By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — It was like a scene out of the Godfather. A letter containing a dead fish showed up Friday at a downtown office of the Department of Homeland Security. The letter, which also contained white powder, was addressed to an employee. The Associated Press reported that FBI Washington Field Office…
By Chris Battle Security DeBrief WASHINGTON–Secretary Napolitano has decided to keep a number of DHS non-career employees on board at the Department through an extended transition phase. It’s a wise move, and one that highlights the confidence the former Arizona Governor brings to her role. As Washington Post writer Spencer Hsu points out, Napolitano’s decision…
The terrorists get it. The U.S. government should too. The author insists the government needs to take advantage of the New Media for “emergency response, open-source intelligence gathering and the ideological struggle for hearts and minds”. By Chris Battle Foreign Policy Journal WASHINGTON — Talk to some in the national and homeland security environment, and…
A billion here. A billion there. It makes you wonder where it all ends. By Chris Strohm CongressDaily WASHINGTON — The economic stimulus package under consideration by key Democrats could include funding for the Homeland Security Department — possibly as much as $2 billion, congressional and industry sources said on Thursday. Talk has surfaced about…
The internal intelligence assessment offers no surprises. We all know the inauguration or any gathering of that magnitude — or for that matter any big sporting event like the Super Bowl or the Olympics — is an attractive target for terrorists. As NBC’s Chris Matthews would say: Tell me something I don’t know. By EILEEN…
The assessment of the terrorist threats offers no shocking revelations. The forecast comes down to this: Possible scary threats coupled by more scary threats. By EILEEN SULLIVAN Associated Press WASHINGTON – The terrorism threat to the United States over the next five years will be driven by instability in the Middle East and Africa, persistent…
The Internet has become the wild wild west and Homeland Security wants to be the sheriff. Can the agency pull that off? Is the universe small enough to police? By Thomas Frank USA TODAY WASHINGTON – The Homeland Security Department may soon start scouring the Internet to find blogs and message boards that terrorists use…
By Allan Lengel Ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — In the never-ending world of good-guy, bad-guy reality tv comes the latest: an ABC series “Homeland Security USA.” Starting in January, ABC said it will launch the first of 13, one-hour episodes on Tuesdays from 8 -9 p.m. featuring the men and woman of the Department of Homeland Security,…
