Homeland Security

Obama, McCain on National Security and Nuclear Proliferation

Eliza Margarita Bates and Cara Zwerling | Posted 10.18.2008 | Home


Eliza Margarita Bates and Cara Zwerling

Where do Obama and McCain stand on these issues? To start, McCain, the nominee of what used to called the "small government party," wants to create two entirely new government organizations.

9/11 and the GOP's False Sense of Security

David Quigg | Posted 10.17.2008 | Politics


David Quigg

Our safety depends on us acting together. And our shared action depends on a basic shared understanding that it is far too soon to claim "never again."

McCain, Obama on International Diplomacy and Immigration

Eliza Margarita Bates and Cara Zwerling | Posted 10.16.2008 | Home


Eliza Margarita Bates and Cara Zwerling

Over the course of this week, OffTheBus will be running a primer on some of the most important foreign policy issues the next president will face. Today, the primer looks at where Obama and McCain stand on international diplomacy and immigration.

7 Years Later: Could Civilians Be Key to Winning the War on Terror?

Frances Moore Lappe | Posted 10.12.2008 | Politics


Frances Moore Lappe

More and more people around the world are disavowing violence against civilians, and support for terrorism is drying up.

After Gustav: Where's the Home in Homeland?

Linda Cronin-Gross | Posted 10.05.2008 | Green


Linda Cronin-Gross

One would think that the relatively new federal department, Homeland Security, would be doing its best to defend our homes, to keep us where our heart and hearth reside.

Bias At Homeland Security Led To Poor Site For $451 Mil. Lab

AP | LARRY MARGASAK | Posted 09.11.2008 | Politics


WASHINGTON — The Homeland Security Department swept aside evaluations of government experts and named Mississippi _ home to powerful U.S. lawmak...

U.S. Headed For "Heightened Alert" Anti-Terror Stage

ABC News | Posted 08.05.2008 | Politics


Government officials have been quietly stepping up counterterror efforts out of a growing concern that al Qaeda or similar organizations might try to ...

Roxanna Brown: How Can This Happen in America?

Mort Rosenblum | Posted 07.26.2008 | Politics


Mort Rosenblum

However unintended, Roxanna Brown suffered capital punishment without trial because of what appears to be simple identity theft, now so common to our daily lives.

Bush Homeland Security Adviser Blames Reporter For "Cash For Access" Scandal

Talking Points Memo | Posted 07.23.2008 | Politics


It was the reporter's fault. That's pretty much what Homeland Security adviser and Houston businessman Stephen Payne said. Payne claims he never mea...

Real Homeland Security

Geoffrey R. Stone | Posted 07.08.2008 | Politics


Geoffrey R. Stone

The next president should create a brand new position, which should become a permanent part of the Executive Branch in the future: a Civil Liberties Advisor.

Seth Colter Walls

Senators In Heated Clash Over Bush's Privacy Record

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 07.03.2008 | Politics


Partisan tensions rose to the surface at the close of a Wednesday hearing before a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and...

US Military May Not Be Ready for Attack

Associated Press | Lolita Baldor | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


The U.S. military isn't ready for a catastrophic attack on the country, and National Guard forces don't have the equipment or training they need for t...

Chairman Of Homeland Security Committee Endorses Obama

The Swamp | Mike Dorning | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Congressman Bennie Thompson, an African-American Democrat from Mississippi, endorsed Barack Obama in a conference call a few minutes ago. Thompson is...

As If High School Weren't Terrifying Enough

236.com | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Patriotic school administrators at Joppatowne High School in Joppatowne, Md. (winner: Funnest Town Name To Say, 1998-2004) have launched the first hom...

Townsend's Farewell Letter To Bush: "You Are Such A Man"

Atlanta Journal Constitution | Ken Herman | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Top White House Homeland Security Adviser Fran Townsend resigned today after four and a half years at her post. Here's Fran Townsend's resignation l...

White House Exodus Continues: Homeland Security Advisor Fran Townsend Resigns

AP | BEN FELLER | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Fran Townsend, the leading White House-based terrorism adviser who gave public updates on the extent of the threat to U.S. security, is stepping down...

House Aides On NASCAR Trip Advised To Get Tetanus, Hepatitis Shots

The Charlotte Observer | LISA ZAGAROLI | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


NASCAR fans might seem rabid, but are they actually contagious? Getting a hepatitis shot is standard procedure for travelers to parts of Africa and A...

Giuliani Security Adviser: "Too Many Mosques" In

AP | DEVLIN BARRETT | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


A homeland security adviser to Rudy Giuliani came under fire Thursday for claiming there were "too many mosques" in the United States -- and defended ...