December 20, 2015 Congress makes bipartisan calls for Obama to step up ISIS attacks, in wake of downed Russian airliner Top congressional lawmakers expressed little doubt Sunday that ISIS is responsible for the recently down Russian jetliner and called for heighten security and a revamped U.S. foreign policy to prevent a similar attack on an American passenger jet.
December 20, 2015 McCaul confident ISIS bomb downed Russian airline, compares tragedy to 9/11 attacks Texas GOP Rep. Mike McCaul, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, said Sunday he’s convinced that an Islamic State bomb recently took down a Russian airliner -- comparing the incident to the 9/11 terror attacks and calling for tightened U.S security.
December 20, 2015 DHS increases security measures amid suspicions bomb downed Russian jet The Department of Homeland Security announced Friday that it is bolstering security at some foreign airports amid growing suspicion that a Russian airliner was brought down by a bomb.
December 20, 2015 Security layers at US airports 'simply missing,' probe finds A federal watchdog told Congress on Tuesday that a recent covert audit of U.S. airports found layers of security were “simply missing,” in the latest undercover investigation to expose gaps in Transportation Security Administration procedures.
December 20, 2015 US, South Korea vow to strengthen defenses against threats from North Korea he U.S. and South Korea are pledging to strengthen their combined defenses against what they call threats by North Korea, but announced no specific new steps toward a long-delayed transfer of wartime control of South Korean forces from the U.S. military to the South Korean government.
December 20, 2015 US special forces reportedly in covert combat for months against ISIS U.S. special operations forces reportedly have carried out several covert combat missions against ISIS over the past year, contrary to the Pentagon's insistence that operations like last week's raid of an ISIS-held prison was a "unique" circumstance.
December 20, 2015 CIA director says hack of his email epitomizes cyber threat CIA Director John Brennan says the hack of his personal email account underscores that everyone is vulnerable to the compromise of personal information on the Internet.
December 20, 2015 Gates says Putin might be ‘doing us a favor,’ urges more defense spending Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Wednesday that Vladimir Putin remains a powerful, geopolitical force but also suggested the Russian president's recent military forays might be "doing us a favor."
December 20, 2015 Security officials acknowledge 'risk' in admitting Syrian refugees into US Top law enforcement and security officials cautioned Wednesday that bringing in 10,000 Syrian refugees as planned carries a terror risk, with Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson acknowledging background checks can only do so much and "there is no risk-free process.”
December 20, 2015 Purported CIA email hacker pushed for 'Free Palestine,' praised Allah on Twitter Details are emerging about the motivations and the methods behind the alleged hack of CIA Director John Brennan’s personal AOL email account, with the supposed hacktivist identifying on Twitter as an advocate for a "free" Palestinian state -- and claiming he and others broke in simply by fooling a Verizon agent.