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	<title>Security Debrief - a blog of homeland security news and analysis &#187; David Olive</title>
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		<title>Questions to Secretary Napolitano About Using Predator UAVs for Border Enforcement</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.adfero.com/2010/08/31/questions-to-napolitano-about-using-predator-uavs-for-border-enforcement/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 20:01:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Olive</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The announcement Monday afternoon by DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano that Predator B unmanned aerial vehicles will begin patrolling the skies over American's Southwest border,  funded in part by the latest $600 million infusion of cash from Congress, ought to raise some very serious questions about the manner in which increasingly limited homeland security funds are being spent. If DHS wants to deploy Predator B UAVs, then at least admit that Predators are far more expensive than almost every other alternative - or make the case why this is a better choice. Thus far, the explanations are lacking, and this should not be allowed to continue. When Congress returns, or whenever GAO gets around to it, Secretary Napolitano should be required publicly to address some of the following questions.]]></description>
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		<title>Congress Heal Thyself (yet again)</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.adfero.com/2010/07/21/congress-heal-thyself-yet-again/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 14:06:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Olive</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How many times must the story be told of the mal-effects from the mishmash of Congressional turf battles over the Department of Homeland Security before something is done? It is past time for the Congressional leadership of both parties to act. If Congress really wants to eliminate “waste, fraud and abuse” from government programs, it can start in its own House (and Senate). It is past time to correct this problem.]]></description>
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		<title>Unnecessary &#8220;Jurisdictional Turf Battles&#8221; Threaten to Derail WMD Bill</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.adfero.com/2010/06/25/unnecessary-jurisdictional-turf-battles-threaten-to-derail-wmd-bill/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 19:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Olive</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this week, the House Homeland Security Committee marked up the WMD Prevention and Preparedness Act of 2010 in an effort to implement recommendations from the Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism (the so-called Graham-Talent WMD Commission). Despite the clearly recognized threat of another terrorist attack on U.S. soil, congressional leadership still had not recognized that its failure to defragment congressional oversight of homeland security matters is contributing to our lack of preparedness for when this attack occurs. Shame on them if they don’t pay attention to the warnings from Representatives Bill Pascrell (D-NJ) and Peter King (R-NY) at the time of the WMD bill markup.]]></description>
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		<title>After the Harding Withdrawal, Whither TSA?</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.adfero.com/2010/03/29/after-the-harding-withdrawal-whither-tsa/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 18:02:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Olive</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the next several days, there will likely be a lot written about the debacle of the nomination, then withdrawal, of General Robert Harding to be Administrator of TSA. There will likely be calls for a head or two to roll in the White House personnel office. TSA needs strong leadership, of that there is no doubt. TSA also needs (and deserves) the unwavering public support of the DHS Secretary and the White House, and right now, there is as much of a vacuum in that area as there is in the personnel office at the White House.]]></description>
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		<title>A new TSA Administrator nominated &#8211; Will his fate be different from the last one?</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.adfero.com/2010/03/09/a-new-tsa-administrator-nominated-will-his-fate-be-different-from-the-last-one/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:13:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Olive</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday afternoon, President Obama announced that he will nominate Retired Army General Robert Harding to be the TSA Administrator. Harding is a well-known and highly respected military and intelligence officer, and under normal circumstances, his nomination should sail through the Senate. But these are not normal times in the Senate.]]></description>
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		<title>Rand Beers commits candor &#8211; and it was refreshing</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.adfero.com/2010/03/04/rand-beers-commits-candor-and-it-was-refreshing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:26:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Olive</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Following his testimony before the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs committee where he testified about chemical security, DHS Under Secretary Rand Beers met with national security bloggers for an "on the record" session hosted by the Heritage Foundation. It was a remarkably refreshing session – not only because Beers acknowledged the importance of reaching out to a wide range of critical thinkers (which occasionally includes bloggers), but also because he was characteristically candid. Would that other DHS officials followed his lead.]]></description>
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		<title>House Science Committee hearing on passenger screening technology begins bizarrely</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.adfero.com/2010/02/03/house-science-committee-hearing-on-passenger-screening-technology-begins-bizarrely/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 21:20:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Olive</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The House Science subcommittee on Technology and Innovation held a hearing today on next generation passenger screening technologies, or at least, I thought that was its purpose from the title of the hearing. But for Subcommittee Chairman Rep. David Wu (D-OR), the purpose seemed to be something else.  ]]></description>
