Defense

Terrorist-tracking tools

A controversial Defense Department counterterrorism office is moving ahead with plans to create terrorist-catching technologies.

Management

Ban on outsourcing targets may not apply to Defense

Legislation that would prevent agencies from setting numerical targets for outsourcing federal jobs may not apply to the Defense Department, a Defense official said Monday.

Defense

Los Alamos lab creates homeland security office

Defense

White House may hold edge in homeland security standoff

Analysts say the White House may have a slight advantage in the partisan standoff over civil service protections for workers in the proposed Department of Homeland Security.

Defense

Two held in suspected plot to attack U.S. base in Germany

German police have arrested two people on suspicion of plotting a terrorist strike on a U.S. military base in Heidelberg.

Defense

Chemical weapons facility locked down after terrorist threat

Security measures implemented after Sept. 11 at a Utah chemical weapons depot got their first test Thursday after soldiers reported seeing a possible intruder at the site.

Defense

Army chief says logistics reform is vital

Defense

White House threatens veto of Senate homeland security bill

The White House Tuesday welcomed Congress back to town by saying President Bush would veto the Senate bill creating a Homeland Security Department if it passes.