Department Of Homeland Security

Do not be alarmed, you residents near the Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant. The state, federal and local officials you see acting as if there’s been a terrible nuclear accident are doing just that: acting. They do this every other year, at the insistence of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. This year, Tuesday and Wednesday [...]

Recent murders in Washington, D.C., Kansas and Arizona by suspects with far-right ties have put the term “domestic terrorist” back into the American consciousness. But do these murders validate a much-criticized Department of Homeland Security report on “rightwing extremists”? Not according to two experts who should know — DHS head Janet Napolitano and former FBI agent Coleen Rowley.

Charged with preventing terrorist attacks, responding to natural disasters and planning emergency management for pandemic diseases, the Minnesota Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management mirrors the responsibilities of the much discussed United States Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Last Friday afternoon, someone walked into Minnesota’s homeland security offices and [...]