Homeland Security Relies On Secrecy To Violate People's Rights And Humiliate Them At The Border

Sat, 12 Apr 2014 17:10:12 +1000

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

Andrew Pam
<http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140303/12143026410/homeland-security-relies-secrecy-to-violate-peoples-rights-humiliate-them-border.shtml>

"But here's the depressing thing: months have gone by and DHS seems to
simply be reveling in the fact that what it does at the border can be a
black box, and it doesn't think it needs to answer to anyone. All of the
attempts to find out about DHS's policies and how and why it treats
people (especially American citizens) this way have resulted in dead
ends. Even the few attempts by Congress to find out what's happening
have gone nowhere."

Be very careful when travelling to the US, and perhaps consider how
important your trip is.

Cheers,
        *** Xanni ***
--
mailto:xanni@xanadu.net                   Andrew Pam
http://www.xanadu.com.au/                 Chief Scientist, Xanadu
http://www.glasswings.com.au/             Partner, Glass Wings
http://www.sericyb.com.au/                Manager, Serious Cybernetics

Comment via email


Wed, 18 Feb 2015 00:42:01 +1100

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

Andrew Pam
<https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140303/12143026410/homeland-security-relies-secrecy-to-violate-peoples-rights-humiliate-them-border.shtml>

"But here's the depressing thing: months have gone by and DHS seems to
simply be reveling in the fact that what it does at the border can be a
black box, and it doesn't think it needs to answer to anyone. All of the
attempts to find out about DHS's policies and how and why it treats
people (especially American citizens) this way have resulted in dead
ends. Even the few attempts by Congress to find out what's happening
have gone nowhere."

Sadly, there are many more stories like this.  Once you give a group of
people power over others with complete impunity and freedom from any
negative consequences, it has a corroding influence on them and leads to
increasing abuses.

Cheers,
        *** Xanni ***
--
mailto:xanni@xanadu.net                   Andrew Pam
http://www.xanadu.com.au/                 Chief Scientist, Xanadu
http://www.glasswings.com.au/             Partner, Glass Wings
http://www.sericyb.com.au/                Manager, Serious Cybernetics

Comment via email

Home E-Mail Sponsors Index Search About Us