Security Debrief highlights a copy of the memo sent to Secretary Napolitano and Acting Deputy Secretary Beers from Peggy Sherry, Acting Chief Financial Officer, on the Conference Agreement on Economic Stimulus.
The “Merida Initiative,” as we know it, does not provide the level of funding necessary for Mexico to succeed in its battle against the cartels. If we don’t pay more into it now, we’re certain to pay far more for our mistake later.
A comprehensive list of the Key DHS Funding Provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
President Obama announced today his intention to nominate John Morton to be the Assistant Secretary for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
The U.S. Secret Service has two missions—criminal investigations and protection. Criminal investigation activities, which have expanded since its inception as a small anti-counterfeiting operation at the end of the Civil War, now encompass financial crimes, identity theft, counterfeiting, computer fraud, and computer-based attacks on the nation’s financial, banking, and telecommunications infrastructure, among other areas.
Last week the Blackwater empire – about two dozen subsidiaries in all – announced that it was changing its names. The training facility, Blackwater Lodge and Training Centre, which tackles much of the training and operational burden, will now be US Training Centre Inc., while the holding company will now become the more Zen-like, Xe.
Mexico has pretty much always been a rough-and-tumble place. In recent years, however, the security environment has deteriorated rapidly, and parts of the country have become incredibly violent. It is now common to see military weaponry such as fragmentation grenades and assault rifles used almost daily in attacks.
A new poll by the Pew Research Center indicates surprisingly low approval among Americans for the new president’s handling of the war on terror.
Security Debrief contributor Rich Cooper is interviewed in a Government Executive article examining the implications of removing FEMA from under the Department of Homeland Security. Cooper discusses the failures of FEMA following Hurricane Katrina, but reminds readers that it was an unprecedented event.
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