CQ Homeland Security The top U.S. military officer overseeing South and Central America said Wednesday that his forces interdict only about 25 percent of all the observed illicit drug shipments transiting from his region to the United States, routes the military has reason to believe Iran might someday seek to exploit. Air Force Gen. Douglas […]
CQ Homeland Security If the United States wants to erode the power of Iran’s militant groups, Congress needs to pump more money into operations that combine efforts to stifle the international drug trade with countering terrorism, a former Drug Enforcement Administration official told lawmakers Thursday. After the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, militant Islamic group […]
CQ Homeland Security (subscription required) Chemical facility security is getting bogged down in Congress, due, evidently, from lack of energy (energy – get it? no one?): A set of bills that would extend the federal government’s ability to assess chemical facility security have never had a clear path to enactment, largely due to longstanding disagreements between […]
Subcommittee Hearing: Jihadist Use of Social Media – How to Prevent Terrorism and Preserve Innovation | The House Committee on Homeland Security On Tuesday, December 6, 2011 the Committee on Homeland Security’s Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence will hold a hearing entitled “Jihadist Use of Social Media – How to Prevent Terrorism and Preserve Innovation.” […]
Homeland Security Watch » Defending the TSA?!? A recent Vanity Fair article on airport security not only regurgitates the obvious and well known, but lacks little strategic point of view. Mr. Schneier [the subject of the article] has performed an invaluable service over the years bringing to light deficiencies in our homeland security thinking, and Mr. Mann (the author […]
CQ Homeland Security When former Customs and Border Protection chief Alan Bersin took office in March 2010, he said he wanted to transform the agency and make it a promoter of commerce instead of a hindrance. His departure late last year has shipping groups hoping the agency’s next head feels the same way.
Does Airport Security Really Make Us Safer? | Culture | Vanity Fair Bruce Schneier’s exasperation is informed by his job-related need to spend a lot of time in Airportland. He has 10 million frequent-flier miles and takes about 170 flights a year; his average speed, he has calculated, is 32 miles and hour. “The only […]
The TSA Blog: TSA Pre✓™ Pilot Expanding To Two More Airports Early 2012 United Airlines and US Airways will begin offering the program to their eligible frequent flyers; Minneapolis and SLC will offer the program to pilot participants traveling on Delta; Los Angeles and JFK will also come on board for participants traveling on American.
Intelligence bill makes DHS I&A officially part of spook group – FierceHomelandSecurity The fiscal 2012 intelligence community authorization bill signed into law Jan. 3 by President Obama officially codifies the Homeland Security Department’s Office of Intelligence and Analysis as part of that community.
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