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Homeland Security Watch
http://www.HLSwatch.com
Homeland Security Watch is a blog that features breaking news, rigorous analysis, and informed commentary on the critical issues in homeland security today. It takes a cross-disciplinary approach to the subject of homeland security, spanning issues such as transportation security, preparedness and response, infrastructure protection, and border security. Its content is intended both for an expert-level policy audience as well as the broader general audience of people interested in homeland security. The blog is non-partisan and non-commercial.
Recent Posts
68 Years Ago… A Week Ago…
7:53AM, the first wave came. At approximately 8:55am, the second wave appeared. By 9:55am, it was over. 2,400+ dead. 1,282 wounded. Four U.S. Navy battleships sunk. 188 Aircraft destroyed/damaged, along with several cruisers, destroyers, and a min...
ISA Issues Report: Incentivize Don’t Regulate
Co-authored by first time contributor Colin Bortner The Internet Security Alliance released a report, “Implementing the Obama Cyber Security Strategy via the ISA Social Contract Model,” yesterday responding to Obama administration’s Cyber S...
From the HLSWatch Archives: Homeland Security as the new Maginot Line
Occasionally we will look back at some of the previous posts on this blog. Four years ago, HLSWatch’s Beckner presented what he called a “rather dour opinion piece … on homeland security” from the Wall Street Journal. The Jo...
A New Way Forward: Right Makes Might
Last night President Obama outlined his administration’s strategy and plans for a troop build-up and eventual draw down of forces in Afghanistan during a 35-minute nationally-televised speech from the United States Military Academy at West Point. T...
Turkey Leftovers
From conference notes I took in Ankara several days ago, participant quotes about Islam, Al Qaeda, radicalization, homeland security, and perceptions of U.S. foreign policy. This post closes with a reminder from 1848. Al Qaeda “Al Qaeda is p...
Afghan Policy - Making a Presidency
Tomorrow at 8pm, President Obama will be giving one of the most important speeches to date of his presidency at West Point. In it, as has been widely reported today, he will be laying out his Administration’s strategy for dealing with the cri...

