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Does the Department of Homeland Security Make You Feel Secure?

by Diane Dimond on May 13, 2013

[caption id="attachment_6320" align="alignleft" width="120"] Does Dept Make You Feel Secure?[/caption] I've been doing a lot of thinking about our Department of Homeland Security lately. The DHS was formed after the September 11, 2001 attacks, of course, but since then it has grown to mammoth proportions. It now has more than 200,000 employees and it is the nation’s third largest Cabinet department after the Defense Department and Veterans Affairs. The taxpayer’s bill for DHS is also enormous. If all goes as planned you and I will send $59 billion more of our hard earned dollars to the DHS this year to advance their mission to, “prevent attacks and protect Americans – on the land, in the sea and in the air.” Here we are more than a dozen years after 9-11 – and hundreds of billions of dollars later – and we still have no foolproof way to sift through our own suspected terrorist watch list. It’s called the Terrorist Identities Datamart Environment or TIDE and it current holds a whopping 700,000 suspect’s names. Something as simple as a misspelled name can gum up the works and render the list next to useless. [caption id="attachment_6322" align="alignright" width="120"] America Welcomed His Family - He Became Terrorist[/caption] After Russian and Saudi intelligence agents labeled Boston bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev, a “follower of radical Islam,” and warned us in 2011 to keep an eye on him, neither the FBI or the CIA found any evidence that he was connected to extremist Muslim groups. Nonetheless Tsarnaev’s name was entered onto the TIDE list but, yes, you guessed it – his last name was misspelled. 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I’m still unclear as to which agency was actually supposed to watch Tsarnaev. The FBI? DHS? Immigration or some other far-flung governmental body? I have worked with countless devoted and tireless agents of the FBI, Secret Service, U.S. Customs and state and local police departments across the country. I hate to cast aspersions on any law enforcement agency’s dedicated work keeping us safe. But it is clear more than a decade after 9-11 the U.S. infra- structure needed to ferret out possible terrorists is still blatantly lacking in major ways. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano was recently forced to admit a major deficiency. She revealed we still don’t have a trustworthy, computerized system to figure out which foreign students are in the country legally or on expired student visas. Unbelievable! [caption id="attachment_6324" align="alignright" width="120"] Is She the Right Leader for DHS?[/caption] That student visa lapse allowed a young man from Kazakhstan to recently re-enter the United States and head back to Boston even though he wasn't enrolled in school anymore. That person is now charged with trying to help the younger Dzhokhar Tsarnaev cover up his Boston Marathon bombing crimes by removing evidence from his dorm room. Napolitano confirms that since the tragedy in Boston U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents have been laboriously checking student visa files – by hand – to identify which are still valid and those that are not. Maybe, Napolitano says, we’ll have an automated system by the end of this month. Really? Between September 11, 2001 and now no one thought it was important to keep computerized and organized tabs on foreign student visas? It’s clear we need to shake up the organization of all our domestic protection efforts to come up with a mandatory and cooperative framework that assures all our government agencies work together and are more responsive to today’s security needs. [caption id="attachment_6326" align="alignleft" width="150"] Made at Home Plastic Guns - And They Work[/caption] Now comes word of a new threat that seems to have caught authorities by surprise. While the national debate was focused on new gun control laws there was a unique kind of gun being added to the American arsenal – plastic guns produced by relatively inexpensive 3-D printers. These new printers do have positive applications. They can produce low cost medical, automotive and toy parts. Gun makers simply load the printers with sheets of thick plastic and program them to follow a computerized blueprint. 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by Diane Dimond on April 15, 2013

