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| U.S. Gov't steps up security at Federal buildings |
| 2014-10-29 |
| The U.S. government is stepping up security at federal buildings in response to the recent killing of a Canadian soldier near that country’s parliament and continuing threats from groups like the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said. “I have directed the Federal Protective Service to enhance its presence and security at various U.S. government buildings in Washington, D.C., and other major cities and locations around the country,” Johnson said in a statement Tuesday afternoon. “The reasons for this action are self-evident: the continued public calls by terrorist organizations for attacks on the homeland and elsewhere, including against law enforcement and other government officials, and the acts of violence targeted at government personnel and installations in Canada and elsewhere,” the Homeland Security chief said. Johnson called the move “precautionary” and said the locations getting extra attention “will be continually re-evaluated.” House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) welcomed the administration’s move. “ISIS is waging a campaign of war over the Internet to incite homegrown violent extremism in the United States. We must do everything we can to protect every American abroad and at home,” McCaul said in a statement. “Secretary Johnson’s efforts are to be commended, and no public servant should rest until this evil is rooted out and demolished. When do they put the barricades back up at the memorials (again) and close the museums on the Mall? |
| Posted by:Pappy |
| #3 Have they defined "The Aggressor" yet? |
| Posted by: LouieLouie 2014-10-29 21:45 |
| #2 ..or the amnesty proclamation. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2014-10-29 08:54 |
| #1 Getting ready for the Ferguson verdict? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2014-10-29 02:17 |