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		<title>Yet again we hear it. Is Congress listening?</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.adfero.com/2010/01/26/government-unprepared-for-wmd-is-congress-listening/</link>
		<comments>http://securitydebrief.adfero.com/2010/01/26/government-unprepared-for-wmd-is-congress-listening/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:34:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Olive</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Among the many important findings in the Report Card issued by the co-chairs of the Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Commission,  Congress's failure to consolidate oversight of homeland security received a big fat "F." The co-chairs, former senators Graham and Talent do not make this finding lightly given their years of elected service on the Hill. It is a bipartisan finding that should get attention, but it appears to keep falling on deaf ears inside the Capitol.]]></description>
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		<title>88, Count &#8216;Em: A Continuing Embarrassment on the Hill</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.adfero.com/2010/01/11/88-count-em-a-continuing-embarrassment-on-the-hill/</link>
		<comments>http://securitydebrief.adfero.com/2010/01/11/88-count-em-a-continuing-embarrassment-on-the-hill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 00:52:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Olive</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last Friday, the editorial board of the New York Times added its considerable weight to the growing list of thought leaders advocating the completion of the 9-11 Commission recommendations – namely, the consolidation of congressional oversight of the Department of Homeland Security. Entitled "88, Count ‘Em," the Times editors called the 88 committees and subcommittees who claim a piece of DHS oversight “little more than a competitive rush for headlines.”]]></description>
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		<title>A Response to Stewart Baker&#8217;s “Al Qaeda Failed. What About Us? Ten Questions.”</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.adfero.com/2009/12/30/a-response-to-stewart-bakers-%e2%80%9cal-qaeda-failed-what-about-us-ten-questions-%e2%80%9d/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 16:35:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Olive</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My friend, and fellow Security DeBrief blogger, Stewart Baker, has raised a number of questions in his recent blog posting that exemplify the way too many policy-makers try to influence political outcomes – and that is by using the time-worn, law school technique of asking Socratic-style questions that hint at – but rarely provide – answers. But there are times when the questions themselves should be questioned. This, I believe, is one of those times. ]]></description>
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		<title>Anniversaries and Remembrances: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.adfero.com/2009/11/25/anniversaries-and-remembrances-yesterday-today-and-tomorrow/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:12:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Olive</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the news of former TSA Administrator David Stone’s untimely death, two events compressed in my mind: TSA relocating to the Department of Homeland Security with President Bush signing the Homeland Security Act of 2002; and the terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India. It is my hope that we remember the “right” lessons from these events; that we honor the public servants and private sector folks who work so diligently to make us safer and more secure, and that we are ever vigilant against those who would do us harm.]]></description>
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		<title>Congress Heal Thyself (Con’t – ad nauseum)</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.adfero.com/2009/11/20/congress-heal-thyself-cont-ad-nauseum/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:44:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Olive</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Once again it is time to revisit the issue of Congressional meddling into the operations of DHS. As has been well established by many commentators, myself included, the only item from the 9-11 Commission’s Report that has yet to be implemented is the consolidation of congressional oversight of the Department of Homeland Security.]]></description>
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		<title>A Lack of Imagination Led to a Lack of Preparation &#8211; A Report From Mumbai</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.adfero.com/2009/11/16/a-lack-of-imagination-led-to-a-lack-of-preparation-a-report-from-mumbai/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Olive</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the anniversary of another terrorist attack approaches, the questions remain: Are we safer than we were before the attacks, and are we doing the right things to prevent another attack? Those were the questions on the minds of participants this past week in Mumbai, India, at the second Security and Resiliency Summit co-sponsored by London First and Bombay First – held on the cusp of the first anniversary of the Mumbai attacks of November 26, 2008. ]]></description>
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		<title>S&amp;T Bloggers Roundtable finds sparse attendance for a substantive message</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.adfero.com/2009/10/15/st-bloggers-roundtable-finds-sparse-attendance-for-a-substantive-message/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:32:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Olive</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I give S&#038;T high marks for beginning to open itself to the public and media in a transparent fashion. The roundtable gave me an opportunity to ask questions about how the Commercialization office might be tied closer with the acquisition process (something where the public and private sector would find benefit, I believe.)]]></description>
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		<title>The Critical Need for Congressional Reform on Homeland Security Oversight</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.adfero.com/2009/09/22/critical-need-for-congressional-reform-on-hls-oversight/</link>
