LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield Sheriff David Clarke of Milwaukee County, Wis., said Wednesday he has accepted a job in the Department of Homeland Security, reports the Hill. Clarke told conservative radio host Vicki McKenna during an interview on 1130 WISN that he will leave his post as sheriff to serve as a…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Will Racke Senate Democrats released a report on Tuesday that said President Donald Trump’s proposed border wall could end up costing three times more than earlier administration estimates. The report claims that, at $33.6 million per mile, a complete barrier along the U.S.-Mexico border would cost nearly $70 billion…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Will Racke The Department of Homeland Security refuted on Tuesday a USA TODAY report that an illegal immigrant was deported to Mexico despite his temporary legal status under an Obama administration program. According to USA TODAY, Juan Manuel Montes was detained by federal immigration agents on Feb. 17 in…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Will Racke An Indiana restaurant owner who illegally immigrated to the U.S. nearly 20 years ago was shocked to find himself in deportation proceedings after a voluntary check-in with immigration authorities. Roberto Beristain was detained after visiting an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office in Indianapolis in February, Yahoo…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Ted Goodman The Trump administration officially issued travel restrictions Tuesday in response to new intelligence indicating terrorist groups have “intensified” efforts to attack the aviation sector. “Our information indicates that terrorist groups’ efforts to execute an attack against the aviation sector are intensifying,” the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: White House rejects DHS travel ban research [VIDEO]: Max Greenwood at the The Hill writes: The White House is dismissing a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) intelligence report rebuffing President Trump’s claims that citizens from seven predominantly Muslim countries pose an increased terror threat, the Wall Street Journal reported late Friday. Newsweek reported today: The DHS…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Richard Pollock Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials tried to hack Indiana’s state electoral system with at least 14,800 “scans” or hits between Nov. 1, 2016, to Dec. 16, 2016, The Daily Caller News Foundation Investigative Group has learned. The attacks are the second confirmed IT scanning assault by…
By Kathryn Watson TSA officials are “abusing” their authority by covering up information technology (IT) security gaps at airports, according to a blistering new Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of Inspector General (IG) report. DHS Inspector General John Roth blasted TSA officials in unusually harsh language for demanding the IG inconsistently redact information about the…
By Juliegrace Brufke House Democrats held a meeting Wednesday to discuss the threat of “violent extremism on America’s public lands,” just a few days after a Muslim man shot up a gay nightclub in the name of the Islamic State. Democrats alleged the GOP is not doing enough to prevent “violent extremism on America’s public lands,”…
Jacob Bojesson The hacker that dropped personal data on almost 30,000 employees from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), obtained the information by simply calling the agencies’ support desks. Federal agencies such as DHS and the Department of Justice (DoJ) have implemented two-factor authentication systems to make…