HomelandSecurityToday I N S I G H T & A N A LY S I S January 2010 Vol. 7, No. 1 $5.95 USD WMD: THE NIGHTMARE SCENARIO THAT WON’T
THE ENEMY IS UNCERTAINTY. What’s out there? What’s next? What’s around the corner? Our goal at DRS is to help defeat this common
DEPARTMENTS 3 4 7 9 Editor’s Letter Years of fear and hope Updates & Responses Dispute over Coast Guard reporting Frontlines Mex
We’ve got you covered. Keeping your force connected to each other and the data they need to respond to any situation requires mo
Years of fear and hope IT IS A NEW YEAR AND A NEW DECADE, AND WE CAN ONLY HOPE THAT THIS ONE WILL TURN OUT BETTER THAN THE LAST.
UPDATES & RESPONSES Dispute over Coast Guard reporting PHONE: HSToday WWW.HSToday.US ™ To the editor: Both of our General Accoun
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Mexican migration and consequences BY WILSON BECK DATA COMPILED FROM THE US AND MEXICAN CENSUS, COUPLED WITH REPORTS FROM THE PE
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United States Army Specialist Robert Orcutt prays near a makeshift memorial for victims of the shootings at Fort Hood Army post
NEBRASKA AVENUE activists at MoveAmericaForward.org. The group also used the opportunity to revisit the April 2009 DHS assessmen
Helping itself and others connect the dots BY HANK HOGAN, IT CORRESPONDENT IT’S NOT PERFECT, BUT IT IS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIREC
WHEN SOME PEOPLE DROP THE BALL, They Lose Their Bonus. if you drop the ball, it could be disastrous. Lit e r a lly . Protecting
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HOMELAND SEC INDUSTRY NEWS Rapiscan gets Canadian nod The Vancouver Olympic Committee has awarded Rapiscan Systems, Torrance, Ca
URITY HOMELAN EyeNet and DDIT complete automated license plate recognition deployment during Ramadan DHS awards Northrop Grumman
PRIVATE JAX KENNEDY, 19 WING IMAGING, COMOX, BC Canadian Air Force Capt. Sarah Wuntke hands the Olympic Torch off to Warrant Off
Preparing for Vancouver PROTECTING THE XXIst WINTER GAMES WILL CONSTITUTE THE LARGEST SECURITY OPERATION IN CANADIAN HISTORY. Wh
Security budget $491.9 $212 $25 $11 $9.8 PREPARING FOR VANCOUVER (all figures in millions in Canadian funds) RCMP - Integrated S
PREPARING FOR VANCOUVER to two primary groups: the ISU, led by the RCMP , but including various police forces; and the Canadian
PREPARING FOR VANCOUVER Thomas said CF-18 Hornets (based on the American F/A-18 Hornet) will be a common sight. Although the nea
PREPARING FOR VANCOUVER do you oppose the City of Vancouver's participation in hosting the 2010 Olympic Winter Games and Paralym
The WMD Connection RECENTLY DISCOVERED AND DEFEATED TERRORIST PLOTS HAVE DEEP ROOTS—AND ARE PART OF AL QAEDA’S LONGSTANDING LUST
REUTERS/REUTERS TV REUTERS Plots against the United States have not diminished and Al Qaeda's efforts to obtain weapons of mass
REUTERS/LARRY DOWNING THE WMD CONNECTION FBI Director Robert Mueller, National Intelligence Director Michael McConnell and CIA D
response moving forward NEW - HazMatID Ranger™ Handheld FT-IR solid and liquid identifier Touch-sample technology designed for ha
THE WMD CONNECTION Suitcase bombs Back in 1993, I was privileged to attend one of the first postCold War counter-WMD proliferati
THE WMD CONNECTION radiological material, it would stun them.” “Every once in awhile they see an article that makes the paper [a
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THE WMD CONNECTION “Virtually all pathogens suitable for use in a biological weapon are readily available in nature,” Graham and
THE WMD CONNECTION weaponized bacillus globigii, a harmless but nearly genetically identical form of anthrax. Two weeks later, h
DHS and the RECEIVING RECOVERY ACT MONEY MEANS THAT SPENDING CHOICES MUST BE MADE—AND QUICKLY. By M I C K E Y M c C A R T E R ,
DHS AND THE STIMULUS ernment Accountability Office (GAO) United States, which supports the goal TSA PRIORITIZES SHOVELto assess
DHS AND THE STIMULUS grants, waiving the match requirements usually required from state and local governments for those funds. T
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