<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - dhs</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/dhs</link><description>Newsvine - dhs</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 20:42:28 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 13:57:43 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>DHS providing 'whatever assistance' needed</title>
<description><![CDATA[Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano (neh-pahl-ih-TAN'-oh) is directing her agency to provide "whatever assistance" necessary in the wake of two explosions near the finish line of the Boston Marathon.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alicia A. Caldwell]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Alicia A. Caldwell]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/15/17765519-dhs-providing-whatever-assistance-needed</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/15/17765519-dhs-providing-whatever-assistance-needed</guid><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>janet-napolitano</category><category>boston-marathon</category><category>dhs</category><pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 20:41:28 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Napolitano issues condolences in school shooting</title>
<description><![CDATA[Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano is expressing condolences to families of those killed in the Connecticut school shooting.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alicia A. Caldwell]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Alicia A. Caldwell]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/14/15912838-napolitano-issues-condolences-in-school-shooting</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/14/15912838-napolitano-issues-condolences-in-school-shooting</guid><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>janet-napolitano</category><category>dhs</category><category>connecticut-school-shooting</category><pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2012 22:16:04 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>DHS employee 'took out shooter' in Afghan attack</title>
<description><![CDATA[Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says a Border Patrol agent working in Afghanistan killed the gunman involved in a deadly attack on a group of civilian contractors in that country this week.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alicia A. Caldwell]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Alicia A. Caldwell]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/25/12948915-dhs-employee-took-out-shooter-in-afghan-attack</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/25/12948915-dhs-employee-took-out-shooter-in-afghan-attack</guid><category>us</category><category>afghanistan</category><category>shooting</category><category>politics</category><category>border-patrol</category><category>border-protection</category><category>janet-napolitano</category><category>dhs</category><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2012 14:45:46 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Report shows 'gaping hole' in airport security</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/14/11732028-report-shows-gaping-hole-in-airport-security</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/14/11732028-report-shows-gaping-hole-in-airport-security</guid><category>security</category><category>homeland-security</category><category>airports</category><category>audits</category><category>tsa</category><category>dhs</category><category>breaches</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>centrally</category><pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 19:40:06 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>List reveals words feds monitor on Facebook, Twitter</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/28/10532473-list-reveals-words-feds-monitor-on-facebook-twitter</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/28/10532473-list-reveals-words-feds-monitor-on-facebook-twitter</guid><category>monitoring</category><category>keywords</category><category>dhs</category><category>pat</category><category>hired</category><category>paranoid</category><category>subcontractors</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 20:58:51 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>U.S. still trying to stop employees' WikiReading</title>
<description><![CDATA[ - In the past few weeks, more than 1,200 internal State Department cables have been made public by WikiLeaks and received worldwide attention, including regular front-page coverage in The New York Times and countless other news organizations, including MSNBC. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Isikoff]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Michael Isikoff]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/12/10/5625996-us-still-trying-to-stop-employees-wikireading</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/12/10/5625996-us-still-trying-to-stop-employees-wikireading</guid><category>computers</category><category>new-york-times</category><category>state-department</category><category>memo</category><category>employees</category><category>cables</category><category>dhs</category><category>wikileaks</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>wikileaks-in-security</category><category>aftergood</category><pubDate>Fri, 10 Dec 2010 23:49:27 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Slight boost sought for homeland security in 2010</title>
<description><![CDATA[Air travelers would probably have to pay more in three years to have their shoes inspected at airports under a spending proposal from the Obama administration.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eileen Sullivan]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Eileen Sullivan]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/02/26/2480504-slight-boost-sought-for-homeland-security-in-2010</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/02/26/2480504-slight-boost-sought-for-homeland-security-in-2010</guid><category>budget</category><category>politics</category><category>obama</category><category>dhs</category><pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 16:02:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Bush Likely to Prevent Aides' Testimony</title>
<description><![CDATA[President Bush is expected to claim executive privilege to prevent two more White House aides from testifying before Congress about the firings of federal prosecutors.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/08/01/871210-bush-likely-to-prevent-aides-testimony</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/08/01/871210-bush-likely-to-prevent-aides-testimony</guid><category>bush</category><category>congress</category><category>white-house</category><category>terrorism</category><category>politics</category><category>wire-tapping</category><category>dhs</category><category>mike-mcconnell</category><category>fifsa</category><pubDate>Wed, 1 Aug 2007 13:54:37 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/745876e4-d23a-4406-bec5-3f0cdc80c0df.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="272" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/745876e4-d23a-4406-bec5-3f0cdc80c0df.jpg" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid of Nev., right, accompanied by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif, left, gestures while talking to reporters outside the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2007, following a breakfast meeting with President Bush.  (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">nul</media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/77959dd4-2cf0-4f20-847f-1c935c6e985a.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="410" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/77959dd4-2cf0-4f20-847f-1c935c6e985a.jpg" width="120" height="123" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif, left, talks with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., after a breakfast with President Bush at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2007.  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(AP Photo/Evan Vucci)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">nul</media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/dba81610-ff00-49da-99ab-1345893c7f9b.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="290" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/dba81610-ff00-49da-99ab-1345893c7f9b.jpg" width="120" height="87" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., left, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., right, leave the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2007, after meeting with President Bush. