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		<title>OSI Systems Expects Federal Notice in Body-Scanner Case</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.com/2013/05/20/osi-systems-expects-federal-notice-in-body-scanner-case/</link>
		<comments>http://securitydebrief.com/2013/05/20/osi-systems-expects-federal-notice-in-body-scanner-case/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 18:19:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Media Watch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aviation and airport security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Homeland Security Industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Media Watch]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[OSI Systems Inc. said its security division—its largest by revenue—expects to receive a proposed debarment notice from the Department of Homeland Security in connection with the termination of a deal for software used in airport scanners.]]></description>
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		<title>Rising cyberattacks boosts security tech sales</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.com/2013/05/20/rising-cyberattacks-boosts-security-tech-sales/</link>
		<comments>http://securitydebrief.com/2013/05/20/rising-cyberattacks-boosts-security-tech-sales/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 18:16:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Media Watch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cybersecurity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Homeland Security Industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Media Watch]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Rising cyberthreats are translating into booming business for companies supplying technologies that help secure networks and protect sensitive data. ]]></description>
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		<title>A Catch-22 for the Joint Detention Group at Guantanamo</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.com/2013/05/17/a-catch-22-for-the-joint-detention-group-at-guantanamo/</link>
		<comments>http://securitydebrief.com/2013/05/17/a-catch-22-for-the-joint-detention-group-at-guantanamo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 17:07:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Security Debrief</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Military and Homeland Defense]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Public/Private]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There are 166 detainees at the Guantanamo Bay Detention Center, and more than half are on a hunger strike to protest their imprisonment. The Joint Detention Group at Guantanamo is in an impossible situation. On the one hand, they are obligated to look after the detainees and keep them alive. On the other hand, their efforts to do so are criticized, with some seeming to suggest forced feeding rivals the water-boarding controversy of years past. ]]></description>
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		<title>You Know What Really Risks National Security? Leak Investigations</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.com/2013/05/17/you-know-what-really-risks-national-security-leak-investigations/</link>
		<comments>http://securitydebrief.com/2013/05/17/you-know-what-really-risks-national-security-leak-investigations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 16:39:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Media Watch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Congress and Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Intelligence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Media Watch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PR, Social Media and Govt 2.0]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A year ago, The Associated Press discovered a foiled al-Qaida plot. Worried about the safety of an informant in the case, the CIA asked the AP to delay publishing the story until their spy could be secured. The AP agreed. As a seasoned AP team of reporters and editors made final edits to their scoop, the CIA backtracked and asked the AP to delay the story one more day. New national security concerns? Nope. The only concern was about public relations. ]]></description>
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		<title>Draft 2014 Homeland bill reverses Obama cut to bomb prevention</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.com/2013/05/16/draft-2014-homeland-bill-reverses-obama-cut-to-bomb-prevention/</link>
		<comments>http://securitydebrief.com/2013/05/16/draft-2014-homeland-bill-reverses-obama-cut-to-bomb-prevention/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 16:28:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Media Watch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Congress and Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Media Watch]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[House appropriators on Wednesday released a draft 2014 Homeland Security bill that rebuffs Obama administration cuts to bombing prevention in the wake of the Boston Marathon bombing. ]]></description>
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		<title>Congress Heal Thyself &#8211; An In-Depth Analysis of Dysfunctionality</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.com/2013/05/10/congress-heal-thyself-an-in-depth-analysis-of-dysfunctionality/</link>
		<comments>http://securitydebrief.com/2013/05/10/congress-heal-thyself-an-in-depth-analysis-of-dysfunctionality/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 17:15:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Olive</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Congress and Politics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, the House Homeland Security Committee held the first in what will likely be a series of hearings on the Boston Marathon bombing. Other congressional committees will want to hold separate (and probably duplicative) hearings on the tragic event as well. As I (and others) have written before, in an era when all federal agencies are being forced to cut programs and spending, it would behoove Congress to lead by example and consolidate its oversight, per the 9/11 Commission’s advice offered nearly a decade ago. ]]></description>
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		<title>Is Congress failing on Homeland Security oversight?</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.com/2013/05/10/is-congress-failing-on-homeland-security-oversight-3/</link>
		<comments>http://securitydebrief.com/2013/05/10/is-congress-failing-on-homeland-security-oversight-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 13:40:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Media Watch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Congress and Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Media Watch]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There’s likely to be plenty of finger-pointing and grandstanding today as the House Homeland Security Committee does a post-mortem on law enforcement coordination before and after the Boston Marathon bombings.  One institution that probably won’t draw any scrutiny today is Congress itself, but as the Center reported in 2009, no one has done a poorer job in organizing oversight of homeland security than Capitol Hill lawmakers. ]]></description>
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		<title>After Boston, Is Peter King Vindicated for his &#8216;Fear Mongering&#8217; Ways?</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.com/2013/05/10/after-boston-is-peter-king-vindicated-for-his-fear-mongering-ways/</link>
