In Second Year of Trump Administration, the Perplexing State of Homeland...
For most of the past year, whenever someone asked me how I was doing, my standard answer was, “I am perplexed.” I was not angry about what was going on in Washington, DC, nor was I happy about it...
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Who Should Be the Next Deputies at DHS and TSA?
With the unwelcomed (but somewhat expected) announcements of the departures of Elaine Duke as Deputy Secretary of DHS and TSA Deputy Administrator Huban Gowadia—both amazingly talented, dedicated...
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Two Minutes to Doomsday – Time for Nunn-Lugar 2.0
By Tim Stephens, Kimothy Smith and David Olive Weapons of mass destruction come, but they rarely go. Complex and difficult to produce, in some cases impossible to eliminate, they are intentionally...
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On Child Separation Policy, Enough Doublespeak, Madam Secretary
Update: Not long after this post was published, the Associated Press reported that DHS Secretary Nielsen is drafting an executive action for Trump that would stop the separation of families arrested...
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The Start of a Movement in School Violence Prevention
There’s a strong case to be made that school safety is part of homeland security. This is not to suggest the creation of another DHS component (God forbid), but instead, to consider that when violence...
View ArticleCoast Guard Polar Mission or Border Wall?
The U.S. Coast Guard is down to just two icebreakers. Only one of them, Polar Star, can break through the toughest ice, and that ship is nearing the end of it’s lifespan. As climate change continues to...
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The Irony of Trump’s Side in the Shutdown – It’s Harming Homeland Security
President Trump’s obsession with building a $5.7 billion wall on America’s southern border is antithetical to the heart of effective homeland security; that is, risk-based decision making. Even as some...
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Considering the Wrong Metrics for Border Wall Funding
Based upon Customs and Border Protection (CBP) statistics and certain knowledgeable people within CBP, most of the drugs entering the United States come through our ports of entry and our government...
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BREAKING: DHS Press Sec. is QAnon?! Bennie Thompson Seizes Control?! Really?!
For Security Debrief’s 10th annual April Fools coverage, we’ve collected stories the rest of the media somehow missed… BREAKING: DHS Press Secretary Revealed as QAnon Source Total Exoneration (Video)...
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April Fools 2021 – The Low-Fi Edition
After a year in which very little was funny, Security Debrief is back with a humble review of stories the rest of the media somehow missed. If it seems like we phoned this one in, well, we’re standing...
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