From Voice of America: The U.S. homeland security chief says investigators have collected “strong evidence” leading to a prime suspect in the massive cybersecurity breach of government records that compromised personal information about millions of federal workers and people applying for national security clearances. Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said Wednesday the government is not […]
From Reuters: Barring law enforcement authorities’ access to encrypted communications would make it easier for Islamic State sympathizers to attack the United States, FBI Chief James Comey told Senate lawmakers on Wednesday. The Federal Bureau of Investigation is pushing technology companies to let law enforcement authorities have access to encrypted communications to investigate illegal activities. […]
From The Hill: On June 17, a gunman shot and killed nine black Christians in the historic Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church in Charleston, S.C. “Mother Emanuel” as the church has come to be affectionately known, was built by slaves and is the oldest AME congregation in the South. Given the stature of the […]
From Politico: A federal judge up in arms about non-compliance with a court order blocking President Barack Obama’s recent executive actions on immigration is demanding that Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson and four other top immigration enforcement officials appear in a Brownsville, Texas, courtroom next month to explain why they should not be held in […]
From HSToday: Monday, the DHS Interoperable Communications Act (HR 615), which requires the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Under Secretary for Management to maintain interoperable communications among the components of the department was signed into law by President Obama. Under the new law, DHS is also required to create and submit to Congress a strategy […]
From Mother Jones: The US law enforcement community regards homegrown violent extremists, not radicalized Islamists, as the most severe threat from political violence in the country, according to a new study from the Triangle Center on Terrorism and Homeland Security. Released late last week, the report comes amid renewed focus on the problem ever since […]
From HSToday: The Critical Infrastructure Protection Act (CIPA), legislation to protect the nation from an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) — a threat experts consider one of the most serious risks to our national security – was passed this past week by the House Committee on Homeland Security. “The electric grid is fundamental to our modern way […]
From NextGov: A Department of Homeland Security working group is coming up with reasons to create a “cyber incident data repository,” in which federal agencies and key industries could anonymously share information about cyber risks. The effort builds on a 2015 White House executive order encouraging more cyberthreat information sharing between the public and private […]
From TIME: Military commanders like to say that “quantity has a quality all its own.” It’s a shorthand way of saying that greater numbers of inferior weapons or troops often can beat smaller, superior forces. Given that Monday marks the first birthday of the declaration of the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria, it’s […]
From CNN: Authorities are warning of possible terrorist threats around the July 4 holiday, several law enforcement officials told CNN on Friday. The Department of Homeland Security, the FBI and the National Counterterrorism Center issued a joint intelligence bulletin to law enforcement across the U.S. The bulletin doesn’t warn of any known active plots. But […]
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