http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/homelanddefense/ en-us Fri, 9 Nov 2007 20:07:38 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1923506/posts Where did Reagan go away? Republicans help Labor unions to a major victory How could these Senate Republicans help labor unions to a major victory? Call your Senator now to stop S.2123. The misnamed and egregious "Public Safety Employer-Employee cooperation act of 2007" was introduced by Senator Gregg on October 1 with enough Republicans (11 Republicans) to invoke cloture and pass the Bill. Congress.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1923506/posts#comment Fri, 9 Nov 2007 20:07:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1687050/posts IN the 1960s, my sister was part of the Free Speech Movement at Berkeley. She was arrested in a civil rights sit-in. Naturally, she was a lifelong Democrat. Today, she is a “9-11 Republican.” She is not alone. My sister is no less committed to civil rights than before. But she believes that not being murdered by Islamist terrorists is also an important civil right. She is not sure that the Democratic Party completely agrees with her. For 9-11 Republicans, this is the most significant political issue. The GOP “gets it,” while the Democratic Party doesn't. Many recent former Democrats... Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1687050/posts#comment Sun, 20 Aug 2006 22:17:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1590167/posts CHICAGO, March 3 (UPI) -- New wireless technologies being developed by a secretive government agency in collaboration with private contractors may dramatically improve communications for homeland defense among federal, state and local officials, experts tell United Press International's Wireless World. The Department of Homeland Security, working with BlackBerry Wireless devices, Palm Treos and other mobile handheld computers, has been working to secure wireless e-mail through a testing program being run by its very secretive Advanced Research Projects Agency, a unit created for the war on terror that is analogous to the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, devised during the Cold... UPI http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1590167/posts#comment Sun, 5 Mar 2006 01:33:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1548186/posts (snip) Maj. Gen. Glenn K. Rieth, the Guard's adjutant general, ordered the naval militia to stand down in 2002 while state officials, concerned about training, liability and funding issues, reviewed its status. Jordan and fellow militia members John Jedrejczyk and Mark Tegeder, along with former member Louis Ianniello, counterattacked this month. They fired a legal salvo at state officials, accusing them in a civil rights complaint of military branch discrimination. "We're doing this for the other members," said Jordan, 47, of Jackson, a certified firearms instructor. "We hope to get this moving again in the right direction. We've been totally... NorthJersey.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1548186/posts#comment Wed, 28 Dec 2005 17:41:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1478348/posts ...Notably, the New Orleans mess improved only after the Pentagon got involved. Though the military is normally barred from domestic law enforcement by the Posse Comitatus Act of 1878, Defense officials have been doing a lot of creative thinking about what they can do and what the public now expects post-September 11.... Mr. Bush will also need to guide the rebuilding choices for New Orleans and the Mississippi delta.... But clearly there is an issue of how much federal money to pour into a city that is below sea-level and would still be vulnerable to another Category Four or Five... Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1478348/posts#comment Tue, 6 Sep 2005 12:35:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1477607/posts What Hurricane Katrina exposed was the psychological consequences of the welfare state. What we consider "normal" behavior in an emergency is behavior that is normal for people who have values and take the responsibility to pursue and protect them. People with values respond to a disaster by fighting against it and doing whatever it takes to overcome the difficulties they face. They don't sit around and complain that the government hasn't taken care of them. And they don't use the chaos of a disaster as an opportunity to prey on their fellow men. The Intellectual Activist http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1477607/posts#comment Mon, 5 Sep 2005 07:24:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1469620/posts August 19, 2005 The Honorable Mark R. Warner The State Capitol 3 rd Floor Richmond, Virginia 23219 Dear Governor Warner: As you may have recently heard, New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson and Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano declared a “state-of-emergency” in their respective states to combat the issue of illegal immigration. My understanding is these declarations have made additional federal homeland security funding available to more directly confront the unauthorized immigration taking place in these states. Representing an area that is increasingly burdened by illegal immigrants, I believe the time has come for you to join with Governors Richardson and Napolitano... Delegate Jeff Frederick http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1469620/posts#comment Wed, 24 Aug 2005 14:00:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1450155/posts 07.22.2005 From The Editor Good News and Bad: We’re Preparing for Terror Combat Here By Ed Offley Two weeks before four British citizens on July 7 strapped bomb-laden rucksacks on their backs and set out to kill scores of London commuters and injure hundred of others – an attack that British security officials concede they had no inkling was in the works – the Pentagon formally adopted a new "Strategy for Homeland Defense and Civil Support" that anticipates even grislier terror strikes here at home within the next 10 