There’s likely to be plenty of finger-pointing and grandstanding today as the House Homeland Security Committee does a post-mortem on law enforcement coordination before and after the Boston Marathon bombings. Post-9/11 reforms were supposed to help investigative agencies “connect the dots” in tracking terrorism leads and preventing attacks, and while most concede that progress has been made, new questions have emerged in light of contacts and database entries regarding bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev. Read more»
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Arizona police agencies were among those singled out in a two-year Senate committee investigation that found “widespread deficiencies” in a Homeland Security Department program that officials have touted for years as a centerpiece in U.S. counterterrorism efforts. Read more»
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce laid out a coordinated border plan Wednesday that calls for combined improvements in infrastructure, security, immigration policies and trade, instead of the current piecemeal approach. Read more»