Insecurity Cameras
William Pentland : New York City
The more sophisticated security technology becomes in our nation's cities, the more reason privacy activists have to be alarmed.
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Fear of Restrooms
Barbara Ehrenreich : Humor
Now that we know there's a vice squad deployed to find people looking to hook up for quickies in airport bathrooms, air travel has taken on a whole new dimension.
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Driving While Muslim
Spencer Ackerman : Islam & Muslims
As the hunt for homegrown terrorists sympathetic to Hezbollah intensifies, the Muslims of Dearborn, Michigan are losing their trust in American justice.
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Groundhog Day
James K. Galbraith : Terrorism Targeting the US
From all official statements so far, the August 10 terror plot uncovered in Britain was the biggest thing since 9/11. But then again, perhaps it wasn't. It's not too early to ask the questions on which a final judgment must depend.
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The Insecurity State
Americans are now caught in a security paradox: We expect the government to protect us, but its responses make us feel even more insecure.
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Joe Strummer, Terrorist?
What does it mean that a man was arrested on suspicion of terrorism for singing the lyrics of the Clash's classic "London Calling"?
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Fearmongering on Dubai
Democrats should see the panic over the DP World deal as an opportunity for a nervy rudder-turn and challenge the obsessive secrecy and toxic premises of Bush's national security policy.
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The Dubai Farce
What a farce: The Dubai Ports deal shows Bush is willing to trust the Arab-owned Dubai Ports to manage our harbors, even as he scapegoats them as culprits in his war on terror.
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Free Trade Planet
Nicholas von Hoffman : Globalization
The uproar over the Dubai Ports deal ignores the obvious consequences of the free trade that American politicians of both parties have pushed for decades. Like it or not, we have to deal with it.
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The Boy Who Cried Wolf
The Dubai Ports flap is bogus, but it's fun to see Democrats and Republicans frothing in unison. Hysteria has defined the Bush presidency; now the fearmonger-in-chief is getting a taste of his own tactics.
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Pandora's Box
Patricia J. Williams : Racism & Discrimination
A deep planetary insecurity has fostered a rush to build boundaries around ourselves--psychic green zones--no matter how irrational, separating white from black or brown, Christian from Muslim, European from Arab.
2005
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Telly-Tommy
Patricia J. Williams : Tommy Thompson
If we're going to have a society surveilled 24/7, let's begin at the top.
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Security the Progressive Way
John Tirman : Progressives, Liberals, & The American Left
The lockdown strategy has made America less safe. there's a better approach.
2004
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Security for Sale
Micah L. Sifry & Nancy Watzman : Campaign Finance
For all the talk about terrorists getting their hands on WMDs overseas, huge stocks of dangerous and accessible chemicals are here at home.
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Orange Alert at Sebago
William Greider : Office of Homeland Security
The quest for homeland security is heading, in ad hoc fashion, toward the quasi militarization of everyday life.
2003
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Homeland Insecurity
David Corn : Terrorism Targeting the US
The President claims he is doing everything he can to protect us. But he's not.
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Postcard From Bloomington
When an unmarked single-prop plane began circling over town with persistent regularity, curiosity gave way to concern.
2002
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National Security and Immigrant Rights
Donald Kerwin : Immigration to the US
Recent post-9/11 immigration changes threaten to cause great suffering while yielding few security benefits.
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Legal Victory for Airport Screeners
A federal judge hands nine workers an unexpected victory in their battle against a new law requiring citizenship for all airport screeners.
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More Surveillance on the Way
New proposed provisions render the Homeland Security Bill even more ominous.
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The Great Airport Fire-Off
Michael Flaherty : Racial Profiling
Section 111 of the ATSA sets the absurd precedent that immigrants can join the military but not scan sneakers at airline security posts.
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