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		<title>TSA delays knife policy; Swalwell declares victory</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/04/22/tsa-delays-knife-policy-swalwell-declares-victory/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 01:46:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Eric Swalwell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Homeland security]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[U.S. Rep. Eric Swalwell is declaring now that the Transportation Security Administration has decided to delay implementing its new policy allowing certain knives and sporting equipment on plans. Swalwell, a freshman member of the Homeland Security Transportation Subcommittee, had taken a lead role in grilling TSA officials at hearings and organizing other House members to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ACLU demands cops&#8217; data on cell-phone tracking</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/08/03/aclu-demands-cops-data-on-cell-phone-tracking/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/08/03/aclu-demands-cops-data-on-cell-phone-tracking/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 20:33:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Civil liberties]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The American Civil Liberties Union’s California affiliates sent a letter to more than 50 law enforcement agencies across the state today demanding to know when, why and how police are using mobile phone location data and deploying other surveillance technology to track people. In the greater Bay Area, the ACLU’s Public Records Act requests went [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Christian charity gets bogus MLB gear seized in SF</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/06/27/christian-charity-gets-bogus-mlb-gear-seized-in-sf/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/06/27/christian-charity-gets-bogus-mlb-gear-seized-in-sf/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2011 21:24:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Homeland security]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=16322</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[No, that poor kid in Malawi isn’t necessarily a Giants fan: Counterfeit Major League Baseball clothing seized during last year’s playoffs and World Series will be donated to needy people overseas, the Department of Homeland Security announced. DHS officials will hold a news conference tomorrow in San Francisco to show off some of the more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More politicos react to Osama bin Laden&#8217;s demise</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/05/02/more-politicos-react-to-osama-bin-ladens-demise/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/05/02/more-politicos-react-to-osama-bin-ladens-demise/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2011 21:53:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Assembly]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=15730</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I’ve just filed a story based on conversations I had today with several Bay Area members of Congress regarding the slaying of terrorist leader Osama bin Laden, but other politicos have a lot to say on the matter, too… From U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano: “The death of Osama bin Laden is an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Local Dems weigh in domestic terror hearing</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/03/10/local-dems-weigh-in-domestic-terror-hearing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/03/10/local-dems-weigh-in-domestic-terror-hearing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2011 15:54:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Barbara Lee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[George Miller]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Homeland security]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mike Honda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pete Stark]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=15377</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Bay Area members of Congress are speaking out against what they see as bias in today’s House Homeland Community Committee hearing on “The Extent of Radicalization in the American Muslim Community and that Community’s Response.” Reps. Pete Stark, D-Fremont, and John Dingell, D-Mich., led 55 of their colleagues in sending a letter to committee chairman [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stimulus $$$ for Oakland airport security</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2009/05/08/stimulus-for-oakland-airport-security/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2009/05/08/stimulus-for-oakland-airport-security/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 19:13:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Barbara Boxer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Homeland security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[U.S. Senate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[airports]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[economic recovery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic stimulus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[explosive detection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[explosives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Janet Napolitano]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Transportation Security Administration]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=6397</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says $7,721,355 will be split between six California airports &#8211; in Oakland, Bakersfield, Redding, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo and San Diego &#8212; to update explosive detection systems and X-Ray units. The money comes from the first $50 million spent by the Transportation Security Administration out of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ceremony for new Americans is emotional</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2009/04/15/ceremony-for-new-americans-is-emotional/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2009/04/15/ceremony-for-new-americans-is-emotional/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 21:19:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Homeland security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obama presidency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[naturalized citizens]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=6011</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I had the great privilege this morning to deliver the keynote speech to a group of nearly 1,000 people from more than 100 countries in the moments after they took their oath of U.S. citizenship. The ceremony was held at the grant old Paramount Theater in Oakland. It was a very moving experience and I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This week in Bay Area ruckuses</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2008/04/07/this-week-in-bay-area-ruckuses/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2008/04/07/this-week-in-bay-area-ruckuses/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 17:20:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Berkeley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Homeland security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aerial spraying]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[pesticide]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[PLENTY of opportunities to vent this week. U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff will speak on cyber security to the 2008 RSA Conference, a big gathering of information security professionals, at 11:30 a.m. tomorrow, Tuesday, April 8, at the Moscone Center, 747 Howard St. in San Francisco. Ordinarily I&#8217;d say this would be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>State Senators heading to Capitol Hill</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2007/04/27/state-senators-heading-to-capitol-hill/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2007/04/27/state-senators-heading-to-capitol-hill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2007 19:55:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[California State Senate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dick Ackerman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Don Perata]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ellen Corbett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global warming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Homeland security]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[State Senate President Pro Tem Don Perata, D-Oakland, and Senate Republican Leader Dick Ackerman, R-Irvine, are leading a 16-member bipartisan delegation to Washington, D.C., next Monday through Thursday to meet with California House members on issues including flood control and water supply; greenhouse gases; homeland and port security; the No Child Left Behind education law; [...]]]></description>
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