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Problems Cited at U.S. Jails in Afghanistan
A classified assessment found that the facilities have been plagued by many of the shortcomings that existed at military prisons in Iraq, creating what the report described as an "opportunity" for abuse.
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Ex-NYPD Official to Succeed Ridge
President Bush settled on Bernard B. Kerik, the New York police commissioner during the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, to take over the Department of Homeland Security from its first leader, administration officials said.
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Widows Face U.S. Deportation
At least 25 foreign-born surviving spouses and perhaps many more -- most of them widows -- are on the brink of deportation, according to the American Immigration Lawyers Association in Washington.
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Homeland Security Secretary Ridge Resigns
The former governor and U.S. Army sergeant who became linked in the public mind with color-coded terror warnings departs after overseeing the most ambitious government reorganization since the 1940s.
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Unions Protest DHS Secrecy Pledge
Leaders of two government unions called on Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge to stop requiring all 180,000 department workers to sign nondisclosure agreements that prohibit them from sharing sensitive but unclassified information with the public.
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TSA Reconsiders Technology Contract
The Transportation Security Administration yesterday said it would resume plans to seek bids for a large technology maintenance contract, ending consideration of a proposal to give the work to an Alaska Native Corporation without competition. -The Washington Post
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At Fort Detrick, a Lesson in No-Bid Contracting
When the Army's infectious diseases center at Fort Detrick decided a decade ago that it needed more contract workers to supplement military and civilian staff in its labs, it turned to companies that specialized in such work.
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New Scrutiny At Border Posts Draws Criticism
This week, three U.S. border crossings -- one from Canada, at Port Huron, and two from Mexico, at Laredo, Tex., and Douglas, Ariz. -- launched a program run by the Department of Homeland Security to collect fingerprints and photos at U.S. borders.
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U.S. Launches Drive to Urge Emergency Plans
The Department of Homeland Security is reminding families to develop a contingency plan in case of a terrorist attack or other emergency with a new wave of public service announcements.
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TSA Airline Security Program Hits Snag
Testing of a computer screening system for air travelers may be delayed because the program has not yet received required approvals from the Government Accountability Office. -The Washington Post
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