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Released Emails Show Insiders Worried Over Political 'Meddling'

WASHINGTON -- Insiders at the Homeland Security Department warned for months that senior Obama administration appointees were improperly delaying the releases of government files on politically sensitive topics as sought by citizens, journalists and watchdog groups under the Freedom of Information Act, according to...

Battles Over Open Government Cast Shadow on 'Sunshine Week'

In the middle of Sunshine Week promoting transparency in government, open-government advocates say the apparent demotion of a high-level Department of Homeland Security employee for whistle-blowing is particularly dark. "Our government is sending the message to federal workers that they do not want them to come forward...

Color-Coded Terror Warnings to Be Gone by April 27

WASHINGTON -- By the end of April, terror threats to the U.S. will no longer be described in shades of green, blue, yellow, orange and red, The Associated Press has learned. The nation's color-coded terror warning system will be phased out beginning this week, according to government officials familiar with the plan. The...

Opinion: Tucson Memorial Service -- The Worst of America, the Best of Obama

For America, the past four days can only be regarded as some of the worst of times in recent memory. Nineteen people mowed down by a madman with a frighteningly lethal weapon. A vivacious young congresswoman fighting for her life in a Tucson, Ariz., hospital. And worst of all, a precipitous descent into a nasty, hasty and...

US Scraps Color-Coded Terror Alerts

(Nov. 25) -- Late-night TV hosts better get their jokes in quick, before the color-coded terror alert system that's been the topic of so many punch-lines is gone for good. U.S. officials say they're phasing out the five-tiered alert scheme created in 2002 under the Bush administration, after years of criticism from...

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El Salvador Secret Service Scandal Allegations Have 'No Basis'

U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says the Secret Service has found no basis to allegations its agents hired strippers and prostitutes in El Salvador last year.

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Republicans Slam Cook County Immigration Policy

During a Wednesday Senate Judiciary Committee hearing , Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano was grilled by a duo of Republican senators on immigration enforcement in Cook County.

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05/24/12 Jordan, US discuss security cooperation Source: Jordan Embassy in U.S. Jordan and the US on Tuesday examined means to enhance cooperation in security and efforts to combat human trafficking.
05/23/12 Napolitano Meets Officials Source: The Jewish Exponent - Philadelphia PA U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano met with Israeli officials in Jerusalem to discuss security issues.
05/23/12 Mom of deported teen runaway files federal lawsuit Source: Broadcast Newsroom HOUSTON (AP) ' The mother of a teenage Dallas runaway who immigration authorities shipped to South America after she provided a false name has filed a civil rights suit against top federal officials claiming her daughter was illegally detained and deported.
05/23/12 Sex scandal: Secret Service investigators examining... Source: NBC - KTUU 2 News - Anchorage AK 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 determine whether such conduct occurred on previous trips.
05/23/12 Secret Service engaged in 'morally repugnant' behaviour Source: Telegraph - London - UK Wednesday's hearing was expected to expose sensational new details in the scandal, which became public after a dispute over payment between a Secret Service agent and a prostitute at a Cartagena hotel on April 12.

Background on Janet Napolitano

Janet Napolitano (; born November 29, 1957) is the third and current United States Secretary of Homeland Security, serving in the administration of President Barack Obama.

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