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Bin Laden?s Popularity Dropping in Pakistan
2008-02-22 12:48:00 From Christian Science Monitor By Kenneth Ballen and Reza Aslan Washington and Los Angeles - This week’s election results in Pakistan give Islamabad’s next government the mandate to finally put the terrorists out of business. Violence in Pakistan ? mostly driven by Taliban and pro-Al Qaeda forces ? has not abated since the December ... More About: Bin Laden , Al-Qaeda , Popularity , Laden
Today at DHS - Friday, February 22
2008-02-22 08:06:00 11:00 AM EST Secretary Michael Chertoff will participate in a press conference with Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey to highlight the Administration?s immigration enforcement and border security efforts. 12:00 PM EST Under Secretary for Science and Technology Jay M. Cohen will deliver remarks at the Fourth Annual Homeland Security Innovation Security Conference in Hanahan, SC. More About: Today , Friday , Calendar , February
Year of the Rat, DHS Surrenders to Unions
2008-02-22 08:05:00 From FEDagent.com The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has abandoned its effort to install new labor relations regulations as part of a revamp of the DHS personnel system. The news came in a filing with the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia last Friday, when DHS told the court that it and the Office ... More About: Congress , Industry News , Unions , Year
Supreme Court Passes on Warrantless Wiretapping Case
2008-02-22 08:03:00 From FEDagent.com On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to review a legal challenge to the Bush Administration’s warrantless surveillance program. The case was brought by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of journalists, scholars, attorneys and national nonprofit organizations who say that the surveillance program is disrupting their ability to communicate effectively with sources ... More About: Congress , Technology , Intel , Privacy
Today at DHS - Thursday, February 21
2008-02-21 07:58:00 No Official Events Announced. More About: Today , Thursday , Calendar , February , February 21
International Terrorism Claims: A Practical Perspective
2008-02-21 06:10:00 From Risk Management Magazine, by Rachel Giesber Clingman (Contributed by Bill Bailey) The events of September 11, 2001, and the subsequent invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq dramatically changed the landscape for U.S. businesses operating abroad. As these events have unfolded and the U.S. government and military are placed squarely at the forefront, acts of terrorist or militant violence against ... More About: Congress , Terrorism , International , Military
American Rape Victims in Iraq Remain in Limbo
2008-02-21 05:55:00 (Jamie Leigh Jones) From International Herald Tribune, by James Risen (Contributed by Bill Bailey) Mary Kineston, an Ohio mother who went to Iraq to drive trucks, thought she had endured the worst when her supply convoy was ambushed in April 2004. After car bombs exploded and insurgents began firing on the road between Baghdad and Balad, she ... More About: Military , Industry News , American , Homeland Security
U.S. strikes within Pakistan ? without notice : Unilateral attack on al-Qae
2008-02-20 12:00:00 From MSNBC, By Joby Warrick and Robin Wright In the predawn hours of Jan. 29, a CIA Predator aircraft flew in a slow arc above the Pakistan i town of Mir Ali. The drone’s operator, relying on information secretly passed to the CIA by local informants, clicked a computer mouse and sent the first of two ... More About: Notice , Al-Qaeda , Unilateral , Attack
Today at DHS - Wednesday, February 20th
2008-02-20 07:16:00 11:00 AM EST U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Office of Citizenship Chief Alfonso Aguilar will deliver keynote remarks at an International Rescue Committee conference entitled ?Innovative Partnerships for Refugee Inclusion.? More About: Today , Calendar , Wednesday , February
Homeland Insecurity
2008-02-20 06:55:00 From Rebel Yell Michelle Malkin reports on a huge problem in national security. A known spy was allowed to work in the FBI and CIA for four years. From the New York Post: FBI fraudster Nada Nadim Prouty not only used a sham marriage to get jobs with access to secret terrorist intelligence - her current husband is ... More About: Pakistan , Homeland Security
FBI Warns of Possible Hezbollah Revenge in U.S.
