From The Washington Post: (Joe Lieberman Op-ed) It would be wrong to view President Obama’s decision to order airstrikes against the Islamic State in Iraq and to give weapons to Kurdish fighters as a continuation of the war in Iraq. It is more accurate to see it as a mission to prevent a repetition of […]
From The Associated Press: More than 2,000 immigrants facing deportation in 2013 were released strictly for budget reasons by immigration agency officials who kept the homeland security secretary in the dark about the plan, according to a federal watchdog’s report. This lack of communication led the Obama administration to wrongly deny for weeks that 2,228 […]
From The Wall Street Journal: The Treasury Department sanctioned three Kuwait-based financiers on Wednesday for allegedly funding extremist groups in Syria and Iraq, underscoring the Obama administration’s growing concern about Kuwaitis’ links to al Qaeda and other terror groups. The Treasury Department’s counterterrorism arm has grown increasingly vocal in recent months about Kuwaitis’ alleged role […]
From Reuters: A company that performs background checks for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said on Wednesday it was the victim of a cyber attack, adding in a statement that “it has all the markings of a state-sponsored attack.”
From Politico: Last night’s New York Times scoop that a gang of criminal hackers deep in the Russian hinterlands had amassed more than 1 billion usernames and passwords linked to half-a-billion email addresses demonstrates both that the Web is increasingly dangerous for consumers and that Russia remains a safe zone for hacking networks, analysts told […]
From The National Journal: The House of Representatives today passed groundbreaking cybersecurity legislation co-sponsored by Congressman Patrick Meehan (PA-07). Meehan chairs the House Homeland Security Committee’s Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection and Security Technologies.
From DHS S&T: The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology (S&T) Directorate announced today the selection of Stevens Institute of Technology (SIT) and University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA) as co-leads for a new Center of Excellence for Maritime Research (CMR). S&T will provide each CMR partner with an initial $1 million cooperative […]
From Federal Times: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released its second Quadrennial Homeland Security Review (QHSR) on June 18. The QHSR, mandated by Congress, is a comprehensive examination of the evolving risks, threats, challenges, and the drivers of change in our homeland security environment. It also identifies the principles, priorities, and strategies that will […]
From Emergency Management Magazine: In the world of decreasing budgets, Ohio has found a way to dramatically improve our public safety services through an investment in intelligence analysts while integrating existing resources in law enforcement, emergency management, homeland security and public safety. While many states have intelligence centers and some have 24-hour operations, Ohio merged […]
From HSToday: On May 21, President Obama designated a new national monument area in southern New Mexico, the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument, which comprises 500,000 acres near the US-Mexico border…The designation ignited heated debate among supporters of the designation and opponents who say environmental and other regulations that come with the designation will prevent […]
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