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Senators address future relationship with NATO

Senators address future relationship with NATO

by Cat Zakrzewski | Jan 27, 2014 | National Security

WASHINGTON — Two leaders of the Senate — Sens. John McCain and Christopher Murphy — Monday called for a greater financial commitment from European allies to NATO, saying the U.S. should not have to underwrite so much of the organization’s costs. The Arizona Republican...
Advocates against human trafficking demand business transparency

Advocates against human trafficking demand business transparency

by Christophe Haubursin | Jan 27, 2014 | National Security

WASHINGTON — Every time she applies for a job, Beth Jacobs, founder of sex slavery support group Willow Way, has to explain her prostitution convictions. They are a reminder of her teenage years in sex trafficking, and they are written into her criminal record....
Obama defensive on surveillance but off to a good start, tech giants say

Obama defensive on surveillance but off to a good start, tech giants say

by Vesko Cholakov | Jan 22, 2014 | Health & Science, National Security

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama’s move to curb the mass data collection by the National Security Agency is a step in the right direction but crucial details remain to be addressed, Silicon Valley top companies said and pledged to continue pushing for reforms....

More Iran nuclear sanctions would complicate negotiations, RAND panel says

by Stephanie Haines | Jan 22, 2014 | National Security

WASHINGTON – A Senate bill that would impose more sanctions on Iran could make it more difficult to successfully negotiate a deal to limit the country’s nuclear enrichment program, a group of experts said Wednesday. On Monday the P5+1 countries — the five permanent...
Security experts highlight mounting terrorist threats for Sochi 2014

Security experts highlight mounting terrorist threats for Sochi 2014

by Jessica Floum | Jan 22, 2014 | National Security

WASHINGTON – A panel of security and terrorism experts urged heightened safeguards against threats at the 2014 Sochi Olympics during a news briefing at the Center for Strategic & International Studies Tuesday. Caucasus separatist fighters in the Chechen...
Veterans’ Affairs needs to improve surgical implant procedures, GAO says

Veterans’ Affairs needs to improve surgical implant procedures, GAO says

by Christophe Haubursin | Jan 15, 2014 | National Security

WASHINGTON – American veterans are facing a deadly new threat, according to the results of a Government Accountability Office investigation released Wednesday, but the problems aren’t coming from the battlefield — they’re coming from hospital rooms. In a hearing...

Lawmakers evaluate terrorist threats as al-Qaida-linked violence surges in Middle East

by Cat Zakrzewski | Jan 15, 2014 | National Security

WASHINGTON — Rep. Michael McCaul accused the Obama administration Wednesday of endangering national security by downplaying the continued activity of al-Qaida. Tuesday’s hearing of the House Committee on Homeland Security, built around the Republican theme,...
NSA review group testified on plans for change

NSA review group testified on plans for change

by Christophe Haubursin | Jan 14, 2014 | National Security

WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee members Tuesday raised concerns with proposals by a presidential commission that the National Security Agency no longer collect millions of phone records and other electronic information, relying instead on private...
China’s expansion of sea power “unacceptable,” House says

China’s expansion of sea power “unacceptable,” House says

by Stephanie Haines | Jan 14, 2014 | National Security

WASHINGTON – A workers’ rights group Wednesday filed a complaint with the Department of Labor challenging low pay of food court workers at Washington’s Union Station, then the workers and activists joined together for a protest at the famed railway station to push for...

Guantanamo protesters take to the White House

by Christophe Haubursin | Jan 14, 2014 | National Security

Close to 150 protesters from various human and constitutional rights organizations called for President Barack Obama to make good on his promise of closing Guantanamo Bay on the 12th anniversary of the prison’s opening. The reasons were varied, but the message...

Sikh American Army major wants change in service regulations

by Christophe Haubursin | Jan 8, 2014 | Living, National Security

Homeland security nominee stresses integrity in hearing for inspector general job

Homeland security nominee stresses integrity in hearing for inspector general job

by Stephanie Haines | Jan 8, 2014 | National Security

WASHINGTON — The Senate homeland security committee focused Wednesday on John Roth’s integrity at his hearing for his nomination Department of Homeland Security inspector general, a post that has been vacant for nearly three years and been the subject of...
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