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Feds to end satellite surveillance program

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Homeland Security officials are expected Tuesday to announce the elimination of an intelligence satellite monitoring system that has been approved for domestic terrorism surveillance and has been criticized by law enforcement officials, who say it tramples civil liberties.

FEMA deadline burdens Katrina victims

Agency steps back from latest threat

Sunday, May 31, 2009

NEW ORLEANS | Nearly 4,000 Hurricane Katrina victims are being evicted from FEMA trailers this weekend.

Sinise urges more funds for disabled vets

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Actor Gary Sinise, an advocate for American troops, urged the government and private sector on Memorial Day to spend more money on disabled veterans and to provide more counseling for those who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder or become suicidal.

Justices to decide if vets can be honored with cross

Vets defend California icon

Monday, May 25, 2009

It will be up to the Supreme Court to make a final determination as to whether a 7-foot cross remains standing in a California desert to memorialize war veterans.

Panel votes for probe of 'extremist' report

Bipartisan move calls on Napolitano to yield documents

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Democrats joined Republicans on a key House panel Tuesday in voting for a formal inquiry into the development and distribution of a contentious Homeland Security Department report that described military veterans as possible recruits for extremists.

Panel votes to investigate 'Extremism' report

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Democrats on a key House panel joined Republicans in a unanimous vote calling for a formal inquiry into the Homeland Security Department to determine how a contentious report that described military veterans as possible recruits for radical extremists was developed and distributed.

High court spurns detainee's bid to sue

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

The Supreme Court rejected Monday an effort by a Pakistani man detained after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks to sue former high-ranking Bush administration officials for abuse by U.S. prison guards.

Report citing veteran extremism is pulled

Napolitano: Not vetted

Thursday, May 14, 2009

A contentious "Rightwing Extremism" report that warned of military veterans as possible recruits for terrorist attacks against the U.S. was not authorized, has been withdrawn and is being rewritten, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano told Capitol Hill lawmakers.

GOP probes 'extremism' report's origins

Thursday, May 7, 2009

House Republicans demanded Wednesday that Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano detail how the controversial "right-wing extremism" report was compiled, using a rare legislative maneuver that ensures that the Democrats must take a public stand - one way or another.