[caption id="attachment_6207" align="alignleft" width="150"] Traffic Camera Are Everywhere[/caption] I didn't realize I had broken the law until I opened an official envelope with a traffic ticket inside. Each time this has happened I've thought, “Darn those traffic cameras!” Okay, I likely said something spicier than that because there’s little else to say in one’s defense when confronted with photographic evidence that you have run a red light. Twice New York State has sent me tickets for running a red light as I struggled to turn left in crushing New York City traffic. The third time the news came from my cousin, Sandy Hays, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She called to tell me that when I had borrowed her husband’s car during a trip to my hometown I had been caught speeding on an off-ramp near the University of New Mexico. Embarrassed, I sent her a check for $75.00 to cover the fine. A month or so later Sandy sent me a return check saying the city had come to realize their speed-trap camera had malfunctioned. Ah, sweet absolution! [caption id="attachment_6208" align="alignright" width="150"] Cams Capture Your License Plate Number[/caption] Not long after that episode Albuquerque voters decided to do away with the tattletale cameras all together.  Across the country, other locations did the same. Ballot initiatives to unplug the spy cams have passed in about two dozen cities in at least nine states. Other locales are considering ban too. A trend, you say? Not so fast. This is big business, folks, and while the traffic cams may be gone where you live other parts of your state may still have them. In New Mexico, for example, Albuquerque ditched the cameras but nearby Rio Rancho did not and neither did Santa Fe or Las Cruces. Take it from me, these cameras are not going to disappear. For cash-strapped areas it could be budgetary suicide to do away with a program that brings in so much revenue. No place has enough ticket-writing cops to make up the difference. The two major companies that sell the gizmos -- American Traffic Solutions and Redflex Traffic Systems -- rake in the dough, of course. So do the roughly 660 cities and towns in 24 states that have contracts with those companies. Each location negotiates its own deal with the firm of their choice, deciding whether it’s a 50-50 split of the ticket revenues or some other calculation. Both sides make plenty of money. [caption id="attachment_6209" align="alignleft" width="150"] For Safety or For Fines Money?[/caption] An investigation by NBC revealed that Washington, D.C. brought in $18 million in camera ticket fines last year. In Texas, one single camera in Arlington has generated $2.5 million. Chicago’s expanded program is estimated to bring in $150 million this year. 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[caption id="attachment_6210" align="alignright" width="103"] Questionable Dealings[/caption] Here’s what I find odious about how these companies do business. The mayor of Chicago actually banned RedFlex from re-bidding on their traffic cam contract after the Chicago Tribune reported company lobbyists had spent thousands on entertainment and hotel rooms for the city official tasked with awarding the lucrative contract. [caption id="attachment_6212" align="alignleft" width="150"] Questionable Company Dealings[/caption] In Florida, American Traffic Solutions spent $1.5 million lobbying city officials and contributing to political campaigns. After tossing around all that money American Traffic Solutions became the main supplier of cameras to more than 65 Florida cities. None of this is illegal but it feels underhanded to me. Most disturbing, is a revelation found in a study by the Public Interest Research Group. The PIRG reports that buried in the contracts local governments sign with these companies is a provision that mandates the narrowest duration of cautionary yellow light time. In other words, the shorter the yellow light time, the study concluded, “the more tickets a camera system issues (and) the more profit the vendor collects.” Buyers are not allowed to lengthen the yellow light time even if, as some studies show, it would reduce the number of accidents. If this surveillance product is so good and saves so many lives - why all these machinations? [caption id="attachment_6213" align="alignright" width="120"] Shorter Yellow Lights Insure More Red Light Tickets[/caption] Judges in Baltimore are skeptical too. They scolded the city and threw out a passel of tickets after it was revealed city workers had shortened yellow light times below recommended limits. There have been problems with shortened yellow lights in states from California to Tennessee. 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America Needs a Revolution – Part II

