A New York Times investigation has revealed how the Department of Homeland Security is increasingly going global, with thousands of agents from the Department of Homeland Security and the Transportation Security Administration stationed in more than 70 countries around the world. Hundreds more DHS workers are deployed at sea on Coast Guard ships or in the skies on surveillance planes. Stationing ICE overseas is reportedly about four times as expensive as a domestic post. Now some countries are accusing DHS of attempting to export the United States’ restrictive immigration laws, with one German politician saying DHS’s interrogations and detentions at foreign airports constitute an extrajudicial travel ban. We speak with Ron Nixon, The New York Times’s homeland security correspondent who broke the story, “Homeland Security Goes Abroad. Not Everyone Is Grateful [ https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/26/world/americas/homeland-security-customs-border-patrol.html ].” https://www.democracynow.org/2017/12/29/is_the_us_exporting_its_travel[with embedded video, and transcript]
Concerns Raised About $1 Billion Facial Scan Program with High Error Rate at Nine U.S. Airports
Published on Dec 29, 2017 by Democracy Now!
This month, Senators Mike Lee, a Republican, and Edward Markey, a Democrat, called for a halt to the expansion of a $1 billion airport facial scanning program that the Department of Homeland Security uses to identify travelers on some flights that depart from nine U.S. airports: Boston, Las Vegas, Miami, New York’s John F. Kennedy, Washington Dulles, both Houston airports, Chicago O‘Hare and Atlanta. Congress has approved the program for use on non-U.S. citizens but never expressly authorized its use on Americans. The senators also asked DHS to provide data about the accuracy of the scans and cited a study [ https://www.law.georgetown.edu/news/press-releases/half-of-all-american-adults-are-in-a-police-face-recognition-database-new-report-finds.cfm ] by the Center on Privacy and Technology that said the technology had high error rates and was subject to bias, because the scans often fail to properly identify women and African Americans. We speak with Ron Nixon, homeland security correspondent for The New York Times. https://www.democracynow.org/2017/12/29/concerns_raised_about_1_billion_facial[with embedded video, and transcript]
Deportation Now on Hold for Mexican Journalist Emilio Gutiérrez Soto, But He Remains in Detention
Published on Dec 29, 2017 by Democracy Now!
After a visit from Texas Democratic Congressmember Beto O’Rourke and a flurry of news reports, including on Democracy Now!, the Board of Immigration Appeals has reopened the asylum case of award-winning journalist Emilio Gutiérrez Soto, vacating his deportation order and granting him a full stay of his removal order. This means Gutiérrez cannot be deported, at the moment, and that the BIA will now issue a new ruling. But Gutiérrez has still not been released. We play an excerpt from our exclusive jailhouse interview with Gutiérrez and speak with William McCarren, the executive director of the National Press Club, who visited Gutiérrez in detention and said Gutiérrez broke down crying several times, and Gutiérrez’s lawyer, Eduardo Beckett. https://www.democracynow.org/2017/12/29/deportation_now_on_hold_for_mexican[with embedded video, and transcript]
As Trump Attacks Media with “Fake News” Claims, a Record 262 Reporters Are Jailed, 46 Killed in 2017
Published on Dec 29, 2017 by Democracy Now!
The Committee to Protect Journalists has published its 25th annual survey of journalists killed and jailed around the world. This year, the list of those killed included 42 journalists and four media workers. A record 262 journalists were imprisoned around the world, with Turkey, China and Egypt topping the list for the second year in a row. Mexico reached an historic high in journalists killed this year, and the country leads the world in journalists killed in a non-conflict zone. This comes as President Donald Trump has waged a relentless campaign to discredit journalists in the United States, often with rhetoric that could potentially incite his followers to violence. We speak with María Salazar-Ferro, the director of the Emergencies Department of the Committee to Protect Journalists. https://www.democracynow.org/2017/12/29/as_trump_attacks_media_with_fake[with embedded video, and transcript]
Military & intelligence sources in the US & China have publicly stated they believe the US will attack North Korea by March 2018 and now a terrorism exercise will begin Jan 2 that looks like the one that took place 10 weeks before 9/11. And, Roger Stone, Jerome Corsi & Lee Stranahan join David Knight to look at the recent Executive Order & DOJ investigations that may be the beginning of a move against the Clinton Foundation & the Deep State.
[from Alex Jones and his merry band of batshit bullshitters]
Almost anybody can get stuck in a cult. Religion is overrated. I joined Lloyd in Croatia to speak at Hugo's Bar, Zagreb on these truths, and we were both thrilled to see so many of you there.
Full Show - The Secrets of QAnon’s War with the Deep State Pedophiles Exposed - 12/29/2017
Published on Dec 29, 2017 by Ron Gibson
Friday, Dec. 29th 2017: Trump Slams 'Climate Change' - President Trump trolls "global warming" proponents, the liberal "fake news" media and Amazon with fresh tweets. Meanwhile his Make America Great Again agenda rolls on full steam ahead as new polls show the same favorability rating for Trump's first year as Obama's. Trump also makes a border wall central to any DACA compromise with Democrats. We'll also give a year-end wrap-up of 2017's hottest stories.
"The difference between weather and climate is a measure of time. Weather is what conditions of the atmosphere are over a short period of time, and climate is how the atmosphere "behaves" over relatively long periods of time."
Emperor Atheist speaking on the illogical position of Christian apologists ,and Christian beliefs. When you get them in a position against the wall ,they can only resort to supernatural jargon as a defense...
In the final War Room for 2017, we take a look back at everything that made 2017, and what to expect for 2018. Craig Sawyer joins us to discuss the latest developments over at https://vets4childrescue.org/ and Jerome Corsi talks about the latest revelations in the Abedin emails and President Trump's executive order.
[from Alex Jones and his merry band of batshit bullshitters]
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