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OIG: Antiterrorism Assistance program lacks measurable objectives, oversight
A lack of measurable, outcome-oriented objectives in the Antiterrorism Assistance program means the State Department's Office of Antiterrorism Assistance can't determine the program's effectiveness, says an April report (.pdf) from the department's Office of Inspector General.
Schanzer: We're 'victims of our own success' on terrorist financing
Terrorists have largely opted out of formal banking thanks to Treasury Department efforts since 9/11, and they now finance their attacks underground more and aim for cheaper plots, said Jonathan Schanzer, a former Treasury official, on May 18.
Judge blocks military detention law
Government lawyers were "unable to define precisely what 'direct' or 'substantial' 'support' means," Judge Kathleen Forrest wrote.
TSA promises improved system for giving airport employees security badges
A new rule to overhaul the process that gives airport employees badges for unescorted access to secure areas should be available for public comment later this year.
Mueller addresses leak in recently foiled AQAP bomb plot
Discussions with foreign intelligence partners are ongoing to minimize fallout after someone leaked information to the media about al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula's recently foiled bomb plot, FBI Director Robert Mueller told the Senate Judiciary Committee May 16.
DHS auditors found security vulnerabilities in airport scanners
Auditors found unspecified vulnerabilities in the airport screening process connected with body scanners, the Homeland Security Department inspector general says in an unclassified one page summary of a classified report.
Nicholson: TSA did not mislead Congress over equipment inventory
It was coincidental, not criminal, that the Transportation Security Administration removed hundreds of pieces of screening equipment from its Dallas warehouses in the days before congressional staff came to inspect them, said TSA Chief Financial Officer David Nicholson.
FISA use up in last 3 years
FISA will expire at the end of this year without congressional reauthorization. Before its enactment, the attorney general could authorize such surveillance without court approval.
Declassified letters reveal bin Laden's opinions and strategies
Seventeen declassified documents captured during the raid of Osama bin Laden's Abbottabad compound were posted online by the Combating Terrorism Center.
Osama bin Laden 'struggled' to exercise minimal influence over affiliates
The framing of an al Qaeda core as an organization in control of regional "affiliates" reflects a conceptual construction by outsiders rather than the messy reality of insiders," analysis authors state.
