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Air Marshal Surge By February 1, Ordered By Obama

ABC News | Anna Schecter and Brian Ross | Posted 01.06.2010 | Politics

Read More: Security on Planes, White House, Homeland Security, Airport Rules, Air Safety, Terrorism, Obama, Air Marshal, Airlines, Air Marshal Surge, Politics News

President Barack Obama has ordered a "surge" of federal air marshals to be in place by Feb.1 in what officials said was a "race against time," with ot...

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Jason Linkins

What If Using The Word 'Terrorism' More Isn't Enough To Stop Terrorism?

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 01.06.2010 | Media

Read More: War on Terror, Politics News, Rep. King Terrorism, President Obama, Rep. Peter King, King Obama, Homeland Security, Rep King, Terrorism, King Obama Say Terrorism, Homeland Security Committee, Media News

As we posted earlier, Representative Peter King (R-N.Y.) seems content to contribute little more to the overall oeuvre of counter-terror policy than t...

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Rep. King's Recommendation To Obama For Fixing Counterterrorism: 'Use The Word Terrorism More Often' (VIDEO)

Posted 01.06.2010 | Politics

Read More: King Obama, Rep. Peter King, War on Terror, Homeland Security Committee, Homeland Security, Terrorism, President Obama, Rep King, King Obama Say Terrorism, Rep. King Terrorism, Politics News

On Good Morning America Wednesday, Rep. Peter King (R-New York), the ranking Republican on the Homeland Security committee, offered the White House a ...

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Obama Security Review: No Finger Pointing, But Jobs At Stake

AP | BEN FELLER | Posted 01.06.2010 | Politics

Read More: Obama, Security Review, Obama Security Review, Airport Security, Homeland Security, Politics News

WASHINGTON — As the White House portrays the dramatic scene, President Barack Obama summoned his national security team to the Situation Room fo...

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Bin Laden Faxes Connect-the-Dots Picture Directly to Dept. of Homeland Security

Andy Borowitz | Posted 01.06.2010 | Comedy

Read More: Borowitz Report, Telegrams, Connect the Dots, Andy Borowitz, Janet Napolitano, Homeland Security, Wake-Up-Calls, Osama Bin Laden, Al Qaeda, Comedy News
Andy Borowitz

High-ranking DHS officials, including chief Janet Napolitano, immediately held emergency meetings to plan a course of action to deal with a mysterious connect-the-dots picture in their possession.

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Ryan Grim: Being 'Hard' Or 'Soft' On Terror Doesn't Make Sense

Huff TV | Posted 01.05.2010 | Media

Read More: Yemen, White House, Homeland Security, Bush, Al Qaida, Terrorism, Soft on Terror, Obama, Policy, Hard on Terror, Ryan Grim, Media News
Huff TV

HuffPost's Ryan Grim was on MSNBC Tuesday to discuss, along with conservative journalist Jamie Weinstein, whether Obama is "soft on terror." "I kind...

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It's Time We Recognize We Have a New Kind of Enemy

Ed Gurowitz, Ph.D. | Posted 01.04.2010 | Politics

Read More: Taylor Marsh, Pearl Harbor, War on Terror, Vietnam War, Janet Napolitano, Homeland Security, Terrorism, Northwest Flight 253, El Al, Israel, Al Qaeda, Politics News
Ed Gurowitz, Ph.D.

Maybe it's time to recognize that this really is a war -- we have to have more effective defense as well as spending billions on offensive initiatives that don't seem to be working.

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Kicking the National Security Football

Danielle Celena Belton | Posted 01.04.2010 | Politics

Read More: Department of Homeland Security, Pete Hoekstra, John McCain, Conservatives, Homeland Security, Terrorism, Northwest Flight 253, Joe Lieberman, Lindsey Graham, Barack Obama, Al Qaeda, Republicans, Politics News
Danielle Celena Belton

National security is serious business. It involves how our country protects and projects itself abroad. It's not meant to be about partisan game-playing.

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We Need to Anticipate Terrorists, Not React to Them

Bernadette Atuahene | Posted 01.04.2010 | Politics

Read More: Tsa, Transportation Security Administration, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, Homeland Security, Politics News
Bernadette Atuahene

I know that there are many proactive measures TSA has taken that are not apparent to frequent travelers like me, but from my vantage point, it seems like they are always one step behind the terrorists.

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In Lockdown at Newark Airport

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach | Posted 01.04.2010 | Politics

Read More: Israel Security, Tsa, Israel, Flight Safety, Homeland Security, Air Safety, Newark Airport, Politics News
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach

I'm sitting at Newark airport waiting for my entire family to disembark. The entire terminal is being cleared out, and all because one guy walked backward through an exit. This is the level of farce that passes for airport security here.

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Cartoon: al-Qaida's Statement

Sunil Adam | Posted 01.06.2010 | World

Read More: National Security Agency, Airport Security, President Obama, Terrorism, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, Al Qaida, Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano, Politics, World News
Sunil Adam

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GOP Seeks Political Gain In Obama's Response To Failed Terror Attack

The Washington Post | Philip Rucker | Posted 12.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gop, Flight 253, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, National Security, Homeland Security, Terrorism, Northwest Flight 253, President Obama, Obama, Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab, Politics News

Republicans are jumping on President Obama's response to the attempted Christmas Day bombing of a U.S. airliner as the latest evidence that Democrats ...

