Homeland Security Related Articles for June 28 2009

Homeland Security deals with the boy
Source: www.fwdailynews.com, Wednesday, 24 June 2009
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is in top-notch form. In such good form, in fact, they almost nabbed the boy at the airport in Orlando, Fla. Here’s how the story unfolded …

Color-code terror alerts remain in force
Source: www.dallasnews.com, Thursday, June 25, 2009
Yes. The system, based on a series of warning colors, was unveiled after the 9-11 terrorist attacks. It moved from public obsession to an object of ridicule by some. (McIntyre quoted)

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• BEST Teams Hope to Stem Smuggling at Three U.S. Ports
• CBP Testing Drone Along Northern Border
• Gates Creates U.S. Cyber Command
• House Homeland Security Committee Passes Antiterrorism Standards for Chemical Facilities
  New DHS Border Radiation Detectors Fare Marginally in Tests, Investigators Say

House Passes Homeland Security Department Appropriations Bill
Source: www.securitymanagement.com, Sherry Harowitz, 06/25/2009
The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill granting the Department of Homeland Security a 7 percent increase in its funding, according to an Associated Press story appearing online at The Washington Post. "The House homeland security measure would fund more than 20,000 border patrol agents, about double the number employed before the 2001 terrorist attacks. It also provides $10 billion for the Coast Guard, including $242 million in funding for operations in the Persian Gulf and against pirates off the coast of Somalia,"

START Database at University of Maryland

The seven deadly myths about weapons of terror
Source: http://homelandsecurity.tamu.edu, Dr. Dave McIntyre, Tuesday, June 9, 2009

- REAL ID vs. PASS ID: Janice Kephart, Center for Immigration Studies
- Conflict in the Islamic world, with a focus on Pakistan: Terrorism Analyst – Farhana Ali
o Muslim is not Muslim; As Conservative Christian is not a Liberal Christian …
o Culture trumps religion
o Pakistan
- K-9 Explosive Detection Breeder: Scott Thomas, TSA
- Seven deadly myths about weapons of terror: Sandra Erwin of National Defense magazine
- The implications of security in Mexico for U.S. policy: Agnes Schaefer of RAND

Former U.S. cybersecurity chief appointed CEO of ICANN
Source: www.scmagazineus.com, Chuck Miller, June 26, 2009
The former cybersecurity chief at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is now the head of ICANN, a primary internet governance organization.

Cyber-War: It’s Already Begun
Special Report from News Max Magazine: www.newsmax.com , June 2009
Massive attacks are under way against U.S. government institutions, the Pentagon, our financial institutions, your bank, and thousands of infrastructure systems — including our electrical power grid. These attacks are coming largely from China and Russia.

Czar Prospect Offers Cybersecurity Vision
Source: www.GovInfoSecurity.com, Eric Chabrow, June 27, 2009
Scott Charney wasn't auditioning to be President Obama's cybersecurity adviser, but his appearance Thursday before a House panel shows why the Microsoft executive is considered by some to be a leading candidate for the White House job.

DOD was right, some protests are low level terrorism
Source: www.examiner.com, D. Christian Moore, June 24, 8:32 PM
A question on a written test used by the Department of Defense (DOD) has drawn the fire of the American Civil Liberties Union. The test asks the following question: “Which of the following is an example of low-level terrorism?”

Supreme Court Rejects Case to Stop U.S.-Mexico Border Fence
The high court announced Monday it is refusing to consider a challenge to the Homeland Security secretary's ability to expedite border fence construction by waiving it from federal and local laws.
Source: www.FOXNews.com, Lee Ross, Monday, June 15, 2009
The Supreme Court will not jump into the contentious debate over the construction of a 500 mile-long fence on the United States-Mexico border.

FBI: Shooting Was Domestic Terrorism
Source: www.myfoxdc.com, Sherri Ly, Thursday, 11 Jun 2009
WASHINGTON, D.C - On Thursday, the FBI called the shooting that took place at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum on Wednesday an act of domestic terrorism, a reminder of the threat within our own borders.

Man who aired Hezbollah TV shows sentenced in NYC
Source: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap, AP, June 24, 2009
NEW YORK (AP) — A man who helped the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah by broadcasting its television programs in New York City has been sentenced to more than a year in prison.