Subject:

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

  • Voice Choices

    March 28, 2012

    MADDOW FOR PRESIDENT

    The MSNBC host takes on
the government

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2012

    BREAKING: Anonymous Claims to Take Down CIA Website

    Runnin' Scared just got word from Anonymous's Twitter feed that the hacktivist group has taken down the Central Intelligence Agency's website, writing: "CIA TANGO DOWN: https://www.cia.gov/ #Anonymous (via @RT_America) http://goo.gl/zBW2b." As of 3:53 p.m., the CIA's website does not appear to be w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 30, 2012

    Two British Tourists Denied Entry Into U.S. for Twitter Jokes

    ​Someone needs to give the U.S. Customs Department a lesson in Humour 101. Last Monday, two British tourists were denied entry into Los Angeles after one of them said on Twitter that he was going to "dig up Marilyn Monroe" and "destroy America" in two separate tweets. (The latter tweet was a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 10, 2012

    Obama Admin Okays Monitoring of Reporters? No, No, Says Homeland Security Flack

    The web is abuzz today with reports that the Department of Homeland Security has approved collecting of personal information from television anchors, news reporters, bloggers, and anyone else who uses social media. The so-called Media Monitoring Initiative allows the government to keep data on peop ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 9, 2012

    Al Qaeda Wants to Be Your Friend on Facebook

    According to a recent study from the University of Haifa, your latest friend request on Facebook may be from a terrorist organization, for, like the rest of us, they have shifted their Internet activity focus to...social networks, obvi! "Today, about 90% of organized terrorism on the Internet is bei ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 15, 2011

    Relax, That Terrifying 'Extreme Alert' Message on Your Cell Phone Is Only a Test

    Alert: You need a new phone.​Today between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m., the Office of Emergency Management will be sending out texts that say "Severe Alert" or "Extreme Alert." This would be frightening, perhaps even terrifying, but, not to worry, this is only a test! In partnership with the Department ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2011

    New York City Ups Security in Light of 'Credible' 9/11 Terror Threat

    ​Last night Mayor Bloomberg addressed the city, along with Police Commissioner Ray Kelly, in a press conference after officials announced a "specific, credible, but unconfirmed" threat of an attack in New York City or Washington D.C. timed to the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks. T ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2011

    U.S. Airport Radiation Detectors Being Triggered by Japanese Passengers

    ​There are fewer words scarier than "nuclear meltdown" and, of course, "radiation." So it's not surprising that Americans are concerned, particularly on the West Coast, where low, reportedly "not dangerous" levels of radiation are now headed, about possible fallout from the nuclear crisis at J ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 8, 2011

    Ray Kelly, Police Commissioner, Buys NYPD Gear In Secret

    ​In yet more evidence that Police Commissioner Ray Kelly does his own thing, the NYPD violated federal and state bidding regulations in purchasing $4.1 million in anti-terror equipment without holding an open bidding competition, according to a new audit by the Department of Homeland Security ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 8, 2010

    U.S. Travelers Will No Longer Be Able to Travel With Their Favorite Large Ink Cartridges

    A tampered-with large ink cartridge.​Well, this is going to put a damper on things. According to the latest air cargo security regulations (following reports of suspicious packages found on UPS planes en route from Yemen to Chicago, which turned out to contain explosives), airline passengers w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 13, 2010

    What Happens When You Call Barack Obama a Pussy? You Get Banned. From America.

    Eat a Spotted Dick.​You're British? You wanna call our president a "pussy"? Guess what: You're the pussy. Not only that, but we'll ban you. From America.

  • Blogs

    July 23, 2010

    Week in Review: Female Guitar Players Are the New Black

    The beach is in Bed-Stuy, suckers. Photo by Rebecca Smeyne.​In the week we asked a Georgia-certified divorce attorney whether The-Dream had left his wife while she was eight and a half months pregnant because he would have had to pay more child support had he waited the full nine (or was it ju ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 13, 2010

    Morning Links: New York City's Homeland Security Cuts; Strippers Want a Pole Tax; New Baby Falcons!

    ​• President Obama is in New York today, the day after the Department of Homeland Security cut funding to prevent terrorism in New York. (The final DHS budget decision for the year gives the New York City area $111 million for transit security -- a 27% cut from last year's funding of $153 mi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 17, 2010

    Bernie Kerik, the Next Lil Wayne, Blogging Before Prison

    ​In the least likely to have a blog category, you might put rapper Lil Wayne, who is currently serving a year at Riker's Island after pleading guilty to gun charges. And yet Weezy Thanx You is thriving, the latest entry being a think piece on the Eagles trading quarterback Donovan McNabb. (The ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 14, 2010

    April Fool's Prank Still on Subway Wall

    ​ Reader Rick Shur notes that an April 1st prank poster about extreme subway security measures, put up on the 110th Street downtown #1 subway wall, is still there! And the satirical poster involves all kinds of intrusive, invasive body searches that Homeland Security is allowed to do on passe ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    August 11, 2009

    Marduk

    ​ Reader Rick Shur notes that an April 1st prank poster about extreme subway security measures, put up on the 110th Street downtown #1 subway wall, is still there! And the satirical poster involves all kinds of intrusive, invasive body searches that Homeland Security is allowed to do on passe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 26, 2009

