The Trump Administration is defunding the nation’s primary anti-domestic terror program at the Department of Homeland Security and DHS’ Office of Terrorism Prevention has removed […] More
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The Trump Administration’s National Strategy for Counterterrorism, released this past October, has received positive reviews for its balanced focus on the challenges associated with confronting […] More
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) released a 23-page report in October outlining proposed major changes for how it wants to screen passengers at airports to […] More
A five month-long outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo has reached dangerous levels and the risk of further spread is high. Thirty-six […] More
Last month, Secretary Mattis and his counterparts from across the Americas met in Mexico City for The Conference of Defense Ministers of the Americas to […] More
The President reaffirmed during his November 7 post-election press conference that the deployment of thousands of U.S. active duty military personnel to the nation’s southwest […] More
Election security, the migration of people toward the U.S.’ southern border and the public-private critical intersection of cyber security are just a few of the […] More
The President’s recent tweet storm threatening to close the U.S.’s land border with Mexico and order military action to counter a “dangerous” caravan of asylum […] More
‘The Homeland’ is bringing you a series of candid, intimate interviews with former Secretaries of the Department of Homeland Security throughout the month of October. […] More
‘The Homeland’ is bringing you a series of candid, intimate interviews with former Secretaries of the Department of Homeland Security throughout the month of October. […] More
The Homeland is bringing you a series of candid, intimate interviews with former Secretaries of the Department of Homeland Security throughout October. DHS was born […] More
From wildfires to terrorist plots, to the arrest of individuals with IEDs, the State of California is constantly under threat. With more than 38 million […] More
The deluge known as Hurricane Florence has once again challenged the nation’s readiness to respond effectively to large-scale natural disasters in the homeland. Effective responses […] More
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen delivered strategic remarks last week at The George Washington University. Her remarks, titled “Rethinking Homeland Security in an […] More
Statistics show that illegal entries along the U.S.’ southwest border peaked in March 2000, with 220,063 people captured. Capture numbers have fluctuated modestly, but have been […] More
The Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Intelligence and Analysis (I&A) was borne from the idea that there were real gaps in seeing threat patterns […] More
Most Americans will never have the opportunity to see, or fully understand, the training that goes into protecting the homeland. Whether it’s a hurricane bearing […] More
‘The Homeland’ is part of a dedicated series of Cipher Brief columns focused on examining the full range of threats to U.S. national security. The […] More
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen recently traveled from Washington D.C. to New York with her senior team in tow, to announce the creation […] More
Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Neilsen, along with several of her Department of Homeland Security senior leaders held a conference in New York this week, […] More