Defense
Agencies urged to set homeland security standards
Randall Yim of the General Accounting Office is stepping outside the agency's traditional realm to push a policy of requiring agencies to set standards for homeland security.
Defense
FBI, CIA remain worlds apart
Now, more than ever, the FBI and the CIA need to work together. But they speak such different languages that they can barely communicate.
Defense
Bioterrorism project falls into intelligence gap
The launch of Project BioShield, President Bush's $6 billion anti-bioterrorism initiative, shows the weaknesses of information-gathering efforts at the Homeland Security Department, members of Congress say.
Tech
New border security system raises cost-benefit concerns
A new computer system to track the arrival and departure of foreign visitors will almost certainly be far more difficult and expensive than the Bush administration has let on.
Defense
Fear factor: Beyond a panic-driven approach to homeland security
Treating terrorism as terrifyingly different from other threats to Americans has, arguably, made future terror attacks more difficult to prevent and recover from.
Defense
Homeland security merger raises chain-of-command issues
Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge's effort to clarify lines of authority in the department is already creating rumblings of dissent.
Defense
Officials fear war abroad will breed terror at home
State and local homeland security officials see war with Iraq as intensifying the terror threat at home, and say they lack the resources to be fully prepared.
Defense
Turf battles could hamper launch of Homeland Security Department
The already-difficult job of the new Homeland Security Department is complicated by the fact that several congressional committees are vying for oversight.
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