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Petraeus Points to War with Iran
2008-04-15 06:37:00 From World Net Daily The neocons may yet get their war on Iran . Ever since President Nouri al-Maliki ordered the attacks in Basra on the Mahdi Army, Gen. David Petraeus has been laying the predicate for U.S. air strikes on Iran and a wider war in the Middle East. Iran, Petraeus told the Senate Armed Services Committee, has ... More About: Military , Homeland Security , Points
Welcome To Leavenworth Marine!
2008-04-11 05:28:00 From CNN.com U.S. Marine Cpl. Cesar Laurean, the main suspect in the killing of a 20-year-old pregnant Marine, has been captured in Mexico, federal authorities announced Thursday. Authorities are awaiting extradition to bring Laurean, who has been on the run since January, back to North Carolina. He has been indicted on charges of murder, ATM card theft, ... More About: Military , Diplomacy , Law Enforcement
Today at DHS - Friday, April 11
2008-04-11 04:46:00 1:30 PM EDT Assistant Secretary for Health Affairs and Chief Medical Officer Jeffrey W. Runge, MD will participate in a roundtable at the Germ Warfare, Contagious Disease, and the Constitution Conference (Washington, DC). More About: Congress , April , Today , Friday , Calendar
Today at DHS - Thursday, April 10
2008-04-10 04:44:00 10:00 AM EDT Secretary Michael Chertoff will testify before the House Appropriations Committee, Subcommittee on Homeland Security on the department’s fiscal year 2009 budget request (Washington, DC). 10:00 AM EDT U.S. Coast Guard Admiral Brian Salerno and Inspector General Richard Skinner will testify before the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime ... More About: Congress , April , Today , Thursday , Calendar
Who Trumps bin Laden as a Cyberthreat? Look in the Mirror
2008-04-10 04:36:00 From CNet News, by Charles Cooper SAN FRANCISCO–It turns out al-Qaida’s leader and his cohorts aren’t the biggest threat to our cybersecurity. You are. Six years ago, Osama bin Laden represented the nightmare scenario for the computer security establishment. But more immediate cyberdangers lurk on the horizon. Experts attending the RSA conference that began here today ... More About: Technology , Industry News , Homeland Security , Mirror , Bin Laden
Obama Calls For Talks with Iran Over Iraq
2008-04-10 04:29:00 From www.breitbart.com Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on Tuesday called for a “diplomatic surge” including talks with US foe Iran , to help stabilize the situation in Iraq . The Illinois Senator battling Hilary Clinton for his party’s nomination called for more pressure on the ... More About: Military , Calls
No Room For God On Google, Attacking God OK
2008-04-09 08:08:00 From DailyMail.co.uk, by Simon Caldwell A Christian group is suing Google over the internet giant’s refusal to take its pro-life adverts. The Christian Institute, a “non-denominational Christian charity”, wanted to pay Google so that whenever the word “abortion” was typed into the popular search engine, its link would appear on the side of the screen. The link would have ... More About: Technology , Room
Today at DHS - Wednesday, April 9
2008-04-09 06:44:00 9:10 AM PDT Chief Privacy Officer Hugo Teufel III will participate in a panel at the RSA Cyber Security Forum (San Francisco, CA). 10:00 AM EDT Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator R. David Paulison and Federal Emergency Management Agency Deputy Administrator and Chief Operating Officer Harvey Johnson will testify before the House Homeland Security Committee, Subcommittee ... More About: Congress , April , Today , Calendar , Wednesday
Today at DHS - Tuesday, April 8
2008-04-08 07:48:00 9:00 AM EDT Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis Charles Allen will deliver the keynote address to the joint training conference of the International Association of Law Enforcement Intelligence Analysts and the Law Enforcement Intelligence Unit (Boston, MA). 11:30 AM CDT U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Assistant Secretary Julie Myers will deliver the keynote address at ... More About: Congress , April , Today , Calendar , Tuesday
HS Committee Schedule for the Week
2008-04-08 07:46:00 Wednesday, April 9, 2008 @ 10am (311 Cannon House Office Building) ?Moving Beyond the First Five Years: Ensuring FEMA?s Ability to Respond and Recover in the Wake of a National Catastrophe? · Subcommittee on Emergency Communications, Preparedness, and Response Witness: Harvey E. Johnson, Jr., Acting Deputy Administrator and Chief Operating Officer, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland ... More About: Congress , Schedule , Week , Calendar , Committee
Random Search Stops $600 Million In Trade Secrets Bound For China
