DHS Gutted Domestic Terrorism Analysis Unit after Report Leaked
The Southern Poverty Law Center has an interview with the guy who headed DHS’ domestic terrorism analysis that produced the report on the rise in domestic right wing extremism, Daryl Johnson. (h/t...
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91% Fewer Terrorist Sympathizers with Twice the Cash and 48% More Surveillance
A number of people have pointed to this report showing that the terrorist threat is grossly overblown. Not only does it show that Robert Mueller was overselling the risk of Muslim-American...
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Mess at DHS: The ICE Lady Goeth and Thoughts On The Real Story
As Marcy appropriately pointed out, there was a LOT of news dumped in the waning moments and bustling milieu of a Friday afternoon; not just pending a holiday weekend, but with a press corps still hung...
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I Don’t Think Luddite Means What CNN Thinks It Means
CNN’s Security Clearance blog thinks it has exposed Janet Napolitano as a Luddite. Napolitano said she does not use email “at all.” “For a whole host of reasons. So, I don’t have any of my own accounts...
View ArticleThe Senate Report on Fusion Center Fails to Ask or Answer the Most Basic...
As I suggested the other day, there is a lot to recommend the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations report on fusion centers. But while it meticulously supports its claims about the waste and...
View ArticleThe Top Unmentioned Obama Replacement: Robert Mueller
A slew of second-term cabinet speculation articles have come out (National Journal, first posted before the election, and NYT and USAT today). And while they seem to indicate Jack Lew is likely to...
View ArticleDHS: Happy to Spend $$ To Keep People Out, But Not Illicit Trade
A few weeks ago, a nonpartisan group revealed that the Federal government spends more on immigration enforcement than all other law enforcement combined. Altogether it spends $18 billion a year–most of...
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Mohammed bin Nayef’s Debutante Ball
This Marc Lynch post on America’s Saudi problem is worth reading for its discussion of how our uncritical support for Saudi Arabia undermines our efforts in the Middle East. America’s alliance with...
View ArticleClaire McCaskill: Why Aren’t We Calling Sandy Hook Terror?
Janet Napolitano is testifying before the Senate Homeland Security Committee, purportedly on the budget. Not surprisingly, she’s getting a ton of questions about the Boston Marathon attack and...
View ArticleUnivision’s Follow-Up Question
Univision’s Adriana Vargas just interviewed President Obama. After three questions about the immigration bill, she asked whether Obama would consider Ray Kelly to run Department of Homeland Security....
View ArticleThe Other Possible Whys behind the Boston Marathon Attack
As the Dzhokhar Tsarnaev trial pauses for the Marathon and the attack anniversary (and, ostensibly, to give the defense time to line up their witnesses), some competing sides have aired their views...
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Monday Morning: Java Junky Jonesing
[image: Daniele Devoti via Flickr]This morning will not launch without coffee. I don’t care how you deliver it, just bring it or nothing will start and finish today without it. Need more of it than...
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Mess at DHS: The ICE Lady Goeth and Thoughts On The Real Story
As Marcy appropriately pointed out, there was a LOT of news dumped in the waning moments and bustling milieu of a Friday afternoon; not just pending a holiday weekend, but with a press corps still hung...
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I Don’t Think Luddite Means What CNN Thinks It Means
CNN’s Security Clearance blog thinks it has exposed Janet Napolitano as a Luddite. Napolitano said she does not use email “at all.” “For a whole host of reasons. So, I don’t have any of my own accounts...
View ArticleThe Senate Report on Fusion Center Fails to Ask or Answer the Most Basic...
As I suggested the other day, there is a lot to recommend the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations report on fusion centers. But while it meticulously supports its claims about the waste and...
View ArticleThe Top Unmentioned Obama Replacement: Robert Mueller
A slew of second-term cabinet speculation articles have come out (National Journal, first posted before the election, and NYT and USAT today). And while they seem to indicate Jack Lew is likely to...
View ArticleDHS: Happy to Spend $$ To Keep People Out, But Not Illicit Trade
A few weeks ago, a nonpartisan group revealed that the Federal government spends more on immigration enforcement than all other law enforcement combined. Altogether it spends $18 billion a year–most of...
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Mohammed bin Nayef’s Debutante Ball
This Marc Lynch post on America’s Saudi problem is worth reading for its discussion of how our uncritical support for Saudi Arabia undermines our efforts in the Middle East. America’s alliance with...
View ArticleClaire McCaskill: Why Aren’t We Calling Sandy Hook Terror?
Janet Napolitano is testifying before the Senate Homeland Security Committee, purportedly on the budget. Not surprisingly, she’s getting a ton of questions about the Boston Marathon attack and...
View ArticleUnivision’s Follow-Up Question
Univision’s Adriana Vargas just interviewed President Obama. After three questions about the immigration bill, she asked whether Obama would consider Ray Kelly to run Department of Homeland Security....
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