From The Hill: The head of the House Homeland Security Committee scolded President Obama on Wednesday for failing to mention last month’s deadly shooting in San Bernardino, Calif., during his State of the Union address. Obama’s neglect to mention the massacre of 14 people during the speech, Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) said, was especially biting, […]
From NBC News: Terrorists laid siege to the heart of Indonesia’s capital on Thursday with a four-hour gun and bomb assault that left seven people dead and 23 others wounded, officials said. Attackers waged armed battles with police around a busy shopping and movie theater complex in downtown Jakarta, and there were several explosions — […]
From FCW: In his final State of the Union address, President Barack Obama touched on some of the threats posed by the online activities of terror groups, but did not focus directly on cybersecurity threats.
From the OC Register: The suicide blast that ripped through a historic, touristy Istanbul neighborhood on Tuesday killed at least 10 people, all whom were foreigners. The attack, which Turkish authorities say was carried out by a Syrian national linked to the Islamic State militant group, took place in Sultanahmet, in the shadow of some […]
The Heritage Foundation: Policymakers, office-seekers, and the American people have numerous issues to consider in 2016. The following are the top five homeland security issues that Congress and the Administration need to consider this year.
From HSToday: From last year’s attack on Sony Pictures Entertainment to this summer’s breach of the Office of Personnel and Management, which compromised the records of as many as 18 million people, numerous high-profile and damaging cyberattacks over the past several years have finally prompted a response from Congress. On Friday, landmark cybersecurity legislation tucked […]
From HSToday: The immigration file of Tashfeen Malik, the jihadi wife of Syed Farook, both of whom carried out the worst act of terrorism on US soil since 9/11, indicates immigration officials did not thoroughly vet her application by demonstrating proof that she, a foreign national and, Malik, a US citizen had met in person […]
From Tickle the Wire: A senior Homeland Security official who suggested last week that President Obama’s plan to ban firearm sales to people on the government’s terrorist watch list was misguided has taken an entirely different tone, the Washington Times reports…Alan Bersin seemed to undermine Obama’s proposed ban in sworn testimony to the House Oversight […]
From CNN: Iranian hackers breached a dam outside of New York in 2013, according to a former official, managing to get control of the flood gates…According to a former official familiar with the 2013 investigation into the attack, the hack of Bowman Avenue Dam near Rye Brook, New York, was not a sophisticated intrusion, but […]
From The San Diego Union-Tribune: Many of my students are Muslims, and they are often the ones who have the most difficult time in my classes. This is because they expect that I, an observant Muslim, will defend Islam as a religion of peace and confirm their beliefs. But it is precisely because I am […]
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