A Novel Approach to Homeland Security

Staff / Truthdig Feb 13, 2007 The Navy is hoping to deploy a group of dolphins and sea lions to protect a base on the Puget Sound from the risk of scuba-diving terrorists. Seriously. Not surprisingly, PETA thinks it's a bad plan. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

U.S. Officials Caught Mistreating Immigrants

Staff / Truthdig Jan 17, 2007 A report by the Department of Homeland Security inspector general has found that immigration and customs officials mistreated illegal immigrants held in facilities around the country. But the ACLU and others have criticized the report, charging that it ignored the most serious allegations. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Molly Ivins: Maybe If We Tried a Slingshot

Molly Ivins / Truthdig Jun 29, 2006 Confrontational hard-liners Don Rumsfeld and John Bolton continue to ramp up tensions between the U.S. and North Korea; Molly Ivins wonders if maybe it's still not too late for a little diplomacy. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Conservatives Kill Proposal to Scan All Shipping Containers

Staff / Truthdig Apr 27, 2006 If you need more proof that right-wing lawmakers care a helluva lot more about their ties to industry than about safeguarding the country, read this post. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Homeland Official Charged in Internet Child Seduction Case

Staff / Truthdig Apr 5, 2006 Homeland Security Dept.'s deputy press secretary allegedly tried to seduce a Florida sheriff's detective who he thought was a 14-year-old girl. Troubling for two reasons: (a) This shows the moral fiber of the people entrusted to spy on Americans; (b) this shows the incompetence and foolishness of the people entrusted to secure our borders -- this kind of sting is the oldest trick in the book. UPDATE: More details on the official's alleged criminal actions. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bush the Internationalist

Molly Ivins / Truthdig Mar 14, 2006 "It's hard to keep up with George W Bush's shuttles between internationalism and isolationism You may recall he couldn't even be bothered to learn the names of the Grecians and Kosovians". Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Iraq War Costing $5.9 Billion per Month

Staff / Truthdig Mar 9, 2006 That's according to the Wall Street Journal. Also, progressives in Congress want to divert $60 billion in defense spending to humanitarian assistance, social programs, energy conservation, homeland security and deficit reduction. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Pay Your Bills, Become Terror Threat

Staff / Truthdig Mar 3, 2006 A retired Texas schoolteacher pays off a larger-than-usual chunk of his credit card bill--and the payment gets frozen as Homeland Security investigates. "It's scary how easily someone in Homeland Security can get permission to spy," says the teacher. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Port Deal Never Probed for Terror Ties

Staff / Truthdig Mar 2, 2006 A Republican lawmaker tells CNN that the Homeland Security Dept. never investigated whether the UAE company slotted to take control over major U.S. ports had any connection to Al Qaeda or other terrorist groups. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Chertoff Goes Mum on Portgate

Blair Golson / Truthdig Feb 21, 2006 Homeland Security chief Michael Chertoff on the proposed deal to cede control of six US ports to the United Arab Emirates: "The discussions are classified" Truthdig doesn't pretend to understand the ins and outs of port ownership logistics, but we are troubled by Think Progress' revelation that a country linked with international terrorism is going to have dominion over 40% of the U cargo bound for Iraq . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Heckuva Job Chertoff

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White House Knew of Levee’s Failure on Night of Hurricane

Staff / Truthdig Feb 10, 2006 Remember when Bush said that he hadn't heard about the devastating levee failure in New Orleans until the day after the hurricane hit? Well, now it turns out that former FEMA Director Michael "Heckuva Job" Brown had told the White House about the breach the night before. | story Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )