Homeland Security News

Here is an excerpt of Statement of K. Alan Kronstadt Specialist in South Asian Affairs Congressional Research Service before the U. S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information,Federal Services, and International Security titled “Addressing the U.S .-Pakistan Strategic Relationship”.

Concurrent with this sharp increase in domestic [...]

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Sky-high oil prices have ensured that the global economy has been propelled into an era of high energy prices and security of energy infrastructure has now become the foremost concern of governments everywhere. The “trickle down economics” theory states that if the energy-rich economies invest more into expanding energy infrastructure, it will in turn drive [...]

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via Business Wire - Axcess International, Inc., a provider of wireless business activity monitoring solutions, has been awarded a contract to supply its Micro-Wireless Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) system for the U.S. military to enable automatic inventory accounting and perimeter security for ordnance assets. Micro-Wireless technology allows for ultra-small, low cost wireless identification [...]

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via Business Wire - Brijot Imaging Systems, Inc., a manufacturer of passive millimeter wave concealed object detection and people screening technology, has been awarded contract to supply the rugged people screening stations to U.S. Army for Deployment in Middle East. Top picture: Brijot ScanPort (exterior open door view) is an engineered solution that optimizes [...]

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A U.S. Senate committee report says that U.S. administration has intentionally distorted facts to pursuade Americans to support an invasion of Iraq.
Here are the documents:

Report on Whether Public Statements Regarding Iraq by U.S. Government officials Were Substantiated by Intelligence Information
Report on Intelligence Activities Relating to Iraq Conducted by the Policy Counterterrorism Evaluation Group and the [...]

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The Boeing-led team is developing flight-worthy scale and full-size versions of the long-endurance aircraft capable of carrying a 1,000-pound payload while remaining in air for up to five years. The project codenamed Vulture has been awarded to Boeing by Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).
Versa Power Systems, Inc., a developer of Solid Oxide [...]

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This report describes the FY2009 appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The Administration requested a net appropriation of $38.8 billion in budget authority for FY2009. The requested net appropriation for major components of the department included the following: $9,487 million for Customs and Border Protection (CBP); $4,748 million for Immigration and Customs Enforcement [...]

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Congress has repeatedly shown interest in examining and expanding the barriers being deployed along the U.S. international land border. The 109th Congress passed a number of laws affecting these barriers, and oversight of these laws and of the construction process may be of interest to the 110th Congress.

Full text of the report is available [...]

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Satlynx, a subsidiary of GE and provider of two-way satellite broadband communication services, announced extension of a range of its Maritime VSAT services across wide portfolio of platforms including SCPC, and shared and dedicated TDMA hubs. Based on different satellites operating at Ku, extended-Ku and C-band frequencies, footprints are extensive across the Europe, [...]

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Saudi - Yemen Border Fence
A Saudi border guard was shot dead on Saturday when chasing a drug smuggler along the southern border with Yemen. Saudi tried to built a barrier some years ago to stop arms and drug traffic along the 1,800-kilometre (1,100-mile) frontier with Yemen. This created a lot of political tension and outrage [...]

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