Information and Intel Outsourcing at Homeland Security

The Department of Homeland Security has outsourced intelligence, detention, communications, even oversight functions. Its National Oper...

The Criminal Alien Shuffle

A little more than ten years ago the Bureau of Prisons issued its first Criminal Alien Requirement (CAR) request for proposals for contracts...

Dysfunctional Information Operations at Homeland Security Department

Since its creation in March 2003, DHS has created immense immigration database that is now integrated with the FBI’s criminal database, all ...

The Revolving Door Between Homeland Security and Chertoff Group

The Chertoff Group, headed by former Department of Homeland Secretary Michael Chertoff, is quickly become the chief private interface betwee...

Native American Firms Profit from Detaining Immigrants

Immigrant detention means business. Native Americans are profiting from the immigrant crackdown against hopeful New Americans. Not...

Not Systemic Failure, But Failed System

"Systemic failure” is how President Obama on Dec. 30 described the homeland security and intelligence lapses that led to the unsuccessf...

House Intelligence Chief Systemically Confused

Recent statements U.S. Rep. Silvestre Reyes (D-Texas), the 26-year veteran of the Border Patrol who has served as chairman of the House Sel...