Defense
TSA makes immediate changes to airline pilot screening
Pilots will be able to get through security after presenting an airline ID and an additional form of identification.
Defense
TSA, pilots weigh biometric system for airport screening
Card would allow crew to pass quickly through security checkpoints.
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Union urges TSA to give bargaining rights to screeners
Screeners are now able to form unions but have never had been able to bargain collectively with management.
Defense
Privacy advocates want Hill probe of airport scanners
Groups cite concern over safety of machines.
Defense
Officials defend airport screening but say changes are coming
Homeland Security secretary says department will make adjustments "where they need to be made."
Defense
Agendas for Homeland Security panels take shape
House and Senate committees do not appear too far apart heading into the new Congress, even though they will be controlled by different parties.
Defense
Napolitano announces air cargo restrictions
Passengers will be barred from packing large toner cartridges in luggage.
Defense
Officials move to beef up air cargo screening
The Transportation Security Administration will continue to use intelligence, technology and vigilance to counter evolving threats, chief says.
Defense
House Intelligence Committee faces shakeup
Outgoing Chairman Silvestre Reyes, D-Texas, might move to Armed Services panel.
Defense
Obama: 'We will not waver in our resolve'
President confirms bomb plot on two Jewish sites in Chicago.
Defense
Suspect in bomb plot sought to kill soldiers
Search warrant says Farooque Ahmed wanted to kill Americans and coalition forces in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Defense
GAO faults disaster recovery plan for critical networks
Auditors say Homeland Security does not have an effective plan to ensure national infrastructure bounces back from crisis.
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Hayden: Obama still 'holds key' on spy notifications
New law won't fundamentally change how legislators are briefed on covert activities, former CIA chief says.
Defense
Most domestic intel centers lack privacy plans
Only 28 of 72 centers have privacy and civil liberties plans approved by the Homeland Security Department.
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Senators find contractors too close to Afghan warlords
Investigators uncover systemic failures that have, at times, put U.S. military personnel and their mission at risk.
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Obama signs first intelligence authorization bill in five years
Measure creates an inspector general for the U.S. intelligence community.
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Clapper: Obama has 'great angst' about leaks
Intelligence director expresses particular disappointment in senior officials who "get their jollies by blabbing to the media."
Defense
FBI says Miranda readings don't hurt Bureau
Officials say reading rights to terrorism suspects does not impede ability to gather intelligence.
Defense
Terrorist threats not yet an issue in Hill races
For now, Democrats appear to be finding safe ground in backing the Obama administration's counterterrorism policies.
Defense
Senators lay down marker with detailed immigration overhaul bill
Lawmakers and aides privately concede it is highly unlikely that Congress would take up immigration reform in the post-election lame-duck session.
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