Proposed DHS Budget Does Not Reflect Secretary Napolitano’s Testimony on the Threat of Radicalization
Today, the Obama Administration submitted its proposed FY12 Budget to Congress. Over the next several months, much will be said and written about the budget priorities and the amount of funding that ought to go to (or be cut...
DetailsPistole Channeling his Inner Reagan
With all of the Reagan Centennial activities starting to get underway, it is completely understandable for public officials – regardless of their political ideologies – to embrace “the Great Communicator.” Republicans have been doing this for ages, and this...
DetailsHarman’s Departure from Congress
Today’s unexpected news that Rep. Jane Harman (D-CA) is departing the US House of Representatives to take over as the new Director of the Woodrow Wilson Center is a tremendous blow to the Congress and in particular House Democrats....
DetailsPistole’s Union Decision – Checks the Box but with lots of Strings
There’s always been a long standing rule that if you want to bury a news story, release it on a Friday afternoon. If that is the case, then the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is intent on making sure no...
DetailsThe State of the Homeland Security Industry – Resigned Frustration
In what was billed as the first State of Homeland Security address, DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano talked about the maturing of the Department that she leads and the “shared responsibility” that is homeland security. As important as her words...
DetailsPredator UAV Costs – An Analysis of Alternatives that Needs Further Analysis
Homeland Security Today’s Mickey McCarter has written the most thorough piece on SBInet that I have seen in the past several years. His story includes more details on an Analysis of Alternatives undertaken for Secretary Napolitano than has previously...
DetailsEnd to the Color Code Alert System – Where’s the Transparency?
Andrew Malcolm’s blog in today’s LA Times on the recent DHS decision to change the old color-coded threat alert system grabbed my eye. Of course it is a tongue-in-cheek poke at DHS for not explaining the “why this makes...
DetailsNapolitano’s State of the Homeland Address
As the greater DC area was still recovering from “Thunder-slop 2011,” George Washington University’s Homeland Security Policy Institute (HSPI) had the honor of hosting DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano for what was billed as the First Annual Homeland Security Address....
DetailsObservations on Obama’s “Sputnik” State of the Union Address
As a number of commentators and political pundits have opined this week, State of the Union’s are often unmemorable affairs where the words and substance are quickly forgotten in favor of some other major remarks by the President and...
DetailsPerspectives Gained from Across the Pond
Where you sit often defines how you look at the world around you, and last week I got to spend some brief, albeit quality time in the United Kingdom. While I can’t begin to profess to being an accomplished...
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