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A Department of Homeland Security unit eliminated policies prohibiting personnel from conducting intelligence activities based solely on a person’s gender identity or sexual orientation.
The Office of Intelligence and Analysis posted an updated policy manual late last week that removes references to those characteristics in sections that set guardrails on gathering intelligence.
The revisions follow President Donald Trump’s Jan. 20 directive to scrap policies and protections focused on diversity, equity, and inclusion across federal agencies.
From a Canadian perspective:
As a child (not even a teen), my friend and I would travel to the US alone, on a bus, with only our birth certificates and some hockey cards. We would walk to the arena and wait around to try to get autographs.
As a teen/20’s we would pile in a car, drive across the border to bars or see concerts or afterhours clubs.
There used to be 20,000 american kids every weekend coming across here because the drinking age is 19 vs 21 over there.
Also, selfies and cellphones didn’t exist yet.