Homeland Security

Border Patrol Careers

May 8, 2012

A look back throughout the years at the various awards received by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Agents demonstrates the variety of careers within this sector of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. For example, Agriculture Specialist Linda Holse, for stopping potentially devastating infested mangoes from entering the country on two separate occasions, and [...]

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U.S. Secret Service Scandal

April 18, 2012

The news wires have been flooded with information/speculations on a scandal in Cartagena, Columbia, since U.S. Secret Service agents and military personnel were allegedly caught with escorts in their hotel rooms last week. Before President Barack Obama’s arrival in Cartagena for the Summit of the Americas, 11 Secret Service Agents and 10 or more military [...]

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Medunjanin on Trial for Alleged Plan to Bomb NYC Subway

April 16, 2012

The trial of Adis Medunjanin began today at a Brooklyn federal courthouse. Attorney General Eric Holder stated that the charges against him, if they had successfully been carried out, were some of the most serious threats against homeland security since 9/11, reports Reuters’ Jessica Dye. Medujanin reportedly went to Pakistan in 2008, along with Najibullah [...]

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U.S. Coast Guard’s International Ice Patrol Remembers Titanic

April 14, 2012

One hundred years ago today (April 14, 1912) at 11:40pm, RMS Titanic struck an iceberg approximately 400 miles off the coast of Newfoundland. According to Philip R. Devlin (LedyardPatch), the ice that made up the berg was between 3,000 and 6,000 years old. Of the approximately 2,200 passengers and crew aboard the Titanic, less than [...]

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U.S. Coast Guard Rescues Sailors Competing in International Race

April 3, 2012

It takes determination and guts to embark on a round-the-world race, for almost an entire year and a total of 40,000 miles at sea. It takes even more will to finish the longest leg of the race (from Qindao, China to San Francisco) after your yacht has been pummeled by a wave knocking off your [...]

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Security Risks aboard JetBlue and US Air Flights

March 28, 2012

Something strange was happening in American skies yesterday. Not one but two people on airplanes had to be detained mid-flight due to the risk they posed to crew and passengers. On a JetBlue flight heading to Las Vegas from New York City Tuesday morning, Captain Clayton Osbon started exhibiting erratic behavior which prompted flight crew [...]

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‘Workplace Violence’ at the California Federal Building

February 17, 2012

Assistant Director in Charge, Steven Martinez of the Los Angeles FBI Office stated “This situation began with what we can characterize as an incident of workplace violence,” of last night’s shooting in Long Beach, California. At 5:54 pm Thursday evening, 911 dispatch received word that shots had been fired at the Glenn M. Anderson Federal [...]

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Innovative and Utmost Security for Super Bowl XLVI

February 5, 2012

The New England Patriots face off against the New York Giants today in Indianapolis for Super Bowl XLVI! Last year the Super Bowl broke the record for the television broadcast most watched in history by Americans with approximately 111 million tuning in. Indianapolis’ Lucas Oil Stadium will be seating around 70,000 fans for the 46th [...]

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Names Have Doubled on U.S. No-Fly List

February 2, 2012

This morning, the Associated Press reported that the number of people on the United States’ no-fly list has doubled within the last year. A year ago there were approximately 10,000 names and now there are approximately 21,000. Each name represents the identity of a suspected terrorist who is not allowed to fly into or within [...]

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U.S. Teen, Mistakenly Deported, Returns

January 8, 2012

U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) is currently investigating how a Texas-born teenager managed to convince authorities that she was a Columbian, 21-year old illegal immigrant, which led to her deportation. Happily Jakadrien Lorece Turner returned home on Friday night to her mother, grandmother and law enforcement officials waiting for her at the Dallas-Fort Worth [...]

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