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A perfect storm?
The rejection of the U.S. dollar in global trade will mean the end of the abused privilege in a currency turned toxic. Its rejection is the marquee event in the financial world for 2013, following isolation. It is unstoppable and all-encompassing,...Tags: Freedom of the Press, Iraq, Unrest, Conflicts and War, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Politics
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Smartphone app speeds up border crossings
SAN YSIDRO — Two eternal truths about crossing the Mexican border: It's worth the drive to Rosarito Beach for Tacos El Yaqui. And coming back is hell. In the last several years, crossing the border from the Mexican side has become a test of...
Tags: U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Vehicles, St. Patrick's Day, Computer Science, U.S. Congress
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Why detain nonviolent immigrants?
In recent weeks, Republican lawmakers have slammed the Department of Homeland Security for releasing 2,228 immigrants from detention centers around the country, questioning, among other things, whether murderers, rapists and drug traffickers were among...
Tags: Safety of Citizens, Criminals, Government, Deportation, Human Rights
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FAA closing control tower at Lynchburg Regional Airport
The sequestration plan is hitting home again, this time at Lynchburg Regional Airport. It's one of 149 regional airports across the nation forced to close its control tower in an effort to cut federal spending. Friday brought bad news for smaller...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Lynchburg (Lynchburg, Virginia), Budget Control Act of 2011, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Ray LaHood
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Internet Voting Puts Election Security At Risk
The Hartford CourantConnecticut lawmakers are considering legislation to allow military voters to cast ballots over the Internet. The intention of this legislation is well-meaning — Connecticut does need to improve the voting process for military voters — but...Tags: Justice System, Old Saybrook, Voting, Bank of America Corp., U.S. Department of Defense
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New 'Fast and Furious' report finds DHS warning signs ignored
WASHINGTON — Even as they lost scores of illegal firearms in their Fast and Furious operation, federal ATF agents asked their Border Patrol counterparts not to pursue criminal leads or track gun smuggling in southern Arizona so they could follow the...
Tags: Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Firearms, U.S. Congress, Operation Fast and Furious
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What hiring freeze? Federal government continues to post job openings
While hundreds of thousands of federal workers brace for unpaid furloughs starting next month, Uncle Sam is still looking to hire. In one week alone this month, nearly 2,200 job listings available to the public were posted on USAJobs.gov, the federal...
Tags: Sex Crimes, Internal Revenue Service, Transportation Security Administration, Layoffs and Downsizing, Tom Coburn
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Obama speechwriter shapes policy with his pen
WASHINGTON -- One of Ben Rhodes’ first tasks when he followed Barack Obama to the White House in 2009 was to help craft the presidential speech, delivered in Cairo, that urged a restart of Mideast peace talks, called America’s alliance with...
Tags: Barack Obama, Israel, George W. Bush, Cairo (Egypt), West Bank
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Republicans can't escape blame for sequester
If aliens came to earth from outer space in search of intelligent life, Congress is the last place they would look for it. The Republican-led 112th Congress -- in a good week, in session no more than two and a half days -- let the Standard & Poor's credit...
Tags: Republican Party, Barack Obama, Government Debt, Health Care Reform (2009), Parties and Movements
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Oversight on FBI snooping
A federal judge in San Francisco has ordered the FBI to stop issuing "national security letters" to phone companies and Internet service providers, denying the bureau an investigative tool it has used with alarming frequency to secretly gather logs of...
Tags: Justice System, Laws, Business Enterprises, Court Preliminary, Government
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A federal judge lifts the cone of silence over national security letters
A federal judge in San Francisco on Friday ruled unconstitutional one of the most controversial features of the Patriot Act: the ability of the FBI to demand records from phone companies, Internet service providers, banks and credit agencies in complete...Tags: Justice System, Business Enterprises, FBI, Rand Paul, Judges
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Transcript: Rand Paul's filibuster of John Brennan's CIA nomination
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) delivered a nearly 13-hour filibuster Wednesday of John Brennan’s nomination to lead the CIA. Paul used his time on the floor to question the legality of the White House's policies on drone use, beginning at 11:47 a.m. EST and...
Tags: Personal Data Collection, Prosecution, Democracy, Voting, Eric Holder
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Mar 22, 2013
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Mar 19, 2013
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Mar 19, 2013
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Mar 15, 2013
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