Tag: Department of Homeland Security
Hapless Jetskier Criminally Charged for $100 mm Airport Security System’s Total Failure
| Tuesday August 14, 2012 at 4:07 PM PDT

Your Homeland Security tax dollars at work: A man whose jet ski broke down in New York’s Jamaica Bay on Friday evening swam to shore, climbed over an 8′ fence, walked across two runways wearing a bright yellow jacket—passing straight through the airport’s $100 million security system “which exceeds federal requirements,” and consists of...
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Every Single Day, Every Word You Say, I’ll Be Watching You
| Tuesday January 10, 2012 at 10:53 AM PDT

The Department of Homeland Security has declared its intention to gather personal data on journalists or others who might use “traditional and/or social media in real time to keep their audience situationally aware and informed.” I suppose that would include those of us at the Independent Institute who blog, tweet, and update Facebook. New...
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