Securing our Digital Future
The globally-interconnected digital information and communications infrastructure known as cyberspace underpins almost every facet of modern society and provides critical support for the U.S. economy, civil infrastructure, public safety and ...
Obama consolidates national security, homeland security teams
President Barack Obama will combine the staffs of the National Security Council and the Homeland Security Council, with all 240 employees now reporting to national security adviser James Jones. The ...
FBI’s Lapses on Terrorist Watch List Put Nation at Risk
The FBI has retained almost 24,000 names on the nation's terrorist watch list without current or proper justification, while failing to include people who are subjects of terrorist investigations, according ...
Swine flu-HIV could devastate human race
The global swine flu threat is receding, but it could return in a far more deadly form in the fall. The warning was given Monday by Dr. Margaret Chan, head of ...
Homeland Security News
Man records TSA officials on iPhone, sues Homeland SecuritySteve Bierfeldt was standing in the security line at Lambert International Airport in St. Louis when he was detained by TSA officials for carrying too much money. Bierfeldt was put in a room for a half hour and asked a series of questions about the $4,700 in his possession. He says he had raised the money at a St. Louis event for the Campaign for Liberty—an... Read More →
Battelle snags $29M Homeland Security contractBattelle is working with a key network of U.S. Department of Homeland Security watch centers under a new multimillion-dollar contract. The Columbus research giant said it was among two companies awarded contracts with the Homeland Security for work totaling up to $94 million over the long term. Under a five-year task order totaling $29 million, Battelle... Read More →
Napolitano gives Ariz. $13M to fight border crimeArizona law enforcement agencies just got a big boost from the federal government. The state is getting almost $13 million to help combat crime along its Mexican border. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano traveled to Tucson to explain how Canadian and Mexican border states will divvy up almost $60 million under a program called “Operation... Read More →
Al Qaeda eyes bio attack from MexicoU.S. counterterrorism officials have authenticated a video by an al Qaeda recruiter threatening to smuggle a biological weapon into the United States via tunnels under the Mexico border, the latest sign of the terrorist group’s determination to stage another mass-casualty attack on the U.S. homeland. The video aired earlier this year as a recruitment... Read More →
Swine Flu Kills Two More in NYCTwo more people have died in New York City after contracting swine flu, bringing the total number of deaths here from the virus to seven, city health officials said yesterday. The latest fatalities were both adults in their 40s, the Health Department said, declining to release further details. (NY Post) Read More →
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Homeland Security Intelligence
Napolitano unveils plan for ‘leaner, smarter’ Homeland SecuritySome people may think the words “government” and “efficiency”...
Homeland Security Intelligence Bill Aims to Improve SharingU.S. intelligence gathering is pretty good. Investigations post-9/11 showed that...
Government document assesses inauguration security threatsThe controversial security and surveillance website Cryptome.org has obtained a “threat...
Qaeda a threat, but not imminentlyAl Qaeda deputy Ayman al Zawahri’s message on Wednesday criticizing U.S. president-elect...
Terrorist acts common for new presidentsThe next president’s vulnerability to terrorist attacks has become an issue on...
From Kashmir to Kerala, how did terrorism spread?The killing of four men from Kerala by security forces in far away Jammu and Kashmir...
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How Mexico’s drug war washed up on Canada’s West CoastConstables Phil Gomes and Mike Clark – a.k.a. Shake ‘n’ Bake – are 27 and 28, clean-cut and solidly built,...
Thousands getting terror trainingThousands of UK workers are being trained to help respond to a future terror attack as part of an updated counter-terror...
Mercy dash family denied entry to USAN AUSTRALIAN family on a mercy dash to a dying relative in the United States were detained without food or water before...
India To Build Homeland Security on U.S. ModelIndian Home Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram will discuss with U.S. officials how to model India’s future Homeland...
PM abandons ‘cumbersome’ homeland security departmentPrime Minister Kevin Rudd has formally abandoned the plan for a massive new department of homeland security Labor took to...
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