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Dept of Homeland Security is opening a Silicon Valley office
engadget ^ | April 21, 2015 | Andrew Tarantola

Posted on 04/22/2015 5:47:01 AM PDT by Zakeet

Security Secretary Jeh Johnson has announced that the Department of Homeland Security will soon open a satellite office in the heart of Silicon Valley. The new location will serve a dual purpose: to solidifying the DHS's relationships with area tech firms, which have been rather strained over the past few years, and as a means of recruiting. "We want to strengthen critical relationships in Silicon Valley and ensure that the government and the private sector benefit from each other's research and development," Johnson told reporters during the RSA Conference on Tuesday. "And we want to convince some of the talented workforce here in Silicon Valley to come to Washington."

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: homelandsecurity; nsa; siliconvalley

This is no reason whatsoever for you Freepers to be concerned in the slightest about this article!

1 posted on 04/22/2015 5:47:01 AM PDT by Zakeet
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To: Zakeet

I don’t like the words DHS and recruiting in the same sentence. It reminds me of brown shirts. So the DHS wants to destroy us with the help of the techies. Hitler and Stalin would be proud.


2 posted on 04/22/2015 5:55:10 AM PDT by dp0622
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“And we want to convince some of the talented workforce here in Silicon Valley to come to Washington.”

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Yeah, come to Washington so you can become a drone in the bureaucracy and learn how to trample the rights of citizens. Leave your motivation and initiative in Silicon Valley. Washington will make a mindless robot out of you.


3 posted on 04/22/2015 6:13:18 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: martin_fierro

ping


4 posted on 04/22/2015 6:24:04 AM PDT by null and void (He who kills a tyrant (i.e. an usurper) to free his country is praised and rewarded ~ Thomas Aquinas)
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