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Privacy group sues DHS, NSA over FOIA requests

The Electronic Privacy Information Center is suing the Homeland Security Department and the National Security Agency. In both cases, EPIC is unhappy with how the government responded to its Freedom of Information Act requests.

Tags: Amie Stepanovich , EPIC , Internet privacy , FOIA , technology , DHS , NSA , Federal Drive

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Terrorists zero in on small scale East Coast attacks

Locations in Washington, New York and Boston may have been under surveillance by terror organizations for months -- and terrorists may try to launch numerous small scale attacks in the coming months, U.S. intelligence sources say.

Tags: homeland security , Michael T. McCaul , Najibullah Zazi , Times Square bombing , Faisal Shahzad , Pakistan , Afghanistan , Al Qaeda , NATO , Terek-e-Taliban , Fox News , John Brennan , Barack Obama , Michael Hayden , CIA , terror attacks , terrorism

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Is Iraq Losing Ground?

Tags: DoD , suicide bombings , Iraq , John Pike , Globalsecurity.org , Al Qaida

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Questioning Amnesty

Tags: management , JJ Green , Abdullah Hassan Tali Assiri

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GAO: DHS makes progress with National Infrastructure Protection Plan

The Department of Homeland Security is now focusing on responding to a potential terrorist attack as much as preventing one.

Tags: management , DHS , GAO , homeland security , Steve Caldwell , Dorothy Ramienski

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Analysis: DHS changes aviation security standards

Homeland Security Today editor David Silverberg has more.

Tags: management , security , aviation security , homeland security , Homeland Security Today , David Silverberg

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Mexican drug cartels threaten U.S. security

National Security Correspondent J.J. Green reports.

Tags: management , homeland security , J.J. Green

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National security depends on agencies' treatment of data

Analyst explains that, to successfully connect the dots, agencies should streamline their data.

Tags: technology , management , terrorism , connecting the dots , Babson College , Tom Davenport

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Challenge of connecting the dots is nothing new

New book examines an old problem -- how the government should effectively connect the dots while not violating privacy rights.

Tags: technology , management , contracting , DARPA , Shane Harris , National Journal , privacy , terrorism , Dorothy Ramienski

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Homeland security put to the test

David Silverberg has more.

Tags: management , Homeland Security Today , David Silverberg , homeland security ,

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