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You're Doing a Heck of a Job, Janet

Richard Grenell | Posted 12.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Michael Brown, Fema, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, Homeland Security, Terrorism, Janet Napolitano, Politics News
Richard Grenell

Napolitano's characterization and subsequent spin that "the system worked" in the case of the Detroit terror scare proves that she isn't qualified to be the head of Homeland Security in a post-9/11 world.

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Janet Napolitano Eats Her Words

Taylor Marsh | Posted 12.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Department of Homeland Security, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano, Terrorism, Politics News
Taylor Marsh

The instant I heard Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano utter the words, "the system worked," I've waited for the ass covering that was bound to come. Today it arrived.

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Dept. of Homeland Security Issues Terrorist ID Cards

Andy Borowitz | Posted 12.29.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Borowitz Report, Nigerian Terrorist, Andy Borowitz, Terrorism, Janet Napolitano, Homeland Security, Comedy News
Andy Borowitz

In the wake of the Christmas Day airline terror attempt the Homeland Security chief said that her department would continue to crack down on the primary threat to air safety: shampoo.

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The Trouser Bomber Effect: Watching Government Cure Incompetence with Idiocy

Thomas Lipscomb | Posted 12.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Department of Homeland Security, Yemen, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano, Terrorism, Nigerian Embassy, Nigeria, Politics News
Thomas Lipscomb

Incompetent State Department officials and poor enforcement of visa procedures that have been in place long before the personal computer, or even the jet airliner, are the problem here. And we aren't hearing a word about it.

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NRA Bosses -- But Not Members -- Defend Policies That Help Arm Suspected Terrorists

Paul Helmke | Posted 12.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, National Rifle Association, Fort Hood, Justice Robert Jackson, Rahm Emanuel, Homeland Security, Terrorism, Janet Napolitano, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Gun Control, Frank Luntz, Constitution, Nra, Barack Obama, Guns, Illegal Guns, Politics News
Paul Helmke

If the National Rifle Association's leaders want to help suspected terrorists get easy access to guns, bucking the wishes of their own membership, they should come out and say so.

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Terrorist Watch List is Like MySpace; It's There, But No One Checks it Anymore

Andy Borowitz | Posted 12.28.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Borowitz Report, Nigerian Terrorist, Terrorist Watch List, Andy Borowitz, Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano, Terrorism, Ivana Trump, Myspace, Comedy News
Andy Borowitz

In a stunning admission on NBC's "Meet the Press" on Sunday, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano compared the nation's terrorist watch list to the once-popular social networking site, MySpace.

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Thanks to Homeland Security and the Media, Terrorists Win Even When They Lose

Brian Ross | Posted 12.28.2009 | Media

Read More: Department of Homeland Security, Politics, Do Not Fly List, Abdulmutallab, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, Janet Napolitano, Homeland Security, Terrorism, NBC News, ABC News, Fox News, Media News, CBS News, Tsa, Fbi, Media News
Brian Ross

Media outlets are really good at turning the screws on other publicity-seekers, but are addicted to promoting the work of terrorists because they all profit from generating the same fear that the terrorists thrive upon.

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The Unfriendly Skies

Chez Pazienza | Posted 12.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Terrorism, Tsa, Aviation Safety, Faa, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, Homeland Security, Northwest Flight 253, Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab, Richard Reid, Politics News
Chez Pazienza

The only way to truly keep us truly safe while flying a commercial airliner would be to put us all through body scanners, then have us fly in our underwear.

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Homeland Security Considers Making People Fly Naked

Andy Borowitz | Posted 12.27.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Borowitz Report, Airport Security, Andy Borowitz, Terror Suspects, Janet Napolitano, Homeland Security, Delta Airlines, Comedy News
Andy Borowitz

Responding to the botched terrorism attempt, the Department of Homeland Security announced today that it was considering a new rule that would force passengers to fly naked.

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Playboy: Con Man Convinced Bush Administration He Could Predict Terror Attack

Playboy | Aram Roston | Posted 12.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Pentagon, Department of Homeland Security, Terror Scale, Playboy, Bush, Homeland Security, Terrorism, Dennis Montgomery, War on Terror, Tom Ridge, Politics News

The weeks before Christmas brought no hint of terror. But by the afternoon of December 21, 2003, police stood guard in heavy assault gear on the stree...

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We Are Not Europe

James Zogby | Posted 12.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act, Immigration, Fort Hood, Homegrown Terrorists, Homeland Security Committee, Homeland Security, Politics News
James Zogby

We must address the alienation of young Muslims, which can lead to violence. But we must address the problem with a scalpel and not a sledgehammer, or we'll exacerbate it.

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NRA Members For Reasonable Gun Restrictions

Paul Helmke | Posted 12.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gun Show Loophole, Congress, Terrorism, Homeland Security, Gun Control, Nra, Illegal Guns, Guns, Barack Obama, Eric Holder, Gun Violence, National Rifle Association, Mayors Against Illegal Guns, Rahm Emanuel, Janet Napolitano, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Frank Luntz, Politics News
Paul Helmke

it is time for Congress to start listening to the American people -- including NRA members and gun owners -- instead of responding to the dictates of NRA bosses.

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Jeff Sessions Questions Janet Napolitano Over 2006 Colorado Homeland Security Breach

The Denver Post | Karen E. Crummy | Posted 12.09.2009 | Denver

Read More: Jeff Sessions, Stephanie Villafuerte, Bob Beauprez, Bill Ritter, Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano, Cory Voorhis, Denver News

U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama questioned U.S. Homeland Security secretary Janet Napolitano this morning about the firing of a Colorado immigratio...

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