Corporate America has intensified its efforts to detect, prevent, and mitigate terrorist attacks. As part of that effort, many corporations, in good faith, hire outside consultants to review and make recommendations on ways to improve security. However, a company’s best efforts to protect its facilities and provide a safe and secure working environment for its employees may ultimately result in increased liability.
The list narrows with admittedly long-shot olive-branch choice Joe Lieberman maintaining his chairmanship of the Senate Homeland Security Committee and Eric Holder allegedly slotted for Attorney General, bumping Janet Napolitano off the DOJ short list and moving her up on the DHS nominee list. However, a new name has suddenly surfaced in celebrity host Ryan Seacrest.
John Kiriakou’s essay on “Iran’s Latin Inroads” is a must read for all concerned with homeland security and international relations. Iran’s influence in Central Eurasia is well documented but did you know:
At the invitation of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, Iran has established an ammunition factory, cement factory, and a car assembly plant in Venezuela. Iran Air has established direct air service between Tehran, Syria, and Caracas, Venezuela.
The illicit global drug trade as a ready source of funding for terrorist organizations is a dimension of terrorism that many in Washington, D.C. fail to comprehend, and many more neglect to even talk about.
A re-post (as opposed to original content) would normally go in the “Homeland Blogwatch” section of Security Debrief. However, this interview by New Yorker Pulitzer-winning journalist George Packer with top counter-terrorism strategist David Kilcullen is so insightful we decided to place it in our main content section. If you want to understand the way forward in Afghanistan (and Pakistan and Iraq), read this article.
Word is buzzing about the Internet that President-Elect Obama has chosen Rand Beers to head his transition team for the Department of Homeland Security. UPDATE: Beers is confirmed, as is co-chair Clark Kent Irvin, former DHS IG.
The New York Times has created a fun little interactive feature on its website that lists the most common names being floated for Cabinet picks, and encourages you to weigh in with your own vote. Currently leading the voting is the surprise choice of Richard Clarke. The second-most popular contender is Lee Hamilton.
From immigration laws to cyber-security to emergency preparedness to foreign policy, these blogs will bring you the latest discussions and research taking place with homeland security experts and novices alike. These blogs represent the government, researchers, professionals in the field, and every-day citizens and their offerings on the ever-evolving and important topic of homeland security.
History will judge the Bush administration, but I suspect, when it comes to the “war” on terrorism, the evaluation will be positive. Many Presidents talked about the “war” on terrorism, George W. Bush was the first one to fight it.
That is why it is now more important than ever to renew this commitment with the change of administration. The “war” on terrorism was not “Bush’s War” (as portrayed by many in the media), but civilization’s war.
Sponsored by:
