Can Homeland Security Tell Fact From Fiction?
Posted April 21st, 2006 by quarsan
Seriously, can those who are meant to protect us tell the difference between reality and drama? After Actors in Winterbottom's film, The Road to Guantanamo got nicked under terrorism laws after returning to the UK from the Berlin premiere,the same thing has happened again, only this time in the US.
An actor who played a hijacker in the forthcoming film Flight 93 was denied entry to the US
Can we really trust these idiots to protect us?
LOL, are you kidding? among
LOL, are you kidding? among the latest: border security system left open: 'A computer failure that hobbled border-screening systems at airports across the country last August occurred after Homeland Security officials deliberately held back a security patch that would have protected the sensitive computers from a virus then sweeping the internet, according to documents obtained by Wired News...'
'...A DHS spokesman told the Associated Press the next day that a virus caused the outages. But in December, a different DHS spokesman told CNET News.com that there was no evidence that a virus was responsible, and that it was merely one of the routine "computer glitches" one expects in any complex system.
'The newly released documents call that claim into question.
'The government did not part with the pages lightly. After an initial FOIA request was rebuffed, Wired News filed a federal lawsuit, represented by Megan Adams, a law student at the Stanford Law School Cyberlaw Clinic. Only then did CBP release six pages of heavily redacted documents, including one page that is completely blacked out. (The lawsuit is ongoing.)...'
unfortunately for US and y'all, they don't know the meaning of the word 'proactive' and even if they knew, they don't give a damn.
There seems some doubt as to
There seems some doubt as to the accuracy of this.
The Times (http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-2144808,00.html)also begins its story by saying that his entry is being "denied", and the visa "refused" but then provides further clarification:
"He was told this week by the US Embassy that he would not be granted a visa in time to attend the premiere on Tuesday at the Tribeca Film Festival."
and:
"After being contacted by The Times, the US Embassy said that it had brought forward Alsamari’s interview, but still could not guarantee that the visa would be granted in time."
So not "refused" or "denied" to date.
I take your general point, and have some sympathy with it, but in this case the issue seems to be slack journalism rather than US high-handedness.
lay back and listen - its
lay back and listen - its lacks the gritty poetry of early Dylan but Neil Young was never Bob Dylan:
http://www.hyfntrak.com/neilyoung2/AFF23252/