Modern Threats to Airliners and the World at Large
Less then a month ago, a second massive tragedy struck Malaysia Airlines - the shoot down of MH17 over Ukraine. Was MH17 targeted specifically, an indiscriminate act of violence, or a major tactical error with global consequences? Is this...
DetailsS&T Under Secretary Dr. Reginald Brothers – A Four-Month Progress Report
If being a "good listener" is a trait of being a good leader, then Dr. Reginald Brothers, the relatively new DHS Under Secretary for Science and Technology, is well on his way to being the type of leader that...
DetailsThe ISIS Fight – Do We Have Your Attention Yet?
There are no words to describe the horror of the video showing the execution of American journalist James Foley at the hands of ISIS. Today, radicalization is spreading, and religious, civic, and cultural leaders on every continent have a...
DetailsChris Battle – One Year Later
It was one year ago today that we got the news that Chris Battle had lost his fight against kidney cancer. He knew Security Debrief was a part of his legacy, and he wanted it to grow beyond its...
DetailsChemical Security – Keeping It Straightforward
Last week, the House passed a bill reauthorizing the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) program. While the bill keeps the program going for 3 years at a time, the legislation institutes a program largely unchanged from its current form...which...
DetailsWho is Supplying Terrorists with US-Made Technologies?
While ISIS is capturing national concern, Iraq is not the only place where terrorist activities are happening this month. Earlier in June, Tarheek-e Taliban attacked the Karachi, Pakistan airport. What is striking is the terrorists were found with a...
DetailsDeals with the Devil – The Release of Sgt. Bergdahl
The release of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, the last American POW in Afghanistan, ends a more than dozen-year American conflict in Afghanistan. The five senior Taliban leaders exchanged for Sgt. Bergdahl, however, will continue to set off debates on the...
DetailsCongress Heal Thyself – New Voices Convey an Old Message
A full page Wall Street Journal ad last week, signed by 61 former elected and administration officials, including all three previous DHS Secretaries, added a number of new voices to the almost decade-old message that Congress needs to "fix"...
DetailsWelcome Dr. Brothers and General Taylor
This week, the U.S. Senate confirmed, on a voice vote, Dr. Reginald Brothers as the Under Secretary for Science and Technology and General Francis X. Taylor as Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis.
DetailsDHS Secretary Johnson’s First Time Before House Homeland Security Committee
The House Homeland Security Committee did something yesterday it has not done in the past several years, for anyone: it came out in full force for DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson’s maiden appearance before the committee. It was a positive...
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