by Diane Dimond on January 14, 2013

[caption id="attachment_5955" align="alignleft" width="150"] Let's Take Away Congress's Red Ink Pen[/caption]   Sometimes a columnist touches a raw nerve. I did that last week with my call for a citizen’s “Revolution in Thinking” about how we allow our politicians to operate. Using lyrics from Les Miserable, the movie about the French Revolution, I wrote about the anger of so many Americans who want better for this country. They want the rivers of red-ink to stop flowing. They want political leaders to lead and to stop throwing up partisan barricades in a political war that does no one any good. No sooner was the column published than my e-mail box exploded! [caption id="attachment_5953" align="alignright" width="150"] What Most Americans Think of Congress[/caption] Mary Ann Edwards proclaimed her desire to join such a revolution. “I’m in! My husband is in!” she wrote. “We are stressed about this indifference to the debt and deficit. I would say scared, really.” And Mary Ann wrote, as so many others did, about her fear of the future. “Reducing spending is a foreign concept to those holding the reins of power. We don’t understand when and how this train wreck will be avoided. I get it, Mary Ann. I’m scared too. David Bailey directed me to his Facebook page where he had written, “I fear an out of control government more than a nut with a gun.” Bailey believes both parties have failed us and he wrote as much to his congressional delegation. “I wrote both U.S. Senators last year and told them, ‘they were my enemy,’ for failing to control spending and cutting spending.” He only got canned letters in response. Ron Burton e-mailed to say that my words made him yearn for “the good old days in the 70’s,” when voters were actually interested enough to hit the streets to peaceably protest government policies. Great! Thanks, Ron. That’s just the idea I was hoping to ignite. [caption id="attachment_5960" align="alignleft" width="150"] Is This the Answer?[/caption] For those who want to take action but don’t know what to do, reader Gary Keenan has an idea you may want to get behind. “The only fully effective remedy to eliminating self-interest(ed) and weak, scared politicians is to change the law to single term limits for all U.S. Senators and Representatives,” he wrote. “Give a citizen legislator a reasonable time to do their elected job one time and stop. No running for re-election.” Keenan also suggests a ban on elected officials holding any other government or lobbying job after their initial service. Reader Stephen Verchinski’s plan to fix the economy was short and sweet. “Easy,” he wrote. “VAT tax on imports, rise in min(imum) wage for parity with 1968 inflation adjusted hourly wages, financial transaction tax, lower the retirement age.” Not sure I understand all of what Verchinski meant but, hey, I think all options should be discussed. 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Sign it, “Angry American.” Our collective power is breathtakingly obvious. Yet, reader Joe Stehling sees the politician’s, “Arrogance of power,” so intimidating that many citizens don’t bother to try to understand what’s happening. Ed Hoover agreed writing, “We just concluded a national election where we (re)-elected 90% of the incumbents. The only conclusion one can logically arrive at is that the majority of people still think they are the best choice for the job.” I don’t think so, Ed. I think it is apathy. Too many people fail to take time to inform themselves so they can cast an intelligent ballot – if they vote at all. Or, worse, they personally benefit because Senator X or Congressman Y is in office so that is who they vote for. In ending, I must agree with Ed’s last line. “We, the people, are ultimately responsible for the direction of this once great nation and we will reap the rewards or the pain, accordingly.” It really is up to us, folks. home  

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Lessons From Mother Nature in Wake of Hurricane Sandy

