
Sunday, Dec. 27, 2009
The Department of Homeland Security has instituted a surge of federal air marshals to protect all flights into the U.S. and imposed tight new flight restrictions in the wake of a failed Christmas Day terrorist attack.
Saturday, Dec. 26, 2009
BREAKING: Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab was charged Saturday with attempting to destroy an airplane with a destructive device on Christmas Day on a Northwest flight as it descended toward Detroit.
Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2009
Airline passengers will have the right to food, water and working toilets when a plane is stuck on the tarmac and can return to the terminal after a three-hour delay under new regulations announced by the Obama administration.
Monday, Dec. 21, 2009
Airlines must taxi their passengers back to the terminal rather than leaving them stranded on the tarmac for hours, under new rules from the Obama administration.
Department given no limits
Saturday, Dec. 19, 2009
Department of Homeland Security officials spent tens of millions of dollars to attend seminars and retreats including a FEMA meeting in Hawaii, an immigration conference in Singapore and an underwater tunnel protection gathering in London, just to name a few.
Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2009
Some members of Congress aren't taking the government's word there is no security threat from the accidental Internet leak of its airports screening manual.
Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2009
It was someone else's fault, they both agree.
Subpoenas next step in security probe
Friday, Dec. 4, 2009
White House party crashers Tareq and Michaele Salahi will face subpoenas to testify before Congress after the Virginia couple was a no-show Thursday at a House committee inquiry, though the Democrat-led homeland security panel declined to subpoena a White House official who also snubbed it.
3 Secret Service agents put on leave for breach
Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009
The chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee has ordered his staff to subpoena White House party crashers Tareq and Michaele Salahi after the Virginia couple declined the invitation to testify at a hearing Thursday.
Congress hears from retired general
Friday, Nov. 20, 2009
The Army has guidelines on how to deal with racist views and actions within the ranks, but none on how to deal with Islamic jihadism, a former Army vice chief of staff told Congress on Thursday.