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DHS Tries to Safeguard Against Giant Monster Attack
KnightShift writes "Earlier this month the Department of Homeland Security halted the publication of the Monsterpocalypse Series 3: All Your Base Strategy Guide due to 'national security concerns.' In a statement on its website Privateer Press, which publishes the popular kaiju-inspired collectible miniatures game, reported that 'Homeland Security pulled the shipment for an intensive examination last week when it arrived in the United States. While no comment was made to the nature of the investigation, several crew members within Privateer Press believe the government became concerned over some of the more radical ideals espoused by several factions within the Monsterpocalypse game.' Privateer Press Chief Creative Officer Matt Wilson added that 'I am confident that the investigation's outcome will reaffirm the rights of free speech and protest of the radical environmental group Green Fury at the perceived devastation man is having on our planet as well as the freedom of people to practice religion without governmental oversight — even those religions which may very well bring forth the minions of the ancient Lords of Cthul.'"
This is last week news, the article linked in the summary was published on July 21th, it looks like the release won"t be affected after all ! ;-))
MONSTERPOCALYPSE SERIES 3: ALL YOUR BASE STRATEGY GUIDE CLEARED BY HOMELAND SECURITY
Bellevue WA, July 30, 2009â"The Monsterpocalypse Series 3: All Your Base Strategy Guide, which was detained by Homeland Security last week, has been cleared of all security concerns and delivered to Privateer Press.
The guide, which contains detailed information on every figure from All Your Base, as well as tactics and strategy tips for using those figures with current Monsterpocalypse figures, is scheduled to be released Friday, August 14, 2009.
For more news and information on the Monsterpocalypse collectible miniatures game visit www.monsterpocalypse.com.
http://www.monsterpocalypse.com/story/monsterpocalypse-series-3-all-your-base-strategy-guide-cleared-by-homeland-security
Everything I write is lies, read between the lines.
Cyberpunk raid ring a bell?
Add about 3 more people in line with a site commander having to check off on it all and you are exactly right. Years ago, before 9/11 and DHS, I was bringing a a shipment of car alternators from Nuevo larado Mexico, I picked them up at the customs center which is technically in the middle of the border between the US and Mexico. Anyways, I was held up for 6 days waiting to get an inspection on the freight and it was just like you mentioned but it took another 3 or 4 people to process everything because of the seal on the container-trailer and all needs to be documented the entire time it's in their custody. Something as simple as a seal not matching will send it to the back of the line until it gets sorted out and the inspecting agent will not open the doors unless the seal matched. In my case, it was a matter of backlogged paperwork from understaffed and over worked agents doing the best they can.
This only happened one time to me in the 20 or so times I picked up from that spot. But that is exactly what can happen and I wouldn't be surprised if it happened this time with more emphasis on searching more and more because of national security threats and all.
Hmm... http://www.ice.gov/about/index.htm or http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/about/ or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Customs_Service
"Until March 2003, the United States Customs Service was an agency of the U.S. federal government that collected import tariffs and performed other selected border security duties. Before it was dissolved to form part of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security as the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection, the Customs Service had three major missions: collecting tariff revenue, protecting the U.S. economy from smuggling and illegal goods, and processing people and goods at ports of entry.
"With the passage of the Homeland Security Act, the U.S. Customs Service passed from under jurisdiction of the Treasury Department to the Department of Homeland Security. On March 1, 2003, parts of the U.S. Customs Service combined with the Inspections Program of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, Plant Protection and Quarantine from USDA, and the Border Patrol of the Immigration and Naturalization Service to form U.S. Customs and Border Protection. The Federal Protective Service, along with the investigative arms of the U.S. Customs Service and the Immigration and Naturalization Service, combined to form U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Oops?