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Archive for November, 2006

100,000+ US Government Immigration Files Missing

The GAO discovered that of the naturalization applications adjudicated in 2005, about 30,000 –or about 4 percent of them — may have been adjudicated without access to the aliens’ files.

Former US Border agents have plan to stop invasion

The National Association of Former Border Patrol Agents recently released their position paper on all aspects of the illegal immigration issue. Over 250 former Border Patrol members of all ranks signed the document, which received scant mention by the mainstream news media.

US Military reviewing WMD attack survivability

The possibility that an adversary may use chemical or biological weapons against US forces makes it important for weapons systems to be able to survive such attacks.

Counterterrorism: keep following the money

Terrorist groups need significant amounts of money to organize, recruit, train, and equip adherents and recruits. The disruption of terrorist financing by the United States can raise the costs and risks and impede their success.

More police agencies to issue tasers

EDITORIAL – In spite of recent news stories sensationalizing police use of stun guns, domestic and international threats have generated a growing interest in the use of less-than-lethal weapons by government and law enforcement agencies and other entities such as commercial airlines and private security companies.

Charlie Rangel’s draft obsession

Some Democrat Party lawmakers claim the volunteer military may become dangerously stretched thin by events occurring in Iran, North Korea and Syria. They believe the answer to acquiring more troops is to reinstate the draft.