Now that the Department of Homeland Security has announced that its color-coded terror alert system will end by late April, can I still get away with making a “green thumb” joke about a Colorado State University biologist who has shown that plants can serve as highly specific detectors for explosives? Sure I can — and [...]
Potted Plant Detects Planted Bombs and More
January 27th, 2011 · 1 Comment
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Serious Flaws in Homeland Security IT System
June 9th, 2010 · 2 Comments
Earlier this week, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano announced what was touted as a “major aviation security milestone”. Specifically, she claimed in a news release that 100 percent of passengers traveling within the United States and its territories are now being checked against terrorist watchlists through the Transportation Security Administration’s Secure Flight program—a major step [...]
Tags: · Bob McCarty, Department of Homeland Security, information technology, Terrorism, Transportation Security Administration
Will Medical Tourism Industry Realize Benefits From Passage of Government-Run Health Care Bill?
November 23rd, 2009 · 3 Comments
Recently, a friend shared a prediction that prompted me to wonder whether or not the medical tourism industry will experience a boom if government-run health care becomes a reality in the United States. In case you’re not familiar with the concept of medical tourism, it typically involves people from one country traveling to an exotic [...]
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Report: U.S. Failing to Address Urgent Biothreat
October 22nd, 2009 · No Comments
The United States is failing to address its most urgent threat—biological proliferation and terrorism—concluded a report issued today by the bipartisan Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism. In a news release yesterday, the commission also felt the Obama Administration has given appropriate high-level attention to the nuclear threat but [...]
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An Arresting Tale: From Podium to Pokey in 10 Days
October 20th, 2009 · 4 Comments
On Oct. 2, Catherine Bleish was one of a handful of speakers who revved up a crowd of 2,000 at the St. Charles (Mo.) Tea Party. Ten days later, she found herself in jail in the South St. Louis city of Maplewood. “I was standing in line outside,” the 25-year-old told me Monday afternoon during [...]
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Chemical Industry Leaders Object to Anti-Terror Bill
September 28th, 2009 · No Comments
Twenty-seven of the nation’s leading chemical and petrochemical manufacturers, purchasers, distributors and related organizations signed on to a letter sent to Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) and Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas), chair and ranking member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, respectively. In the letter sent this morning, they expressed four major concerns about H.R. [...]
Tags: · Agricultural Retailers Association, American Farm Bureau Federation, American Forest & Paper Association, american petroleum institute, american trucking associations, anti-preemption provision, Association of Oil Pipe Lines, broad discovery rights, chemical, chemical facility anti-terrorism act of 2009, chemical manufacturers, Chemical Producers and Distributors Association, citizen suit provision, Consumer Specialty Products Association, Department of Homeland Security, dhs, Environmental Technology Council, henry waxman, house energy and commerce committee, hr 2868, inherently safer technologies, Institute of Makers of Explosives, International Association of Refrigerated Warehouses, International Liquid Terminals Association, International Warehouse Logistics Association, joe barton, National Agriculture Aviation Association, National Association of Chemical Distributors, national association of manufacturers, National Mining Association, National Oilseed Processors Association, National Paint and Coatings Association, National Pest Management Association, National Petrochemical & Refiners Association, National Propane Gas Association, North American Millers’ Association, petrochemical manufacturers, Petroleum Equipment Suppliers Association, Petroleum Marketers Association of America, public disclosure of classified information, public disclosure of highly-sensitive information, terrorists, The Fertilizer Institute, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, waxman
FAA System Failure Affecting Flights Nationwide
August 26th, 2008 · No Comments
Fox News Channel is reporting that flights across the country are being affected by the failure of a computer communications system located at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson Airport. That system, according to Fox, handles FAA flight planning for aircraft based, primarily, on the East Coast. The FAA web site’s status information map (above) indicates general airport conditions [...]
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