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Sub-Topics Bulletproof Equipment Security Violations USA Also Try Civil Liberties and Security Disaster Preparation Family Safety Lesson Plans Facing Fear (RedCross.org) "Facing Fear was developed to address a demand by educators and caregivers of children for materials to help children cope in uncertain times." 2-03 Lists Reference Resources for Homeland Security (LII.org) Provides 28 resources to help understand the Homeland Security authorization and actions. 10-04 News -01-04-06 Homeland Security to Require Unified Plans (SFGate.com) "San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose and nine other Bay Area cities of more than 100,000 people will have to fill a tall order within the next 60 days -- put aside their traditional rivalries and parochial interests and develop a single application that could mean tens of millions of dollars in federal homeland security funds." 01-06 -01-09-07 House Passes Sweeping Anti-Terror Measure (CBS News) "Anti-terror legislation sailed through the House on Tuesday, the first in a string of measures designed to fulfill campaign promises made by Democrats last fall." 01-07 -02-20-06 Governors Join Debate on Port Security (MSNBC News) "Two Republican governors on Monday questioned a Bush administration decision allowing an Arab-owned company to operate six major U. S. ports, saying they may try to cancel lease arrangements at ports in their states." 02-06 -02-21-06 Senate in Conflict with Bush on U.S. Port Security (ABC News) "A very powerful and very Republican voice has joined those questioning the White House's acceptance of a plan by the Arab company Dubai Ports World to take over the operations at major East Coast shipping ports, including those in New York and Philadelphia." "Meanwhile, President Bush said today that he would veto any congressional efforts to stop the deal from going forward." "[Sen. Evan] Bayh points out that a congressional investigation requested in 2003 and completed in 2005 found that the government entity that cleared such sales 'uses such a narrow definition of national security that it approves too many questionable takeovers without sufficient review.' " 02-06 -02-21-06 U.S. Port Deal: Unreasonable Fear or Legitimate Security Concern? (ABC News) "Democrats and Republicans are challenging the Bush administration's plan to give a company based in the United Arab Emirates significant control over the nation's biggest ports — including New York, New Jersey, Baltimore, New Orleans, Miami and Philadelphia." " 'I strongly disagree with [Homeland Security Chief] Mike Chertoff on this,' Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, said today on ABC's 'Good Morning America.' 'The fact is, this was a very compressed investigation — at most 20 to 25 days, and only a few days was spent looking at the security aspects.' " "In his opinion, securing the nation's ports is difficult enough. So why add to the complications by letting a 'company which could have an al Qaeda infiltration,' know U.S. ports' security measures." 02-06 -02-22-06 Bush Did Not Know About Port Deal (CBS News) "President Bush was unaware of the pending sale of shipping operations at six major U.S. seaports to a state-owned business in the United Arab Emirates until the deal already had been approved by his administration, the White House said Wednesday." 02-06 -03-17-06 Airports Fail Security Test (ABC News) "Government investigators conducting undercover tests at 21 U.S. airports were able to get bomb materials through screening machines at all of them, ABC News has learned." 03-06 -04-03-06 Tensions Between Coast Guard and FBI Threaten Port Security (ABC News) "The government's response to a terrorist incident at sea could be confused and potentially disastrous because of squabbling between the Coast Guard and the FBI, an internal government watchdog said Monday." 04-06 -04-10-08 Drug Seems to Counter Radiation (Time.com) "Scientists mimicked one of cancer's sneaky tricks to create a drug that promises to prevent a serious side effect of cancer treatment — radiation damage — or offer an antidote during a nuclear emergency." 04-08 -06-15-06 Ex-Cop's Experiment in Homeland Security (ABC News) "Everywhere he goes, retired New York City cop Bruce DeCell carries a forged copy of a Matricula Consular identification card used by millions of illegal Mexican immigrants." "And everywhere he goes — into airports, train stations, and government office buildings — it seems the card is accepted without question." "Last week, he used it to breach security at the Department of Homeland Security in Washington, D.C." 06-06 -06-16-06 Study: U.S. Not Ready for Disasters (CBS News) "Nearly five years after the 9/11 attacks and 10 months after Hurricane Katrina, most American cities and states remain unprepared for catastrophes, a government analysis concludes." 06-06 -12-04-05 Commissioners: Federal Government Squandered Homeland Security Funds (CBS News) "Commission members say homeland security dollars have been squandered, CBS News correspondent Bob Orr reports. Police and fire crews like those who struggled in Hurricane Katrina still can't talk to one another by radio. Columbus, Ohio, bought bulletproof vests for its fire department dogs. And Newark, New Jersey bought air-conditioned trash trucks." 