		<comments>http://securitydebrief.com/2013/05/10/after-boston-is-peter-king-vindicated-for-his-fear-mongering-ways/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 11:20:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeffrey Sural</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Congress and Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Radicalization]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://securitydebrief.com/?p=14248</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This week, the House Homeland Security Committee held its hearing examining the Boston Marathon bombing. Parts of the testimony at the hearing focused on the motives of the bombers and the current belief that the brothers Tsarnaev were radicalized Islamists. Congressman Peter King has focus on this issue, for which he has been regularly criticized. Has he been vindicated?]]></description>
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		<title>Security for Critical Water Infrastructure – How About Some Help for the Little Guy</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.com/2013/05/02/security-for-critical-water-infrastructure-how-about-some-help-for-the-little-guy/</link>
		<comments>http://securitydebrief.com/2013/05/02/security-for-critical-water-infrastructure-how-about-some-help-for-the-little-guy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 15:42:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>L. Vance Taylor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Critical Infrastructure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Public Safety and Physical Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State and Local]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://securitydebrief.com/?p=14191</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In an era of diminished budgets and vanishing security grants, a recent break in at the Carters Lake Water Treatment Plant in Georgia highlights how the federal government is leaving small water systems, and the communities they serve, hanging in the wind. I’m not suggesting DHS throw obscene amounts of money at rural water systems, but I would argue that these systems can make major strides with small amounts of money.]]></description>
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		<title>Analyzing CBP&#8217;s UAV Surveillance Program</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.com/2013/04/29/analyzing-cbps-uav-surveillance-program/</link>
		<comments>http://securitydebrief.com/2013/04/29/analyzing-cbps-uav-surveillance-program/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 11:33:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Olive</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Border Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Congress and Politics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Center for International Policy recently released a report entitled "Drones Over the Homeland," which provides an excellent analysis of CBP's Unmanned Aerial Vehicle program from inception to the present. It adds significantly to the debate Congress should be having about the wisdom of using UAVs for surveillance. I hope congressional appropriators will take note.]]></description>
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		<title>DHS RFI Seeks Comments on Acquisition Planning Forecast System</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.com/2013/04/26/dhs-rfi-seeks-comments-on-acquisition-planning-forecast-system/</link>
		<comments>http://securitydebrief.com/2013/04/26/dhs-rfi-seeks-comments-on-acquisition-planning-forecast-system/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 13:02:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Olive</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Homeland Security Industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Public/Private]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://securitydebrief.com/?p=14146</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Office of the Chief Procurement at DHS sent a “heads-up” notice that ought to get more than passing interest from the private sector. Yesterday, DHS posted a Request for Information on FedBizOpps seeking comments and suggestions on the data fields in the DHS Acquisition Planning Forecast System (APFS). DHS officials have repeatedly promised to update the APFS and make it more user-friendly, and this RFI is evidence they are sticking to their promise.]]></description>
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		<title>When Daily Business Stops &#8211; The Cost of the Boston Bombings</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.com/2013/04/24/business-cost-boston-bombings/</link>
		<comments>http://securitydebrief.com/2013/04/24/business-cost-boston-bombings/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 13:20:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Cooper</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Public/Private]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Resilience]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State and Local]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://securitydebrief.com/?p=14134</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As the Boston area recovers from the tragic and unprecedented events of the past week, the lessons learned will be far reaching.  Emergency management professionals, like their counterparts in law enforcement, are pretty good culturally at pulling together “after-action” reports that chronicle what they did right and what they can do better next time. Those lessons learned will offer new chapters to study and consider in terms of planning and preparations for any future incidents of this magnitude but in terms of the private sector, there are a number of lessons learned that need to be studied as well. ]]></description>
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		<title>After Boston, Assessing the Need for (Information) Speed</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.com/2013/04/23/boston-need-for-information-speed/</link>
		<comments>http://securitydebrief.com/2013/04/23/boston-need-for-information-speed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 17:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ronald Marks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[PR, Social Media and Govt 2.0]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://securitydebrief.com/?p=14122</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Americans love speed. It is buried deep in their psyche. The good news is we move information fast. The bad news is we sometimes move it too fast. The news of the recent Boston Bombings spread as quickly but far more broadly through social media. The dizzying volume and speed of information was breathtaking. So was the misinformation, rumor and desire to be the first – right or wrong. Thus the challenge of the Internet Age begins – can news be speedy and accurate?]]></description>
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		<title>Two Sides of the Same Coin &#8211; Government and Media Informing the Public</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.com/2013/04/22/two-sides-of-the-same-coin-government-and-media-informing-the-public/</link>
