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The failure to get someone running TSA is only a minor irritant so long as no major terrorist attack happens on an airplane, ship or train while the spot is vacant. But if there's no one in charge of preventing it when something does happen, it's also a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Travel Snafu: The Stumbling Search for a TSA Chief | 3/31/2010 | See Source »

Very few locals, however, were even aware of who David B. Stone Sr. was, even if they had heard of militia activity in the area. But Stone grew up in Clayton. About two decades ago, he had apparently been a member of the Michigan militia, a paramilitary group that was...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Hutaree Among Us: A Michigan Town in the Glare | 3/31/2010 | See Source »

It is not clear when Stone became the leader of the Hutaree - or if his group is affiliated with an identically named organization in Utah. Stone's Hutaree, authorities say, scanned the Internet for guidance on how to build improvised explosive devices, or IEDs, similar to those used in Iraq...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Hutaree Among Us: A Michigan Town in the Glare | 3/31/2010 | See Source »

Back in Clayton, many wonder if there are other Hutaree members still waiting to stage an attack on police. It's certainly a concern of Sheriff Jack Welsh of Lewanee County, where Clayton is located. "It's scary," he says. Welsh has tightened security at his department's buildings, telling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Hutaree Among Us: A Michigan Town in the Glare | 3/31/2010 | See Source »

One tactic is to simply relabel torture implements that are on the E.U.'s list of banned products. For example, electroshock weapons like stun belts - which are placed around detainees' limbs and emit a shock if they get out of line - are sometimes renamed "stun cuffs," Amnesty says. Another scheme...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is the European Union Exporting Torture Devices? | 3/31/2010 | See Source »

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