Today’s topic: Where can you point to the Patriot Act’s success in stopping terrorists? Wednesday through Friday, Jena Baker McNeill and Julian Sanchez discuss the Patriot Act, portions of which Congress is considering reauthorizing.
Homeland Security Department agencies don’t sustain their information security programs year-round or perform continuous monitoring to maintain systems’ accreditations and action plans, according to DHS Inspector General Richard Skinner.
NTI: Global Security Newswire – Israel Eyes Attacking Iran Over Nuclear Program Israeli leaders are having a “serious conversation” about carrying out a unilateral attack on Iran should that nation continue to develop a suspected nuclear-weapon capability, one U.S. journalist said Wednesday following an investigative reporting trip to the Middle East
In the largest single strike at Mexican drug operations in the U.S., federal officials on Thursday announced the arrests of more than 300 people in raids across the country aimed at the newest and most violent cartel.
Letters – Letter – Security Measures – NYTimes.com To the NY Times Editor: Re “No Rest for the Security Weary” (Practical Traveler, Sept. 27), although many security measures are annoying, we haven’t had another terror event in all these years. It is tough to take credit for what hasn’t happened. Better intelligence and coordination, as […]
Michael Braun, former Chief of Operations for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, testified before the Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control regarding the Taliban’s involvement in drug production and trafficking.
Social Media Success Story: How the TSA defended its reputation — Neil Bonner On Thursday night, a popular “mommy blogger” who goes by the name “Nic”, started posting to her Twitter account about her terrifying experience at the Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson airport. Friday on her blog “My Bottles Up” she claimed that, TSA agents took her […]
Our most recent post looked at the benefits of cloud computing and some of the factors involved with the decision making process leading up to adoption. For the most part, it looks like it should always be a slam dunk call to go for the cloud, but are there downsides? I’d love to say they do not exist, but they do. But where are the possible “landmines” in adopting a cloud computing model for your enterprise?
The Senate gave overwhelming approval Tuesday to a final $42.8 billion fiscal 2010 Homeland Security spending bill after an extended protest by Republicans over the removal of provisions during closed-door conference talks among House and Senate appropriators.
Just days after the Justice Department said its anti-gunrunning project on the U.S.-Mexico border had made “enormous inroads into stemming firearms-related violent crime” and touted a planned expansion of the program, the department’s Office of Inspector General on Monday said some funding for the $22 million project was not being properly used.
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