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U.S. Homeland Security Committee demands TSA explain reports of racial profiling at Newark airport
June 17, 2011
WASHINGTON — The Republican chairman and ranking Democrat on the House Homeland Security Committee said they want the head of the Transportation Security Administration to explain how racial profiling became a common practice among TSA screeners at Newark Liberty International Airport. Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.) and Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss) are both seeking answers from TSA Administrator John Pistole, after a federal report found several behavior detection officers, or BDOs, had singled out Mexican...
June 17, 2011
WASHINGTON — The Republican chairman and ranking Democrat on the House Homeland Security Committee said they want the head of the Transportation Security Administration to explain how racial profiling became a common practice among TSA screeners at Newark Liberty International Airport. Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.) and Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss) are both seeking answers from TSA Administrator John Pistole, after a federal report found several behavior detection officers, or BDOs, had singled out Mexican...
Ex-Spy Alleges Bush White House Sought to Discredit Critic
June 16, 2011
WASHINGTON — A former senior C.I.A. official says that officials in the Bush White House sought damaging personal information...
June 16, 2011
WASHINGTON — A former senior C.I.A. official says that officials in the Bush White House sought damaging personal information...
U.S. helicopters fire on attackers in Iraq oil hub: military
June 16, 2011
U.S. military helicopters fired on suspected militia fighters in southern Iraq on Wednesday, killing one, in a rare American air strike responding to a rocket attack on an airport, the U.S. military said. The U.S. response at Basra came at a sensitive time as Baghdad and Washington debate whether American soldiers need to stay past a planned withdrawal at the end of 2011 after they finished combat missions last year. Basra, the strategic oil hub for the OPEC member country, has been relatively...
June 16, 2011
U.S. military helicopters fired on suspected militia fighters in southern Iraq on Wednesday, killing one, in a rare American air strike responding to a rocket attack on an airport, the U.S. military said. The U.S. response at Basra came at a sensitive time as Baghdad and Washington debate whether American soldiers need to stay past a planned withdrawal at the end of 2011 after they finished combat missions last year. Basra, the strategic oil hub for the OPEC member country, has been relatively...
First Lady to Hollywood: Reflect military families
June 16, 2011
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - Michelle Obama wants to see more stories of military families on TV and in movies, so she came to Hollywood to do something about it. The first lady met with members of the writers, producers, directors and actors unions at the Writers Guild Theater to discuss Joining Forces, an initiative aimed at increasing public consciousness and support of military families. Obama said she created the initiative with Jill Biden to help the nation understand "that when our country...
June 16, 2011
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - Michelle Obama wants to see more stories of military families on TV and in movies, so she came to Hollywood to do something about it. The first lady met with members of the writers, producers, directors and actors unions at the Writers Guild Theater to discuss Joining Forces, an initiative aimed at increasing public consciousness and support of military families. Obama said she created the initiative with Jill Biden to help the nation understand "that when our country...
Domestic flight crackdown
June 16, 2011
PASSENGERS will be required to produce photo identification before boarding domestic flights as part of the biggest recommended overhaul of airport and maritime security since the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in the US. It's understood the recommendation is contained in a report to be released today by the parliamentary joint committee on law enforcement into the failure of existing security measures to combat organised crime in the aviation and maritime sectors. The committee is understood...
June 16, 2011
PASSENGERS will be required to produce photo identification before boarding domestic flights as part of the biggest recommended overhaul of airport and maritime security since the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in the US. It's understood the recommendation is contained in a report to be released today by the parliamentary joint committee on law enforcement into the failure of existing security measures to combat organised crime in the aviation and maritime sectors. The committee is understood...
TEPCO starts up water treatment system, but massive radioactive waste feared
June 16, 2011
Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) began a trial run of a radioactive water treatment system at the crippled Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant on June 15 in a desperate effort to break away from the vicious cycle of injecting water into reactors to cool them and ending up with more contaminated water. But even if the system, developed by France's Areva SA, were to operate smoothly, it would produce a massive amount of high-level radioactive waste that could affect TEPCO's roadmap to bring the troubled...
June 16, 2011
Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) began a trial run of a radioactive water treatment system at the crippled Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant on June 15 in a desperate effort to break away from the vicious cycle of injecting water into reactors to cool them and ending up with more contaminated water. But even if the system, developed by France's Areva SA, were to operate smoothly, it would produce a massive amount of high-level radioactive waste that could affect TEPCO's roadmap to bring the troubled...
Government needs to keep closer tabs on rogue jailhouse clerics, experts say
June 16, 2011
WASHINGTON - Prisons will keep turning some crooks into jihadists unless the government keeps closer tabs on rogue jailhouse clerics, experts told lawmakers on Wednesday. At a second fiery hearing on Islamic extremism, House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Peter King (R-L.I.) cited plots involving ex-cons converted to twisted versions of the faith, dubbed "prislam." King cited Brooklyn native and wanna-be dirty-bomber Jose Padilla, and James Cromitie, who awaits sentencing for conspiring...
June 16, 2011
WASHINGTON - Prisons will keep turning some crooks into jihadists unless the government keeps closer tabs on rogue jailhouse clerics, experts told lawmakers on Wednesday. At a second fiery hearing on Islamic extremism, House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Peter King (R-L.I.) cited plots involving ex-cons converted to twisted versions of the faith, dubbed "prislam." King cited Brooklyn native and wanna-be dirty-bomber Jose Padilla, and James Cromitie, who awaits sentencing for conspiring...
Zawahri picked as new Al Qaeda head
June 16, 2011
Osama bin Laden’s longtime deputy has been chosen as his successor to lead Al Qaeda, the group said Thursday. Ayman Al-Zawahri,...
June 16, 2011
Osama bin Laden’s longtime deputy has been chosen as his successor to lead Al Qaeda, the group said Thursday. Ayman Al-Zawahri,...
‘Gay’ indoctrination a reality
June 16, 2011
One homosexual activist says people who live the same lifestyle he leads aim to indoctrinate and recruit young children. In a recent opinion article titled "Can We Please Just Start Admitting That We Do Actually Want to Indoctrinate Kids," David Villarreal openly confesses that homosexual activists are pushing anti-bullying measures and pro-"gay" curriculum on children to "recruit" them. Villarreal writes that he would "very much like for many of these young boys to grow up and start [having sex with]...
June 16, 2011
One homosexual activist says people who live the same lifestyle he leads aim to indoctrinate and recruit young children. In a recent opinion article titled "Can We Please Just Start Admitting That We Do Actually Want to Indoctrinate Kids," David Villarreal openly confesses that homosexual activists are pushing anti-bullying measures and pro-"gay" curriculum on children to "recruit" them. Villarreal writes that he would "very much like for many of these young boys to grow up and start [having sex with]...
Google denies special deal for Barack Obama
June 16, 2011
Google denied Wednesday that it gave President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign special access to a new advertising...
June 16, 2011
Google denied Wednesday that it gave President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign special access to a new advertising...
