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Senate bill sets guidelines for cybersecurity center

"A new authorization bill would give the White House more oversight of the Homeland Security Department's much-beleaguered cybersecurity efforts. The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on...

Houston's post-Ike supplies coming, officials say

"HOUSTON, Texas (CNN) -- Federal supplies of food and water will be available to Houstonians affected by Hurricane Ike on Monday, an official said Sunday after Houston's mayor voiced concern about the aid. ...

US to require online registration for visa-free travel

It sounds like this move will potentially create a large database of foreign citizens. It also raises questions about what people without online access will do - and how will it still be possible to travel to the...

The U.S.-Mexico Pipeline

BorderReporter.com A quietly released narco-intelligence report shows some hard truths about the U.S.-Mexico border. Now, I’m starting to think we should dump the noun “border.”  Border implies...

Texas officials sue US over border fence... but not for the reason you're thi...

I didn't see this one coming, and bet you didn't either. "WASHINGTON (AP) — Texas mayors and business leaders have filed a class-action lawsuit to stop construction of the U.S.-Mexico border fence.The Texas Border Coalition alleges Friday in a suit filed in Washington that...

Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff announces Bradley Buswell as the...

Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff announces Bradley Buswell as the department’s first Deputy Under Secretary for the Science and Technology (S&T) Directorate” In a press release earlier...

Mexico slams US border plans

Mexico's President Felip Calderon has urged the US Government not to try to solve illegal immigration to the US from Mexico by erecting more walls."Mexico criticises US border plansMexican President Felipe Calderon has told governors from US border states that illegal...

Reports: Chertoff Follows Gonzales As US Attorney General

US President Bush is likely to nominate Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff to serve as the next Attorney General, media reports say. He allegedly has "Fans on Capitol Hill" and "has more experience than...

Changes in Air Travel Screening: Underlying Problems Remain

"A proposed revamp of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security air passenger screening program offers improved privacy protections, but the agency still has a ways to go, said one privacy advocate.DHS on Thursday...

Bush to order new crackdown on U.S. border

"The administration is unveiling a series of tough border control and employer enforcement measures designed to make up for security provisions that failed when Congress rejected a broad rewrite of the nation’s immigration laws in June. The plans are scheduled to be...

National Review: A Busy Saturday for "President Cheney"

Just an odd tidbit from the happy-go lucky folks who bring you the neo-conservative National Review:-----------------------------------"Readers are really into Cheney being president for awhile. Suggestions for...

Miami Airport Tower on Fire

UPDATE:MIAMI (AP) _ Fire broke out in a vacant air traffic control tower at Miami International Airport on Wednesday.The fire appeared to be contained to the tower's roof area, though it wasn't immediately...

Chertoff: NYC Should Prep for Hurricane

Okay, so that headline's a little melodramatic. Speaking as he toured an Emergency Management command center in Brooklyn, DHS secretary Michael Chertoff warned that New York should get ready for a hurricane --...

Team America/Europe: World Police

"Europe and the US have begun to lay the foundations for a data sharing link between their police and immigration forces. It's a long way off, but indications after talks in Berlin today between European and US negotiators are that both sides are in agreement that's where...

Presumption of Innocence

"Lingering suspicion about Arar troubling says Jim Travers in the Toronto Star. As I and others have pointed out it is troubling, especially when it comes from the Conservative Blogosphere."

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