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		<title>If the Cargo is not Screened, It Does Not Fly</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.adfero.com/2010/07/30/if-the-cargo-is-not-screened-it-does-not-fly/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:04:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guest Contributor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Adam Salerno
When Congress passed the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007, the law mandated 100 Percent Screening of cargo onboard passenger aircraft "commensurate with checked baggage." The deadline for that mandate is this weekend, August 1, 2010.  The law seeks to ensure that all 20 million lbs. of cargo is screened in advance of flights for explosive detection prior to transport. While a changing world dictates new necessities to secure the supply chain, the need for expedited trade is an important priority that must be maintained.  The U.S. Chamber of Commerce recognizes this fact, which is why we support a multi-layered risk based approach to security which maximizes effectiveness and minimizes impact on businesses.
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		<title>Politics vs. Security &#8211; A Tale of Two Committees</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.adfero.com/2010/07/29/politics-vs-security-a-tale-of-two-committees/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:59:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>L. Vance Taylor</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://securitydebrief.adfero.com/?p=8159</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Two Senate committees, three chemical security bills and one issue to rule them all - the role of so-called Inherently Safer Technologies (ISTs) in America's approach to safeguarding communities from acts of terrorism.  With DHS' Chemical Facilities Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) set to expire in October, lawmakers in the Senate are taking steps to keep it alive. What form the program ultimately takes will depend on whether legislators choose to focus on politics or national security.]]></description>
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		<title>Bill Would Nix Deadline for Scanning Cargo at Foreign Ports</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.adfero.com/2010/07/28/bill-would-nix-deadline-for-scanning-cargo-at-foreign-ports/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:58:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Homeland Security Blogwatch</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bill Would Nix Deadline for Scanning Cargo at Foreign Ports - CQ Homeland Security
A new bipartisan bill would eliminate the congressional mandate for the Department of Homeland Security to scan all U.S.-bound cargo in foreign ports for radiation by 2012. The bill is one of two measures introduced this week that would reauthorize the 2006 law known as the SAFE Port Act (PL 109-347), which aims to improve maritime and cargo security through layered defenses.]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. nuclear safety agency unveils new data, physical security controls</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.adfero.com/2010/07/12/u-s-nuclear-safety-agency-unveils-new-data-physical-security-controls/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 18:04:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Homeland Security Blogwatch</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[U.S. nuclear safety agency unveils new data, physical security controls - Homeland Security Newswire
The agency that oversees the U.S.’s nuclear weapons stockpile announced last week the rollout of new information and physical security controls aimed at balancing efficiency and safety. Officials said, though, that the implementation of cybersecurity improvements is about a year behind the progress the agency has made on physical protection.]]></description>
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		<title>The Value of Aspen</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.adfero.com/2010/07/09/the-value-of-aspen/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 19:45:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Cooper</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As we continue to swelter in the ongoing summer heat wave, it is easy for me to reminisce about my recent visit to Aspen, Colo. Tucked amongst the Rockies with its clean air, fervent green and majestic views, a town known primarily for its skiing with the rich and famous was home to what was, simply put, the best conference program I have ever attended. The first annual Aspen Security Forum put forward a program that I can only describe as pleasant, informational waterboarding. By the time each of the presenters and panelists were done, my hand was dead from writing so much and my head hurt from being given the firehouse treatment of a candor and content  overload. Here's a rundown of some of the sessions.]]></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>Watch Your Mouth &#8211; Words can be the Real WMDs</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.adfero.com/2010/06/18/watch-your-mouth-words-can-be-the-real-wmds/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 12:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Cooper</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As every person knows, words have consequences. They can raise someone up or tear them down. Depending on how they are used, words can change the meaning and significance of events. They can also ruin someone's career, and the past days and weeks have given us example after example of just that. In each of these instances, prominent people have essentially opened their respective mouths and inserted their feet with such speed that everyone around them is in a collective gasp of shock, saying, "What did you say?" When the wrong words are used in moments of stress and crisis (e.g., Gulf oil spill, Afghanistan conflict), the consequences can be grave.]]></description>
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		<title>Better, Faster Biodetection Around the Corner, Official Says</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.adfero.com/2010/06/15/better-faster-biodetection-around-the-corner-official-says/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 20:49:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Homeland Security Blogwatch</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Better, Faster Biodetection Around the Corner, Official Says - CQ Homeland Security
Federal researchers are developing a revolutionary new method of biodetection that they say could identify nasty germs in a matter of hours, not weeks or months, and possibly save thousands of lives during a biological outbreak or attack.]]></description>
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		<title>House Homeland Panel Takes Up WMD Bill This Week</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.adfero.com/2010/06/14/house-homeland-panel-takes-up-wmd-bill-this-week/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 13:06:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Homeland Security Blogwatch</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[House Homeland Panel Takes Up WMD Bill This Week - CQ Homeland Security
A House Homeland Security subcommittee is expected to cruise through a markup of legislation aimed at improving the United States’ ability to prevent and respond to weapons-of-mass-destruction attacks.]]></description>
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		<title>DOE removes from its Web site a guide on nuclear plant air attacks</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.adfero.com/2010/04/27/doe-removes-from-its-web-site-a-guide-on-nuclear-plant-air-attacks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 16:48:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Homeland Security Blogwatch</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[DOE removes from its Web site a guide on nuclear plant air attacks - Homeland Security Newswire
