Surplus uranium, inadequate controls, and undetected smuggling are the key ingredients of a future
nuclear disaster on U.S. soil. Today, almost any nation in the world is capable of building
Hiroshima-sized nuclear devices, RDDs, and/or dirty bombs.
Terrorist crime scenes are generally different from all other crime scenes, especially those involving terrorist attacks that result in mass casualties, and therefore present a unique set of problems for […]
Two major homeland-security events – the CFSI dinner in Washington, D.C., and the FDIC conclave in Indianapolis – reinforce, in different ways, Chairman Cox’s goal of keeping a tighter rein on DHS management while also providing the funds needed to contin
The mostly successful launch of the Department of Homeland Security has been followed, not
surprisingly, by allegations of wasteful spending and a failure to establish priorities. The new team at
DHS meets the challenge head-on, and is already working wit
President Bush’s fiscal year 2006 budget plan calls for increased funding for port and maritime
security. Some members of Congress say that that is only a start, and significant additional funds are
needed – ASAP.
The assistant executive director and COO of the American Society of Civil Engineers shares his
views on, among other topics, the ASCE’s latest “Report Card” on America’s Infrastructure, and EPA
grants and funding for vulnerability assessments.
Since 9/11, many positive steps have been taken to better protect the American people, and the U.S.
homeland, from new terrorist attacks. But some of those steps have been in the wrong direction, and
others were unnecessary.
On March 3, 2005; DomPrep.com’s John F. Morton and Martin Masiuk visited with Amit Yoran, until last fall the head of the National Cyber Security Division in the DHS (Department of […]
On 11 September 2001, nineteen Al Qaeda terrorists commandeered four large U.S. passenger aircraft, crashed two of them into the World Trade Center Towers in New York City, and one […]
Rosie the Riveter was the poster girl for the U.S. arsenal of democracy that played a major role in
the WWII Allied victory. She has been recalled to active duty in the U.S.-led global war on terrorism,
and last week made a personal appearance at the Home
Surplus uranium, inadequate controls, and undetected smuggling are the key ingredients of a future
nuclear disaster on U.S. soil. Today, almost any nation in the world is capable of building
Hiroshima-sized nuclear devices, RDDs, and/or dirty bombs. 