    Rangel Under Investigation by House Subcommittee for Caribbean Trips

    The House of Representatives is investigating five Democratic members for accepting "improper" travel arrangements, and our own Charlie Rangel made the cut. The Carib News Foundation sponsors an annual Multinational Business Conference on Caribbean affairs, and is said to have flown the lawmakers in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 9, 2009

    NYCLU Sues Homeland Security Over Spying on Citizens

    The New York Civil Liberties Union is suing the Department of Homeland Security to find anything it can about the NYPD's plans to build a massive surveillance system in Lower Manhattan. The system will allow the NYPD, and possibly the federal government, to create a computerized database on the mo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 15, 2009

    Refugees to U.S. Get a Few Breaks from Washington

    Refugee camp, Afghanistan. Photo (cc) Tracy Hunter. One the most disastrous and lasting consequences of the Patriot Act of 2001 and its extremely broad definitions of terrorism has been the impact on people seeking asylum in the United States. We wrote about a pretty extreme case last year, in wh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2009

    Fox News Sticks up for the Voice!?

    We tried to warn you about Janet Napolitano.Yesterday, her Department of Homeland Security was backpedaling after a gaffe so stupid FOX NEWS found itself defending the Village Voice.Yeah, think about that one for a minute.Some idiots who work for Napolitano apparently thought it would be a good idea ... More >>

  • News

    November 12, 2008

    Freedom Fighter or Terrorist? The US Can't Decide about Bangladeshi Immigrant Sachin Karmakar

    Welcome to America, freedom fighter. Now go stuff yourself.

  • Voice Choices

    October 1, 2008

    CODE RED

    Mike Daisey explores the Department of Homeland Security

  • Film

    February 5, 2008

    Vlogged to Death

    Romero and his zombies return to lambast the media. Plus: The truly and spectacularly horrifying Inside.

  • Film

    December 4, 2007

    Peeping Bomb

    Private eyes are watching you, but Look can't be bothered to care

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2006

    New Terror Plot, Same Old Money Problem

    Private eyes are watching you, but Look can't be bothered to care

  • News

    April 25, 2006

    Rolling Down the Gates in Little Pakistan

    Pakistanis, Russians, Mexicans, Irish line a Brooklyn street for immigrant rights

  • Theater

    February 7, 2006

    Security Lapse

    Bats—agents and victims—fly in all directions at the Flea

  • News

    January 3, 2006

    Go, Sam, Go!

    It's ready, set, interrogate for Alito and Team Bush

  • News

    November 22, 2005

    Relief at the Point of a Gun

    Relax, y'all: It's butter and bullets for big security firms in New Orleans

  • News

    September 27, 2005

    Abandonment Issues

    Bush gives hurricane victims that familiar sinking feeling

  • News

    June 7, 2005

    FAA's Security Measures Won't Fly

    Bush gives hurricane victims that familiar sinking feeling

  • Theater

    June 7, 2005

    Theater

    Bush gives hurricane victims that familiar sinking feeling

  • News

    May 24, 2005

    Protection Racket

    Questions about Albany's cut of New York's homeland security money

  • News

    March 1, 2005

    Real Reporters, Fake News

    Questions about Albany's cut of New York's homeland security money

  • News

    February 22, 2005

    Department of the Fence

    Building walls and fences to keep out Mexicans and Canadians

  • News

    February 8, 2005

    Too Hot for the Homeland

    Montserrat volcano victims get the heave-ho from the U.S.

  • News

    October 26, 2004

    Jackboots on Broadway?

    Defense insider calls for the abridging of civil rights

  • Specials

    September 21, 2004

    Letters

    Defense insider calls for the abridging of civil rights

  • Theater

    September 21, 2004

    Theater

    Defense insider calls for the abridging of civil rights

  • News

    August 3, 2004

    Hatching a Plot

    Alabama's eggheads ponder how to protect their hens, roosters corporations mount a schmear campaign during the conventions

  • NYC Life

    June 29, 2004

    The Un-Convention: When Hackers Attack, Resistance Is Futile

    Alabama's eggheads ponder how to protect their hens, roosters corporations mount a schmear campaign during the conventions

  • Blogs

    March 11, 2004

    Hey, You Huddled Masses? Get in Line!

    Alabama's eggheads ponder how to protect their hens, roosters corporations mount a schmear campaign during the conventions

  • News

    October 21, 2003

    The Tip-Off: Bikes!

    Homeland Security Follies

  • News

    March 11, 2003

    Bio-Whatchamacallit

    Tom Ridge's 'Crazy' Plan to Watch the Sky for Spores

  • News

    January 28, 2003

    Key Interceptions

    INS Selects a Least Valuable Squad of Workers

  • News

    September 10, 2002

    Virtually Helpless

    The threat of cyberwar looms large. Our best homeland defense may be surprisingly small

  • News

    August 13, 2002

    Joe Lieberman Joins Big Brother

    The Return of the Thought Police

  • News

    August 6, 2002

    Ashcroft’s Master Plan to Spy on Us

    'Citizens Will Not Become Informants'

  • News

    July 23, 2002

    Protecting the Homeland

    Ten Ways to Keep America Safer Without Trampling on Immigrants

  • News

    March 5, 2002

    Bush's Little Shop of Horrors

    Where Fear Is Always on Sale—and the Truth Is Made to Order

  • More >>
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