http://www.newser.com/2008 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorThu, 28 Aug 2008 7:36:06 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/35319/boy-8-makes-terror-watch-list.html?refid=rss_all_defaultJames Robinson, 8, shares more than a name with a pilot and a former assistant attorney general, CNN reports. All three have found themselves on the government's terrorist watch list and must verify they're not James Robinson, suspected terrorist, before they can fly. Little James was first held up at an airport at age 5. Asked if he's a terrorist, James replies "I don't know"—because he doesn't understand what a terrorist is.http://www.newser.com/story/35319/boy-8-makes-terror-watch-list.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWed, 20 Aug 2008 4:08:10 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/35308/feds-compile-database-on-border-crossing-us-citizens.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThe federal government has begun tracking the border crossings of US citizens and building a huge database with the information, the Washington Post reports. The data collection, made possible by machine-readable documents, has alarmed privacy groups. The government plans to keep the information for 15 years and share it with investigators whenever needed.http://www.newser.com/story/35308/feds-compile-database-on-border-crossing-us-citizens.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWed, 20 Aug 2008 1:31:09 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/35044/work-begins-on-controversial-san-diego-border-fence.html?refid=rss_all_defaultConstruction crews have launched work on a controversial section of the US-Mexico border fence near San Diego, AP reports. The Smuggler's Gulch canyon will be filled with dirt and a fence built at a cost of $16 million a mile. Critics charge the fence is no longer vital and the work will cause serious environmental damage.http://www.newser.com/story/35044/work-begins-on-controversial-san-diego-border-fence.html?refid=rss_all_defaultSat, 16 Aug 2008 2:40:36 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/34798/lawyers-dying-immigrant-denied-care-in-custody.html?refid=rss_all_defaultHiu Lui “Jason” Ng was a New York computer engineer trying to get his green card when immigration officials arrested him last year, the New York Times reports. Last week he died of undiagnosed cancer after months of neglect in immigration detention centers. Ng complained of chronic back pain, and eventually became too weak to walk or stand, but officials refused to give him a wheelchair or medical examination, his lawyers say.http://www.newser.com/story/34798/lawyers-dying-immigrant-denied-care-in-custody.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWed, 13 Aug 2008 7:27:44 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/34440/anthrax-security-gap-worse-than-mcdonalds.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThe case of anthrax suspect Bruce Ivins has raised fears about security protecting Americans from the world's deadliest germs, the Washington Post reports. The scientist thought to be behind the deadly 2001 attacks had serious mental health problems and expressed homicidal thoughts to his frightened therapist—but his supervisors at an Army lab were never informed. Lawmakers are demanding security be tightened.http://www.newser.com/story/34440/anthrax-security-gap-worse-than-mcdonalds.html?refid=rss_all_defaultFri, 08 Aug 2008 0:34:24 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/33908/border-agents-have-right-to-seize-any-travelers-laptop.html?refid=rss_all_defaultUS border agents can seize laptop computers or other electronc devices from any traveler entering the country and keep them indefinitely, even without suspicion of wrongdoing, the Washington Pos t reports. A policy update released by Homeland Security, dated July 16, says agents can keep any information-storing device they please and can share the data with other agencies, "absent individualized suspicion."http://www.newser.com/story/33908/border-agents-have-right-to-seize-any-travelers-laptop.html?refid=rss_all_defaultFri, 01 Aug 2008 2:17:56 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/32543/oval-office-handover-opens-critical-security-gap.html?refid=rss_all_defaultJanuary's transition in Oval Office occupants opens up a national security gap for America's enemies to exploit, Jamie Gorelick and Slade Gorton write in the New York Times . The handover from Clinton to Bush was deeply flawed, the 9/11 Commission members note, with "no effective dialog" between the two. To avoid a repeat, the current nominees should get much more information that they're not being given.http://www.newser.com/story/32543/oval-office-handover-opens-critical-security-gap.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWed, 16 Jul 2008 6:10:40 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/31929/could-stun-bracelets-replace-boarding-passes.html?refid=rss_all_defaultA bracelet that would track airline passengers and shock them if they get out of hand might be under consideration by the Department of Homeland Security, the Washington Times reports. The Electronic ID Bracelet could someday replace boarding passes. We "are interested in … the immobilizing security bracelet, and look forward to receiving a written proposal," an official wrote to its maker.http://www.newser.com/story/31929/could-stun-bracelets-replace-boarding-passes.html?refid=rss_all_defaultTue, 08 Jul 2008 12:28:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/31350/new-bags-let-laptop-users-fly-through-security.html?refid=rss_all_defaultEagerly awaited "checkpoint friendly" luggage is at last in the pipeline, and travelers will be able to clear airport security without removing laptops from their bags by September or October, the New York Times reports. The TSA-approved bags allow security personnel to see computers on X-ray machines through either protective sleeves or fold-down sections in bigger cases.http://www.newser.com/story/31350/new-bags-let-laptop-users-fly-through-security.html?refid=rss_all_defaultTue, 01 Jul 2008 12:24:51 CDT