On Saturday, March 28, 2009, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security, will host a Summit at Tougaloo College in Mississippi entitled Continuing America’s Promise: Doing Business with the Department of Homeland Security.
CQ Homeland Security follows up on Speaker Nancy Pelosi calling ICE agents “un-American” for doing worksite enforcement operations.
Secretary Napolitano’s held a pen and pad with news media yesterday, which was largely dominated by a discussion of the growing violence on the Mexican border. We have posted the complete transcript.
Security Debrief contributor, Ellen Howe, spoke with Randy Larsen and David McIntyre of Homeland Security: Inside & Out, about the need for human intelligence in the fight against explosives in airports.
Security Debrief Editor Chris Battle talks with Tickle The Wire, an online publication dedicated to federal law-enforcement issues, about the growing use of social media among law enforcement outlets. “When you care about targeting an audience, it doesn’t get any more targeted than this,” Battle says of social network audiences.
Last week, Security Debrief contributor and former Chief of Operations at the DEA, Michael Braun, testified in front of the House Subcommittee on National Security & Foreign Affairs Committee on Oversight and Government Reform regarding “Guns, Drugs and Violence.” Today, Braun continued his testimony, this time speaking on the Merida Initiative and the current enviornment along the U.S.-Mexican border.
Last week, Security Debrief Contributor and former Chief of Operations at the Drug Enforcement Agency, Michael Braun, testified in front of the House Subcommittee on National Security & Foreign Affairs Committee on Oversight and Government Reform regarding the recent rise in violence and terror along the U.S.-Mexican border.
Hearing topics include the congressional mandates to screen 100 percent of air cargo; Human trafficking; FEMA preparedness and response; and DHS intelligence infrastructure.
We found this course description for a four-day university course designed to “increase the participants’ understanding of Congress’s role in the creation and oversight of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).” … Uh-huh. Four-day course? Seems like a four-year degree would be more appropriate.
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