Oslo Terrorist Attacks
If you were to stop someone on the street and ask them for a description of a terrorist, what do …
Homeland Security
Disaster Politics
In her FY 2012 Homeland Security budget overview (http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2011/03/checkbook-homeland-security-highlights-from-the-fy-2012-budget-request), Jena Baker McNeill of the Heritage Foundation charges that the nation’s …
Disaster Politics
When the FY 2012 Homeland Security appropriations bill cleared the House of Representatives on June 2, 2011, it contained steep …
Securing Cyberspace
On May 31, 2011, the Center for a New American Security – a bipartisan think tank founded in 2007, with …
The U.S.-Russia Joint Threat Assessment on Nuclear Terrorism
In June 2011, for the first time, experts from the world’s two leading nuclear powers released a joint report on …
New People and Not-So-New Policies to Treat the al Qaeda Cancer
There is always something happening in the homeland security arena. Every day there are threats from Mother Nature, terrorists, and …
Interview: Vice Adm. John P. Currier
As the Coast Guard’s senior aviator and chief of staff, Vice Adm. John P. Currier is uniquely placed to assess …
Secure Communities Program: Course Corrections
On June 17, 2011, in response to growing criticism and confusion over his agency’s Secure Communities program, Immigration and Customs …
Secure Communities Program: The Concerns
The aim of Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Secure Communities program is simple: to activate local law enforcement officers as …
Secure Communities Program: Mandatory or Voluntary?
In early June 2011, when Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick announced his state would no longer participate in the Secure Communities …