For most who recall the foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) outbreak that swept through Britain in the spring and summer of 2001, those months can be boiled down to a single indelible …
Nearly a dozen U.S. Secret Service and nearly 10 more U.S. military personnel are implicated in a prostitution scandal in Colombia while their boss, the president of the United States, …
The other night my wife and I were watching the National Geographic Channel’s program, “The Liquid Bomb Plot.” The 2-hour program chronicled the 2006 plan of Al Qaeda affiliated terrorists …
There is always something happening in the homeland security arena. Every day there are threats from Mother Nature, terrorists and the unforeseen that can cause the dominoes to fall in …
Ever since I started writing on homeland security issues, I have tried to be fair when it comes to TSA screening. While I’ve enjoyed the opportunity to poke fun at …
In one of her most famous letters to her husband, John, Abigail Adams admonished him to make sure that “particular care and attention” be “paid to the ladies,” so as …
A continual search for the “best and the brightest” is a practice the U.S. government constantly strives for. Add a conflict, a life-changing moment such as September 11, or a …
In 1995, 12 people died and more than 6,000 were injured when a Japanese terrorist group released sarin gas into parts of the Tokyo subway system. Back in the United …
