Seeking Hard Answers from Commissioner Bersin on Predator UAS for Border Patrol
Last week, speaking at the Migration Policy Institute, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner Alan Bersin gave a glowing review of the successes CBP was having in meeting its mission. Whether one agrees with Bersin's overall assessment, there was...
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Jeffrey Faszcza and I are escorting a Russian business delegation on a trip through Middle America, showing them how areas in our country have drawn manufacturing and industry to non-urban centers. Below is an excerpt from a Times Record...
DetailsInterview with Chertoff in 2009 Year in Homeland Security
Rich Cooper, Security Debrief contributor and Principal with Catalyst Partners, recently published an interview with former Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff in the 2009 The Year in Homeland Security. Below are some highlights from the Chertoff interview....
DetailsTSA Nominee Heads into Second Confirmation Hearing This Week
Rich Cooper, Principal of Catalyst Partners, was featured in the November 8th edition of CQ Homeland Security.TSA Nominee Heads into Second Confirmation Hearing This WeekA few days before Erroll Southers, President Obama’s pick to head the Transportation Security Administration,...
DetailsCuba a State Sponsor of Terrorism?
Randy Beardsworth, Principal with Catalyst Partners, spoke at a panel on Cuba's status as a State Sponsor of Terrorism on October 27.Cuba a State Sponsor of Terrorism?During a panel on Cuba's status as a State Sponsor of Terrorism, Randy...
DetailsMarking Her Territory and Making Her Plea
Using the medium she is out to the protect, DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano took to the Internet today to deliver what can best be described as a “State of Cyber Space” address. Without the fanfare and annoying distractions that...
DetailsLegislating the Hard Way – via Compromise
The House Energy & Commerce Committee is set to markup the Drinking Water System Security Act of 2009 (H.R. 3258) tomorrow. The bill, which would regulate drinking water utilities through a “CFATS-like” regime under the Environemental Protection Agency...
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Rich Cooper, Principal of Catalyst Partners, was featured in the October 20th edition of Suite Talk at POLITICO.com.Cooper switches chairs at NDIARich Cooper, a principal at Catalyst Partners, has been named chairman of the National Defense Industrial Association’s Homeland...
DetailsPublic-Private Partnerships Crucial for Homeland Security, Says Industry Group Leader
For security consultant Rich Cooper, the mission of the Homeland Security Department and all of its state and local partners is inextricably linked with the network of industries that support them.“I’m a big believer in public-private partnerships,” said Cooper,...
DetailsI guess Beckstrom was right…
When he submitted his resignation in March of this past year, Rod Beckstrom, the then-Director of the National Cybersecurity Center (NCSC) delivered one of the more incendiary “I quit” letters. Instead of the customary Washington prose of, “I want...
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