Tag: Terrorism

"I will not tolerate, nor should DHS tolerate, any effort to retaliate against federal employees for communicating with the committee or any member of Congress," a senator wrote to Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

DHS hunts leakers after embarrassing Senate hearing

Joel Gehrke · March 17, 2016 12:01 am

Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus called on the president to "do the right thing." (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

RNC pleads to Obama: Call ISIS killings ‘genocide’

Anna Giaritelli · March 16, 2016 11:48 pm

"China ... is willing to deepen cooperation with the United States on the basis of laws in the field of cybersecurity and the fight against terrorism," Chinese Minister of Public Security Guo Shengkun said. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

National Security

China invites U.S. to cooperate on ‘Internet security’

Rudy Takala · March 15, 2016 11:45 pm

National Security

DHS agency barred officials from detaining San Bernardino accomplice

Joel Gehrke · March 15, 2016 6:01 pm

"In all our investigations and reviews, we use social media to the extent that the evidence leads us there," Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director Sarah Saldana told the Senate Committee on Homeland Security. (AP Photo/Molly Riley, File)

Homeland Security not fully using social media to screen visa applicants

Rudy Takala · March 15, 2016 5:34 pm

News surfaced Monday that Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered his ground troops to begin pulling out of Syria. (Alexei Nikolsky/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

National Security

Russia is finally striking Islamic State in Syria, Pentagon says

Jamie McIntyre · March 14, 2016 6:12 pm

Courts convicted 1,419 people accused of crimes related to "terrorism" or "extremism," Chief Justice Zhou Qiang said. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

National Security

China doubles convictions under controversial anti-terror law

Rudy Takala · March 14, 2016 3:51 pm

Technology's steady advancement needs a clearer resolution. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

The case for a presidential advisory board on cybertechnology intelligence

Paul Ruppert · March 11, 2016 5:02 am

Mother of Benghazi victim hits Clinton for debate comments

Anna Giaritelli · March 11, 2016 2:34 am

Vice President Joe Biden, left, visits a joint Jordanian-American training center at Zarqa where U.S. troops have been helping to train Jordanian forces. (AP Photo/Raad Adayleh)

Biden: Islamic State ‘on its heels,’ but victory will take a ‘long time’

Susan Crabtree · March 10, 2016 7:03 pm

Sen. Richard Shelby called the last-minute vote on the candidacy of Adam Szubin Thursday morning. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci/File)

Panel approves top Obama nominee

Joseph Lawler · March 10, 2016 5:41 pm

Islamic State militants pass by a convoy. (Militant website via AP)

National Security

Daesh doxxed: Islamic State defector shares personal info on thousands of terrorists

Rudy Takala · March 10, 2016 3:33 pm