April 26, 2008

On Wednesday, US Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey announced a new federal strategy in the fight against international organized crime that will address this growing threat to the US security and stability.
The Law Enforcement Strategy to Combat International Organized Crime was developed following an October 2007 International Organized Crime Threat Assessment (IOC Threat Assessment) [...]

March 21, 2008

On Friday, the mainstream news media breathlessly announced that Governor Bill Richardson of New Mexico endorsed Barack Obama in his run for the Democrat nomination for President of the United States.
Putting aside how Richardson stabbed his benefactor in the back — he’d be just another political hack if it wasn’t for former President Bill Clinton [...]

March 15, 2008

Since September 11, 2001, the need to secure US borders has increased in importance and attracted greater public and Congressional attention.
The Department of Homeland Security has spent billions of dollars to prevent the illegal entry of individuals and contraband between ports of entry –government-designated locations where DHS inspects persons and goods to determine whether [...]

March 9, 2008

In November 2005, the Department of Homeland Security established the Secure Border Initiative (SBI), a multiyear, multibillion-dollar program to secure US borders.
One element of SBI is the US Customs and Border Protection’s SBI program, which is responsible for developing a comprehensive border protection system through a mix of security infrastructure (e.g., fencing) and surveillance [...]

March 7, 2008

The son of a prominent former conservative governor is slamming the current occupant of South Carolina’s State House for his abandoning of conservative principles in dealing with labor organizations.
Businessman and political consultant Carroll Campbell supported his father’s successor, Mark Sanford and witnessed Sanford’s victory first-hand.
“I did so because I truly believed Mark Sanford was [...]

February 20, 2008

The Department of Homeland Security began operations in March 2003 with missions that include preventing terrorist attacks from occurring within the United States, reducing U.S. vulnerability to terrorism, minimizing damages from attacks that occur, and helping the nation recover from any attacks.
The Government Accountability Office has reported that the implementation and transformation of DHS [...]

February 18, 2008

“Therefore victory in war is not repetitious, but adapts its form endlessly.”
- Sun Tzu, The Art of War
There were secret meetings in restaurants, encrypted e-mail messages using a mysterious shorthand, suitcases crammed full of stolen documents.There were covert payoffs: a pocket stuffed with a wad of bills, free poker games in Vegas, a wallet suddenly [...]

February 12, 2008

A member of the violent street gang Sureno 13 was arrested here Saturday by Greeley, Colorado, Gang Task Force officers, with assistance from US Immigration and Customs Enforcement special agents.
Renato Rodarte-Bueno, 33, of Mexico, was arrested at a Greeley, Colorado, apartment about on February 2, on state criminal charges of child abuse/neglect and possessing [...]

February 10, 2008

Those who want to know why Republicans will lose in 2008 should ask Senator John McCain. McCain has demonstrated uncanny consistency changing the subject whenever someone asks a legitimate question on core social issues. This is the fatal shortcoming for both Senator McCain, and the G.O.P. as well.
An analysis of his speech given [...]

In 2003, the Federal Protective Service was transferred from the General Services Administration to the Department of Homeland Security and is currently tasked with providing physical security and law enforcement services to about 8,800 facilities owned or leased by GSA.
To accomplish its mission, FPS currently has a workforce of about 1,100 employees and about [...]