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FBI adds to wiretap wish list Last modified: March 12, 2004, 1:05 PM PST By Declan McCullagh and Ben Charny Staff Writer, CNET News.com A far-reaching proposal from the FBI, made public Friday, would require all broadband Internet providers, including cable modem and DSL companies, to rewire their networks to support easy wiretapping by police. News.contextWhat's new: A far-reaching FBI proposal would require all broadband Net providers, including cable modem and DSL companies, to rewire their networks to support easy wiretapping by police. Bottom line: If approved as drafted, the proposal could dramatically expand the scope of the agency's wiretap...

The Army is preparing to unveil a new concept truck?smarTruck?that is touted as having "James Bond-like" capabilities. The light tactical vehicle, a production model Ford F-350, is designed to provide the Army with an electronic platform to test, integrate and showcase cutting-edge technologies entering the market from the automotive industry. The initiative allows the Army to insert the latest wireless communication, situational awareness and soldier safety technologies into its tactical wheeled vehicles. The objective is to demonstrate these technologies through the integration of commercially available intelligent subsystems using a standard data link. The truck is capable of disorienting the...

ALEC “The Bloviator” Baldwin has a new bosom buddy: Beltway Republican strategist Grover Norquist. The Bush-bashing actor-turned-activist and the Muslim vote-courting political organizer joined together at a Washington, D.C.-area conference last weekend to perpetuate bald lies about the Patriot Act and to oppose the “repressive” War on Terror (repressing terrorist suspects apparently being a bad thing). Baldwin and Norquist’s panel, titled “Strange Bedfellows,” was sponsored by the ultraliberal group People For the American Way (PFAW). When PFAW head and panel participant Ralph Neas ranted about the lack of judicial and congressional oversight of the Justice Department’s terror investigations, the audience...

HOMELAND INSECURITYTexas plant guard sticks to storyMan shot near port facility says FBI doesn't believe him Posted: January 28, 20041:00 a.m. Eastern © 2004 WorldNetDaily.com The guard shot at a chemical plant near a Texas port is sticking to his story about a Mideast gunman, but he says the FBI doesn't believe him. The shooting in Freeport at a BASF ammonia depot occurred late Friday night in a muddy lot outside the plant. Robert House was working security when he said he noticed a suspect in a white pickup truck taking pictures of the facility's lights. House says when he confronted the...

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The United States and Mexico agreed on Friday to tighten security along their border and start sending illegal immigrants caught sneaking across the frontier back home by bus or plane. U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge and Mexican Interior Minister Santiago Creel signed an accord to step up cooperation on security on the border, seen by some as the soft underbelly for the U.S. war on terror. The agreement includes a controversial plan to start repatriating illegals to their hometowns rather than simply dumping them on the Mexican side of the frontier. The two countries have...

BLAINE, Wash. (AP)--The biggest northern border crossing west of Detroit was closed Monday after Canadian guards found explosives in a car entering the country from the U.S., Canadian customs officials said. They didn't specify what type of explosives was found. A Canadian customs spokeswoman, Paula Shore, told Northwest Cable News the vehicle tried to cross into Canada from the U.S. at the Peace Arch border crossing. She gave no further details; neither she nor customs spokeswoman Faith St. John immediately returned calls seeking comment. Mike Milne, a Seattle-based spokesman for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, confirmed the border crossing...

A group of South Valley nuns say they won't fly American Airlines again after they were ordered off a plane. The nuns say everyone was ordered off the plane after a pilot asked if passengers smelled sulfur. But, security told the nuns they wouldn't be allowed back on. The nuns were told the pilot and crew were not comfortable with them on board. After a complete search of the nuns' bags and a six hour delay, the four eventually took another flight home. Sister Tessy Pius recalled the ordeal, "I felt discriminated very much, because the four of us were...

Muslim terror groups, including Hamas and Hezbollah, have recently stepped up their efforts to consolidate their power in distant areas of Latin America, particularly in the triangle of borders of Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay, say Israeli and American security sources. The sources in Israel confirmed information provided last week by the deputy chairman of the U.S. joint chiefs of staff, Gen. Peter Pace, who told the Armed Forces Committee in the House of Representatives that the area is a center for trade in drugs, weapons, money laundering, forgery, and activity that supports Islamic terror in Latin America. According to Israeli...

