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• Investigators want missile theory probed in ’96 TWA Flight 800 crash June 19, 2013
  A handful of aviation experts, including a number of investigators who were part of the original probe of TWA Flight 800, have come forward in a new documentary to say evidence points to a missile as the cause of the crash off the coast of Long Island 17 years ago. The New York-to-Paris flight crashed […]
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• NSA chief defends surveillance, says helped prevent terror more than 50 times since 9/11 June 18, 2013
  The National Security Agency and Justice Department mounted a vigorous defense of the government’s controversial surveillance efforts on Tuesday, with NSA chief Gen. Keith Alexander claiming they have helped prevent “potential terrorist events” over 50 times since 9/11. Officials insisted the programs protect Americans from unwarranted intrusion, as they beg […]
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• New Jersey faces costly water infrastructure upgrades June 17, 2013
  Before Hurricane Sandy hit New Jersey, state officials knew they had much work ahead of them to update the state’s water infrastructure. The damage Sandy inflicted only highlighted the inadequacies of New Jersey’s outdated wastewater, stormwater, and drinking water infrastructure. Upgrading the system will be costly, but not doing so will be costlier. Before […]
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• Justice Department endorses NYPD’s stop-and-frisk June 14, 2013
  The Justice Department (DOJ) has entered the debate on the New York Police Department’s stop-and-frisk policy, telling a federal judge that DOJ endorses the program as long as there is independent oversight to monitor changes in the policy if civil rights violations occur. The Justice Department(DOJ) has entered the debate on the New York Police […]
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• NSA director: surveillance programs prevented “dozens” of terror attacks June 13, 2013
  Gen. Keith Alexander, the director of the National Security Agency (NSA) and commander of the U.S. Cyber Command, told lawmakers yesterday (Wednesday) that the NSA’s electronic surveillance programs have been indispensable in thwarting “dozens” of terrorist attacks on targets in the United States and abroad. He told the senators that securing a “cyber arena” […]
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• House panel to unveil cybersecurity bill June 12, 2013
  Republicans on the House Homeland Security Committee are close to finalizing a long-awaited cybersecurity bill, following extensive discussions with private companies.The bill formally establishes DHS’s already-operating National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center, to circulate cyberthreat and vulnerability data. Republicans on the House Hom […]
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• White House to conduct urgent, comprehensive review of U.S. Syria policy June 11, 2013
  The White House today and tomorrow is conducting an urgent, and comprehensive, review of U.S. Syria policy, with a major policy announcement expected Wednesday or Thursday. The urgency is the result of changes on the battlefield. Bolstered with thousands of Hezbollah fighters, growing financial support from Iran and Iraq, around-the-clock arms shipments from […]
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• Lawmakers harshly criticize NSA leaker Edward Snowden June 10, 2013
  Lawmakers were quick to criticize Edward Snowden, the 29-year old Booz Allen Hamilton employee who disclosed the NSA surveillance program to the Guardian and the Washington Post. House Intelligence Committee chairman Mike Rogers (R-Michigan) said the national security leaks would endanger American lives. Peter King (R-New York), chairman of the Homeland Secu […]
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• Texas woman arrested in ricin letters to Obama, Bloomberg: Officials June 7, 2013
  A Texas woman has been arrested in connection with the mailing of three letters containing a form of the poison ricin to President Obama, New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg and the director of Mayors Against Illegal Guns, federal authorities said. Shannon Rogers Guess Richardson of New Boston, Texas, originally called the Federal Bureau of […]
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• Philadelphia rescue crews pull 61-year-old woman 12 hours after deadly building collapse June 6, 2013
  Philadelphia rescue crews pulled a 61-year-old woman from the rubble early Thursday morning, 12 hours after a four-story building being demolished in the city’s downtown area collapsed, killing at least six, MyFoxPhilly.com reported. Myra Plekam was reported to be awake and talking to rescuers before she was placed in an ambulance and taken to a […]
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