The Dangers of Talking Too Much
People talk. That’s a fact. Whether at the water cooler, the fence post or on Facebook, people talk about almost anything and everything. Eventually though we all reach a point where what we really should do is just shut...
DetailsHonoring Deputy US Marshal Bass Reeves
The crowd gathered on the lawn adjacent to the old Federal Courthouse in Fort Smith, Arkansas, where Judge Isaac C. Parker once presided. It was a beautiful, but warm, Saturday morning, likely akin to ones in the late 1800s...
DetailsIn the World of Cyber Security, It’s Go Time
Once again, America is officially under attack. According to multiple reports, including an "incident response" report from the Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency Response Team (ICS-CERT), U.S. natural gas pipeline companies are at the center of a major cyber...
DetailsTaking the Distasteful Victory Lap – Bin Laden’s Death Politicized
Since the Obama campaign’s commercial heralding the President's decision to launch the Bin Laden mission, people from all political corners have either cheered or jeered it. His detractors accuse the President of “spiking the football” and over-politicizing a decision...
DetailsLA Times Article Says IG Questions Effectiveness of Predators by CBP
Sunday's LA Times contains a story that every Member of Congress and homeland security stakeholder ought to read. For the first time that I can remember, AMO Chief Michael Kostelnik, CBP's main evangelist for acquiring Predator UAVs for border...
DetailsEPA – Proving How “Small” Government Can Be
The EPA was set to disregard the counsel of the Department of Justice, water system owners/operators and security experts by posting the non-Off-site Consequence Analysis (non-OCA) sections of the water sector’s RMPs this summer. Amid industry outcry, the EPA...
DetailsAs Somali Piracy Grows Bolder, NATO Stays the Course
Despite Defense Department budget cuts and ongoing military operations, pirates in the waters off the coast of Somalia won’t see a decrease in naval military presence any time soon. NATO allies recently agreed to continue through 2014 the Ocean...
DetailsThe Right Name for a Very-Right Award
I have to admit, when I got the e-mail notice that DHS Secretary Napolitano had established the Rick Rescorla National Award for Resilience, I went, “Huh? What’s this about?” I drew a complete blank at the name, but then...
DetailsDon’t Let Hearing Titles Fool You – TSA Does Some Things Very Well
If Congress paid even one-tenth the amount of time trying to "fix" its own problems as it does in its petty meddling in the operations of TSA, the general public would have greater confidence in both organizations. Both entities...
DetailsMake Water, Not War
Ten years from now, global water shortages are likely to threaten U.S. security interests. Ask the Director of National Intelligence, the Defense Intelligence Agency or someone from the Central Intelligence Agency; better yet, read the most recent National Intelligence...
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