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Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Plan for radiation detecting machines on the border put on hold again
A $1.2 billion plan to buy a new kind of radiation-detection machine for the nation’s borders has been put on hold again, the Washington Post reported Tuesday.
The paper called it “a blow to one of the Bush administration’s top security goals.”
In a statement, Laura Keehner, a Homeland Security spokeswoman, said field tests of the advanced spectroscopic portal radiation monitors, or ASPs, at several locations turned up shortcomings that “led to the determination that additional functional capability is needed to meet the operational requirements.”
The Post also reported that federal authorities are investigating whether Homeland Security officials urged an analyst to destroy information about the performance of the machines during testing.
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Univision forms political action committee
The Spanish language television network Univision has formed its own political action committee, reports La Politica, a website devoted to Hispanic voters.
According to the Federal Elections Committee, eight Univision executives contributed a total of $31,250 from June through October to the Univision Communications, Inc. Political Action Committee which is not affiliated with any political party, the story says.
A number of other media companies have PACs including Comcast, Disney and Time Warner.
In addition to the PAC contributions, the Center for Responsive Politics estimates Univision employees have contributed a total of $107,000 to candidates with 77 percent going to Democrats and 23 percent going to Republicans, the article says.
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