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)   &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">nul</media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/0ff3c587-68e3-4abe-b4b1-1dd6c4efc501.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="291" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/0ff3c587-68e3-4abe-b4b1-1dd6c4efc501.jpg" width="120" height="88" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., left, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., right, speak to the media as they leave the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2007, after meeting with President Bush. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)   &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">nul</media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/6ae4086e-7e54-4f8c-ad79-3c65458ce2a6.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="268" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/6ae4086e-7e54-4f8c-ad79-3c65458ce2a6.jpg" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., right center, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., left center, speak to the media as they leave the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2007, after meeting with President Bush. 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<description><![CDATA[ITT Corp. has agreed to pay a $100 million penalty for illegally sending classified night-vision technology used in military operations to China and other countries, U.S. Attorney John Brownlee announced Tuesday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sue Lindsey]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Sue Lindsey]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/03/27/635153-itt-fined-100m-for-illegal-tech-exports</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/03/27/635153-itt-fined-100m-for-illegal-tech-exports</guid><category>business</category><category>homeland-security</category><category>fine</category><category>felony</category><category>itt</category><category>dhs</category><category>corporate-crime</category><category>attorney-john-brownlee</category><pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2007 20:33:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>U.S. Can't Account for 600,000 Fugitives</title>
<description><![CDATA[Teams assigned to make sure foreigners ordered out of the United States actually leave are grappling with a backlog of more than 600,000 cases and can't accurately account for the fugitives' whereabouts, the government reported Monday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Beverley Lumpkin]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Beverley Lumpkin]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/03/26/632985-us-cant-account-for-600000-fugitives</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/03/26/632985-us-cant-account-for-600000-fugitives</guid><category>fugitive</category><category>politics</category><category>homeland-security</category><category>foreigners</category><category>united-states</category><category>bush-administration</category><category>dhs</category><pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2007 17:18:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Nuclear Plant's Safety Rating Takes Hit</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Thursday downgraded the safety rating of the nation's largest nuclear plant, subjecting it to a level of scrutiny shared by just one other plant in the nation.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Kahn]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Chris Kahn]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/02/22/581347-nuclear-plants-safety-rating-takes-hit</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/02/22/581347-nuclear-plants-safety-rating-takes-hit</guid><category>hearing</category><category>homeland-security</category><category>us-news</category><category>nuclear-regulatory-commission</category><category>dhs</category><category>nrc</category><category>greenvine</category><category>public-safety</category><category>palo-verde</category><category>west-capital-corp</category><category>first-energy-corp</category><pubDate>Thu, 22 Feb 2007 19:44:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Bush Issues Medical Emergency Directive</title>
<description><![CDATA[President Bush issued orders Wednesday for how federal medical personnel should respond to a nuclear, radiological, biological or chemical attack, saying authorities should focus on threats that can be dealt with medically.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Beverley Lumpkin]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Beverley Lumpkin]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/02/07/557643-bush-issues-medical-emergency-directive</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/02/07/557643-bush-issues-medical-emergency-directive</guid><category>bush</category><category>medical</category><category>politics</category><category>plans</category><category>homeland-security</category><category>attacks</category><category>biotech</category><category>dhs</category><category>bioterror</category><category>martial-law</category><pubDate>Thu, 8 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/084791ca-965a-43a4-8c6d-b076e2c10dad.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="295" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/084791ca-965a-43a4-8c6d-b076e2c10dad.jpg" width="120" height="89" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;President and Mrs. Bush arrive back on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2007, after a trip to Shenandoah National Park in Luray, Va., to attend a roundtable meeting on the National Parks Centennial Initiative. At center is Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne.  (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>U.S. Rates Travelers for Terror Risk</title>
<description><![CDATA[Without their knowledge, millions of Americans and foreigners crossing U.S. borders in the past four years have been assigned scores generated by U.S. government computers rating the risk that the travelers are terrorists or criminals.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael J. Sniffen]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Michael J. Sniffen]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2006/11/30/463962-us-rates-travelers-for-terror-risk</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2006/11/30/463962-us-rates-travelers-for-terror-risk</guid><category>politics</category><category>screening</category><category>domestic-spying</category><category>dhs</category><category>traveler</category><category>covert-tracking</category><pubDate>Thu, 30 Nov 2006 23:10:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/b504adf4-133d-49f6-a869-45f632493030.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="371" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/b504adf4-133d-49f6-a869-45f632493030.jpg" width="120" height="166" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Airline passengers wait in line for security screening at Denver International Airport in Denver in this Aug. 13, 2006 file photo.  For the last four years without public notice, federal agents have assigned millions of Americans and other travelers computer-generated scores assessing the risk they pose of being terrorists or criminals.  (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/9a5de4e5-a2b7-457c-b11c-e173ae01cd74.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="255" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/9a5de4e5-a2b7-457c-b11c-e173ae01cd74.jpg" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A sign advising ttHE hreat level is seen  at Reagan National Airport Thursday, Nov. 30, 2006 in Washington.  Without notifying the public, federal agents for the past four years have assigned millions of international travelers, including those traveling from Mexico and Canada, computer-generated scores rating the risk they pose of being terrorists or criminals.   Air Canada offers flights from the airport.   (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/23ef3de6-5572-4eda-81c0-490f03f39688.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="247" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/23ef3de6-5572-4eda-81c0-490f03f39688.jpg" width="120" height="74" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Passengers wait at a security checkpoint at Dulles International Airport, Thursday, Nov. 11, 2006 in Dulles, Va. For the past four years without public notice, federal agents have assigned millions of Americans and other international travelers computer-generated scores assessing the risk they pose of being terrorists or criminals. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>