Making the Border a National Intelligence Priority
The Cipher Brief is focusing this week on the real national security situation that is building along the southern border. The President recently signed a […] More
Homeland Security
A U.S. Terrorism Prevention Strategy
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
Combatting Terrorism on Planes, Trains and Automobiles
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
The Battle Against Deadly Biological Threats
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
The Latest
National Security in a Nation of Mass Shootings
Bottom Line Up Front On November 7, a man with a handgun murdered 11 people inside a bar in Thousand Oaks, California. The Thousand […] More
Why Congress Will Not Build That Wall
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
Correcting the Record: Probing ‘Links’ Between Terrorism & Immigration
Bottom Line Up Front Immigration remains a major issue for the Trump administration, with stories emerging recently about White House infighting about whether or […] More
The Secretaries Series: The Evolution of Securing the Homeland
‘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 Secretaries Series: A Candid Conversation with Janet Napolitano
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
California’s Homeland Security Challenge
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
How to Engage For a More Secure Homeland
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
Domestic Terrorism: The Threat in Our Backyard
The number one “terrorist” threat faced by Americans comes from within, with all of the lethal attacks in the U.S. since 9/11 carried out by […] More
Officials: ISIS Followers Plot WMD Attacks on US
U.S. officials are working to protect the continental U.S. from possible chemical attack by ISIS followers in the Mideast, who are plotting to bring chlorine […] More
What a Wall Won’t Fix on the U.S.-Mexico Border
The assumption that a longer, higher wall along the U.S. border with Mexico will improve the nation’s security is wrong. Extending the nearly 700 miles of […] More
Trump’s Deport Push Boosts MS-13
President Donald Trump invoked the deadly deeds of the violent street gang MS-13 in his State of the Union address, and again this week when […] More
Kissinger: North Korea Setting Off Nuclear Domino Effect
A failure to shut down North Korea’s nuclear program would not only pose a threat to U.S. territory, former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger told […] More
Rosenblum: Report on Immigrant Terrorism Twists Data
Cipher Brief expert and former DHS official Todd Rosenblum says the Trump administration used incomplete and cherry-picked statistics in a new report that says three […] More
DHS Set to Revamp Terror Threat Alert System
The Department of Homeland Security announced Thursday an updated version of the National Terrorism Advisory System Bulletin. The move comes in the aftermath of the […] More
Network Take: NYC Attacker Likely Inspired by ISIS
The Cipher Brief asked network expert Charlie Allen, former Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis at the Department of Homeland Security, to react to the […] More