Homeland Security chief defines ‘trigger point’ for border response (3/20/09) — www.GovernmentExecutive.com The federal government will send additional material resources and personnel to the nation’s southwest border if drug cartels in Mexico begin targeting U.S. law enforcement and public officials, or if there is a significant increase in violence and crime among competing cartels in […]
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Homeland Security Today – news and analysis – Confluence of Evil: The Smuggling-Terrorism Nexus Counterfeit consumer items, tobacco smuggling and the more sinister trade in narcotics are all sources of income for foreign terrorist organizations (FTOs). Terrorism takes cash, and even if the cost-benefit balance leans in favor of the terrorists—a handful of cheap explosives […]
Secretary Napolitano’s held a pen and pad with news media yesterday, which was largely dominated by a discussion of the growing violence on the Mexican border. We have posted the complete transcript.
Last week, Security Debrief contributor and former Chief of Operations at the DEA, Michael Braun, testified in front of the House Subcommittee on National Security & Foreign Affairs Committee on Oversight and Government Reform regarding “Guns, Drugs and Violence.” Today, Braun continued his testimony, this time speaking on the Merida Initiative and the current enviornment along the U.S.-Mexican border.
Last week, Security Debrief Contributor and former Chief of Operations at the Drug Enforcement Agency, Michael Braun, testified in front of the House Subcommittee on National Security & Foreign Affairs Committee on Oversight and Government Reform regarding the recent rise in violence and terror along the U.S.-Mexican border.
Hundreds of federal agents stationed across the southern (and northern) border are forced – by the Federal government – to operate with their hands tied behind their backs, as the drug cartels and their associated violence move deeper into the United States. It’s time to eliminate the turf wars between DOJ and DHS through Title 21 reform.
Border agency draws fire for weapons traffic to Mexico (3/11/09) — www.GovernmentExecutive.com For years, the Homeland Security Department has been criticized for not doing enough to prevent illegal immigrants and drugs from coming into the country across the southern border. Now the department is under heavy fire for not stopping the flow of illegal weapons […]
U.S. drug czar named as Mexico drug war worsens | Reuters Mexico’s drug cartels pose a clear threat to U.S. national security, Vice President Joe Biden said on Wednesday as the Obama administration named a drug czar to lead the U.S. fight against narco-trafficking. Some 7,000 people have been killed in an upsurge in violence […]
The soaring level of violence in Mexico resulting from the drug wars there has led the United States to develop plans for a “surge” of civilian and perhaps even military law enforcement should the bloodshed spread across the border, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said Wednesday.
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