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Wheelchair-Bound Woman Passes Through OKC Airport Security Wearing Only Her Underwear

December 1st, 2010 · 3 Comments

Tonight, I came across a very intriguing story about a lady who went through security at Oklahoma City’s Will Rogers International Airport while seated in a wheelchair, carrying a dog and wearing only her underwear.  I share it with you, not because I came across it a short time after I publishing a an airport [...]

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Counterterrorism Drill Compromised By PR Effort

May 27th, 2010 · 1 Comment

Terrorists looking for an opportunity to study how law enforcement agencies conduct a regional counterterrorism exercise received a gift Wednesday night.  It came in the form of an embargoed news release. I came across the news release, a partial image of which appears above, via PR Newswire Wednesday at 8:37 p.m. Central.  Issued by the [...]

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Illegal Immigrants Granted Passes to USAF Base (Update)

February 14th, 2010 · No Comments

In the wake of the Fort Hood shootings Nov. 5, a disturbing story has surfaced in this blogger’s childhood hometown, Enid, Okla.  At least three illegal immigrants received long-term contractor passes to Vance Air Force Base, according to a former security chief at the pilot training base who spoke with The Oklahoman newspaper.  Below is [...]

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Was Interrogation of ‘Meredith Reed’ Realistic?

January 18th, 2010 · 1 Comment

I welcomed the arrival of the first two Season 8 episodes of the Fox Network program “24″ in my living room last night. After all, what man doesn’t enjoy an occasional foray into the adrenaline-filled life of “Jack Bauer”? At about the 28-minute mark of the second episode, however, the story unfolding on my television [...]

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CIA Deaths, Terrorism Could Have Been Prevented

January 11th, 2010 · 8 Comments

James Chapman was as distraught as any patriotic American about seven CIA operatives in Afghanistan being killed in an explosion set off by a double-agent Dec. 31. The 67-year-old Marine Corps veteran made it clear that he hated to see our nation’s security compromised the way it was Christmas Day when a 23-year-old Nigerian man, [...]

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How Did Code Pink Protesters Crash RNC?

September 5th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Though inspired by the words of John McCain and Sarah Palin at the just-concluded Republican National Convention, I am perplexed by some activities that took place at the gathering. Specifically, I’m bothered by the fact that, on several occasions during the convention, Code Pink activists made it all the way to the convention floor before [...]

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Pay Attention to Personal Security on Tax Day

April 8th, 2008 · No Comments

Americans should continue to be vigilant, take notice of their surroundings and report suspicious items or activities to local authorities immediately, according to the Department of Homeland Security’s current threat level as of this posting. One week from today, however, Americans should expect that threat level to rise — not due to external threats, but [...]

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