December 3, 2004

If Janet Napolitano becomes secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, she would be in charge of an agency whose operations she has frequently criticized as governor.

President-elect Barack Obama formally named Gov. Janet Napolitano today as his choice for Secretary of Homeland Security.

WASHINGTON - The Homeland Security Department objected at first to a United Arab Emirates company's taking over significant operations at six U.S. ports. It was the lone protest among members of the government committee that eventually approved the deal without dissent.

President Bush, appearing at a Paradise Valley resort at the foot of Camelback Mountain, authorized a Homeland Security Department funding bill Wednesday that features $1.2 billion for additional fences, technology and manpower along the U.S.-Mexico border.

Are your computers safe and secure? As part of the national Stop.Think.Connect campaign against cyber threats to computers in the private and public sector, the city of Mesa and the Department of Homeland Security are hosting a cyber security summit at the Mesa Arts Center on Wednesday, Sept. 26.

WASHINGTON - Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge, whose name became synonymous with color-coded terror alerts and tutorials to the public about how to prepare for possible attack, is resigning, U.S. officials said Tuesday.

U.S. Sen. Jon Kyl secured an agreement with Senate Democrats to pump up the Department of Homeland Security’s budget by $3 billion for immigration enforcement measures Wednesday.

Arizona's two U.S. senators lashed out Wednesday at the Department of Homeland Security, charging the agency with what amounts to profiling people as terror risks based on their political beliefs.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - It's a task that would challenge even the sharpest of computer geeks: set up a hacker-proof computer network for 190,000 government workers across the country fighting terrorism.

WASHINGTON - Homeland Security officials issued a bulletin advising state officials, police and transit and rail agencies to be vigilant in light of the bombings in Spain.

Given the nature of bureaucracies and the vast amount of money being poured into the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, it's hardly a surprise that some of those funds are being wasted.

WASHINGTON - On the eve of the second anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, President Bush is urging that law enforcement authorities get the same powers to investigate and prosecute suspected terrorists as they already have to combat drug-traffickers, embezzlers, mobsters and other criminals.

WASHINGTON - A B-52 bomber was mistakenly armed with six nuclear warheads and flown for more than three hours across several states last week, prompting an Air Force investigation and the firing of one commander, Pentagon officials said Wednesday.

Earlier this month, the Department of Homeland Security's crack gumshoes at Los Angeles' airport jailed six French TV journalists for more than a day; interrogated, body-searched and fingerprinted them; then forcibly repatriated them to Paris.

With orange alerts and intelligence chatter about simultaneous terror attacks against targets that could include major sporting events, tight security again will be the order of the day at the Fiesta and Insight bowls.

WASHINGTON - The United States has "credible intelligence from multiple sources" that al-Qaida is determined to launch an attack in the United States in the next few months that could be linked to events such as an upcoming international economic summit and the summer political conventions, Attorney General John Ashcroft said Wednesday.

With a new state law as ammunition, Gov. Janet Napolitano is clearing the way to have Arizona state police start hunting down human smugglers.

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano announced $30 million in federal grants Tuesday to prevent drug-fueled violence from spilling into the United States from Mexico.

Attorney General Tom Horne testified in Washington on Wednesday that the president’s claim the border is “more secure than ever’’ is a myth.

Attorney General Tom Horne testified in Washington on Wednesday that the president’s claim the border is “more secure than ever’’ is a myth.

Alonzo Pena, the top federal immigration enforcement official in Arizona, flipped through a series of slides Tuesday to illustrate the daunting task facing federal officers.

WASHINGTON - Three weeks before London’s bus and subway bombings, a Senate committee voted to slash spending on mass transit security in the United States, a decision sure to be reversed when Congress returns next week.

Gov. Jan Brewer wants face time next week with President Barack Obama to tell him what she feels he needs to do to secure the border.