years. Whether you are an active-duty soldier or Marine, or an... Soldiers for The truth http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1450155/posts#comment Mon, 25 Jul 2005 18:04:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1441716/posts http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1441716/posts#comment Wed, 13 Jul 2005 06:21:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1411735/posts Okay...It's Friday and time for a gun thread. Yesterday at the local gun and toy store in (believe or not, Maryland, I got to handle the FN Herstal PS90, the civilian semi-automatic version of the P90.This bull-pup 5.7x28 mm has been around for the LEo and Military markets for a few years. I always thought it strange looking but technically very interesting. A closed breech blow-back design, it has a unique horizontal top mounted magazine; 30 or 50 rds. Ambidextrous mag releases make it surprising fast to swap out mags. It ejects spent casings from the bottom.The strange looking stock... F. N. Herstal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1411735/posts#comment Fri, 27 May 2005 16:22:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1384065/posts Federal officials are investigating whether illegal aliens are being trafficked through the Washington area after authorities detained 12 illegal aliens traveling in a van in Spotsylvania County, Va., late Tuesday -- the second such discovery in the state in three days. The Washingtpn Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1384065/posts#comment Fri, 15 Apr 2005 03:46:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1383901/posts From CommunityDispatch.com CDC Health Advisory Notices & AnnouncementsInterim Guidance about Marburg Virus Infection for Airline Flight Crews, Cargo and Cleaning Personnel, and Personnel Interacting with Arriving Passengers By Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Apr 13, 2005, 20:28 This interim guidance is intended to assist commercial passenger airlines, cargo and charter carriers, and the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (BCBP), and other relevant agencies in establishing appropriate precautions for Marburg virus infection. Recommendations are based on standard infection control practices and on available epidemiologic information about the Marburg virus. Overview of Marburg Disease... Communitydispatch http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1383901/posts#comment Thu, 14 Apr 2005 22:42:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1295466/posts September 11, 2001, changed the life of each and every American and brought to the forefront a compelling need to change how the federal government is organized to meet new and emerging challenges to our homeland and national security. Congress and the President worked together to create the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The U.S. House of Representatives created a Select Committee to oversee the new Department and its activities. A growing yet underestimated threat is that of a cyber attack on U.S. critical information infrastructures. Criminals, terrorists, and foreign governments are exploiting the anonymity and global reach of the... Infowarrior http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1295466/posts#comment Mon, 6 Dec 2004 17:04:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1234942/posts (AP) When the FBI shifted its focus to anti-terrorism efforts, investigations targeting illegal drugs, organized crime and white-collar crime took the biggest hit, according to a Justice Department report Monday. The report by Glenn A. Fine, the department's inspector general, provides the first detailed look at where the FBI moved resources following the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. Fine said the review, which drew no conclusions about the wisdom of the changes, did show that the FBI's changes "generally were in line with its post-Sept. 11 priorities." The greatest reduction occurred in the FBI's organized crime and drug program, which lost 758... AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1234942/posts#comment Mon, 4 Oct 2004 17:57:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1190940/posts AIRPORT WATCH CONCEPT HELPS NAB 'BAD GUYS' Here's proof that GA airports really are small communities and that the "residents" know when something is amiss. On Wednesday, this led to the nabbing of some suspicious characters at St. Louis Downtown Airport. It all started when a man telephoned an FBO not far from the Gateway Arch and asked about chartering a helicopter. About an hour later, two men walked into the FBO, pulled out cash to pay for the flight, and presented driver's licenses from two different states as ID. Office staff noticed their car was registered in a third... AOPA http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1190940/posts#comment Fri, 13 Aug 2004 15:45:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1138377/posts ATLANTA - A military rocket launcher was found Tuesday near a rail-transit station, but the FBI said it looks to be a less-powerful model commonly used to train soldiers and would be unable to bring down an aircraft or destroy a train. . . . Lazarus said there was no cause for public alarm and the city's rail-transit system was not interrupted by the discovery. The Ledger-Inquirer http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1138377/posts#comment Wed, 19 May 2004 11:39:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1106843/posts Sacred Cow Burgers http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1106843/posts#comment Sun, 28 Mar 2004 23:53:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1088686/posts Governors will be able to call on at least 50 percent of their National Guard forces for homeland defense missions and other state emergencies because of a plan to realign Army and Air Guard units during the next few years, the chief of the National Guard Bureau promised in late February. "We will balance our forces, focusing on the right force mix and the right kinds of units with the right