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Anti-War Activists’ Homes Searched in Terrorism Raid

By | 09.24.10 | 4:48 pm

The Associated Press is reporting that the FBI is searching the homes of anti-war activists during terrorism raids:

The home of Minneapolis anti-war activists Mick Kelly and Jess Sundin were among those searched, they told the AP.

“The FBI is harassing anti-war organizers and leaders, folks who opposed U.S. intervention

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Combatting Homegrown Terrorism With Fusion Centers

By | 09.22.10 | 5:29 pm

Secretary Janet Napolitano and other officials from the Department of Homeland Security testified today on the growing threat of homegrown terrorists and small-scale attacks. There’s a growing chorus from the homeland security community on this trend, and Napolitano testified that although for many years Al Qaeda and its allies More…

ACLU’s German Reacts to Napolitano’s Embrace of Fusion Centers

By | 07.29.09 | 2:23 pm

In her big speech in New York today, Janet Napolitano, the secretary of homeland security, praised the so-called “fusion centers” that serve as hubs for intelligence produced by federal agencies to be shared with local and state law enforcement. Fusion centers are a “a critical part of our nation’s More…

Napolitano Lays Out a New Obama Administration Counterterrorism Strategy

By | 07.29.09 | 9:52 am

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano is at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York City to lay out the Obama administration’s new counterterrorism strategy. Her speech is ongoing, but I’ve got a copy of her remarks, and there’s some interesting stuff. The Wall Street Journal’s preview reports that More…