To become a citizen of US one has to take an oath of allegiance. Is it ok to take the oath? The oath of allegiance is as follows: I hereby declare, on oath, that I absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty, of whom or which I have heretofore been a subject or citizen; that I will support and defend the Constitution and laws of the United States of America against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I...

How Do I Report Suspected Illegal Aliens or Suspected Illegal Immigration Activity? BackgroundWhat Is Considered An Illegal Activity Under Immigration Law?Where Can I Find the Law?How Can I Report Suspected Illegal Alien Activity or a Suspected Illegal Alien?How Will My Information Be Used? Background The main thrust of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act (IIRIRA) of 1996 was on illegal immigrants. Indeed, most of its provisions were aimed at improving the ability of law enforcement agencies, including Federal Immigration enforcement units, to deter illegal migration and combat illegal immigration activity. Therefore, Federal Immigration enforcement units are interested...

<p>December 30, 2003 -- WASHINGTON - The United States yesterday ordered foreign airlines to put armed air marshals on selected flights to thwart terror hijackings or risk being denied permission to land in America. The unprecedented step comes amid continued fear that terrorists want to strike using airplanes as weapons and may time their attack with the New Year's holidays.</p>

Solitude is likely to persist at park Its owner, TXU, cites noise, security climate, potential hazards North Lake Park used to be a happening place, even during the holiday season. Radio-controlled jets used to streak through the skies above while motorboats and water-skiers skimmed the surface of the 850-acre lake. Families and friends would gather on weekends around the picnic tables. In 1986, about 25,000 people listened to evangelists rail against rock 'n' roll and secular education with the lake in the background. There used to be a two-mile Christmas lights display along the lakeshore each December. Today, the only...

Huge Weapons Shipment Seized At Port PORTLAND - Federal officials announced late Wednesday the seizure of possibly the largest shipment of weapons ever found in the northwest from Terminal Six at the Port of Portland. Officials with the US Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and extension of the Department of Homeland Security said inspectors seized more than 700 handguns, 900 magazines, and 450 shotguns from a container at the port on June 28. The CBP said the shipment was bound for Central America, and originated in the People's Republic of China. Authorities say they learned of the...

<p>Department of Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge will announce today a system to allow commercial trucks to clear customs at the Mexican border in as little as 5 seconds by using preregistered ID cards.</p> <p>A similar system has had success regulating trucks from Canada, but the less-secure southern border could pose challenges.</p>

MIAMI -- A Department of Homeland Security employee was arrested on charges of selling work documents to illegal aliens for as much as $12,000, the U.S. Attorney's Office announced Thursday. Isidro Guerrero Fernandez, who worked at the Citizenship and Immigration Service Building in Miami, was charged with conspiring to transfer identification documents, unlawfully obtaining the documents and soliciting and accepting bribes while being a public official. Guerrero had a first court appearance Thursday before a magistrate judge. Since December 2002, Guerrero conspired to sell fraudulent Employment Authorization Documents to illegal aliens for prices ranging from $6,500 to $12,000, according to...

Published on Friday, September 19, 2003 Bringing Gay Life to HLS By GEOFFREY C. UPTON This weekend, Harvard Law School (HLS) will hold the first-ever reunion for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) graduates to commemorate the founding of the school’s first gay student group 25 years ago, known then as the Committee on Gay Legal Issues and today as HLS Lambda. HLS has held celebrations in recent years for its African-American and female alumni, but this is the first reunion for its GLBT alumni—in fact, as far as is known, this is the first such event at any law...

WASHINGTON -- Increasing numbers of Middle Easterners are ducking a new anti-terrorist screening system by coming to America on passports from "low-risk" nations such as France, which participate in the federal Visa Waiver Program, immigration officials warn. The controversial program -- still in effect after Sept. 11, despite growing calls here for its elimination -- allows foreign travelers from 28 nations to enter the U.S. for business or tourism for up to 90 days without obtaining the documentation law enforcement needs to screen out foreign threats. Adding to worries, passport fraud in some of these countries -- namely France and...