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9/11

The terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, and their impact on U.S. national security and vetting processes.

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Jan 12, 2026
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What legal and NATO mechanisms would be triggered if one member attacked another, and how would they apply to a U.S. attack on Denmark/Greenland?

If one NATO member attacks another, the alliance’s core legal instrument—Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty—creates a collective-defence obligation, but it does not automatically prescribe how All...

Jan 23, 2026
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What are the nine harbingers described in the book?

’s presents nine symbolic “harbingers” that the book links to both ancient ’s warnings in and to events surrounding and its aftermath; the seals are named and unpacked through a narrative framing devi...

Jan 19, 2026
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What is ICE's real job?

The core, legally defined job of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is to enforce federal laws that protect homeland security and public safety by investigating cross‑border crime, enforci...

Jan 15, 2026

Isreal controlling media

The short answer is no: there is no credible evidence that Israel—or Jews broadly—“control the media” in the monolithic, conspiratorial way that phrase implies; that notion is a long-standing antisemi...

Jan 31, 2026

What does the patriot act actually do (In laymen's terms)

is a broad 2001 law written to give and intelligence agencies faster, wider tools to detect, investigate and punish terrorism; in plain terms it loosened some rules about surveillance, access to third...

Jan 18, 2026

What was the exact House roll-call (Vote #367) breakdown by party and region for H.R. 5005, and who were the principal House opponents?

The record shows Roll Call Vote 367 was on H.R. 5005, the Homeland Security Act, and the measure passed in the House on July 26, 2002 . The publicly maintained roll‑call databases at the Clerk of the ...

Feb 4, 2026

What vetting procedures and background checks are used at U.S. ports of entry and how have they changed under different administrations?

ports of entry use layered vetting that combines document checks, advance passenger data, biometric collection, and automated database matching to decide admissibility . Those systems have been increm...

Jan 9, 2026

directly compare using a table INS and ICE

The Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) was the pre-2003 federal agency that centralized immigration services and enforcement before being dismantled under the Homeland Security Act; its func...