		<comments>http://securitydebrief.adfero.com/2009/09/22/critical-need-for-congressional-reform-on-hls-oversight/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:01:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Olive</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At this morning's Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs hearing on the report of the WMD Commission former Senator Bob Graham started his testimony by highlighting the critical need for congressional reform of the homeland security oversight process.  The continuing question is whether Senate and House leaders who can actually change the oversight jurisdiction of other committees are listening to former Senator Graham and other bi-partisan thought leaders.]]></description>
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		<title>A Day to Remember – A Day to Recognize Those Who Protect Us – Adopt a Station</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.adfero.com/2009/09/11/a-day-to-remember-a-day-to-recognize-those-who-protect-us-adopt-a-station/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 12:58:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Olive</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On this 8th Anniversary of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, across America people will stop and reflect on where they were, what they were doing and how their lives changed because of the events of that tragic day. Whenever that next “bad day” event occurs, it is NOT the US Department of Homeland Security that will be the first to arrive at the scene. It will be the local first responders – police, fire, emergency medical and rescue personnel – who will be there first.]]></description>
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		<title>O&#8217;Toole&#8217;s Commentary to Murphy&#8217;s Law</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.adfero.com/2009/06/10/otooles-commentary-to-murphys-law/</link>
		<comments>http://securitydebrief.adfero.com/2009/06/10/otooles-commentary-to-murphys-law/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 19:45:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Olive</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Congress, Politics & PR]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://securitydebrief.adfero.com/?p=4734</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This morning’s confirmation hearing for Dr. Tara O’Toole to become the next Under Secretary for Science and Technology went smoothly. However, if confirmed, there are some potential traps that lie in Dr. O'Toole's pathway to success that need to be clarified – and quickly.]]></description>
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		<title>A Good Day for Congressional Oversight</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.adfero.com/2009/04/02/a-good-day-for-congressional-oversight/</link>
		<comments>http://securitydebrief.adfero.com/2009/04/02/a-good-day-for-congressional-oversight/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 19:47:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Olive</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Border Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Civil liberties & Privacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Congress, Politics & PR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Homeland Security Industry & Private Sector]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ideology & Public Diplomacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Immigration & Visa Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Intelligence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Law Enforcement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Management & Administration]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://securitydebrief.adfero.com/?p=3823</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Today's House Homeland Security Appropriations subcommittee hearing on "Priorities Enforcing Immigration Law" got off to a delayed and roaring thud. ICE Director of Investigations Marcy Foreman was unequivocal in her response to Rogers. Contrary to a statement in a Washington Post story, Foreman stated that ICE has not received any instructions from DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano about a change in policy in enforcing immigration laws.]]></description>
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		<title>God Bless Secretary Napolitano</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.adfero.com/2009/02/25/god-bless-secretary-napolitano/</link>
		<comments>http://securitydebrief.adfero.com/2009/02/25/god-bless-secretary-napolitano/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:58:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Olive</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[International]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maritime & Seaport Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[counterterrorism]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://securitydebrief.adfero.com/?p=3346</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Congress set an arbitrary deadline on cargo scanning that was made without any semblance of a risk-based analysis, without regard to the sovereignty of foreign governments with whom the Obama Administration says it wants better relations and without any economic analysis of the impacts of their mandate. Congress had a knee-jerk reaction and acted stupidly (in my opinion) in mandating measures that do not measurably add to the safety or security of the supply chain.]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Turn a Blind Eye to Mexico</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.adfero.com/2009/02/19/dont-turn-a-blind-eye-to-mexico/</link>
		<comments>http://securitydebrief.adfero.com/2009/02/19/dont-turn-a-blind-eye-to-mexico/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 14:50:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Olive</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Border Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Narcotics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drug]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gun running]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mexico violence]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://securitydebrief.adfero.com/?p=3236</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[While President Obama is having lunch today with the political leadership of our closest neighbor and ally, Canada, the situation to our south has continued to deteriorate.]]></description>
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