Sunday, March 27, 2011

Names of suspects should be public

Background: The identities of three Nashua suspects arrested last month remain a mystery.

Conclusion: Respecting the rights of the accused is essential to a just society.

Protecting the United States from terrorist attack and securing its borders against a steady tide of illegal immigrants is a serious and challenging mission.

In one of the largest government reorganizations ever, America’s domestic defense was assigned to the Department of Homeland Security in 2003 following the 9/11 attacks.

Homeland Security consolidated many government agencies to form the third largest federal department after Defense and Veteran Affairs.

Discount the brouhaha over the TSA’s new airport screening procedures and the most controversial Homeland Security efforts fall under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement – ICE.

A short perusal of its website, www.ice.gov , leaves an unmistakable impression of an agency with an image problem. A clear indication of trouble is when an organization feels compelled to publish a lengthy and prominent Web page titled “Fiction vs. Factâ€