Muslim Advocates welcomes the Obama administration’s announcement rescinding its policy of targeting travelers from 14 primarily Muslim countries for mandatory enhanced screening. Since this misguided policy was implemented in January, Muslim Advocates had been …

Timothy J. Healy
Director, Terrorist Screening Center
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Statement Before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
March 10, 2010
Good morning Chairman Lieberman, Ranking Member Collins, and members of the …

By Louisa Taylor
It was the moment he and three friends had driven almost 1,000 kilometres to see.
Ahmed, a young Canadian born in Somalia and raised in Ottawa, watched intently as Barack Hussein Obama raised his …

Community Advisory:
New Airport Security Measures Target Muslim Travelers
President Obama stated yesterday that “we will strengthen our defenses, but we will not succumb to a siege mentality that sacrifices the open society and liberties and values …

By Jawad Jafry
In case you didn’t hear the interview on NPR, former Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff has stated that racial profiling is NOT effective in combatting terrorism.
This is a direct quote:
Mr. CHERTOFF: I think …

By Glenn Greenwald
There is clearly a concerted effort by the Government to claim loudly that the threat posed by radicalized American Muslims is increasing.  Last week, The Los Angeles Times published a lengthy, scary story under the …

Even if their request makes it that far, the report found travelers “rarely benefit from TSA’s efforts to add them to the cleared list, as air carriers seldom use the list.” Furthermore, even when carriers …

Globe and Mail Editorial
HOMELAND SECURITY – The little-known northern border
April 22, 2009
Janet Napolitano, the U.S. Homeland Security Secretary, surely did not intend to ignite controversy by suggesting that the perpetrators of the Sept. 11, 2001 …