SecurityCommentary
Why VA Police Thought an Active Shooter Drill Was Real
Police cars, fire trucks, and ambulances converged at my office complex. As I stood in awe with my colleagues, someone said “There’s an active shooter… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Deportation Numbers Have Dramatically Fallen. Is This Related to Obama’s Immigration Actions?
Deportations have fallen to the lowest point since 2006, according to unreleased government deportation data the Associated Press recently acquired. Furthermore, criminal immigrants being removed… Read More
SecurityCommentary
5 Steps To Survive Any Hurricane (Including Joaquin)
The government isn’t very good at disaster response (it’s also slow). In all likelihood, in a major disaster, the feds won’t get there fast enough… Read More
SecurityNews
As US Begins to Admit More Syrian Refugees, Senators Seek to Know It’s Safe
As the United States begins to wade into the refugee crisis straining Syria’s neighbors, national security concerns competing against a swift resettlement response are dividing… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Intelligence Analysts Claim US CENTCOM Altered Their Reports
Intelligence analysts can make no more serious a charge than to claim that somebody altered their work and their assessments. It goes to the very… Read More
SecurityCommentary
North Dakota Legalizes Weaponized Drones. Is That a Good Idea?
North Dakota just legalized police drones to be outfitted with tasers, pepper spray, and other “non-lethal” weaponry. As the drone debate continues over right to… Read More
SecurityNews
If Hurricane Katrina Were to Strike Today, Would You Be Prepared?
Plagues, nuclear threats, an electromagnetic pulse attack. Each could knock the United States off the power grid. These potential disaster strikes can seem daunting. “The… Read More
SecurityNews
19 Stunning Pictures of Hurricane Katrina’s Aftermath
Winds of 127 mph ripped across Louisiana 10 years ago, leaving in its wake devastation of property, destruction of lives, and a death toll of… Read More
SecurityNews
Experts: States, Not Federal Government, Should Respond to Disasters
As states rely increasingly on the federal government and on the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to come to their aid during disaster scenarios, citizens… Read More
SecurityNews
Four Marines Dead After Gunman Opens Fire in Tennessee
Four United States Marines were killed on Thursday after a gunman opened fire at an armed services recruiting center and a naval reserve facility in… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Cartoon: Where Is the ‘Security’ in TSA?
According to ABC News, the Transportation Security Administration failed to stop undercover agents in 67 out of 70 recent probes. David Inserra, who specializes in… Read More
SecurityCommentary
TSA Failures Point to Need for Private Airport Security
In an exclusive scoop, ABC News is reporting that the Transportation Security Administration failed to stop undercover agents in 67 out of 70 recent probes… Read More
SecurityNews
Debate Over NSA ‘Spying’ Program, Explained in Under 2 Minutes
Congress has less than a week to decide the fate of a government surveillance program that was created after 9/11 to prevent terrorist attacks. The… Read More
SecurityNews
Homeland Security Funding Expires Friday. Is Congress Any Closer to a Solution?
As the Feb. 27 deadline for funding the Department of Homeland Security looms, Congress appears no closer to a resolution to the ongoing funding dispute…. Read More
SecurityNews
Higher Security Costs at Super Bowl XLIX will Leave Glendale in Debt, Says Mayor
The mayor of Glendale, Ariz., is not optimistic about his city’s financial prospects after hosting Super Bowl XLIX. “I totally believe we will lose money… Read More
SecurityNews
Hawaii: Land of Sun, Sand and … Spies?
HONOLULU — With its strategic location in the Pacific and substantial military assets, Hawaii has been a prime target of foreign governments seeking U.S. intelligence…. Read More
SecurityNews
Cheney on CIA Interrogation Techniques: ‘I’d Do It Again in a Minute’
Former Vice President Dick Cheney today aggressively defended the CIA’s use of harsh interrogation techniques, pushing back against a report by Senate Democrats that said… Read More
SecurityNews
Saluting 378 Years of Service: Photos of the National Guard in Action
On Dec. 13, 1636, a three-month-old regiment gathered for a first drill in Massachusetts. These citizens had organized themselves into military units responsible for the… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Why Did Obama Ever Think Hagel Was Qualified to Be Defense Secretary?
Breaking news from the White House: Chuck Hagel lacks the skills to be defense secretary. Talk about understatement. That’s like the last soldier on the… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Chuck Hagel Learned to Love the Bomb. Will His Successor?
When Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel entered the Obama administration, he was a proponent of U.S. unilateral nuclear weapons reductions. He believed that nuclear weapons are… Read More
SecurityNews
Implementing This Reform Could Help Ax Waste at the Pentagon
Making defense operations more efficient is a natural common cause for Congress and the Pentagon. Increased efficiency would save money—freeing up dollars that the Pentagon… Read More
SecurityCommentary
How to Slash the Bloated Pentagon Bureaucracy in 5 Steps
Before the arms race with the Soviet Union came the hiring race among U.S. military bureaucracies. It started not long after the National Security Act… Read More
LawCommentary
Police Beefed Up Capabilities Because a Crime-Weary Nation Wanted Them To
The mid-summer clash between unarmed protesters and heavily armed police in Ferguson, Mo., sparked a renewed discussion on the militarization of domestic law enforcement. Critics… Read More
SecurityNews
Former Homeland Security Chief: US Can’t Take ‘Chainsaw’ to Visa Policy Because of Terrorists
A program that allows citizens from allied European countries to visit the U.S. without a visa has drawn new concerns from lawmakers who worry that… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Amid Terrorist Threats, How Safe Are We?
It’s only natural, with reports of terrorist groups such as the Islamic State filling the news, for Americans to question just how safe they are… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Washington Shouldn’t React to White House Fence Jumper By Making Government Buildings Less Accessible
Since this article was originally published, it has been reported that the fence jumper, Omar Gonzalez, got further inside the White House than was known…. Read More
SecurityNews
Q&A: Meet Khorasan, the Terrorist Group That Might Be Scarier Than ISIS
As the Islamic State terrorist organization commands attention with its cold-blooded tactics of rape and murder, another group of violent extremists in Syria considers itself… Read More
SecurityAnalysis
How Americans Are Honoring the Fallen 13 Years Later
Thirteen years ago, terrorists killed nearly 3,000 innocent people in New York City, the Pentagon and Shanksville, Pa. Today, communities across the nation pay tribute… Read More
SecurityNews
Meet the Last Remaining Four-Legged Hero of 9/11
Heroes of all stripes emerged during and after the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. Now, 13 years later, one is the last known of… Read More
SecurityNews
U.S. Government Lost Track of 6,000 Foreign Nationals of ‘Heightened Concern’
More than 6,000 foreign nationals in the United States on student visas have vanished after overstaying their time here, raising alarm at the Department of… Read More
