Intelligence
GSN's reporting on intelligence matters includes espionage techniques used by the CIA and its overseas adversaries, identity theft in the U.S., GPS and mapping technologies promoted by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and other government organizations and privacy issues surrounding innovative forms of surveillance.
Can Osama bin Laden strike in the U.S. again?
August 28th, 2008
With another 9/11 anniversary imminent, the question rises again: Is another al-Qaeda attack inside the U.S. likely?
Expert testimony at a recent hearing of the Intelligence, Information Sharing and Terrorism Risk Assessment Subcommittee of the House Committee on Homeland Security was a mix of good news and bad.
ICE investigators plan to "read" typewriter ribbons
July 22nd, 2008
It may seem a bit archaic, but the Immigration and Customs (ICE) unit of DHS is planning to purchase a piece of forensic equipment, known as a Ribbon Analysis Workstation, which will enable its investigators to capture, download to a computer and print out the contents of single-strike carbon typewriter ribbon.
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Their own words...
June 23rd, 2008
DHS to combat immigration fraud with new TRACS database
June 17th, 2008
The Department of Homeland Security is planning to establish a new database designed to minimize the likelihood of immigration fraud, which it has dubbed the Technical Reconciliation Analysis Classification System, or TRACS.
Rockwell Collins completes successful test flight of damaged UAV
June 16th, 2008
Rockwell Collins, Inc. of Cedar Rapids, IA, has completed a successful flight test of a significantly damaged unmanned F/A-18 subscale model air vehicle which could have implications for the use of UAVs in civilian applications.
Inter-agency intelligence panel gets House OK
May 30th, 2008
The House Armed Services Committee has approved legislation which would establish a standing advisory panel, modeled after the Defense Policy Board, to provide Congress and the executive branch with advice, guidance and recommendations to improve the national security collaborative system.
DHS seeks books for intelligence unit
May 29th, 2008
The Department of Homeland Security has its summer reading all figured out. The agency has issued a solicitation to acquire at least 14 new books for the Office of Intelligence and Analysis, covering everything from global slave rings to Internet terrorism.
Video surveillance or "Community Safety Cameras"?
May 19th, 2008
Chris Fox knows a thing or two about police work, and how police can use video surveillance to fight crime.
In fact, his police work in the United Kingdom, during the course of his 34-year career in law enforcement, was impressive enough to earn him the Queen’s Police Medal in 1996 and the title of "Sir," when he was knighted in the New Years Honors list 10 years later.
