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should you be afraid -- KBR awarded Homeland Security contract -- detention facilities in USA
From: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2006 13:47:28 -0500
-------- Original Message -------- Subject: RE: [IP] KBR awarded Homeland Security contract -- detention facilities in USA] Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2006 10:32:09 -0800 From: Steven Hertzberg <stevenstevensteven () gmail com> To: ip () v2 listbox com CC: dave () farber net Is this poster being serious when they said: "Dave, please anonymize, don't want to be considered a non-patriot," or were they joking? I see that Dave did remove their email address from the header, so I can only assume that this poster was serious. I do not mean to disparage this poster, but requesting anonymity for fear of being labeled by government is quite a concern. The founders were quite fearful of government-over-man. Hence, it is our duty as citizen's in our political system to remain ever vigilant in our oversight of government, to be the final check on their power. In George Washington's farewell address he warned: This fear is due to the ever-present, never-changing weaknesses of human nature in government which are conducive to "love of power and proneness to abuse it." Is it not fair to say that government's power needs only to exist to be feared--to be dominant, over the fear-ridden, without ever needing to be exercised aggressively. I argue that citizens cannot allow themselves to become fear-ridden. ________________________________ Steven Hertzberg http://www.hertzberg.org -------- Original Message -------- Subject: KBR awarded Homeland Security contract -- detention facilities in USA Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2006 20:26:12 -0800 From: To: dave () farber net Dave: Please anonymize, don't want to be considered a non-patriot. http://www.marketwatch.com/News/Story/Story.aspx?guid=%7B62C8724D%2DAE8A%2D4 B5C%2D94C7%2D70171315C0A0%7D&dist=SignInArchive¶m=archive&siteid=mktw&da teid=38741%2E5136277662%2D858254656 SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- KBR, the engineering and construction subsidiary of Halliburton Co. (HAL : Halliburton Company said Tuesday it has been awarded a contingency contract from the Department of Homeland Security to supports its Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities in the event of an emergency. The maximum total value of the contract is $385 million and consists of a 1-year base period with four 1-year options. KBR held the previous ICE contract from 2000 through 2005. The contract, which is effective immediately, provides for establishing temporary detention and processing capabilities to expand existing ICE Detention and Removal Operations Program facilities in the event of an emergency influx of immigrants into the U.S., or to support the rapid development of new programs, KBR said. The contract may also provide migrant detention support to other government organizations in the event of an immigration emergency, as well as the development of a plan to react to a national emergency, such as a natural disaster, the company said. ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as stevenstevensteven () gmail com To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/ ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as lists-ip () insecure org To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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