Who 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...
DetailsAnnouncing the First Chris Battle Homeland Security Colloquium
On Thursday, February 27, 2014, Security Debrief and Catalyst Partners will host the First Annual Chris Battle Homeland Security Colloquium. Security Debrief’s expert contributors will come together to discuss and debate the current state of U.S. homeland security, DHS,...
DetailsBorder Surveillance is Necessary But at What Price?
There are a host of questions Congress ought to be asking about DHS' use of Predator unmanned aerial vehicles to provide border surveillance. Congressional staff should know how the Predator's cost stacks up against other alternative means of surveillance....
DetailsCBP Ditches Predator in the Pacific Ocean
News reports are trickling out about a decision by a Customs and Border Patrol Predator operator to send a multi-million dollar unmanned aerial vehicle into the Pacific Ocean when it became clear it could not make it back to...
DetailsLessons in How to Communicate on a ‘Bad Day’
One of the challenges when a tragic event occurs is communicating to the public about it. What do seasoned professionals cite as most important in responding to devastating incidents? I reached out to two friends and former colleagues to...
DetailsWater in West Virginia – An Ounce of Prevention…
Last Thursday, a chemical storage tank leaked about 7,500 gallons of 4-methylcyclohexane methanol into the Elk River, just one mile upstream from the West Virginia American Water plant. Thankfully, the water plant owner was forward thinking enough to invest...
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