capabilities in every state and territory," vowed Lt. Gen. H. Steven Blum while addressing the National Governors Association's winter meeting here. The intent is to have no more than... Special to American Forces Press Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1088686/posts#comment Tue, 2 Mar 2004 00:58:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1086100/posts The mission of homeland security is like playing an "away game and a home game," said the U.S. military's homeland defense commander. In war, just as in sports, it's the away game that you "want to win," but it is the home game that you "must win." Air Force Gen. Ralph Eberhart, head of U.S. Northern Command at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., used the analogy to explain his views on how to handle the nation's security challenges. He spoke Feb. 25 at the 2004 Armed Forces Communication and Electronics Association Homeland Security Conference here. Eberhart, who also heads the... American Forces Press Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1086100/posts#comment Thu, 26 Feb 2004 20:46:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1076883/posts Acknowledging that the president's budget request for fiscal 2005 represents "an enormous amount of money," Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld told Congress today it funds investments that ensure the nation's ability to face future threats, including those posed by terrorists. Rumsfeld told the House Appropriations Committee's Defense Subcommittee that the $401.7 billion budget request will cover operations and initiatives needed "because our nation is engaged in a struggle that could well go on for a number of years." To ensure victory, he said, the United States must ensure it has "the best- trained, best-equipped fighting force in the world." Likewise,... American Forces Press Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1076883/posts#comment Thu, 12 Feb 2004 20:39:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1045019/posts The President had a busy weekend. He called the President of China to thank him for his recent comments on Taiwan and they discussed by phone how to restart North Korea nuclear talks. During the conversation Saturday night, the two leaders made a favorable appraisal of Premier Wen Jiabao's visit to the United States this month. Hu told Pres. Bush he hoped the goal of denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula can be realized through a way acceptable to all parties concerned. Sunday, after attending St. John's across the street from the White House, the President met with his Security Council... Yahoo,Whitehouse.gov,Reuters,AssociatedPress http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1045019/posts#comment Mon, 22 Dec 2003 19:46:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1038908/posts 4:49pm (UK)Blunkett Accused over Anti-Terror Detentions By David Barrett and Tim Ross, PA News Home Secretary David Blunkett threatened to quit as a member of Amnesty International tonight after the human rights group criticised his anti-terror policies. Amnesty said the Government’s emergency measures to combat terrorism had created a “Guantanamo Bay in our own backyard”. But Mr Blunkett, who said he has been a member of Amnesty for 20 years, rejected the criticisms, adding that he was considering resigning from the organisation. Amnesty said Mr Blunkett’s emergency measures – brought in shortly after the September 11 atrocities – had created... PA (U.K.) via The Scotsman http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1038908/posts#comment Fri, 12 Dec 2003 05:55:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/974333/posts The Austrian Data Protection Commission is claiming that information on airline passengers that the United States is requiring cannot be released in Austria for legal reasons. It is a development that could hamper U.S.-bound flights from the European country. The problem for Austria is a U.S. Department of Homeland Security requirement that airlines pass on Passenger Name Records (PNR) data for flights to the United States. This sort of information includes, among other things, the passenger's name and place of birth, gender, passport number and contact numbers. But the Austrian Data Protection Commission says that because it could also include... Voice of America http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/974333/posts#comment Tue, 2 Sep 2003 08:13:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/929029/posts Buckley AFB F-16s take up residence as runways improved By Dominic Weilminster, Rocky Mountain News June 11, 2003 Sleek, sharp curves make Buckley Air Force Base's F-16 squadron look like Ferraris parked in a lot of buslike jumbo jets. But their presence at Denver International Airport so far has caused little commotion. The 15 fighters are stationed away from home temporarily while their runway system is revamped. "Everything is really integrated well," said Maj. Jerome Dyck, acting public affairs spokesman for the squadron. According to Dyck, despite minor delays for F-16 practice flights to accommodate airliners, there have been almost... Rocky Mountain News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/929029/posts#comment Sat, 14 Jun 2003 15:18:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/913215/posts Muslims 'draw line in the sand' in D.C. Civil rights rally touted as largest Islamic gathering in capital Posted: May 17, 2003 1:00 a.m. Eastern By Art Moore © 2003 WorldNetDaily.com U.S. Islamic activists are uniting with a leading anti-war group to hold a civil rights march and rally they tout as the largest gathering of Muslims ever in the nation's capital. Participants in the May 24 event "will demand an end to the mounting attack on the civil rights of Muslims in America" since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, according to the organizer, the Muslim American Society Freedom Foundation.... 2003 WorldNetDaily.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/913215/posts#comment Sat, 17 May 2003 11:59:28 GMT