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Army Major Played Role in Presidential Transition

November 5th, 2009 · 10 Comments

Incredibly, it appears that Maj. Malik Nidal Hasan, the alleged shooter in the massacre that resulted in at least 12 dead and 31 wounded at Fort Hood today, served on the Homeland Security Policy Institute’s presidential transition task force between April 2008 and January 2009 when Barack Obama was inaugurated as the nation’s 44th president.
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An Arresting Tale: From Podium to Pokey in 10 Days

October 20th, 2009 · 1 Comment

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 an [...]

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Secretly-Recorded Conversation Answers Question, ‘Would White House Rescue Kid in Balloon?’

October 15th, 2009 · 2 Comments

Now that the world is no longer worried about the possibility of a 6-year-old Colorado boy falling out of a runaway balloon, I share the transcript of a secretly-recorded phone conversation that took place this afternoon between a search-and-rescue expert in Brighton, Colo., President Barack Obama and his key advisers:
Colorado Search and Rescue Chief – [...]

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Soldiers Forced to Disclose Personal Fireams Data

April 25th, 2009 · 1 Comment

In a post yesterday, Mitchell Langbert offers an insightful look at how U.S. Army soldiers are being required to disclose to their superiors all information about their firearms — personally-owned firearms.  Best of all, the look comes straight from an infantryman at Fort Campbell, Ky., and even includes a copy of a memo outlining [...]

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Was Morgan Hill Attack a ‘Dry Run’ by Terrorists?

April 22nd, 2009 · No Comments

It’s a must-read article for anyone serious about homeland security.*  “It,” in this case, is a post published today by Bruce Perens.  Notably, it includes an insightful analysis of a little-reported infrastructure attack that took place just after midnight April 9 in the Northern California city of Morgan Hill.
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