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Bush Picks Veteran Prosecutor as New White House Homeland Security Adviser
2008-03-25 20:42:00 From foxnews.com From the White House , Ken Wainstein will coordinate efforts “to ensure that we continue to make progress on combating terrorism, securing our borders and strengthening our emergency preparedness,” Bush said in a statement. In an e-mail to his staff, Wainstein said he expected to start at the White House in about 10 days. “I am profoundly ... More About: Security
War on Terrorism Requires More Than Military Force, Expert Says
2008-03-25 20:37:00 From defenselink.mil, by Gerry J. Gilmore WASHINGTON, March 19, 2008 ? Winning the war on terrorism will be a long, slow process predicated on earning the loyalty of people insurgents want to control for their own ends, according to one of the U.S. Army?s premier counter-insurgency experts. ?We are not going to kill or capture our way ... More About: Terrorism , Iraq , Military , War on Terrorism , Force
Today at DHS - Tuesday, March 25
2008-03-25 06:02:00 1:30 PM EDT US-VISIT Director Robert Mocny will participate in a media briefing to announce the beginning of 10-fingerprint collection at John F. Kennedy International Airport. This press event includes a demonstration and photo opportunity of the primary inspection process for international visitors using 10-fingerprint scanners (JFK Int’l Airport, New York, New York). 5:30 PM EDT ... More About: Congress , Today , March , Calendar , Tuesday
Al-Qaeda?s #2 Calls For Attacks Against US
2008-03-25 05:38:00 From www.nationalterroralert.com Al-Qaida deputy leader Ayman al-Zawahri is calling on Muslims to strike Israel i and American interests to avenge Israel?s recent offensive in the Gaza Strip, according to a new audiotape. In the 4-minute tape, posted on a Web site Monday, al-Zawahri accuses Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak of helping Israel in its offensive by sealing off the ... More About: Military , Intel , Calls , Palestine
Female Suicide Bombers in Iraq
2008-03-24 17:56:00 From CounterterrorismBlog.com, by Farhana Ali As the war in Iraq continues, more Iraqi women will be ready to make the ultimate sacrifice: to use their bodies as human shields. The U.S. Government and other experts are asking: Why now? Why has there been a spike in attacks in Iraq committed by women? More importantly, how will ... More About: Military , Female , Intel , Industry News
FBI: New Internet Threat Growing
2008-03-24 16:27:00 From Newsmax.com by Ron Kessler Criminals who seize control of tens of thousands of home and office computers through what are known as “botnets” are a dramatically growing threat, Shawn Henry, deputy assistant director of the FBI?s Cyber Division, tells Newsmax. Even hospitals and police departments may be at risk from the threat. Since last spring, the ... More About: Internet , Growing , Threat
Today at DHS - Monday, March 24
2008-03-24 13:21:00 No Official Events Announced More About: Congress , Today , March , Calendar , Monday
Sleep Fast
2008-03-22 01:24:00 From PoliceMag.com, by Robert O’Brien Get sleep when you can. Ignoring the basic human need for rest could get you or someone else killed. Those with military experience are very familiar with the expression “sleep fast.” This refers to grabbing a few winks whenever, wherever possible. That’s because in the military, sleep is unpredictable and often inadequate?especially ... More About: Sleep , Fast
Today at DHS - Friday, March 21
2008-03-21 06:23:00 No Official Events Announced More About: Today , March 21 , Friday , March , Calendar
CIA To Cover Liability Insurance For Employees
2008-03-21 04:33:00 From FEDagent.com On Monday, the Central Intel ligence Agency (CIA) announced that it will reimburse most of its employees for the full cost of legal liability insurance. Until now, like other agencies, the CIA has reimbursed employees for only half of the annual premium costs, and the pool of eligible CIA employees has been much smaller. The insurance, ... More About: Congress , Insurance , Employees , Industry News
Friendly Locals Help Turn Tide In Iraq
2008-03-21 04:29:00 Sheik Ali Al-Hatem Suleiman From GlobeandMail.com, by Mark MacKinnon In exchange for cash and jobs, tribal leaders have agreed to take on common enemy, bringing relative calm to their neighbourhoods BAGHDAD ? Twelve months ago, al-Anbar province, east of Baghdad, was the domain of al-Qaeda in Iraq , a nightmarish place to live and the scene of mounting casualties ... More About: Islam , Intel , Homeland Security , Friendly
NYPD Cuts 1,000 Officers
