Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano will launch the first phase of DHS’s nationwide “See Something, Say Something” campaign and announce a new national information-sharing partnership with Amtrak during a whistlestop train tour through New York City, Newark, N.J., Philadelphia and Washington on Thursday, July 1 highlighting the public’s important role in keeping our This story comes to us via Homeland Security –... 

Iran-tied terror group Hezbollah may be colluding with drug cartels along the U.S.-Mexico border, a Republican congresswoman warned, calling on Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano to establish a special task force to figure out how to “clamp down” on this “national security” threat. The Lebanon-based group has long-standing and documented ties to South America and This story comes to us via Homeland Security –... 

Fighting homegrown terrorism by monitoring Internet communications is a civil liberties trade-off the U.S. government must make to beef up national security, the nation’s homeland security chief said Friday. As terrorists increasingly recruit U.S. citizens, the government needs to constantly balance Americans’ civil rights and privacy with the need to keep people safe, said Homeland This story comes to us via Homeland Security –... 

Web tool will increase transparency, collaboration as part of Open Government Initiative Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano today announced the launch of a new online public engagement tool designed to solicit input from the public on ways to enhance transparency, participation, collaboration and innovation at the Department—part of President Obama’s Open Government Directive. “Creating This story comes... 

Sen. Chuck Schumer is protesting an Obama Administration plan to eliminate an anti-terrorist Coast Guard unit that keeps watch over the city’s harbor. “They are our eyes and ears,” Schumer said of the elite, 90-member Coast Guard unit established after 9/11. The unit provides terror-related surveillance and security for waterfront events like the Fourth of July This story comes to us via Homeland Security – National Terror... 

US Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano gave an unprecedented seal of approval to Super Bowl safety measures on Monday after a stadium tour and a detailed look at preparations for Sunday’s game. “I didn’t have any (advice) to give,” Napolitano said. “They looked well prepared for the game. It all looked fine to me.” With technological upgrades This story comes to us via Homeland Security – National... 

The secretary of homeland security, Janet Napolitano, said Monday that the thwarted bombing of a Detroit-bound airliner represented a failure of the nation’s aviation security system, not the success she and other administration officials had portrayed in comments over the weekend. Ms. Napolitano said Monday on NBC’S “Today” that her remark the day before “the system This story comes to us via Homeland Security – National Terror... 

In a move to block reposting of leaked TSA security documents, several lawmakers are asking Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano to examine if any legal remedies are available. I’m curious if the status of the documents could be changed to “classified’, providing DHS the mechanism it needs to have the material removed. This story comes to us via Homeland Security – National Terror Alert. National...