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Everyone wants to work for DHS. Or not.

| September 3, 2022 | 30 Comments
Everyone wants to work for DHS. Or not.

Homeland Security is reporting problems filling their Cyber Talent pool via their Cybersecurity Talent Management System. They are supposed to fill 150 slots by then end of the fiscal year. As of this writing, they have filled four. Yep, four. One issue facing the department is a mismatch between the entry-level candidates who want to […]

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“Thoroughly vetting” refugees? Hardly.

| September 23, 2016 | 20 Comments
“Thoroughly vetting” refugees?  Hardly.

From an internal DHS memo concerning issues with processing applications for refugee status: “Refugee fraud is easy to commit, yet not easy to investigate,” the undated memo says. The memo said there are clear instances where “bad actors … have exploited this program,” gaining a foothold in the U.S. through bogus refugee claims. Gee – […]

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Yet More Idiocy at DHS

| March 16, 2016 | 39 Comments
Yet More Idiocy at DHS

Remember the San Bernardino shootings? You know, that cold-blooded terrorist massacre perpetrated by a US citizen and his foreign-born spouse?  The spouse who DHS allowed to enter the country in in spite of the fact that she’d made social media postings supporting violent jihad; where DHS didn’t bother even to check her social media posts […]

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Wunderbare.

| December 22, 2015 | 14 Comments
Wunderbare.

Remember those two dead terrorist bastards who killed 14 and wounded 20+ in San Bernardino earlier this month? You know, the case where a US citizen went to a nation with a high level of support for radical Islamic terrorism; found himself a “bride”; and brought her to the US on a spousal visa?  The […]

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Did Someone Say, “YGBSM?!?!” Unfortunately . . . They’re Not.

| December 15, 2015 | 43 Comments
Did Someone Say, “YGBSM?!?!”  Unfortunately . . . They’re Not.

Remember the other day when it was revealed that the female San Bernardino jihadi terrorist bastard passed three background checks before being admitted to the US on a spousal visa? Remember when it looked like that at was at least partly due to her social media postings – where she’d expressed support for violent jihad, […]

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“Somebody’s Got Some ‘Splainin’ to Do”

| December 13, 2015 | 32 Comments
“Somebody’s Got Some ‘Splainin’ to Do”

Remember that recent shooting in California? You know, the one where a US citizen went abroad; married a foreign national from a nation known for having a high level of terrorist activity; brought their spouse back to the US – and less than 18 months later the two murdered 14 and wounded 20+ in a […]

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DHS warns of “right wing terrorism” again

| February 21, 2015 | 205 Comments
DHS warns of “right wing terrorism” again

CNN reports that the Department of Homeland Security is back to warning law enforcement about the threat of “sovereign citizens” as terrorists. A new intelligence assessment, circulated by the Department of Homeland Security this month and reviewed by CNN, focuses on the domestic terror threat from right-wing sovereign citizen extremists and comes as the Obama […]

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Well Now Isn’t That Special

| March 20, 2013 | 31 Comments
Well Now Isn’t That Special

It looks like our friends at DHS are about to make travel easier and safer again. DHS has apparently decided to extend their “trusted traveler” program, Global Entry.  They’re planning to extend it to travelers from Saudi Arabia. Participants in the program have to present their passports and fingerprints on entry.  After doing so, they’re […]

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