2008-02-20 06:49:00 From Los Angeles Times, by Josh Meyer State and local law enforcement receive an intelligence bulletin to watch for retaliation by the Lebanese militia group, which has vowed to avenge the death of its leader. WASHINGTON — The FBI and Department of Homeland Security sent a bulletin Friday to state and local law enforcement authorities advising them ... More About: Israel , Intel , Hezbollah , Revenge
Terror Incorporated - Hezbollah?s Global Islamic Web
2008-02-20 06:40:00 From International Analyst Network, by Mark Silverberg ?If they (the Jews) gather in Israel, it will save us the trouble of going after them worldwide.” Lebanese Hezbollah leader, Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah (Beirut Daily Star) ?All the world is a battlefield open in front of us?..It is Jihad for sake of Allah and will last until our religion prevails ... More About: Congress , Islam , Islamic , Iraq , Military
Join HSLEADER today!
2008-02-19 16:08:00 HSLEADER.com is organizing an interactive web community that includes homeland security officials, professional, investors, media and concerned citizens. You are welcome to sign-up for the groups that fit your role within the homeland security community. To join a group, simply click on the link and look for the ?Join ? button. The following groups are available? Homeland Security Leadership ... More About: Today
Today at DHS - Tuesday, February 19
2008-02-19 16:06:00 No Official Events Announced. More About: Today , Calendar , Tuesday , February
Today at DHS - Monday, February 18
2008-02-18 04:06:00 President’s Day Federal Holiday More About: Today , Calendar , Monday , February
Counter-Terrorism Watch (CTW): A Review and Commentary on the Latest Thinki
2008-02-18 02:25:00 In the first edition of CTW for Homeland Security Leader, I discussed the importance of and the need to focus some of our GWOT resources on Yemen. In the February 5th edition of Terrorism Focus by the Jamestown Foundation, Michael Scheuer, author of the new book “Marching Toward Hell: America and Islam After Iraq.” and ... More About: Watch , Commentary , Review , Al-Qaeda
Today at DHS - Friday, February 15
2008-02-15 06:59:00 10:00 AM EST (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Director Emilio Gonzalez will participate in a naturalization ceremony for approximately 150 new citizens. 1:00 PM CST (Houston, TX) Coast Guard Commandant, Admiral Thad W. Allen will provide keynote remarks at the Mare Forum Maritime Transportation of Energy 2008 Conference on Coast Guard maritime safety, ... More About: Today , Friday , Calendar , February
Congress Cautions DHS on ?Burrowing In? by Political Staff
2008-02-15 06:49:00 From FEDagent.com The Chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security , Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Mississippi), is cautioning Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Michael Chertoff to be on guard against political appointees “burrowing in” career jobs. In a letter dated February 7th, Thompson emphasized the need for a “seamless and orderly” transition process from the current Administration ... More About: Congress , Political , Staff
Michael Scheuer says, ?Our Country Is in Trouble.?
2008-02-15 06:06:00 From Newsweek, by John Barry An ex-bin Laden hunter on why the U.S. hasn’t beaten Al Qaeda. Michael Scheuer is a worried man?and an angry one. He’s worried by what he regards as the United States’s failure to devise a successful strategy against Osama bin Laden and angered by what he sees as the political timidity behind ... More About: Congress , Iraq , Military , Israel , Country
Spies on the Inside: Foreign Intrigue on American Soil
2008-02-15 05:54:00 From FBI Release There were secret meetings in restaurants, encrypted e-mail messages using a mysterious shorthand, suitcases crammed full of stolen documents. There were covert payoffs: a pocket stuffed with a wad of bills, free poker games in Vegas, a wallet suddenly flush with cash. There were bogus cover stories for trips to the ?motherland? where secrets were passed ... More About: American , Foreign , Inside , Spies , Intrigue
Open Source Intelligence Advances
2008-02-14 16:13:00 From Secrecy News The DNI Open Source Center, which gathers, translates, analyzes, and distributes unclassified open source intelligence from around the world, is steadily growing in capability and impact, according to Doug Naquin, the Center’s Director. The Open Source Center, which replaced the CIA’s Foreign Broadcast Information Service, is doing more analysis and outreach than its predecessor and is also exploring new ... More About: Intelligence , Intel
Pakistani Nuclear Scientists ?Abducted?