2008-03-21 04:12:00 From NYDailyNews.com, by Kerry Burke and Frank Lombardi The Police Department’s thin blue line is getting slimmer. Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said Wednesday budget cuts will reduce the force by another 1,000 cops - resulting in the smallest department in 16 years. On paper at least, the authorized budgeted head count will drop to 36,838 officers until July ... More About: Industry News , Homeland Security , Officers , Law Enforcement , Cuts
Bin Laden Blasts Pope and Warns EU
2008-03-20 07:15:00 From www.breitbart.com, by Paul Schemm (for AP) CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - Osama bin Laden, in a new audio message posted Wednesday, condemned the publication of drawings that he said insulted the Prophet Muhammad and warned Europeans of a “severe” reaction to come. The message, which appeared on a militant Web site that has carried al-Qaida statements in ... More About: Islam , Iraq , Military , Intel , Pakistan
Today at DHS - Thursday, March 20
2008-03-20 06:55:00 8:00 AM EDT U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Verification Division will conduct a series informational seminars about E-Verify (Atlanta, GA). 9:00 AM EDT U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Director Emilio Gonzalez will administer the oath and U.S. Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen will deliver the keynote address to approximately 3,000 new citizens at a naturalization ceremony (Miami Beach, ... More About: Congress , Today , March , Thursday , Calendar
Tech Entrepreneur Tapped For Cyber Defense Post
2008-03-20 04:18:00 From WashingtonPost .com, by Brian Krebs The Bush administration is planning to tap a Silicon Valley entrepreneur to head a new inter-agency group charged with coordinating the federal government’s efforts to protect its computer networks from organized cyber attacks. Sources in the government contracting community said the White House is expected to announce as early as Thursday the selection ... More About: Technology , Entrepreneur , Tech , Industry News
Michelle Ann Jupina Named SAC of WFO Intel
2008-03-20 04:13:00 Michelle Ann Jupina has been named Special Agent in Charge (SAC) of Intel ligence for the Washington field office. Director Robert S. Mueller, III appointed her to this position to replace SAC Timothy Healy, who is returning to FBI Headquarters as the Deputy Assistant Director of the Directorate of Intelligence. In this position, Ms. Jupina will ... More About: Industry News , Law Enforcement
Today at DHS - Wednesday, March 19
2008-03-19 05:36:00 8:00 AM EDT U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Verification Division will conduct a series of informational seminars about E-Verify (Atlanta, GA). 8:00 AM EDT Under Secretary for Science and Technology Jay M. Cohen will deliver remarks at the 2nd Annual DHS University Network Summit (Washington, DC). 9:15 AM EDT Assistant Secretary for Cyber Security and Communications Greg ... More About: Congress , Today , March , Calendar , Wednesday
Today at DHS - Tuesday, March 18
2008-03-18 06:49:00 8:00 AM EDT U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Verification Division will conduct a series of informational seminars about E-Verify (Atlanta, GA). 9:00 AM EDT Under Secretary for Science & Technology Jay M. Cohen will deliver remarks at the Society of Photographic Instrumentation Engineers Defense and Security Conference (Orlando, FL). 10:00 AM EDT U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services ... More About: Congress , Today , March , Calendar , Tuesday
Rising Terror Chief Worries U.S. Officials
2008-03-18 06:39:00 From CBS.com Pictures obtained by CBS News from Pakistan i sources are among the first public images ever to surface of a man U.S. intelligence officials call “one of the most dangerous people on the planet,” CBS News justice and homeland security correspondent Bob Orr reports. He is Pakistani warlord Baitullah Mehsud, the accused mastermind of the Benazir ... More About: Terror , Afghanistan , Intel , Chief
Today at DHS - Monday, March 17
2008-03-17 05:57:00 11:00 AM PDT U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Assistant Secretary Julie Myers will participate in a press conference with Ambassador Ted McNamara, Program Manager Information Sharing Environment for the Director of National Intelligence and U.S. Attorney Karen Hewitt for the Southern District of California to announce the launch of ICEPIC/LEISS in the greater San Diego ... More About: Congress , Today , March , Calendar , Monday
Cognitive Dissonance on Gaza