by Diane Dimond on November 5, 2012

[caption id="attachment_5757" align="alignleft" width="150"] Super Storm Sandy Smashes the East[/caption] More than 110 people were killed but there was no crime. There were widespread blackouts yet there was no systematic looting. Police departments were run ragged but lawlessness seemed to take a vacation. This column isn't about crime this time. It is about how, in the the face of crisis crime is replaced by an overwhelming sense of fellowship and mutual survival. Thanks to Hurricane Sandy I am writing this not on my usual laptop computer but on a smaller iPad which is cumbersome to operate via candlelight. I had to slowly charge it to life via a cord plugged into my car's cigarette lighter. My family is among the almost five million Americans left without power by this monumental storm. We're told it could be 10 days before our Hudson River village, about 20 miles north of Manhattan will have electricity again. But we are alive and feeling so lucky. [caption id="attachment_5758" align="alignright" width="150"] Breezy Point Neighborhood's Double Whammy[/caption] Not far from us, in the Breezy Point neighborhood of Queens not only did massive quantities of floodwaters roar in so did a marauding fire that consumed more than 80 buildings leaving hundreds homeless. Firefighters battled neck-high floods, low water pressure and tons of Sandy's sludge for 12 hours to contain the blaze. This neighborhood has already had its share of tragedy. It has always been a close knit place populated by firemen and police officers many of whom lost their lives as first responders to the 9/11 terrorist attack. Just as we saw in the aftermath of September 11th first responders to Sandy's wreckage ran toward the calamity as the rest of us ran away to safety. All up and down the Eastern seaboard brave souls pitched in to help evacuate stranded residents and hospital patients. They worked tirelessly to clear debris, fallen trees and land-stranded boats from neighbor's yards. From Florida to Connecticut utility workers left their own families and fanned out en masse to help restore their fellow citizens gas lines and electric service. They battled dangerous live wires, rising tides that made flooding even worse and roadways with malfunctioning traffic lights and littered with obstacles. [caption id="attachment_5759" align="alignleft" width="150"] Clever Word Play But Not Funny[/caption] In the run-up warnings about the approaching storm the media had taken to calling Hurricane Sandy and its expected collision with a powerful northern cold front "The Frankenstorm." Creative word play and almost funny when I first heard it. But I'll bet rescue workers struggling in the thick of it weren't thinking of clever names to call the storm. 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"But for those my age it will never be the same ... so much washed away into the Atlantic ocean." In New York, the other state that incurred the most damage from Sandy, the massive scale of destruction was hard to comprehend. The area in lower Manhattan where hundreds of thousands live was plunged into darkness. The sea wall surrounding the newly rebuilt Ground Zero site was compromised and Hudson River water began to pour in. Seven tunnels into New York City and hundreds of subway stations filled up with countless millions of gallons of water. Commuter train tracks from New Jersey and Connecticut were buried in Sandy's sludge and made inoperable. With transportation stalled in and out of the city commerce stopped, including Wall Street - the engine that runs so much of the American economy. [caption id="attachment_5761" align="alignleft" width="150"] Seawater Pours into Ground Zero Site[/caption] But no one gave up. The Coast Guard and the Red Cross were there to help. The financial sector re-grouped quickly and got back to work. The Army Corp of Engineers brought in enormous sump-pump devices and put them to work at the tunnels and rail hubs to undo what Sandy had done. The city offered free bus rides to get people back to work. There were no complaints from civil servants forced to work exhausting mandatory overtime with no immediate end in sight. These people did it because that's what we do in America. We gather up our can-do attitude and we get the job done. We don't let tragedy define us. It doesn't matter what we don't have - electricity to power our televisions and our habit-forming computer gadgets or heat for our homes in this chilly late-autumn weather - it is what we ARE that matters most. Compassionate, resolute, survivors. After slogging through the divisiveness of partisan politics for the last year it's heartwarming to see Americans being cohesive again - even if it is just a transitory phase.  Too bad it takes a crisis to remind us that we are all in this together. [caption id="attachment_5766" align="alignright" width="120"] Whitecaps on the Hudson River in Advance of Sandy[/caption] The Hudson River is three miles wide where we live and only a small two lane road lies between us and the water. I've grown accustomed to seeing it everyday outside my window. I sheepishly admit that I sometimes look at its usually placid flow with a sort of disinterest. Never again. This behemoth has commanded my eternal respect because I see now that this historic river is capable of terrible things when spurred on by Mother Nature. We have survived. The river will survive longer. home  

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And let’s not forget the media – my chosen profession but another tarnished institution that now garners almost no public confidence. Somewhere along the line true journalism got lost in a tilt either to the left or right, HALAZEPAM no prescription. What was left got lumped in with the product of raving cable TV hosts and untrained internet bloggers so that readers and viewers don’t know who to trust – so they trust none of it. Australia, uk, us, usa, [caption id="attachment_5298" align="alignleft" width="120" caption="Fact or Bias. You Decide"][/caption]

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Thanks for letting me ramble. I guess I need a good kick in my faith. Any suggestions.

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