From Business Insider: A federal border agent said Tuesday that the Department of Homeland Security is manipulating border statistics to make it appear as if the border is secure, but said in reality that the border is not secure, and that border agents fail to capture as many as two-thirds of all illegal aliens who […]
From The Washington Post: Two senior Secret Service agents are under investigation for allegedly crashing a government-issued car into a White House barricade last week after an evening of drinking. One of the agents, The Post’s Carol Leonnig reported, is a top member of the protective detail assigned to the president. It’s troubling to think […]
From HSToday: The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) may have wasted $23 million after prematurely cancelling a contract for a biodetection system, according a recent audit by DHS’s Inspector General (IG). In April 2010, S&T awarded Silicon Valley startup NVS Technologies, Inc. (NVS) an $18 million contract to develop an […]
From NBC News: The hacking of dozens of websites worldwide by someone purporting to be connected to the ISIS terror group — including a Montana credit union, an Irish rape crisis center and a local Italian political party — almost certainly has nothing to do with the Islamist militants, law enforcement and security experts said […]
From HSToday: A bill that would ensure unaccompanied alien minors (UAMs) who illegally enter the United States are safely returned home was passed by the House Committee on the Judiciary by 17-13 vote. For those UAMs who stay with a sponsor in the United States while awaiting their immigration hearing, The Protection of Children Act […]
From The Hill: A partial government shutdown was narrowly avoided late Friday evening as House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) made a surprise move to back legislation funding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for one week. Pelosi’s support helped Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) move the one-week bill through the House in a 357-60 vote […]
From Reuters: Canadian authorities believe four young men and two women who disappeared from Quebec in January have traveled to the Middle East to fight with Islamic State, media reported on Thursday. The Globe and Mail newspaper said at least four of the young people studied at Montreal’s College de Maisonneuve as recently as last […]
From The Associated Press: Congress closed in Friday on approving a short-term spending bill for the Homeland Security Department that would avert a partial agency shutdown hours before it was to begin. The legislation also leaves intact Obama administration executive actions on immigration that Republicans have vowed to overturn. But Republicans insisted that passing a […]
From UPI: A New York jury found the Palestinian Authority and the Palestine Liberation Organization liable for attacks in Israel and awarded $218.5 million in damages. The two groups were judged knowingly supporting six terrorist attacks in Israel between 2002 and 2004, in which 33 people were killed and over 450 were injured. Since several […]
From Politico: Late Monday afternoon, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell will force the fourth vote in three weeks on a bill to fund the massive agency that protects Americans from terrorists, floods and incursions across the borders. Senate Democrats will almost certainly block it again. And after that, all of McConnell’s options become messy, with […]
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