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U.S. Homeland Security officials are working with groups around United States to head off any possible anti-Muslim backlash following the shootings at Fort Hood in Texas, the agency's chief said Sunday.
Bernard Kerik, the former New York City police commissioner and one-time candidate for Homeland Security chief, was freed from jail Tuesday for the holidays to await sentencing on federal crimes.
The United States is well behind the curve in the fight against computer criminals, Sen. Joe Lieberman said Friday, as Homeland Security officials opened a $9 million operations center to better coordinate the government's response to cyberattacks.
New Mexico national security initiatives in Los Alamos, Albuquerque and Socorro will receive $43 million in federal funding.
An internal review of the Obama administration's own plan to spend tens of millions of dollars upgrading little-used border checkpoints ahead of busier ones justified its choices, but a senior Democratic senator said he will ask congressional investigators for a separate audit.
Tom Ridge, former U.S. Homeland Security secretary and a former Pennsylvania governor, wrote a letter requesting leniency for an Erie, Pa., man who assaulted his ex-girlfriend's daughter.
Members of Congress have stripped a provision requiring 300 more miles of tall fencing along the U.S.-Mexico border from a Department of Homeland Security appropriation bill, saying the funds needed to build the barrier would be better spent on alternative security measures.
The Obama administration has given a green light to the Homeland Security Department to be more competitive and choosey as it hires up to 1,000 new cyber experts over the next three years, the first major personnel move to fulfill its vow to bolster security of the nation's computer networks.
The Department of Homeland Security suspended South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford's security clearance following his emotional confession to an affair with an Argentine woman due to concerns about his trustworthiness, according to documents a newspaper obtained through an open records request.
Facing criticism for her handling of federal stimulus money, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Wednesday that she would not start any new border construction projects while the department reviewed how projects were selected.
A 24-year-old Colorado airport shuttle driver and his father were arrested on formal charges of making false statements to federal agents in an ongoing terror investigation. A third man was arrested in New York City on the same charges, the Justice Department said Sunday.
Science Applications International Corp. on Tuesday said it has won a contract to provide operations and maintenance support for the Federal Emergency Management Agency and Department of Homeland Security.
It is one thing to trust in God, but quite another to be ordered to rely on protection from above during national emergencies, a judge has ruled.
The Obama administration said Friday that two Democratic senators falsely took credit for steering millions of dollars to projects in their home state, even as officials acknowledged that the Homeland Security secretary met with the lawmakers and discussed financing the projects.
Immigration authorities are flying illegal immigrants deep into their native Mexico from Southern Arizona to discourage dangerous crossings in triple-digit desert heat.
Some e-mails purporting to be from the Homeland Security Department's intelligence division were fake and contained malicious software.
The Homeland Security Department relaunched its Web site Wednesday and became the first Cabinet-level agency to follow the tech-savvy White House directives on social media.
The Department of Homeland Security has opened the door to the possibility that immigrants who have been victims of domestic violence could qualify for asylum.
Former New York City police Commissioner Bernard Kerik pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges of lying to the White House, a case he described online as "unprecedented, selective, and overreaching."
Former New York City police Commissioner Bernard Kerik (KEHR'-ihk) has been indicted on charges of making false statements to White House officials vetting him for the position of Department of Homeland Security secretary.
Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm, one of President Barack Obama's candidates for the Supreme Court, will be at the White House on Tuesday for an event about the auto industry. That is the "primary" purpose of her visit, anyway, as the White House put it.
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Wednesday that dealing with the swine flu virus will be "a marathon, not a sprint" and individual citizens have a responsibility to help.
A group of Texas research facilities announced Wednesday that it plans to sue the Department of Homeland Security over its selection of a Kansas site for a planned $450 million biodefense laboratory, claiming political connections led federal officials to overlook the site's tornado risk.
President Barack Obama's pick to head FEMA promised senators Wednesday that he would hold the disaster relief agency to a much higher standard than it displayed in the wake of the 2005 Gulf Coast hurricanes.
From the Associated Press came word this week of a new report issued by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) regarding a "resurgence" in the right-wing militia movement. According to the report, this resurgence coincides, in part, "with the advent of the Obama administration."
