Homeland security

Homeland Security Chief Is Hijacking the Tragedy of 9/11 to Boost His Mass Surveillance Agenda

From the outset, federal Countering Violent Extremism programs have been rocked by accusations of human rights violations, including charges that they unfairly target Muslim communities with suspicionless surveillance and thought policing. But on the 15th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, Department of Homeland Security secretary Jeh Johnson took to the national media circuit to deliver a vigorous defense of such initiatives by stoking fear over “self-radicalized actors” on U.S. soil, even suggesting that CVE programs offer a modern-day version of Cold Ear-era ideological screenings.