2008-04-08 06:08:00 From InformationWeek, by Thomas Claburn The feds have indicated a software engineer who was flying to China with confidential technical documents, a thumb drive, four external hard drives, 29 recordable compact discs, and a videotape. A former software engineer for a telecommunications company based near Chicago was indicted for allegedly stealing trade secrets worth an estimated ... More About: Technology , Intel , Industry News , Random
DHS Domestic Spy Platform Remains Concern for Congress
2008-04-08 05:56:00 Today, Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Subcommittee on Intel ligence, Information Sharing, and Terrorism Risk Assessment Chair Jane Harman (D-CA), and Subcommittee on Management, Investigations, and Oversight Chairman Chris P. Carney (D-PA) sent a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff detailing their concerns over the progress of the Department?s National Applications Office ... More About: Congress , Technology , Industry News , Privacy
Memo: Laws Didn?t Apply to Interrogators
2008-04-07 07:32:00 From The Washington Post, by Dan Eggen and Josh White The Justice Department sent a legal memorandum to the Pentagon in 2003 asserting that federal laws prohibiting assault, maiming and other crimes did not apply to military interrogators who questioned al-Qaeda captives because the president’s ultimate authority as commander in chief overrode such statutes. The 81-page memo, ... More About: Congress , Islam , Iraq , Military , Afghanistan
Today at DHS - Monday, April 7
2008-04-07 07:13:00 12:00 PM EDT U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Assistant Secretary Julie Myers will deliver remarks to the Detroit Economic Club on enforcement of U.S. immigration and customs laws (Dearborn, MI). 4:30 PM EDT Secretary Michael Chertoff will deliver remarks to the Heyman Fellows at Yale University on ?Confronting the Threats to Our Homeland? (New Haven, CT). More About: Congress , April , Today , Calendar , Monday
Buzzworthy: ?Lobster-Eye? Helps Peek Inside Cargo
2008-04-07 07:09:00 From POC.com The Handheld ?Lobster -Eye? X-ray Inspection Device (LEXID) provides through - the - wall focusing and acquisition of backscattering photons from a hidden object irradiated by a cone beam from a low power X-ray generator. The X-ray optic focusing, combined with the X-ray detector significantly lowers the exposure dose, greatly enhancing image resolution. At the ... More About: Technology , Military , Homeland Security , Diplomacy
Today at DHS- Monday, April 7
2008-04-07 07:07:00 12:00 PM EDT U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Assistant Secretary Julie Myers will deliver remarks to the Detroit Economic Club on enforcement of U.S. immigration and customs laws (Dearborn Inn Marriott, One Oakwood Boulevard, Dearborn, MI). 4:30 PM EDT Secretary Michael Chertoff will deliver remarks to the Heyman Fellows at Yale University on Confronting the Threats ... More About: Congress , April , Today , Calendar , Monday
Al Qaeda Leader Answers Questions, Says bin Laden Healthy and Calls For Mor
2008-04-05 06:23:00 From The National Terror Alert Al-Qaeda deputy Ayman al-Zawahiri has defended attacks on the UN, describing the body as an enemy of Muslims. The Egyptian-born militant also used an internet message to say his leader, Osama Bin Laden, was in good health. His audio message answered questions about al-Qaeda?s future solicited from websites linked to the group. Full Story… More About: Islam , Iraq , Israel , Questions , Calls
Georgia Senate OKs Concealed Guns in Eateries, MARTA Trains
2008-04-05 06:17:00 From The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, by Andrea Jones Georgia ns with concealed weapons permits could carry guns on MARTA trains, and into restaurants as long as they don’t drink, under a bill that passed the Senate after two rounds of contentious debate Wednesday. Senators tacked the provisions onto HB 257, a bill that would have allowed Magistrate Court constables ... More About: Guns , Trains , Public Health
Defense Department Official Pleads Guilty to Espionage Charge Involving Chi
2008-04-05 06:13:00 From FedAgent.com A Defense Department official, Gregg William Bergersen, of Alexandria, Virginia, pled guilty Monday to a one-count criminal information charging him with conspiracy to disclose national defense information to persons not entitled to receive it. Bergersen, age 51, was arrested on February 11, 2008. According to a Statement of Facts filed in Court with Bergersen’s Plea ... More About: Intel , Charge , Homeland Security
Today at DHS - Friday, April 4
2008-04-04 08:23:00 No Official Events Announced More About: Congress , April , Today , Friday , Calendar
Iraq, 5 Years Later: ?Ryan Missed Out On Something Spectacular?
