In an article published today in CQ Homeland Security – “Motive Puts Attack on Giffords Outside of Homeland Security Realm” – Security Debrief Contributors Rich Cooper, Sam Rosenfeld, James Carafano and Security Debrief founder Chris Battle weighed in on how the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and others impacts DHS.
Motive Puts Attack on Giffords Outside of Homeland Security Realm – CQ Homeland Security
Although it was an attack targeting a U.S. official, experts say the Saturday shooting that severely wounded Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., and killed six and left another 11 injured, doesn’t fall into the category of “homeland security.” However, they said, there are still a number of lessons the Department of Homeland Security and other agencies can learn from it.