12-05 -12-27-05 Report: Homeland Security Guilty of Delection of Duty (MSNBC News) "The Homeland Security Department, created in response to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, has failed to fulfill 33 of its own pledges to better protect the nation, according to a report released Tuesday by House Democrats." 12-05 -Terrorism and Security News (MSNBC News) Provides news on terrorism and security, with an emphasis on homeland security. 6-05 Homeland Security News (Department of Homeland Security) Provides information on the level of risk for attacks by terrorists, news related to countering terrorism within the United States, and more. 10-04 Homeland Security News (MSNBC News) Provides news on security issues. 12-05 Homeland Security News (Whitehouse - Homeland Security) Provides information on the level of risk for attacks by terrorists, news related to countering terrorism within the United States, and more. 3-02 Spying and Intelligence News (Yahoo News) Provides comprehensive news on U.S. espionage and intelligence gathering news. 12-05 Papers -02-18-05 Negroponte New Intelligence Chief (Bloomberg.com) "U.S. President George W. Bush named U.S. Ambassador to Iraq John Negroponte to be the first director of national intelligence, a position created to improve the collection and sharing of information about terrorist threats." 2-05 -02-18-05 Negroponte New Intelligence Chief (CNN News) "President Bush on Thursday nominated John Negroponte, the U.S. ambassador to Iraq, as the first director of national intelligence." "Bush said that Negroponte would be his principal adviser on intelligence issues and would have authority over the budgets of the 15 U.S. intelligence agencies." "Negroponte also will have the authority to order the collection of new intelligence, information sharing between agencies and the establishment of common standards, Bush said." 2-05 -04-10-05 Homeland Security Fund Abused (CBS News) "Cox says the bulk of the anti-terrorism money should have gone to protecting high risk targets, instead of being doled out to every local community in the country, whether they need it or not. 'In some cases, the money just arrives," he says. "It's as if you've won the Publisher's Clearing House sweepstakes.' " "Converse, Texas, first used its new homeland security trailer to transport riding lawn mowers to the annual lawnmower races." "Newark, N.J., spent a quarter of a million dollars on air-conditioned garbage trucks. In Columbus, Ohio, the fire department is buying bulletproof dog vests for its canine corps. And Mason County, Wash., famous mostly for its Christmas trees, spent $63,000 for a decontamination unit that no one’s been trained to use. It’s been sitting in boxes in a warehouse for a year." 4-05 -12-08-06 U.S.-Bound Cargo to Be Checked (CBS News) "U.S.-bound cargo at six overseas ports will be screened for nuclear and radiological material in an expanded effort to prevent terrorist bombs from entering American waters, federal officials said Thursday." 12-06 Airport Security to Use Strip Check (USA Today) "The agency in charge of the nation's air security expects later this year to begin using a controversial X-ray machine that will show airport screeners a clear picture of what's under passengers' clothes — whether weapons or just bare skin." "The ACLU says the scanners invade personal privacy." 4-05 Approach to Quarantines: Medieval or Modern? (MSNBC News) "Quarantine — or some version of it — in a 21st-century flu pandemic would look very different from the medieval stereotype of diseased outcasts locked in a do-not-enter zone." "President Bush’s specter of a military-enforced mass quarantine is prompting debate of the Q-word as health officials update the nation’s plan for battling a pandemic — a plan expected to define who decides when and how to separate the contagious from everyone else." "Bush’s comments recall how quarantines were enforced in parts of this country in the 1890s, when armed guards patrolled streets to keep victims of smallpox and other dread diseases confined to their homes." On the other hand, "The SARS epidemic of 2003 illustrated that 'the public will voluntarily comply with measures to both protect themselves and their loved ones' — if doctors make the case that the steps are for their own good," said Dr. Marty Cetron, head of quarantine at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. " 'Quarantine' means restricting the movement of still healthy people who may have been exposed to an infectious disease, in case they’re carrying it. It’s almost always for a brief time; during SARS, for instance, hospital workers exposed to suspect cases were asked to stay home from work during the respiratory disease’s 10-day incubation period." 10-05 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act of 2005 (Department of Homeland Security) "October 18, 2004, President George W. Bush signed the FY 2005 Homeland Security Appropriations Act, which provides $28.9 billion in net discretionary spending for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). This is $1.8 billion more than the FY 2004 enacted level – reflecting a 6.6% increase in funding for the Department over the previous year. Including Project BioShield, mandatory and fee-funded programs, a total of $40.7 billion will be available to the Department in FY 2005." 