White House to Muslims ahead of Rep. King hearings: Terror threat ‘real’ – The Hill
President Obama’s deputy national security adviser told a Muslim audience Sunday that the threat of homegrown terrorism is “real” and that Muslim Americans are part of the solution, not the problem.
House Republicans Push Obama Administration to Implement National ID System – Switched
House Republicans are pushing the Obama administration to move forward with a controversial law that, if enacted, would require every state to issue nationally standardized identification cards to its citizens.
King blasts GOP for transportation security cuts – Homeland Security Newswire
Representative Peter King (R – New York), the chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, blasted the GOP’s plan to reduce the budget by $61 billion, citing cuts to critical anti-terror programs.
Rules keep hackers from helping government, ex DHS head says – NextGov
Friendly hackers and other computer whizzes who could help bolster government’s cyber defenses often are unable to collaborate with the Homeland Security Department because of outdated policies that Congress and the White House must reform, former DHS Secretary Tom Ridge said on Tuesday.
At a time when Congress is looking to cut federal spending, why won’t it eliminate the “waste” caused by its own dysfunctional DHS oversight? The apparent answer is that is it far easier to talk about reforming someone else than oneself. What the Congressional bloviators seem to ignore is Congress’ own culpability in creating many of these duplicative programs. The perfect place to address this issue, should they choose to look inside their own house first, is the mishmash of congressional committees that claim jurisdiction over DHS. It remains an area ripe for reform.
Cargo Screening: So Close, Yet So Far – World Trade
Last August, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) implemented 100 percent screening for air cargo carried on passenger aircraft in the U.S. Despite some anticipated hiccups, by most accounts the rollout was generally uneventful.
Georgetown University hosted the only three people to hold what is arguably one of the most demanding and thankless jobs in America – Secretary of the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS). In partnership with the Aspen Institute, Tom Ridge, Michael Chertoff and Janet Napolitano sat down with NBC’s Andrea Mitchell in Georgetown’s famed Gaston Hall to talk about the state of America’s newest Cabinet Department and what we have learned after eight years of its operation.
Contradictions in U.S. cybersecurity policy – Homeland Security Newswire
The United States wants a secure cyberspace, but its intelligence agencies have found enormous utility in using their own computer hacking capabilities to collect confidential information from foreign adversaries; this raises the question of how the U.S. government can push for global cybersecurity while at the same time using cyber means to collect intelligence on potentially threatening regimes such as Iran.
A Shutdown Won’t Affect Airport, Border Security – NPR
If Congress fails to come up with a spending bill to keep the federal government operating next week, and a shutdown occurs, the TSA airport screeners will keep working. Also reporting to work will be the people who secure the nation’s borders.
Judiciary chairman: Texas terror arrest shows we’ve ‘not learned 9/11 lessons’ – Blog Briefing Room The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee on Thursday said that the terror accusations against a Saudi man living in Texas are evidence that the country’s immigration system has failed, and potential terrorists will continue to enter the country if […]
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