Word: homelands
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...subway system and a populace taught by I.R.A. violence to report suspicious bags. But just because Americans can't prevent all bombings doesn't mean they should do nothing--or everything, in feverish, sporadic security binges. "We should all take a deep breath," says Stephen Flynn, a homeland-security expert at the Council on Foreign Relations. "There is an ongoing threat, and we need a sustained level of involvement...
Later in the day, the Department of Homeland Security raised the threat level for the nation’s transit systems to code orange, which is the second highest level of alert. Although officials had received no specific threats against U.S. cities, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said that he remained “concerned about the possibility of a copycat attack...
...policy comes after University President Lawrence H. Summers wrote a letter to then-Secretary of State Colin Powell and then-Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge ’67 in April, 2004, in which he argued that visa restrictions and other barriers to international students could precipitate a braindrain of foreign graduate students. This in turn, he said, could hurt America’s position at the forefront of technological and academic innovation...
...study conducted for other purposes that does not reflect present knowledge of nuclear-plant capabilities and accident scenarios. The American people should know that these plants are well protected with multiple layers of defense to ensure safety and security. This agency vigorously monitors plant security to ensure that our homeland is well protected...
...travelers at Orlando International Airport signed up within 24 hours of last week's rollout of Clear Card, the first privately run prescreening security program. Customers who pay a $79.95 annual fee and submit to fingerprint and iris scanning--plus a background check by the Department of Homeland Security--can be ushered through a dedicated fast lane at airport security checkpoints, exempt from secondary searches. Verified Identity Pass Inc. is trying to reassure civil libertarians, who are concerned that the system could be used to spy on consumers, with a promise not to track cardholders' movements or sell their personal...