U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Newark airport security? Worker used fake ID for years, police say

2012-05-15 08:44:00

NEW YORK -- Twenty years ago, a man named Jerry Thomas died in New York City�-- murdered in Queens in a case that was never solved. Not long afterward, a man named Jerry Thomas began working at Newark's international airport. The second Jerry Thomas...

Newark airport security worker pleads not guilty to ID theft

2012-05-15 13:03:00

NEW YORK -- A longtime Newark Liberty International Airport security worker pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges of stealing the identity of a man slain 20 years ago to conceal his illegal immigration status -- a case that has embarrassed an airport...

AMC renews 'Talking Dead' and 'Comic Book Men'

2012-05-09 16:37:28

U.S. thinks underwear bomb was built by Al Qaeda in Yemen

2012-05-07 15:48:00

WASHINGTON -- The FBI is analyzing a sophisticated underwear bomb that U.S. officials believe was built by Al Qaeda’s affiliate in Yemen in an effort to target Western aviation. U.S. officials said Monday that there was no imminent threat to U.S....

Prostitute calls Secret Service agents 'stupid brutes' [Video]

2012-05-07 08:04:00

The woman at the heart of the scandal that has tarnished the image of the Secret Service worldwide called the agents she ran into “stupid brutes” in an interview with NBC’s “Today.” Dania Londono Suarez, speaking through a...

CIA thwarts new underwear bomb plot against jet

2012-05-07 13:57:00

WASHINGTON -- The CIA thwarted an ambitious plot by Al Qaeda's affiliate in Yemen to destroy a U.S.-bound airliner using a bomb with a sophisticated new design around the one-year anniversary of the killing of Osama bin Laden, U.S. officials said. The...

FBI analyzing new explosive from Al Qaeda

2012-05-07 22:49:00

WASHINGTON — The FBI is analyzing a sophisticated explosive device, similar to the underwear bomb used in an attempt to blow up a passenger jet over Detroit in 2009, that U.S. officials believe was built by Al Qaeda's affiliate in Yemen in an effort...

Mobile app helps travelers report unfair airport screening

2012-04-30 14:29:00

Anti-discrimination action has found its way into a new app for iPhone and Android phones launched today. The FlyRights app, created by the Sikh Coalition, offers air travelers a way to record the details of incidents of perceived discrimination during...

CISPA hit with veto threat before Friday vote in the House

2012-04-26 10:53:00

WASHINGTON -- The White House’s threat to veto the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act is prompting more amendments from its supporters as the bill heads toward a planned House vote on Friday. President Obama’s senior advisors...

Fears of spying hinder U.S. license for China Mobile

2012-05-05 00:00:00

WASHINGTON — Concerned about possible cyber spying, U.S. national security officials are debating whether to take the unprecedented step of recommending that a Chinese government-owned mobile phone giant be denied a license to offer international...

Beefing up cyber security

2012-04-24 00:00:00

The engineers who designed the Internet focused on connection and communication, not safety and security. That's one reason hackers have been able to take surreptitious control of Internet-connected devices, cripple websites and steal valuable data. Now,...

Sex scandal: Secret Service investigators examining previous trips

2012-04-25 07:50:00

WASHINGTON — With eight Secret Service agents already forced out of the agency in the aftermath of a prostitution scandal, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano told a Senate committee on Wednesday that investigators were trying to...

A cyber security analyst at the watch and warning center of the Department of Homeland Security's cyber defense facility in Idaho Falls, Idaho.

2012-04-25 00:00:00

Senior Dylan Crow plays the part of Gaston in Danville High School�s production of "Beauty and the Beast."

2012-04-13 14:21:00

DHS students Megan Wihttington, Emma Jackson, Daniel Lannum and Chance Lyttle visited San Francisco this fall.

2011-12-10 17:45:37