From The London Review of Books: It’s been four years since a group of US Navy Seals assassinated Osama bin Laden in a night raid on a high-walled compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan. The killing was the high point of Obama’s first term, and a major factor in his re-election. The White House still maintains that […]
From HSToday: US airline passengers appear to have been in potential jeopardy to terrorist attacks for nearly a decade “because the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has not properly been managing the maintenance of its airport screening equipment,” said a new Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Inspector General (IG) audit report. Consequently, the IG stated, TSA […]
From The Hill: Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said Sunday that the United States is facing a new era in which a lone wolf terrorist could “strike at any moment.” “We’re very definitely in a new environment, because of ISIL’s effective use of social media, the Internet, which has the ability to reach into the […]
From The Hill: A growing number of information security and hacking incidents emphasize the importance of improving U.S. cybersecurity practices. But many computer security experts are concerned that the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 (CISA) is unlikely to meaningfully prevent cyberattacks as supporters claim. Rather, it will provide another avenue for federal offices to […]
From The Fiscal Times: With a key provision of the Patriot Act due to expire at the beginning of June and a ruling Thursday by a federal appeals court judge that the law does not justify the mass collection of data about Americans’ phone calls by the National Security Agency, the issue of domestic security […]
From The Detroit News: An online message attributed to the Islamic State terrorist group lists Michigan among the American sites where trained fighters are reportedly ready to attack. The anonymous notice posted this week at the text-sharing website JustPaste.it referred to the recent assault during a Texas cartoon contest featuring images of the Prophet Muhammad. […]
From The Washington Post: A federal appeals court on Thursday ruled that the National Security Agency’s collection of millions of Americans’ phone records violates the Patriot Act, the first appeals court to weigh in on a controversial surveillance program that has divided Congress and ignited a national debate over the proper scope of the government’s […]
From GovExec: The third-largest federal agency needs to streamline its acquisition process and address continuing reports of waste, a bipartisan group of House members said Monday. In introducing a bill (H.R. 2199) to step up oversight and strengthen the ability of top procurement officials to re-work contracts, leaders of the House Homeland Security Committee expressed […]
From HSToday: The Islamic State (ISIS) has been “lethally effective” in targeting the Somali-American community in Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota, which has been described as a terrorist pipeline to the Middle East. ISIS’ recruiting success in the Twin Cities presents a grave threat to US security, as radicalized youth continue to travel to Syria and then […]
From CNN: ISIS has claimed responsibility for the attack outside a Prophet Mohammed cartoon contest in Texas — and warned of more attacks to come. In a broadcast on its official radio channel Tuesday, the group said two Al Khilafa soldiers opened fire outside the event in Garland, a Dallas suburb. Al Khilafa is how […]
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