Lawmakers Demand Guarantees to Prevent Terrorists from Slipping into U.S. As Refugees
U.S. officials sought to assure skeptics that refugees settling in the U.S. are properly vetted to ensure terrorists don’t slip through.
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Homeland Security Investigating Roughly 900 Homegrown Terrorism Suspects in U.S.
Homeland Security estimates there are roughly 900 investigations into homegrown terrorists in the U.S., and a vast majority have ties to ISIS.
Investigation: Secret Service Employees Improperly Accessed Data to Embarrass a Critic
An internal Homeland Security investigation found that Secret Service employees improperly accessed a database 60 times in search of information that would embarrass House Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Jason Chaffetz.
Senate Homeland Security Chairman Calls for War Against Islamic State
The head of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee said Monday that the he supports going to war against Islamic State.
Head of House Homeland Security Committee Warns of ‘Gaping Holes’ for Terrorism
The U.S. is vulnerable to attack on the scale of the one in Paris because of “gaping holes” in security, the head of the House Homeland Security Committee warned Sunday.
Investigation: Homeland Security Missed Clear Warning Signs Before ICE Agent Shot Supervisor
Homeland Security missed clear warning signs of an ICE agent’s tendency to be violent before he opened fire on a supervisor and then was fatally shot in February 2012.
High-Level Sources Told Secret Service Director about Leak of Rep. Chaffetz’s Personnel File
Secret Service Director Joseph Clancy knew about the improper leaking of Rep. Jason Chaffetz’s personnel file at least a week before the information became public, the Inspector General of the Homeland Security found.
Homeland Security Deputy Director to Visit Birthplace of Cuba to Help Ease Tensions
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The second-ranking Homeland Security official will visit his hometown in Cuba to help ease tensions with the U.S., the Los Angeles Times reports. Alejandro Mayorkas, Homeland Security deputy secretary, was 6 months old when his family fled Havana and moved to Miami. For the first time, he is returning for a…