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Senators release legislation summary restricting transfers of Gitmo detainees

by Tal Axelrod | Jan 13, 2015 | National Security

WASHINGTON – Four powerful Republican senators Tuesday pushed for legislation that would impose a two-year moratorium on the transfer of high-level Guantanamo detainees, citing volatility of the Middle East and the recent terror attacks in Paris as signs that now is...
Foreign Relations committee holds hearing to discuss North Korean threat

Foreign Relations committee holds hearing to discuss North Korean threat

by Daniel Hersh | Jan 13, 2015 | National Security

WASHINGTON — The House Foreign Relations Committee on Tuesday pressed experts on how to effectively sanction North Korea in response to the hack on Sony Pictures. “Now this brutal regime has added a new weapon to its arsenal: cyberattacks,” said Rep. Ed Royce,...

Panel announces Department of Defense moving to the cloud

by Daniel Hersh | Jan 12, 2015 | National Security

ARLINGTON, Va. – On the same day that the Islamic State hacked a Defense Department Twitter account, DoD officials said Monday the Pentagon is going to the cloud. A panel held by the announced that the Department of Defense was beginning the process of moving its data...

Obama pushes Congress for tougher consumer privacy regulations

by Tyler Pager | Jan 12, 2015 | National Security

By Tyler Pager WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama called for new legislation Monday to impose tougher regulations on privacy hacks and identity theft in an effort to create national standards and improve consumer confidence following major security breaches in the...
Brookings paper discusses ‘exaggerated’ threat of foreign-trained terrorists

Brookings paper discusses ‘exaggerated’ threat of foreign-trained terrorists

by Haley Hinkle | Jan 12, 2015 | National Security

WASHINGTON – Two Brookings Institution fellows highlighted strategies Monday for stopping terrorist attacks on U.S. soil carried out by foreign-trained fighters. The think tank experts, however, said that some would-be terrorists are bound to slip through the cracks...
US extends support to France following terrorist attack

US extends support to France following terrorist attack

by Haley Hinkle | Jan 7, 2015 | National Security

Terrorism risk insurance passes in House

by Medha Imam | Jan 7, 2015 | Business, National Security

WASHINGTON – The House passed a bipartisan bill Wednesday to reinstate the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act by a vote of 416 to 5. The legislation stalled in the Senate in the last Congress, causing the 2002 law to expire. A joint undertaking by the private and public...

Former jihadist, spy reflects on homegrown terrorism

by Tal Axelrod | Jan 7, 2015 | National Security

WASHINGTON – Canadian Mubin Shaikh, a former jihadist, knows all too well the allure of radical Islamic ideologies. “There was an ISIS in 1995. It was the Taliban. In the 2000s it was al-Qaida,” he said. “And yes I would have joined.” He didn’t follow through. But the...
Congressmen push legislation to declassify 9/11 report, highlighting Saudi involvement

Congressmen push legislation to declassify 9/11 report, highlighting Saudi involvement

by Tyler Pager | Jan 7, 2015 | National Security

Security not tough enough for airport workers, New York’s Schumer says

by Paige Leskin | Jan 7, 2015 | National Security

WASHINGTON — The Transportation Security Administration needs tougher security procedures and screenings for airport workers following the December discovery of an airport gun smuggling ring, Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., said Wednesday. Along with Brooklyn District...

Path from student to jihadist shows perils of homegrown terrorism, expert says

by Tal Axelrod | Jan 7, 2015 | National Security

WASHINGTON – Two authors described the perils of homegrown terrorism in the west in a talk to the liberal-leaning New America Foundation Wednesday. The think tank discussion featured Mubin Shaikh and Anne Speckhard and was moderated by New America Foundation Director...
Obama should declassify 9/11 report, congressmen say

Obama should declassify 9/11 report, congressmen say

by William Hicks | Jan 7, 2015 | National Security

WASHINGTON — With the mood already solemn because the day’s terrorist attacks in France, two members of Congress Wednesday urged President Barack Obama to release classified information on the terrorist attacks of 9/11. “Just like the tragedy in France today, no...
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