		<comments>http://securitydebrief.com/2013/04/22/two-sides-of-the-same-coin-government-and-media-informing-the-public/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 17:42:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin Hienz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[PR, Social Media and Govt 2.0]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Public/Private]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://securitydebrief.com/?p=14100</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In a democratic society, the government’s job is to serve the people. The same can be said of the press. Of late, however, both pillars in the American experiment have fallen short of their raison d’etre. At the recent National Association of Government Communicators Communications School, I met some government public affairs officers and journalists having a frank and friendly conversation about how we can do better. ]]></description>
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		<title>A Failure to Communicate – DHS Ignores Stakeholders with 2014 Budget</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.com/2013/04/12/a-failure-to-communicate-dhs-ignores-stakeholders-with-2014-budget/</link>
		<comments>http://securitydebrief.com/2013/04/12/a-failure-to-communicate-dhs-ignores-stakeholders-with-2014-budget/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 12:39:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Cooper</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Management and Administration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Public/Private]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://securitydebrief.com/?p=14079</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you want to have a successful relationship in anything, communications are critical. I have to wonder if DHS really cares about its relationships with anyone. The department’s communications with just about everyone are lacking of late, and this is seen most clearly in the way DHS recently rolled out its newest budget submission. It seems like DHS has little-to-no interest in telling the public how they want to spend taxpayer dollars.]]></description>
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		<title>TSA&#8217;s Pistole Resigns! DHS Denies Buying Bowcasters! Springsteen Sues FEMA! Really?!</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.com/2013/04/01/tsas-pistole-resigns-dhs-denies-buying-bowcasters-springsteen-sues-fema-really/</link>
		<comments>http://securitydebrief.com/2013/04/01/tsas-pistole-resigns-dhs-denies-buying-bowcasters-springsteen-sues-fema-really/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2013 09:59:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Security Debrief</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aviation and airport security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Management and Administration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Public Safety and Physical Security]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Science and Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Rule of Law]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In Security Debrief's fourth annual April Fools coverage, we've collected some stories the rest of the media somehow missed.]]></description>
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		<title>Lost in Translation in a Strange Cyber Land</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.com/2013/03/26/lost-in-translation-in-a-strange-cyber-land/</link>
		<comments>http://securitydebrief.com/2013/03/26/lost-in-translation-in-a-strange-cyber-land/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 13:59:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ronald Marks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Congress and Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cybersecurity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Science and Technology]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://securitydebrief.com/?p=14032</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When I attend various meetings around DC on cyber issues, I often see confusion and challenge – good people trying to resolve confusing issues,  wrestling with individual – as well as the country’s – social and political demons. Cyber is a new kind of land. It has no physical dimension. There are no borders or boundaries, and everyone seems to be a part of something that no one can control. People in DC are bit lost right now, and there are some distinct cultural reasons why.]]></description>
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		<title>One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Drunk Passenger and TSA&#8217;s Carry-On Policy</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.com/2013/03/18/drunk-passenger-tsa-carry-on-policy/</link>
		<comments>http://securitydebrief.com/2013/03/18/drunk-passenger-tsa-carry-on-policy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2013 11:48:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeffrey Sural</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aviation and airport security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Congress and Politics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) most recent decision regarding the prohibited items list has drawn the ire of some in the Congress, as well as the flying public. Critics argue any vulnerability is unacceptable, but from TSA's risk-based perspective, there are other aviation stakeholders who shoulder the safety responsibility. Recognizing that most people, even those with knives, do not run around stabbing others, from whom does non-explosive threat largely stem? In short, drunks on planes.]]></description>
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		<title>At 10 year mark, Time to &#8220;Say Something&#8221; Constructive about DHS</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.com/2013/03/07/at-10-year-mark-time-to-say-something-constructive-about-dhs/</link>
		<comments>http://securitydebrief.com/2013/03/07/at-10-year-mark-time-to-say-something-constructive-about-dhs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 12:53:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Olive</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Air & Infrastructure]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Counter Terrorism and Defense]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Law Enforcement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Management and Administration]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This past Monday, Politico hosted a Playbook breakfast conversation with the three individuals who have served as DHS Secretary since its inception – Tom Ridge, Michael Chertoff and Janet Napolitano. Former Governor Ridge who addressed why America needs a cabinet-level agency to address homeland security issues. While I am a firm believer that America needs a Department of Homeland Security, I am also a believer in continuous improvement, and in that respect, congressional oversight should rightfully be focused on asking questions about DHS as it starts its second decade.]]></description>
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		<title>The Cyber Elephant and How to Tame It</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.com/2013/03/04/the-cyber-elephant-and-how-to-tame-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Mar 2013 12:42:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ronald Marks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Jainists of India have a parable. It is the story about the blind men feeling the elephant – each one feels something different. Watching the Federal government roll out a cyber “strategy” over the past couple of week has felt just that way. The cyber-elephant is a vast and ever-expanding body, and Washington is mucking around this way because of two basic problems. In its simplistic form, the first challenge is definitional and the second challenge is doctrinal.]]></description>
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