Archive for the ‘homeland+security’ Category

Terror Watch List Now Exceeds One Million Names

Monday, July 14th, 2008

The "terrorist" watch list now has more than one million names. Do you feel safer now? Since February we've been tracking the size of our government's list of ostensible terrorist suspects, which according to the government's own report (pdf) has been rising at a rate of 20,000 per month.Read ...

U.S. to Settle Scientist’s Anthrax Lawsuit

Friday, June 27th, 2008

Dumped on the late Friday news cycle ... A former Army scientist who was named as a person of interest in the 2001 anthrax attacks will receive $5.8 million to settle his lawsuit against the Justice Department. Yes, remember the Anthrax attacks. The war on terror hasn't caught the anthrax ...

Man Arrested in Las Vegas Ricin Case

Wednesday, April 16th, 2008

An unemployed graphic designer who authorities believe was nearly killed by ricin was arrested Wednesday on federal charges that he possessed the deadly toxin as part of an ''exotic idea,'' never carried out, to poison his enemies.Read the full story

US Airways pilot’s gun accidentally goes off on plane

Monday, March 24th, 2008

From the it was only a matter of time department. Guns, pilots and planes don't mix.Read the full story

Feds catch radioactive cat on Interstate 5

Sunday, March 23rd, 2008

Wow that the government now has the ability to detect radiation in a cat inside a car going by at 70 miles per hour. And wow at this world we live in, where we feel compelled to sniff, at random, inside the traffic coming out of Bellingham. What else ...

Death Cab’s Chris Walla: Homeland Security took my hard drive

Wednesday, October 17th, 2007

Walla said he believed the confiscation was random, but Barsuk and some music publications hinted it may have been more than a coincidence that such a political album - it includes songs criticizing the Bush administration's response to Hurricane Katrina, the Iraq war and the firings of U.S. attorneys by ...