2008-02-14 16:12:00 From Telegraph.co.uk (originally from HS Today) Two nuclear scientists have been abducted near Pakistan ’s north-western border with Afghanistan , police have said, in the latest embarrassment to President Pervez Musharraf’s government. The scientists disappeared on Monday, the same day as Tariq Azizuddin, Pakistan’s ambassador to Afghanistan, was reportedly abducted while travelling through the Khyber Pass to Kabul. Full Story… More About: Nuclear , Pakistani , Scientists
Today at DHS - Thursday, February 14
2008-02-14 06:02:00 10:00 AM EST Assistant Secretary for Policy Development Rich Barth will participate on a panel regarding advancements the government has made in implementing Visa Waiver reform at the Heritage Foundation. 10:00 AM EST Federal Emergency Management Agency Mitigation Directorate Assistant Administrator and Federal Insurance Administrator David Maurstad will testify before the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, ... More About: Today , Thursday , Calendar , February
Today at DHS - Wednesday, February 13
2008-02-13 07:41:00 10:00 AM EST Secretary Michael Chertoff will testify before the House Committee on Homeland Security on the department?s fiscal year 2009 budget (311 Cannon House Office Building). 1:00 PM PST In San Diego, Senior Advisor for Policy Toby Levin will speak at the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) Enhancing Public Safety Through Video Technology: An ... More About: Today , Calendar , Wednesday , February
NYPD Responds to Scientology Protest
2008-02-13 07:31:00 NYC Protest 02/10/08 More About: Scientology , Homeland Security , Law Enforcement
REVISED: HS Committee Schedule for the Week
2008-02-13 05:29:00 Wednesday, February 13, 2008 @ 10am 311 Cannon House Office Building ?The President?s FY 2009 Budget Request for the Department of Homeland Security ? · Full Committee Witness: Hon. Michael Chertoff, Secretary, Department of Homeland Security There will be a webcast of this hearing. Thursday, February 14, 2008 @ 3:30pm 311 Cannon House Office Building ?Homeland Security Intelligence at a Crossroads: the Office of ... More About: Congress , Schedule , Week , Calendar
FBI Alert: St. Valentine?s Day E-Card Carries Storm Worm Virus
2008-02-13 05:25:00 From FBI Release If you unexpectedly receive a Valentine ?s Day e-card, be careful. It may not be from a secret admirer, but instead might contain the Storm Worm virus. With the holiday approaching, be on the lookout for spam e-mails spreading the Storm Worm malicious software (malware). The e-mail directs the recipient to click on a link ... More About: Virus , Technology , Card , Industry News
Today at DHS - Tuesday, February 12
2008-02-12 06:32:00 8:15 AM EST Chief Privacy Officer Hugo Teufel III will deliver remarks in Arlington, Virginia to the Institute for Defense and Government Advancement?s Biometrics for National Security and Defense Conference on the implementation of the Privacy Act of 1974 on biometric storage system of records. More About: Today , Calendar , Tuesday , February
New York Mafia Making Millions on Government Projects
2008-02-12 06:12:00 From NYDailyNews.com, by Greg B. Smith The mob family busted in the FBI’s massive crackdown is involved in millions of dollars worth of contracts on some of the biggest public and private projects in the city, a Daily News investigation reveals. The Gambino family’s tentacles reach far and wide, from the massive Manhattan water tunnel project to replacing lights ... More About: Government , Projects , New York , Industry News , York
DHS Under Fire for Cybersecurity Appointment
More articles from this author:2008-02-12 03:57:00 From Wired Blog Network, by Kim Zetter The Department of Homeland Security has appointed an official to head a top cybersecurity position charged with overseeing a new multi-million-dollar national protection plan despite the official’s poor security record and ongoing investigations by the FBI and the DHS inspector general into events that occurred previously under his watch, ... More About: Technology , Industry News , Fire 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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