggage Screening Set to Take Out Grandma’s Cookies

Beverly K. Eakman December 22, 2009

Did you know that, technically, it is illegal to cram a week’s worth of medications into one convenient bottle? And if airport screeners...

The Jihadists in America

Selwyn Duke December 21, 2009

It is a bucolic region of verdant meadows, rolling hills, and babbling brooks, a largely peaceful place where big city hustle and bustle...

Orwellian Technology at Homeland Security

Bruce Walker December 18, 2009

George Orwell, in his chilling classic, 1984, described how people could commit crimes without any physical act at all. This type of offense,...

Homeland Security’s Improper Intelligence

Steven J. DuBord December 18, 2009

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has found that during the last several years the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has improperly collected intelligence...

World’s Toughest Sheriff — No Apologies

Bob Adelmann December 17, 2009

Arguably the “world’s toughest sheriff,” Maricopa County (Phoenix) Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio continues to draw heavy fire for his strong statements, stands, and...

ACLU Says Obama Is Creating “Impunity” for Torturers

Thomas R. Eddlem December 14, 2009

“The Bush administration constructed a legal framework for torture, but the Obama administration is constructing a legal framework for impunity,” the American Civil...

TSA Places Five Employees on Leave Over Breach

Steven J. DuBord December 11, 2009

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has placed five employees on administrative leave pending the results of the agency’s investigation of how a confidential...

Contractor Posted TSA Secrets Online

Steven J. DuBord December 10, 2009

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano stated on December 9 that her department is investigating how a version of the Transportation Security...

FBI Orders Review About Fort Hood Shooting

Steven J. DuBord December 9, 2009

FBI Director Robert Mueller on December 8 ordered an independent review of the agency’s handling of information pertaining to the military psychiatrist charged...