2008-04-04 06:42:00 From Rocky Mountain News, by David Montero (Photo: Barry Gutierrez) The baby without the father is not quite a year old now and has dad’s easy-going nature and smile. “The baby is a joy,” said grandmother Dana Baum. “Leia is the happiest thing that ever walked - or is about to walk. Then there are times when I ... More About: Iraq , Military , Heros , Years , Ryan
Today at DHS - Wednesday, April 2
2008-04-02 07:28:00 9:30 AM EDT Secretary Michael Chertoff will testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee on oversight of the Department of Homeland Security (Washington, DC). 10:00 AM EDT Domestic Nuclear Detection Office Director Vayl Oxford and U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner W. Ralph Basham will testify before the House Appropriations Committee, Subcommittee on Homeland Security on the ... More About: Congress , April , Today , Calendar , Wednesday
A book discussion with Mike German, author of ?Thinking Like a Terrorist?
2008-04-01 12:40:00 The session will be hosted by Phillip M. Giraldi, the Francis Walsingham Fellow with the American Conservative Defense Alliance, former CIA counter-terrorism specialist and military intelligence officer, and president of San Marco International, a consulting firm that specializes in international security management and risk assessment. In Thinking Like a Terrorist, former FBI counterterrorism agent Mike ... More About: German , Book , Mike German , Homeland Security , Author
Today at DHS - Tuesday, April 1
2008-04-01 07:32:00 9:30 AM EDT Federal Emergency Management Agency Deputy Administrator and Chief Operating Officer Harvey Johnson will testify before the House Science and Technology Committee, Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight (2318 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC). 10:00 AM EDT Office of Health Affairs Assistant Secretary and Chief Medical Officer Dr. Jeffrey Runge will testify before the ... More About: Congress , April , Today , Calendar , Tuesday
UPDATED: HS Committee Schedule for March 31 ? April 4
2008-04-01 07:26:00 Tuesday, April 1, 2008 @ 2pm 311 Cannon House Office Building ?The Future of Science and Technology at the Department of Homeland Security.? · Subcommittee on Emerging Threats, Cybersecurity, and Science and Technology Witness: Hon. Jay Cohen, Under Secretary, Science and Technology, Department of Homeland Security There will be a webcast of this hearing. Wednesday, April 2, 2008 ? 9am-3pm Rayburn Foyer ?Detecting ... More About: Congress , Schedule , March , Calendar
Mobile phones ?More Dangerous Than Smoking?
2008-03-31 07:00:00 From The Independent, by Geoffrey Lean Mobile phones could kill far more people than smoking or asbestos, a study by an award-winning cancer expert has concluded. He says people should avoid using them wherever possible and that governments and the mobile phone industry must take “immediate steps” to reduce exposure to their radiation. The study, by Dr ... More About: Mobile Phones , Phones , Industry News , Smoking
Today at DHS - Monday, March 31
2008-03-31 06:47:00 10:00 AM EDT U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Office of Citizenship Chief Alfonso Aguilar will participate in a naturalization ceremony celebrating Transfer Day which marks the day the U.S. Virgin Islands was transferred to the U.S. in 1917. (St. Thomas, USVI). More About: Today , March , Calendar , Monday
HS Committee Schedule for March 31 ? April 4
2008-03-31 06:44:00 Tuesday, April 1, 2008 @ 2pm 311 Cannon House Office Building ?The Future of Science and Technology at the Department of Homeland Security.? · Subcommittee on Emerging Threats, Cybersecurity, and Science and Technology Witness: Hon. Jay Cohen, Under Secretary, Science and Technology, Department of Homeland Security There will be a webcast of this hearing. More About: Congress , Schedule , March , Calendar
HS Committee to Hold Bioterrorism Technology Fair
2008-03-31 06:41:00 On Wednesday, April 2, the House Committee on Homeland Security will host a technology fair entitled, ?Detecting and Responding to Bioterrorism? to promote a better understanding of technologies used in combating bioterrorism. This fair will highlight the latest tools used in the detection and response of a bioterrorist attack ? which includes the intentional release ... More About: Congress , Technology , Industry News , Fair , Calendar
Today at DHS - Wednesday, March 26
More articles from this author:2008-03-26 02:47:00 No Official Events Announced. More About: Congress , Today , March , Calendar , Wednesday 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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