By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano announced Tuesday that 100 percent of passengers on flights within or bound for the U.S. are now being checked against government watchlists, fulfilling a key 9/11 Commission recommendation a month ahead of schedule. A Homeland Security press release said that Transportation Security Administration reached…
By Janet Napolitano USA Today WASHINGTON — Nearly a year after a thwarted terrorist attack on a Detroit-bound airliner last Christmas Day, the recent attempt by terrorists to conceal and ship explosive devices aboard aircraft bound for the United States reminds us that al-Qaeda and those inspired by its ideology are determined to strike our…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The U.S. moved Monday to clamp down on the vulnerable area of cargo shipments from abroad. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano announced the banning of “high risk” cargo shipments and a ban on shipments from Yemen and Somalia. “Following the thwarted terrorist plot last week to conceal and ship…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com More signs of the Mexican drug cartels reaching into the U.S.: The Washington Times reports that the Department of Homeland Security is warning Arizona authorities that Mexican drug gangs have sent assassins or “sicarios” into the state to kill bandits who are ambushing and stealing loads of cocaine, marijuana and heroin,…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Secrecy surrounds a probe involving an illegal immigrant who killed a Virginia nun in a drunk driving incident. The Washington Post reports that the Department of Homeland Security won’t release findings of a probe into the matter and why the immigrant went nearly two years without a deportation hearing…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The feds are saying there’s no indication of any specific terrorist threat to the U.S. or its citizens as there is in Europe, the Associated Press reported. The FBI and Homeland Security Department in an intelligence bulletin said there is nothing out there to indicate there’s a planned attack…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A Boston federal judge on Friday sharply criticized the U.S. Attorney’s office for bringing charges against a Homeland Security official, saying prosecutors overreached and crushed her for what he saw as a minor offense, the Boston Globe reported. U.S. District Judge Douglas P. Woodlock postponed sentencing while he considers a defense…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — It’s no surprise considering the frequency of attempted terrorist attacks within the U.S. in the past year. CNN reports that an unclassified Department of Homeland Security memo dated May 21 to law enforcement says “the number and pace of attempted attacks against the United States over the past nine…