A document on federal Web sites since June 2008 that served as a virtual how-to manual for attacking a nuclear plant with an airplane has been removed from the sites at the request of Three Mile Island Alert, a mid-state watchdog group.]]></description>
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		<title>Prompt Global Strike A Step in the Right Direction</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.adfero.com/2010/04/26/prompt-global-strike-a-step-in-the-right-direction/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 13:56:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Rosenfeld</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The determination to proceed with the Prompt Global Strike (PGS) weapon system by the Obama Administration, as reported by the New York Times, raises interesting questions about the long-term future of nuclear weapons. PGS is effectively a tactical nuclear weapon without the messy nuclear after-effects. The system definitely has its advocates and detractors, its good points and bad. However, in a world the President is determined to make nuclear free, it is a step in the right direction.]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. Must &#8216;Internationalize&#8217; Biosecurity, Experts Say</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.adfero.com/2010/04/22/u-s-must-internationalize-biosecurity-experts-say/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 15:48:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Homeland Security Blogwatch</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[U.S. Must 'Internationalize' Biosecurity, Experts Say - CQ Homeland Security
The only way to protect the United States from a biological attack is to institute prevention and response measures globally, a panel of experts told congressional staff members on Friday.]]></description>
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		<title>Under Obama&#8217;s Lamppost</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.adfero.com/2010/04/15/under-obamas-lamppost/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 18:31:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Carafano</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is what is wrong with the Nuclear Security Summit. It reminds me of the old joke about the drunk looking for his keys under a lamppost when he actually lost them around the corner, but he looked under the lamppost because "the light was better." If it seems like I am arguing the whole thing was for show...to suggest that the President's road to zero is going somewhere rather than no where...well yes, that is where I think it is going.]]></description>
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		<title>Chemical Security Inspections: A Houston-Style Flare-Up Providing a Moment of Lucidity?</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.adfero.com/2010/04/07/chemical-security-inspections-a-houston-style-flare-up-providing-a-moment-of-lucidity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 17:36:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guest Contributor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Chris Krebs
Over the weekend, the Houston Chronicle added some fuel to the smoldering chemical security legislation fire with an article claiming that DHS has inspected only 12 of 6,000 facilities requiring special security measures. But DHS’s chemical security activities take a multilayered approach to protection and resilience that relies on public private partnerships and interagency coordination.]]></description>
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		<title>The Value of Exercise</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.adfero.com/2010/04/02/the-value-of-exercise/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 17:28:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Cooper</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’m seething. For my regular Security Debrief readers that may be nothing new, but after reading today’s front page Washington Post story, “National disaster exercises, called too costly and scripted, may be scaled back,” I’m really torqued. For all of the Administration’s talking points we have heard about the need for enhanced national preparedness and exercises, the prospect of scaling them back because of unrealistic scenarios – they are too big, costly and so forth – gives echo to the word, hypocrisy.]]></description>
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		<title>Debating QDR Recommendations for Northern Command</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.adfero.com/2010/04/02/debating-qdr-recommendations-for-northern-command/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 13:02:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Carafano</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Inside the Pentagon reports there is an important debate taking place over the Pentagon’s plan to downsize U.S. Northern Command forces that are ready to respond to a chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear or high-yield explosive (CBRNE) attack on American soil. Rather than prepare brigade-sized CBRNE Consequence Management Response Forces, the Quadrennial Defense Review recommends a larger CCMRF while also moving personnel to ten smaller Homeland Response Forces. Critics argue that full-sized CCMRFs are necessary for a potential WMD event.]]></description>
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		<title>Bioterrorism Threats Highlighted in Hearing</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.adfero.com/2010/03/22/bioterrorism-threats-highlighted-in-hearing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 13:42:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Homeland Security Blogwatch</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bioterrorism Threats Highlighted in Hearing - Counterterrorism Blog
State Department and non-government experts have told Congress that a biological weapons attack is a clear and present danger and that countering the threats overseas is essential to protect the United State.]]></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>
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		<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>WMD Commission Head: Biological Agents Remain Greatest Risk</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.adfero.com/2009/11/05/wmd-commission-head-biological-agents-remain-greatest-risk/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:08:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Homeland Security Blogwatch</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[WMD Commission Head: Biological Agents Remain Greatest Risk &#8212; CQ Homeland Security
In its 2008 report “World at Risk,” the congressionally appointed National Commission on the Prevention of WMD Proliferation and Terrorism predicted that a terrorist attack using weapons of mass destruction was “more likely than not” before 2013 and would probably involve a biological weapon. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How prepared is the U.S. for a bioterror attack?</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.adfero.com/2009/10/27/how-prepared-is-the-u-s-for-a-bioterror-attack/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:34:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Homeland Security Blogwatch</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How prepared is the U.S. for a bioterror attack? – Homeland Security News Wire
The current U.S. bioterror detection program: A federally funded, locally run program with an $80 million annual budget, deploying a network of vacuum pumps that draw surrounding air through filters, sniffing for signs of biological agents
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