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Domestic Security Policy

  • Blogs

    January 23, 2012

    Forks Human Rights Group Asks Janet Napolitano to Investigate Border Patrol's 'Illegal and Intimidating Tactics'

    After a turbulent 2011, the Border Patrol's outpost on the Olympic Peninsula is under fire again. On Friday, community members form Forks penned a letter to Janet Napolitano, asking the Department of Homeland Security secretary to "investigate and put an end to unlawful practices," by Border Patrol ... More >>

  • News

    September 28, 2011

    The Evolution of John McKay

    How a Republican aristocrat and loyal Bush soldier turned into a marijuana activist and public pot-stirrer.

  • News

    March 16, 2011

    The Tsunami That Rocked Japan 300 Years Ago

    Seattleites bracing for "The Big One," take note: It can happen again.

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2010

    Boeing Co. Invokes National Security to Avoid Claims it was Travel Agent for Torture Flights

    ​In a 6-5 ruling, judges of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco yesterday "reluctantly" concluded that five men cannot sue the Boeing Co. for the role its Seattle subsidiary played in helping kidnap and torture the onetime suspected terrorists. Boeing and the Obama administr ... More >>

  • News

    August 18, 2010

    Open Tap: Is the NSA Still Monitoring Private Web Activity?

    ​In a 6-5 ruling, judges of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco yesterday "reluctantly" concluded that five men cannot sue the Boeing Co. for the role its Seattle subsidiary played in helping kidnap and torture the onetime suspected terrorists. Boeing and the Obama administr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2010

    What Does 547 Pounds of Pot Look Like?

    Customs​This. U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents allegedly saw 25-year-old Kyle Grayson Gadsby and 26-year-old Colin Charles Crowe, both of Maple Ridge, British Columbia, unloading these large, plastic-bag-encased bales of weed near Port Angeles on Monday. The two hopped in their boa ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 24, 2010

    Chesley B. "Sully" Sullenberger III

    Customs​This. U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents allegedly saw 25-year-old Kyle Grayson Gadsby and 26-year-old Colin Charles Crowe, both of Maple Ridge, British Columbia, unloading these large, plastic-bag-encased bales of weed near Port Angeles on Monday. The two hopped in their boa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2010

    Ex-Green Beret and War Correspondent Michael Yon Arrested at SeaTac for Not Reporting His Salary

    Michael Yon says he was arrested at SeaTac for not telling "border bullies" how much money he made.​UPDATE: A spokesman from U.S. Customs and Border Protection says there are two sides to every story. Details after the jump. Airport security is a big deal these days. But since when has report ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 19, 2009

    Microsoft Worked With NSA on Windows 7

    Leading conspiracy theorists say now would be a good time to double-up on the Reynolds Wrap.​Yesterday, a senior official with the National Security Agency confirmed that the NSA had worked with Microsoft to improve security on their new operating system Windows 7. The news was met with some ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 13, 2009

    A Slice of Peach Pie with a Side of Reality

    It's fruit season, which means lots of excited chatter about apricot jam, peaches, and cherry pie. With the recent crop report forecasting that Washington's 2009 peach output could be up 15% over last year, it's sure to be a hectic time for farmers and their workers. This month, things are getting e ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 23, 2009

    Thanks to UW Researchers, This E-Mail Will Self-Destruct in 5, 4, 3, 2...

    An ambivalent Cheney is torn between creepy smile and creepy sneerHave you ever wished you could write e-mails that would just disappear, so no one can read them later? Dick Cheney has. Have you ever wished there was an encryption system in which the encryption keys are dispersed widely and ultima ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2009

    Lawyers, Guns and Money

    President Barack Obama is currently holding a joint press conference with President Felipe Calderon. Both are blaming America for the influx of guns being run into Mexican border towns being used by drug traffickers. That's bad. Muy mal. What looks like the beginnings of another political suicide p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 30, 2009

    Condoleezza Rice, Pac-10 Commissioner?

    Bob Condotta reports that former National Security Advisor and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice may be angling for the job of Pac-10 commissioner. She's obviously an extremely bright woman, and we're pretty sure she'd be the first commissioner to have had an oil tanker named after her.But we'll a ... More >>

  • News

    January 28, 2009

    Patty Murray’s Unlikely Hill Climb

    The rise of the Senate’s original soccer mom.

  • Blogs

    November 14, 2008

    Neil Young Offers Advice To Auto Industry

    Basically, his opinion echos that of many of forward-thinking Americans: Pull your head out of your ass, Detroit, and start manufacturing goddamned green vehicles! How To Save A Major Automobile Company Auto manufacturers taking advantage of a government bailout must only sell clean and green v ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 23, 2008

    Buy the P-I or else!

