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Congress members voice doubts about BioWatch
WASHINGTON — Democrats on the House Homeland Security Committee and a senior Republican colleague voiced grave doubts Thursday about the viability of BioWatch, the nation's system for detecting biological attacks that has been plagued by false...
Tags: Drugs and Medicines, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano, Democratic Party, Bennie G. Thompson
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Rep. Joe Walsh acknowledges need to balance straight talk and responsible talk
Firebrand freshman Republican Rep. Joe Walsh didn't quite apologize Thursday for a slew of controversial remarks, but he did allow that maybe he needs to strike a balance between his brand of "straight talk and responsible talk." Joined by Democratic...
Tags: Eric Holder, Democratic Party, Public Officials, Islam, Elections
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Debate From Astoria To Cairo: Will Egypt Now Become Islamist State?
pix11.com | @murphypixCairo, Egypt is more than five thousand miles away from Astoria, Queens, but the outcome of Egypt’s first, democratic, presidential election was resonating on Steinway Street Monday. The newly-elected President is Mohammed Morsi, who was the...Tags: Hosni Mubarak, Steinway, Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, Long Island
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Hearing Scheduled on Secret Service Prostitution Scandal
CNNWASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Senate Homeland Security Committee has scheduled a public hearing on the prostitution scandal involving U.S. military and Secret Service agents in Colombia. The hearing will take place May 23, Sen. Joe Lieberman, the committee...Tags: Secret Service Prostitution Scandal (2012), U.S. Secret Service, Prostitution, Sex Crimes, Peter King
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Escort in Secret Service scandal: 'They are idiots'
CNNThe woman at the center of the U.S. Secret Service prostitution scandal embraced her notoriety and spilled colorful details Friday about alcohol flowing like water and Secret Service agents dancing on a bar. Dania Londono Suarez is the escort who...Tags: U.S. Secret Service, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Radio, CNN (tv network), Colombia
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Al Qaeda Airliner Bomb Plot Foiled by Saudi Secret Agent
CNNWASHINGTON -- The agent who penetrated al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula and returned from Yemen with the group's new "airline bomb" was always under Saudi control and was not a double-agent, two sources briefed by Saudi counterterrorism officials have...Tags: Religious Festivals, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Arabian Peninsula, Al-Qaeda, Yemen
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Dead Dog Among Security Breaches at Newark Airport
pix11.com | @murphypixA Department of Homeland Security report released Monday revealed TSA, the Transportation Security Administration, was not funneling enough information about security breaches at Newark Airport and five, other facilities to a national operations center....Tags: Security Measures, Frank Lautenberg, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, National Security, Long Island
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Homeland Security official: Airport employees are potential terror risks
WASHINGTON (AP) — Commercial air travel is at risk from terrorists who quietly get jobs at airports so that they can attack from within sensitive areas, a senior Homeland Security Department official told lawmakers Wednesday. There has never been...
Tags: Interior Policy, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Bennie G. Thompson, Grupo Bimbo, Washington, DC
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Passenger's 'Suspicious Behavior' Forces US Airways Flight To Divert To Maine
A passenger who claimed to have a device surgically implanted inside her triggered the security scare that led to the diversion of a North Carolina-bound jetliner Tuesday, a leading congressman's office said.
Doctors aboard U.S. Airways Flight 787...Tags: Bangor, Human Body, Terrorism, Peter King, Transportation Security Administration
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Passenger's Implant Claim Triggers Flight Diversion
CNNBANGOR, Maine -- A passenger who claimed to have a device surgically implanted inside her spurred authorities to divert a North Carolina-bound jetliner to Maine on Tuesday, federal officials said. Doctors aboard US Airways Flight 787 examined the woman...Tags: Bangor, Human Body, Laws, Law Enforcement, Peter King
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What would Washington do without leaks?
Bill PressWashington insiders have a bipolar fascination with, and reaction to, leaks. First, they love 'em -- couldn't live without them. Official Washington thrives on leaks: the juicier, more scandalous, more headline-worthy, the better. At the same time,...Tags: Terrorism, Al-Qaeda, Peter King, Stuxnet Virus, Barack Obama
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Secret Service members refuse polygraph
KIAHThree of the 12 Secret Service agents involved in the Columbian prostitution scandal refused a polygraph test, and were among the first to be forced out of the agency, according to House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Peter King. Representative King...Tags: U.S. Secret Service, Mark J. Sullivan
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