Topic: Homeland Security

March 2, 2010

More than a year into his presidency, Barack Obama has yet to appoint anyone to the languishing Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board.

Civil liberties board still nonexistent

Is the president just giving lip service to protecting our rights?

January 1, 2010

After subpoenaing and threatening a pair of bloggers, the Transportation Security Administration has come to its senses.

TSA threatens bloggers, then backs off

The Transportation Security Administration subpoenaed — and threatened — travel bloggers who published the agency’s security directive following the attempted Christmas terrorist attack.

December 31, 2009

The president issued an ethics waiver for homeland security adviser John Brennan so that Brennan can review a terror watch-list system he helped design.

Waiving ethics rules for terror watch-list review

Not only is the president, again, making exceptions for his own ethics rules, he’s conducting an “independent” review that isn’t independent.

December 29, 2009

The White House is walking back, and rejecting, comments by Janet Napolitano and Robert Gibbs that the airline security system works.

White House spin: From ‘system worked’ to ‘systemic failure’

Claiming the “system worked” when it clearly failed is just stupid.

December 8, 2009

The TSA posted its operating procedures manual online with sections redacted electronically, making it easy to read the classified parts.

TSA leaks its own screening procedures while waiting for union-friendly boss

This is what happens when the president leaves the top post at a vital national security agency waiting for an appointment for nine months.

November 20, 2009

The president's nominee to run the Transportation Security Administration told a Senate committee he lied to it — one day after the committee voted to confirm him.

TSA nominee admits to ‘distorting’ his record before Congress

The president’s nominee to run the Transportation Security Administration told a Senate committee he lied to it — one day after the committee voted to confirm him.

Top 50 topics: Barack Obama Lies Health Care Broken Promises Gaffes Economy Flip Flops Foreign Policy Stimulus Hypocrisy Joe Biden Transparency State of the Union Protocol Jobs Stupid Mistakes Terrorism Taxes Military Environment Lobbyists Bad Jokes Signing Statements Russia Ethics Homeland Security Repeated Lies Nominations Afghanistan Robert Gibbs Inauguration Iraq Hillary Clinton Waivers Desiree Rogers Salahis Party Crashers History Appointments Teleprompter Defense Religion Spell Check Deadlines Dmitry Medvedev National Security Resignations Treasury Air Force One EducationView all topics