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Homeland Security to test iris scanners

Thoms Frank | USA Today.com   The Homeland Security Department plans to test futuristic iris scan technology that stores digital images of people’s eyes in a database and is considered a quicker alternative to fingerprints. The department will run a two-week test in October of commercially sold iris scanners at a Border Patrol station in McAllen, Texas, [...]

Canada, U.S. may extend security measures past Games

Robert Matas | TheGlobeandMail.com Canada and U.S. authorities are talking about extending cross-border security measures that were implemented for the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver and were to end with the closing of the Winter Games. The RCMP and the U.S. Coast Guard have jointly patrolled the waters off Vancouver since the beginning of the month, [...]

Obama Pledges Another $215 Million For Virtual Strip Search Scanners

Paul Joseph Watson | InfoWars.com The Obama administration has announced that a further $215 million dollars will be spent on installing virtual strip search naked body scanners, meaning the devices will be in no less than half the nation’s airports by next year, but the historical record clearly shows that the scanners are a completely illegal [...]

Obama Expands Federal Power Over the States with Executive Order

Kurt Nimmo | InfoWars.com Read the entire executive order here (in PDF format). Obama has issued another executive order, this time establishing a so-called “Council of Governors.” The order, signed on January 11, further diminishes the sovereignty of the states and builds on a framework for possible martial law. The executive order was completely ignored [...]

Nidal Hasan: Ft. Hood Shooter Participated in Homeland Security Disaster Preparation

Gawker.com The gunman who killed 12 people today at Ft. Hood appears, based on current media reports, to be Army psychiatrist Nidal Hasan who was listed as a participant in a Homeland Security Policy Institute’s presidential transition task force last year. The task force was not officially affiliated with the White House. It was a [...]

Homeland Security Department to conduct first nationwide terror prevention exercise

blog.taragana.com Government to conduct terror prevention exercise (NLE09) WASHINGTON — The government is conducting its first-ever nationwide exercise Monday aimed at preventing a terrorist attack. The five-day exercise, being coordinated by the Homeland Security Department, will involve simulated “real life” scenarios, with a focus on preventing a terrorist from entering the U.S. to carry out [...]

Investigators smuggle live bomb components into federal building — in 27 seconds

Video from ABC’s Good Morning America, broadcast July 8th John Byrne | RawStory.com A Government Accountability Office investigator smuggled live bomb components into a federal building in just 27 seconds, then assembled a bomb in a restroom and ventured throughout the building without being detected, a leaked tape revealed Wednesday. In addition, congressional investigators were [...]

FEMA, Israeli Defense Forces Home Front Command Partner for Martial Law

Kurt Nimmo | InfoWars.com  A press release buried on the FEMA website, dated June 30, 2009, announces a meeting between FEMA administrator Craig Fugate and Maj. Gen. Yair Golan of the Israeli Defense Forces Home Front Command. “I look forward to working with my Israeli counterpart as co-chair of an emergency management work group to [...]

City quietly builds backup 911 site at O’Hare Airport

SECURITY | O’Hare site to handle calls if West Loop office attacked, damaged (* So “quietly”, so “secretly”,… it is in THE SUN TIMES!!!*) Fran Speilman | Chicago Suntimes.com Amid cloak-and-dagger secrecy, the Daley administration is building a backup 911 center at O’Hare Airport to handle emergency calls if a terrorist attack or natural disaster [...]

Cyber-Security Czar Quits Amid Fears of NSA Takeover

Rod Beckström, the Department of Homeland Security’s controversial cyber-security chief, has suddenly resigned amid allegations of power grabs and bureaucratic infighting. Beckström — a management theorist, entrepreneur and author — was named last year to head up the new National Cybersecurity Center, or NCSC. To some, it seemed an odd choice since Beckström isn’t an [...]

New Legislation Authorizes FEMA Camps In U.S.

Paul joseph Watson | PrisonPlanet.com  A new bill introduced in Congress authorizes the Department of Homeland Security to set up a network of FEMA camp facilities to be used to house U.S. citizens in the event of a national emergency. The National Emergency Centers Act or HR 645 mandates the establishment of “national emergency centers” to be located [...]

Marines Admit “Security Force” To Operate Inside U.S.

Paul Joseph Watson | PrisonPlanet.com  Following Northcom’s denial that U.S. Army combat teams would be used to deal with “civil unrest” after the announcement that thousands of active duty military personnel were being moved inside the United States, an Army.com report now concedes that more than 400 Marines assigned to one unit includes a “security force” [...]

Homeland Security forecasts 5-year terror threats

AP The terrorism threat to the United States over the next five years will be driven by instability in the Middle East and Africa, persistent challenges to border security and increasing Internet savvy, says a new intelligence assessment obtained by The Associated Press. Chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear attacks are considered the most dangerous threats [...]

Washington Post: 20,000 More U.S. Troops To Be Deployed For “Domestic Security

As part of long term agenda to establish “military form of government,” combat likely unrest following total economic collapse. The Washington Post today reports on plans to station 20,000 more U.S. troops inside America for purposes of “domestic security” from September 2011, an expansion of Northcom’s militarization of the country in preparation for potential civil [...]

New machines scan IDs at border crossings

Mimi Hall | USAToday.com Agents along the Canada and Mexico borders are using a controversial new machine that can “read” the personal information contained in some government-issued ID cards — such as passports and driver’s licenses — as travelers approach a checkpoint. The Homeland Security Department says the new practice will tighten security and speed [...]

Military Examines Role In Domestic Defense

CBSNews.com Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Monday ordered his top department leaders to conduct a broad review to determine whether the military, National Guard and Reserve can adequately deal with domestic disasters and whether they have the training and equipment to defend the homeland. The 41-page memo signaled an acknowledgment that the military must better [...]