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The National Interest is Privacy, Not Backdoors to Encryption

By Casey Lucius
The recently introduced Feinstein-Burr bill would force encryption providers to maintain backdoors in case the government shows up with a court order. It is bad for government, business and the public.

In FBI-Apple Fight, Law Enforcement Missing the Point

By Max Skalatsky
Every week, we hear how the FBI is attempting to subpoena text messages from Apple. Instead of tech companies trying to out-argue the Federal government, is it possible to engage with policy makers and law enforcement to understand what the next generation technologies will be?

Sheila Jackson Lee Joins HGTV! FPS Guarding ‘Trumptonium’! DHS S&T Moves to Happyland! Really?!

In Security Debrief’s seventh annual April Fools coverage, we’ve collected stories the rest of the media somehow missed.

Demographic Insights of Violent Extremists in Minneapolis-St. Paul

By Chris Fox
When it comes to terrorism, we hear a lot of trendy buzzwords, rhetoric and speculation. The questions we don’t hear enough are, why does radicalization occur and how do we stop it? Answering these questions requires data and careful research.

Clinton Indictment Watch – SAP Found on Home Server

On Tuesday, several media outlets reported that Intelligence Community Inspector General sent a letter to Congress regarding Sec. Hillary Clinton stored documents on her home server that were classified “Special Access Program.”

One Strategy Does Not Fit All Terrorists

Big issues, like international and domestic terrorism, are incredibly complex. So how can so many of the proposed solutions to America’s terrorism woes fit inside a 5-second soundbite? They can’t because they aren’t real solutions.

TSA is Moving to Alexandria – Not St. Elizabeths?

By Bradley Saull
The announcement this year that TSA is moving their headquarters from Pentagon City in Arlington to Alexandria left many people familiar with DHS asking the same question: what about the DHS headquarters consolidation project at St. Elizabeths in Washington?

Hal Bowman – A Tragic Loss for the Country

Here is a note from CREATE Director Detlof von Winterfeldt about a tragic loss for the security community and the country.

Paris Spotlights Soft Target Security

By William Flynn
The tactics used in the attacks in Paris last week require a recommitment in the homeland to heightening our vigilance of potential attacks. To support this, what were the tactics, techniques and procedures used in the Paris attacks from which we can draw applicable lessons for the United States?