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HEADLINES Dennis Rodman -- Role Model? Alert Logic and Logicworks Partner to Deliver SaaS-based IT Compliance and Security Solutions Video Excerpts A four-month investigation into the April massacre at Virginia Tech concludes that officials could have saved lives by alerting students about a threat sooner. Student Seung-Hui Cho killed 32 people before fatally shooting himself. (Aug. 30) A four-month investigation into the April massacre at Virginia Tech concludes that officials could have saved lives by alerting students about a threat sooner. Student Seung-Hui Cho killed 32 people before fatally shooting himself. (Aug. 30) Following an alert from the Transportation Security Administration, airport security officials are on the lookout for terrorist activity. Claire Leka reports.

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Soon after the formation of Department of Homeland Security, the Martin Agency of Richmond, Virginia provided pro bono work to create "Ready.gov", a readiness website. The site and materials were conceived as early as March 2002 but were launched in February of 2003, just before the launch of the Iraq War. One of the first announcements that garnered widespread public attention to this campaign was one by Tom Ridge in which he stated that in the case of a chemical attack, citizens should use duct tape and plastic sheeting to build a homemade bunker, or "sheltering in place" to protect themselves. As a result, the sales of duct tape skyrocketed and DHS received criticism that they were being too alarmist. On March 12, 2002, the Homeland Security Advisory System (HSAS), a color-coded terrorism risk advisory scale, was created as a Presidential Directive to provide a "comprehensive and effective means to disseminate information regarding the risk of terrorist acts to Federal, State, and local authorities and to the American people." Many procedures at government facilities are keyed off of the alert level; for example a facility may search all entering vehicles when the alert is above a certain level. Since January 2003, it has been administered in coordination with the DHS; it has also been the target of frequent jokes and ridicule on the part of the administration's detractors about its perceived ineffectiveness. After resigning, Tom Ridge stated that he didn't always agree with the threat level adjustments pushed by other government agencies. The First Amendment "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances." Can You Help Support US Exercise The First Amendment? Click Here To Shop Our Exclusive & Patriotic Products or use the button below to PAY your respects! "When The First Amendment Falls, So Shall The End Begin..." Addison B. Bachman

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