By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com In the wake of the attack in Canada, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said he’s ordering more security for more than 9,500 federal government buildings, CNN reported. CNN reports that Johnson said the new security measures are a precautionary guard against “continued public calls by terrorist organizations for attacks…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com How prepared is Homeland Security to handle terrorism threats? On the 12th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, a Senate panel will ask that question as it examines the department and interviews former lawmakers and past DHS officials, including the first Homeland Security secretary, Tom Ridge, the Washington Post reports. The…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com President Obama’s nomination for second in command at the Department of Homeland Security fended off allegations Thursday that he helped Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton’s brother get a special visa for foreign investors, The Los Angeles Times reports. The nomination of Alejandro Mayorkas is important because he could become the temporary…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Janet Napolitano’s job as head of the Department of Homeland Security is not the only high-ranking position available there, NPR reports. According to the NPR, 15 top jobs at DHS are vacant or about to be, and lawmakers won’t fill the jobs. The openings raise questions about whether DHS is too large…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com NYPD Commissioner Raymond Kelly appears to be open to considering the top job at the Department of Homeland Security, the New York Daily News reports. Rep. Pete King said the city’s top cop is “not saying no” to the possibility of taking the job. The comment follows President Obama’s comments about Kelly…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Department of Homeland Security in 2010 warned about terrorists using pressure cookers in bombings in Afghanistan, India, Nepal and Pakistan, Fast Company reports. Surgeons who worked on the victims found large pellets, small BBs and headless nails that were stuffed in six-liter pressure cookers. The department sent letters to law enforcement…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Black Secret Service agents cleared a major hurdle this week in a discrimination lawsuit that claims the Department of Homeland Security has passed over African Americans for promotions, Reuters reports. U.S. District Court Judge Richard Roberts ruled the eight current and former agents meet requirements for class recertification, a key technicality…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Department of Homeland Security may soon replace cheaper commercial planes with military aircraft to absorb 8.2% in budget cuts in March, Popular Science reports. The department was exploring buying used aircraft from the military but discovered that it’s more inexpensive to use commercial planes, Popular Science wrote. Commercial aircraft is more…
