Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: cbrne_detection Image Caption: Nuclear summit New Zealand will contribute almost half a million dollars to support the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Office of Global Threat Reduction (GTRI), to help secure and remove vulnerable nuclear material from Uzbekistan. Homepage position: 10 read more View full…
Chicagoan pleads guilty to Al Shabaab aid charges, planned travel from U.S. through Mexico
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: border_security Image Caption: Al Shabaab A 28-year-old Chicago man pleaded guilty on July 30 to charges he planned to travel to Somalia to aid terror group Al Shabaab and evade U.S. detection by traveling through Mexico and South America. Shaker Masri pleaded guilty to attempting…
ICE agent paves the way for chartiable U.S. medical visit for critically ill Mexican 9-year-old
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: access_control_identification Image Caption: Jose When a victim assistance officer in Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations saw pictures of a nine-year-old boy in a Mexican border town in dire need of medical treatment, she took action to help him get it in the U.S….
Booz Allen Hamilton’s simulation re-imagines future of U.S. infrastructure in 2040
Top Priority Sector: infrastructure_protection On July 24, Booz Allen Hamilton concluded the first-ever “wargame” simulation examining creative infrastructure initiatives and solutions that factor in U.S. transportation needs by the year 2040. Simulation participants generated and explored the impact of fresh ideas, such as automated offshore ports and freight-only regional transportation…
U.S. funds approved for nuclear security programs in Ukraine, Russia
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: cbrne_detection Almost $3 million has been approved by U.S. nuclear security agencies to fuel collaborative nuclear security and development projects in the Ukraine and Russian Federation, said National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) on July 26. The projects, financed by NNSA’s Global Initiatives for Proliferation Prevention…
U.S. restrains more than $3 million in alleged corrupt assets of former Nigerian governor
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: border_security Image Caption: Ibori Working in with U.K. authorities, ICE and the Department of Justice secured a restraining order against more than $3 million in proceeds in the U.S. held by a former governor in […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry… View full…
Former U.S. border agents killed in Afghanistan
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: federal_agencies_legislative Image Caption: Herat, Afghanistan Two former U.S. border agents and a British customs officer were killed, and another U.S. border agent wounded, in a July 22 attack by a lone gunman in Afghanistan as […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry… View full…
U.S. and Malaysia to share terror and crime information
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: federal_agencies_legislative Image Caption: Hishammuddin Hussein U.S. and Malaysian officials agreed on July 17 to assist each other in fighting transnational terrorism and crime. U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and Malaysian Minister for Home Affairs Datuk […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry… View full…
U.S. and EU in WMD field training exercises with Armenia and Georgia
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: cbrne_detection Image Caption: Armenia The U.S. Departments of State, Defense and Energy and the European Commission participated in a series of field training exercises with the Republics of Armenia and Georgia from July 9-13, 2012. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry… View full…
U.S., Maylasia to share terror, crime information
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: federal_agencies_legislative Image Caption: Hishammuddin Hussein U.S. and Malaysian officials agreed on July 17 to assist each other in transnational terrorism and crime. U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and Malaysian Minister for Home Affairs Datuk Seri […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry… View full…