British police have set up colour-coded maps online that show the levels of burglary, car crime, robbery and other offenses, and include charts showing whether crime is rising or falling, for local neighborhoods.
Panetta’s management skills can’t be questioned. As White House chief of staff, he held one of the toughest management jobs around. But the man has no background whatsoever in intelligence.
Security Debrief contributor Michael Braun, former chief of DEA operations, discusses the spiraling drug violence in Mexico, and how it is impacting American communities, with the LA Time’s Josh Meyer.
Security Debrief analyzes the Israeli Government’s innovative use of Twitter to host a news conference on the conflict in Gaza as Israel and Hamas engage in a propaganda battle over the Internet.
One of the most misunderstood programs at DHS has been the US-VISIT program. In some ways, US-VISIT has been a victim of its own success. It is now facing new opposition as the program attempts to expand the program. Where US-VISIT has drawn the most criticism, however, is usually a result of some aspect of the original blueprint going unfunded or getting bogged down by Congressional pushback. Thus the idea of a single “person-centric” biometric database for all visitors visiting or working in the U.S. remains unfulfilled.
The Israeli Consulate in New York will be holding a public press conference on Twitter from 1 to 3 PM EST.
President Elect Obama should seek to develop an economic approach to changing hearts and minds in the region. There is a new generation of activists and entrepreneurs emerging in The Middle East; pro-American, pro-capitalist allies in places like the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Bahrain, and Lebanon.
Recently, Security Debrief contributor, Scott Weber, spoke with Francis Rose of Federal News Radio’s “In Depth” about the appointment of Gov. Janet Napolitano.
In conjunction with Georgetown University, the Department of Homeland Security is hosting “Homeland Security: Extraordinary Threats, Unprecedented Action,” with Secretary Michael Chertoff on Thursday, December 18 at 9:30 AM.
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