Report: Unsupervised TSA Agents Fail to Screen Bags for Bombs
Scott Olson/Getty Images(HONOLULU) — Unsupervised TSA agents at an international airport repeatedly failed to screen bags for explosives before putting them on flights with hundreds of passengers, according to a new report from the Department of Homel…
Police Spend $50 Million in Taxpayer Funds for Convention Security
Jupiterimages/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Armored trucks. Digital Sandbox software upgrades. EOD X-ray machines. If it sounds like a techie’s dream come true, think again: These gadgets are all part of a slew of new gear for police in Tampa, Fla., and Char…
Audit Finds Problems with DHS Drone Program Management
JOEL SAGET/AFP/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) does not have an adequate plan for running the fleet of drones the agency uses on the southern and northern borders, according to a report by the Department of Homeland…
DHS: Hackers Mounting Organized Cyber Attack on US Gas Pipelines
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — For the past six months, an unidentified group of hackers has been mounting an ongoing, coordinated cyber attack on the control systems of U.S. gas pipelines, prompting the Department of Homeland Security to issue …
DHS Steps Up Secret Service Prostitution Scandal Oversight
Hemera/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — The Department of Homeland Security’s independent watchdog agency has stepped up its oversight of the Secret Service’s investigation into the Colombia prostitution scandal. A DHS official emailed ABC News Monday on beha…
FBI Warns of Homegrown Violence After Afghan Massacre
Mamoon Durrani/AFP/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Federal authorities have issued a warning there could be “acts of violence” in the United States sparked by the recent massacre of 16 civilians in Afghanistan allegedly by an American soldier.”The FBI and …
DHS Creates Accounts Solely to Monitor Social Networks
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — An online privacy group is suing the U.S. Department of Homeland Security accusing it of not releasing records from the agency’s covert surveillance of Facebook, Twitter and other social media sites.The DHS creates…