    Basically, his opinion echos that of many of forward-thinking Americans: Pull your head out of your ass, Detroit, and start manufacturing goddamned green vehicles! How To Save A Major Automobile Company Auto manufacturers taking advantage of a government bailout must only sell clean and green v ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 2, 2008

    Inslee on Tanker Flap: "Bigger Is Not Always Better"

    Basically, his opinion echos that of many of forward-thinking Americans: Pull your head out of your ass, Detroit, and start manufacturing goddamned green vehicles! How To Save A Major Automobile Company Auto manufacturers taking advantage of a government bailout must only sell clean and green v ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 21, 2008

    Slush Pile! Homeland Security Edition

    Basically, his opinion echos that of many of forward-thinking Americans: Pull your head out of your ass, Detroit, and start manufacturing goddamned green vehicles! How To Save A Major Automobile Company Auto manufacturers taking advantage of a government bailout must only sell clean and green v ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 14, 2008

    Profiles in Courage: Arlen Specter

    Basically, his opinion echos that of many of forward-thinking Americans: Pull your head out of your ass, Detroit, and start manufacturing goddamned green vehicles! How To Save A Major Automobile Company Auto manufacturers taking advantage of a government bailout must only sell clean and green v ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 17, 2008

    Bush to Fish: Drop Dead

    Basically, his opinion echos that of many of forward-thinking Americans: Pull your head out of your ass, Detroit, and start manufacturing goddamned green vehicles! How To Save A Major Automobile Company Auto manufacturers taking advantage of a government bailout must only sell clean and green v ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 26, 2007

    Training Day

    Basically, his opinion echos that of many of forward-thinking Americans: Pull your head out of your ass, Detroit, and start manufacturing goddamned green vehicles! How To Save A Major Automobile Company Auto manufacturers taking advantage of a government bailout must only sell clean and green v ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 22, 2007

    Walt Crowley, 60

    Basically, his opinion echos that of many of forward-thinking Americans: Pull your head out of your ass, Detroit, and start manufacturing goddamned green vehicles! How To Save A Major Automobile Company Auto manufacturers taking advantage of a government bailout must only sell clean and green v ... More >>

  • News

    July 18, 2007

    The Worst Internal Scandal in NSA History Was Blamed on Cold War Defectors’ Homosexuality

    But what if they weren’t gay?

  • Blogs

    September 28, 2006

    The Minutemen Are Back

    But what if they weren’t gay?

  • Blogs

    June 24, 2006

    The Flu and You

    But what if they weren’t gay?

  • Blogs

    June 21, 2006

    Librarians Say 'No' To Bush

    But what if they weren’t gay?

  • Blogs

    June 20, 2006

    SuperMall Repels Al-Qaeda

    But what if they weren’t gay?

  • News

    June 14, 2006

    Foiled Again!

    But what if they weren’t gay?

  • News

    January 4, 2006

    The Constitutional Crises of 2006

    But what if they weren’t gay?

  • News

    September 7, 2005

    Duck and Cover-Up

    Seattle could be next, and obviously we have work to do.

  • News

    January 19, 2005

    No Bad Deed Goes Unrewarded

    Seattle could be next, and obviously we have work to do.

  • News

    July 28, 2004

    Is That All There Is?

    Seattle could be next, and obviously we have work to do.

  • News

    June 30, 2004

    The Bill With Nine Lives

    Seattle could be next, and obviously we have work to do.

  • News

    June 23, 2004

    Long Live the King

    Seattle could be next, and obviously we have work to do.

  • News

    November 26, 2003

    When Freedom Is Academic

    The postcolonial U.S. Congress wants a say in the curricula of postcolonial studies.

  • News

    September 10, 2003

    The New Homeland

    A guide to the alphabet soup of agencies watching the borders and scrutinizing visitors.

  • News

    September 10, 2003

    The Big, Bad Border

    Iraq might be ground zero for Bushs terror war, but at home, one front line is our 5,000-mile border with Canada. Since 9/11, the U.S. has poured resources and manpower into Mexicanizing one of the worlds most peacefuland porousborders. But critics suggest that strategy wont work, and it could even ... More >>

  • News

    May 21, 2003

    What a Disaster

    Terrorism drills in Chicago (pneumonic plague) and Seattle (dirty bomb).

  • News

    April 2, 2003

    Whaddya Reading?

    The Seattle Public Library has not informed its patrons about a possible privacy risk.

  • News

    April 2, 2003

    Whose Security?

    Local firms get in on the Homeland Act.

  • News

    February 26, 2003

    Dogs of War and Ignorance

    Local firms get in on the Homeland Act.

  • News

    February 12, 2003

    Waiting for the Bullet

    Local firms get in on the Homeland Act.

  • News

    January 1, 2003

    Slade's Slate

    Is it clean enough for the lobbyist and former senator to serve on the president's 9/11 commission? You decide.

  • News

    December 18, 2002

    Gorton Answers 9/11 Call

    The former senator says his big-time law practice won't be a conflict: 'I don't have a lot of clients.'

  • News

    October 3, 2001

    War and liberty

    Civil liberties are threatened after Sept. 11.

  • News

    August 1, 2001

    News Clips— Sub slasher sentenced

    Civil liberties are threatened after Sept. 11.

  • News

    May 2, 2001

    7 Things you can get in Seattle for $25

    Civil liberties are threatened after Sept. 11.

  • News

    December 29, 1999

    New Fear's Eve

    Ringing in 2000 with champagne and paranoia.

  • News

    March 24, 1999

    Kitsap County: The war goes on

    Ringing in 2000 with champagne and paranoia.

  • Arts

    September 30, 1998

    Portrait of the Activist as a Young Man

    What it's like to read your own biography, as penned by J. Edgar Hoover.

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