As a people, Americans have long harbored suspicions with any one holding too much power. We believe in and hold fast to a checks and balance system, but in a world whose operations function faster than the speed of light 24-7, 365 days a year, finding those safeguards to absolute power will be a tremendous challenge especially when it comes to creating the White House cyber czar.
It wasn’t surprising to hear that in a recent discussion with Mexico our government accepted some responsibility for aiding Mexican drug cartels by way of demand for drugs and gun smuggling. Are we employing the correct risk management tools to efficiently and effectively use the resources we have? Are we using a risk management analysis that includes guilt and shame instead of objective factors?
Recently, the TSA has begun the initial launch of Secure Flight which gives the agency the ability to mitigate risk in a significant way. Authorities have known since then that checking passenger behaviors and backgrounds is an important key in defeating the terrorists.
Washington Times – House member criticizes ICE policy A key House member Thursday morning challenged officials of the Department of Homeland Security for recently catching 28 “known, confirmed illegal immigrants using false documents” during a raid in Washington state and then awarding 24 of them with work permits. “Questionable enforcement practices such as these send […]
Today’s House Homeland Security Appropriations subcommittee hearing on “Priorities Enforcing Immigration Law” got off to a delayed and roaring thud. ICE Director of Investigations Marcy Foreman was unequivocal in her response to Rogers. Contrary to a statement in a Washington Post story, Foreman stated that ICE has not received any instructions from DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano about a change in policy in enforcing immigration laws.
Yesterday, the FBI announced that more than 7,000 schoolchildren in Puerto Rico had their identities stolen by an identity-ring supplying illegal aliens with Puerto Rican birth certificates and Social Security numbers. With this information, the aliens could get drivers licenses, credit, and, of course, jobs.
DHS official: Cargo mandate should be reconsidered (4/1/09) — www.GovernmentExecutive.com A senior Homeland Security Department official told lawmakers on Wednesday it is time for Congress to reconsider a legal mandate created by Democratic lawmakers that requires all cargo containers to be scanned for weapons of mass destruction at foreign ports before they are shipped to […]
HS Today interviews Catalyst Partners’ Dave McWhorter about the progress that the Support Anti-Terrorism by Fostering Effective Technology (SAFETY) Act has made since its enactment in 2003.
The word “intelligence” can have multiple meanings. If you were watching last week’s hearing (March 18, 2009) – “Homeland Security Intelligence: Its Relevance and Limitations,” held before the House Homeland Security Committee’s Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing and Terrorism Risk Assessment you will understand the word much better, especially in terms that Rep. Jane Harman (D-CA) described as “what we want and what we don’t want.”
Homeland Security Today – news and analysis – DHS Sees Growing Role for Biometrics DHS Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy Kathleen Kraninger outlines critical place of biometrics in DHS initiatives. In the period shortly following Sept. 11, 2001, biometrics, the science and technology of verifying unique identity by biological traits, quickly attained a high profile, […]
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