Obama Critic Rev. Mannings Says Homeland Security Visited HimJames David Manning, the controversial pastor of the Atlah Missionary Church in Harlem, says Homeland Security visited him on November 16, 2009, after he placed a video post on his website entitled "Tea Party Please Go Birth Certificate Viral." Manning is a fierce critic of O …
Amnesty for illegal immigrants due "early next year"The Obama administration will insist on measures to give legal status to an estimated 12 million illegal immigrants as it pushes early next year for legislation to overhaul the immigration system, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said on Friday.
Homeland Security unveils new job site for veterans11/12/2009 - WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- The Department of Homeland Security has unveiled a new Web site designed to provide a one-stop location for veterans looking for jobs.
I try to be a fairly pragmatic person, even in this day and age. I still feel the horror of watching both towers come down. As a youngster, I watched them go up, from my uncle's apartment in The Village. I too lost many friends in the FDNY on that fateful day.
The Big Question: What lessons can we learn from the Fort Hood attack?Some of the nation's top political commentators, legislators and intellectuals offer insight into the biggest question burning up the blogosphere today. Today's question:
The incident that grabbed international attention from Fort Hood Thursday raises once again the specter of domestic terrorism and whether it is part of a growing trend that threatens the very existence of western civilization.
Lieberman wants probe into 'terrorist attack' by major on Fort HoodHomeland Security Chairman Sen.
This is a link to the PDF file put out by the George Washington University Homeland Security Policy Institute that identifies Nidal as one of the contributors to the report that was delivered to the Obama presidential transition team.
The LAPD fights crime, not illegal immigrationEarlier this month, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano announced that 11 more locations across the United States have agreed to participate in a controversial law enforcement program known as 287(g).
Breaking News!(Video) President Obama's Remarks On Mass Shooting At U.S. Army Base Fort Hood Good support by the President.
Homeland Security getting in on the swine flu actionOh boy, here we go. I was afraid of this!
Security center opens to battle computer attacksThe United States is well behind the curve in the fight against computer criminals, Sen. Joe Lieberman said Friday, as Homeland Security officials opened a $9 million operations center to better coordinate the government's response to cyberattacks.
Obama Administration Denies Judicial Watch FOIA Request for White House Visitor LogsJudicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, announced today that the U.S.
Hate Crime Bill Is A Trojan Horse Against Free SpeechThe unclassified Homeland Security memo even says people who are concerned about loss of U.S. sovereignty, illegal immigration and gun-control who are genuinely upset about encroaching freedom may be considered a potential insurgents against the U.S.
White House to shield "Czars" from Testifying Before CongressWhite House Counsel Greg Craig has indicated that he will refuse to allow any of the 18 new "czar" positions created by President Obama to testify before Congress, according to Sen.
Afghanistan and Pakistan: One In The Same?Is the situation in Afghanistan and the instability in Pakistan really two different issues, or one in the same? The argument by the Obama administration is that the Taliban is a problem of Afghanistan, while al-Qaeda is a worldwide problem centered in Pakistan. As the follow …
North Korea: Red-Headed StepchildNorth Korea does not like being out of the headlines, particularly due to the Iranian nukes. The solution: fire the missiles!
U.S. Can't Trace Foreign Visitors on Expired Visas DALLAS — Eight years after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and despite repeated mandates from Congress, the United States still has no reliable system for verifying that foreign visitors have left the country.
Lawmakers offer plan for Gitmo detaineesKey congressional negotiators unveil a plan to permit terror suspects held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to continue to be transferred into the United States to face trial.
Will airports screen for body signals? Researchers hope soThe Homeland Security-funded project is Future Attribute Screening Technology, or FAST.
U.S. plans to overhaul how immigrants are detainedNonviolent immigrant detainees could be held in converted hotels, nursing homes or placed on electronic ankle bracelets for monitoring as part of a series of reforms planned for the nation's detention system, Department of Homeland Security officials said Tuesday.
Democrats Wield The Patriot Ax Provisions of the law that spared New York another 9/11 are set to expire Dec. 31. So why do Democrats want to gut this law and remove the immunity telecom companies have for helping protect America?
From The Political and Financial Markets Commentator (http://politicsandfinance.blogspot.com) Appeasement
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