Homeland Security

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

Playboy | Aram Roston | Posted 12.21.2009 | Politics


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...

We Are Not Europe

James Zogby | Posted 12.21.2009 | Politics


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.

NRA Members For Reasonable Gun Restrictions

Paul Helmke | Posted 12.11.2009 | Politics


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.

Jeff Sessions Questions Janet Napolitano Over 2006 Colorado Homeland Security Breach

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


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

Tahaya Buchanan, Fugitive, Worked For Homeland Security While On The Run

AP | Posted 12.09.2009 | New York


NEWARK, N.J. — Prosecutors don't understand how a fugitive wanted in New Jersey worked for the Homeland Security Department in Georgia despite a...

Hosenball: Is DHS Scared Of The Far Right?

Newsweek | Posted 11.20.2009 | Politics


The Obama administration didn't hesitate recently to pick a fight with Fox News, but its Homeland Security Department now appears to have backpedaled ...

Promises Unkept: Obama Administration and a Unified Security Budget

Tamar Abrams | Posted 11.19.2009 | Politics


Tamar Abrams

While the president has made some strides toward curbing waste, fraud and abuse in Pentagon contracting, he has yet to change the crucial balance between military and non-military security spending.

U.S. Ports Still Wide Open to Nukes, Report Says

Jeff Stein | Posted 11.17.2009 | World


Jeff Stein

Over $3 billion and seven years since U.S. intelligence discovered that Osama Bin Laden was seeking a nuke, terrorists can still drive a radioactive truck through the holes in America's border defenses

Frank Rich: The Missing Link Between Fort Hood And The War In Afghanistan

New York Times | FRANK RICH | Posted 11.14.2009 | Politics


For all the right's jeremiads, its own brand of political correctness kept it from connecting two crucial dots: how our failing war against terrorists...

Fat, Stupid, Impotent & Dangerous: The Future Without Green Chemistry

Elizabeth Grossman | Posted 11.14.2009 | Green


Elizabeth Grossman

The mere presence of chemicals linked to health disorders does not mean disease will result. Yet research scientists and medical professionals now say that based on the evidence, there is reason to be concerned.

It's the Guns, Stupid: Why Handguns Remain One of the Biggest Threats To Homeland Security

Louis Klarevas | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics


Louis Klarevas

I no longer wonder "if" a Mumbai-style attack will occur in the U.S. Absent the implementation of serious gun control measures, I now ask "when"?

Singing Of The GOP Sirens, Joe... Joe... Joe...

Mary Ann West | Posted 11.03.2009 | Politics


Mary Ann West

As an Epic Fail saga, Joe Lieberman is basking in the fading limelight that is diminishing with time. What will he come up with next to flip those who used to support him as he continues this mad journey?

Playing 'Gotcha' on Gitmo

Rep. David Price | Posted 11.03.2009 | Politics


Rep. David Price

he administration's efforts to close the facility have been hampered by another more cynical reality: Congressional Republicans have turned the debate over closing Guantánamo into a partisan game of "gotcha."

Homeland Security Privacy Policy Investigation Sought

Washington Post | Spencer S. Hsu | Posted 10.27.2009 | Politics


Privacy advocates have asked lawmakers to investigate the Department of Homeland Security office in charge of protecting Americans' privacy, saying it...

New Disaster Commission Lays Out Kids' Path to Safety

Mark Shriver | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics


Mark Shriver

Stop and imagine what would happen if a dirty bomb struck your nearest downtown. What would a child care center do with your kids to keep them safe?

Send a Bad Law Away, Not People

Alison Parker | Posted 10.16.2009 | Politics


Alison Parker

Every day the U.S. government is forced to grapple with the consequences of harsh and sweeping immigration laws passed by Congress 13 years ago. And Jose Padilla is the latest senseless case.

U.S. Still Lacks Reliable System For Tracking Foreign Visitors On Expired Visas

New York Times | JAMES C. McKINLEY Jr. and JULIA PRESTON | Posted 10.12.2009 | Politics


Eight years after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and despite repeated mandates from Congress, the United States still has no reliable system for verif...

Napolitano, Holder In Denver Stressing Vigilance, Cooperation Against Extremists

AP | P. SOLOMON BANDA | Posted 10.05.2009 | Denver


DENVER — U.S. Attorney Eric Holder, FBI Director Robert Mueller, and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano on Monday stressed the importa...

Bernie Kerik Trial: No Talk Of 9/11 Allowed By Ex-Police Commissioner's Defense

AP | JIM FITZGERALD | Posted 11.29.2009 | New York


WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — The terror attack on the World Trade Center, which made New York City's police commissioner a national figure, cannot be br...

What Is Security?

Gary Hart | Posted 09.28.2009 | Politics


Gary Hart

In a perfect world, between the end of the Cold War and the era of terrorism in 2001 there would have been a national discussion about what national security meant. Now the default meaning is defeat of terrorism.

Patriot Act Changes: Congress Weighs Extension, Changes

L.A. Times | David G. Savage | Posted 11.22.2009 | Politics


Reporting from Washington - The Patriot Act -- a favorite tool in the George W. Bush administration's fight against terrorism -- may be renamed later...

Secesh 3.0: Fear Of A Black President

David A. Love | Posted 11.22.2009 | Politics


David A. Love

When the Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) disrupted the President’s health care address before a joint session of Congress, it was not the first time th...

GAO Report: State Department Language Skills Are Dangerously Insufficient

Foreign Policy | Josh Rogin | Posted 11.22.2009 | Politics


About a third of Foreign Service officers in jobs that require language skills don't have the proficiency required to do their jobs, hurting America's...

Keep Your Shoes On: A Modest Proposal for Rational Airport Security

Jay Michaelson | Posted 11.11.2009 | Living


Jay Michaelson

The rest of the world is laughing at us. Literally, in some cases -- when I reflexively took my shoes off at a security line in Berlin, the guard chuckled. Stupid American.

White Rivers, Brown Skin, and Black Deeds: Into the Rabbit Hole of Border Detentions and Racial Profiling

Hamdan Azhar | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics


Hamdan Azhar

The evil of profiling is that it dehumanizes its victims, stripping them of their individuality. The border officials didn't see me as a writer or as a wide-eyed student in the grip of wanderlust.