2008-03-16 20:26:00 The two stories below give readers a clear and disturbing picture of the complete disconnect at all levels between the Israel i and Palestinian perspectives on the situation in Gaza ? When Charity Ends at Home (From Haaretz.com, by Gideon Levy) Israel Closes Hamas Charity in West Bank (From The Boston Globe, by Associated Press / Photo by Nasser Shiyoukhi) More About: Islam , Palestine
The Cult of the Suicide Bomber
2008-03-16 19:56:00 Few players in the ‘war on terror’ are more chilling, or misunderstood, than suicide bombers. Yet the true scale of their grisly activities has never been properly calculated. Five years after the invasion of Iraq , Robert Fisk details the shocking extent of the most widespread campaign of self-liquidation in human history From The Independant, by Robert ... More About: Islam , Technology , Military , Iran
Today at DHS - Friday, March 14
2008-03-14 04:07:00 No Official Events Announced. More About: Congress , Today , Friday , March , Calendar
Sec. Chertoff Announces Gonzalez?s Departure
2008-03-14 04:04:00 Today?s statement from Sec. Chertoff : Emilio Gonzalez has informed me of his intention to resign as Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), effective April 18. Emilio has been an extraordinary director who is leaving an indelible mark on the transformation and modernization of USCIS operations. Emilio is an American by choice and he has brought ... More About: Homeland Security , Diplomacy , Departure
National Dragnet Is a Click Away
2008-03-14 02:26:00 From WashingtonPost.com, by Robert O’Harrow Jr. and Ellen Nakashima Several thousand law enforcement agencies are creating the foundation of a domestic intelligence system through computer networks that analyze vast amounts of police information to fight crime and root out terror plots. As federal authorities struggled to meet information-sharing mandates after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, police ... More About: Technology , National , Intel , Click , Privacy
Today at DHS - Thursday, March 13
2008-03-13 05:23:00 10:00 AM EDT Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis Charles E. Allen will testify before the House Homeland Security Committee, Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing and Terrorist Risk Assessment on the Interagency Threat Assessment and Coordination Group (311 Cannon House Office Building). 10:00 AM EDT Federal Emergency Management Agency Director R. David Paulison will testify before ... More About: Congress , Today , March , Thursday , Calendar
Today at DHS - Wednesday, March 12
2008-03-12 07:26:00 9:00 AM-4:00 PM MDT Deputy Chief Privacy Officer John Kropf, Texas Office of Homeland Security Director Steven McCraw, and Transportation Security Administration Director of Privacy Policy and Compliance Peter Pietra will address the Homeland Security Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee Meeting (El Paso, TX). 10:00 AM EDT Science and Technology Under Secretary Jay Cohen will ... More About: Congress , Today , March , Calendar , Wednesday
Today at DHS - Tuesday, March 11
2008-03-11 07:08:00 10:00 AM EDT U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Director Emilio Gonzalez will testify before the House Appropriations Committee, Subcommittee on Homeland Security on the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services fiscal year 2009 budget request (2359 Rayburn House Office Building). 12:15 PM Local Secretary Michael Chertoff, U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey, German Federal Minister of the Interior ... More About: Congress , Today , March , Calendar , Tuesday
Join the HSLEADER Web Community
2008-03-11 07:01:00 Welcome to the Homeland Security Leader web community. This network is a tool for homeland security leadership and professionals to gather, host discussions, share news or projects, and network. You are welcome to sign up for the groups that fit your role(s) within the homeland security community. To join a group, simply click on the link and ... More About: Community , Join
DHS Holds Cyber Storm II
More articles from this author:2008-03-11 06:49:00 CYBER STORM II EXERCISE HELD TO FURTHER CYBER SECURITY PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE CAPABILITIES From DHS Release WASHINGTON? The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is conducting the largest cyber security exercise ever organized. Cyber Storm II is being held from March 10-14 in Washington, D.C. and brings together participants from federal, state and local governments, the private sector, and the ... More About: Technology , Military , Intel , Industry News 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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