Security Debrief

CBP is failing in its trade mission: What went wrong with the Stimulus?

By Guest Contributor Douglas Doan
President Obama’s stimulus funds to the Department of Homeland Security were designed to improve infrastructure, creating an excellent opportunity to improve our ports-of-entry infrastructure and improve the economy via enhanced trade facilitation. Instead, Customs and Border Protection has used those funds to advance purely enforcement operations. Perhaps CBP should become cBP — or maybe just BP — as customs funding is so often diverted to protection operations.

Coast Guard statement on media report of gunfire on the Potomac

The Coast Guard offered the following statement on this morning’s training excersises on the Potomac River.

We still remember …

First responders unfurl a giant American flag over the side of the Pentagon building after the attacks of September 11th.

In the No Surprises Department: White House Finally Announces Erroll Southers

The White House announced its intent to nominate Erroll G. Southers as the next administrator of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA).

Any word on CBP, DEA, ATF …?

DHS GRANTS – ROSS ASHLEY'S PEACEFUL TENURE COMES TO A CLOSE

Remember during the early years of the Department of Homeland Security when the distribution of federal homeland grants was a source of frequent and major controversy? Now think about the last time you heard about a major grants controversy? It’s been a while.

Could We Be Next…?

The roller-coaster ride of narcotics enforcement in Mexico continues with the recent decriminalization of personal use drug possession. At a time when the current administration in Mexico is in an all-out war with the drug cartels, could anyone have guessed this one?

Al Gore Didn’t Invent the Internet, and Obama Can’t Control It

While Al Gore claimed to invent the internet, he didn’t. Some say Leonard Kleinrock did, others say it was a government agency called DARPA. If you listen to some members of Congress lately, however, apparently President Obama will soon be able to control the internet. In fact, the Cybersecurity Act of 2009 and/or similar draft legislation by Senators Rockefeller/Snow, would give the President the power to ‘control’ the internet in case of emergency.

Heard on the street: Libyan terrorist release like another "bomb going off"

“Watching the Libyans dancing in the streets and giving that guy, a terrorist, a guy who mercilessly killed hundreds — watching all that on the news this morning made me sick. It was like a whole new bomb going off.”

An Apology to Our Readers

We would like to apologize to our readers for the technical difficulties experienced over the last two weeks. Our server was going through its death rattle and we had to put it out of its misery. We apologize for any inconvenience, and do not expect any more down periods.