Paranoia Pervades the White House

The paranoia common in the Nixon White House has beset the Bush Administration. The Department of Homeland Security has lost perspective including Catholic teenagers and a college student researching Chinese history on their threat list.
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A group of Yukon high school students who attended a peace demonstration in Alaska last year have been labeled a threat by U.S. Homeland Security. The students and their teachers from Vanier Catholic Secondary School in Whitehorse were singled out when they crossed the border on their way to Fort Greely to protest the proliferation of missiles.


A document leaked from the U.S. defense department shows the Whitehorse school group is among a list of more than 1,500 anti-war groups considered a risk to American security. They have been lumped in with other organizations such as the Florida Quakers and student unions from major American universities. Teacher Mark Connell says he was surprised the Grade 11 and 12 students were included on the list. "I think it just indicates the level of paranoia that's at work and that's a current concern," he said.