10-04 Expert: Suicide Bombers Not Motivated Primarily by Religion (MSNBC News) Tucker Carlson: "I should also say you’ve compiled the world’s largest database on suicide terrorism. You studied every suicide bombing in the world since about 1980, so you’re a good guy to ask, obviously, the guy to ask. You make the point, if I understand it correctly, that, most of the time, suicide bombing is a response to foreign occupation, you say, not a product of religious extremism." Robert Pape: "Yes. Over 95 percent of all suicide terrorist attacks around the world since 1980 have in common not religion, but a clear strategic purpose, to compel modern democracies to withdraw military forces from the territory that the terrorists view as their homeland or prize greatly." 7-05 Homeland Security Department Created (BBC News) "US President George W Bush has signed the Homeland Security Act, creating a huge new government department." "The Department of Homeland Security will have nearly 170,000 employees and merge the functions of 22 existing agencies" and will have a budget of $40 billion. Tom Ridge will be the head of the new department. 11-02 Homeland Security Risk Level (Whitehouse - Homeland Security) Provides information on the level of risk for attacks by terrorists by using a color-coded system, including Low (Condition Green), Guarded (Condition Blue), Elevated (Condition Yellow), High (Condition Orange), and Severe (Condition Red). Activities that may be started in a "Code Red" condition include Assigning emergency response personnel and pre-positioning specially trained teams, Monitoring, redirecting or constraining transportation systems, Closing public and government facilities, and Increasing or redirecting personnel to address critical emergency needs. 3-02 Homeland Security's New Strategic Plans (MSNBC News) "Top DHS officials point out that much of their time has been spent crafting eight huge internal initiatives. Finished in some cases only in recent weeks, they map out the department's new information technology, payroll, personnel, procurement and other systems." "Among other time-consuming initiatives were laying out new doctrines for counterterrorism preparedness that assigned the responsibilities of many agencies before and after an attack. Almost all this work, which involved tedious vetting by dozens of agencies, is now complete, but it was invisible to the public and will yield results only in the future, officials said." 2-05 New Director for Homeland Security (MSNBC News) "President Bush on Tuesday nominated federal appeals court judge Michael Chertoff, a former assistant attorney general in the months after the Sept. 11 attacks, to be secretary of homeland security." 01-05 New Homeland Security Provisions (USA Today) Lists the main provisions of the intelligence reorganization bill, including the creation of a new postion, the Director of National Intelligence. 12-04 New Registered Traveler Program to Speed Security Checks (USA Today) "Airports, security companies and the federal government are mobilizing to launch the first nationwide program that speeds 'trusted travelers' through airport security." "On Friday, Congress paved the way for the program's expansion by approving the Homeland Security Department's request to charge people fees for background checks. Without that authority, Registered Traveler would have no money." 10-05 Pattern of False Terrorist Warnings (TV Newser) MSNBC's Keith Olbermann: "Well...I'm going to raise this question as skeptically and bluntly as I can. It's not a question that doubts the existence of terror, nor the threat of terrorism. But we've cobbled together in the last couple of hours a list of at least 13 occasions that -- on which -- whenever there has been news that significantly impacted the White House negatively, there has been some sudden credible terror threat somewhere in this country. How could the coincidence be so consistent?" Craig Crawford: "It's, it is a pattern." 10-05 Preparing - Ridge Urges Preparation (MSNBC) Director of Homeland Security, Tom Ridge, suggests steps to prepare for a terrorist attack. "Many of these steps are worth taking to prepare for natural disasters, as well, officials said." "They include stashing a three-day supply of water, food and medicine, Ridge said. Among other things, the government-recommended 'kit' also includes duct tape and plastic sheeting that Ridge said could be used to seal off a room in the event of a chemical or biological release." 2-03 Preparing for a Terrorist Attack (American Red Cross) Describes what we should do to prepare ourselves and our families for a terrorist attack. 2-03 Preparing for a Terrorist Attack (Federal Emergency Management Agency) FEMA describes what we should do to prepare ourselves and our families for a terrorist attack. 2-03 Preparing for a Terrorist Attack (Homeland Security) Suggests how to prepare for a biological, chemical, or radiation threat. Suggests what you need to have safe water and food, clean air, and other supplies. Discusses the contents of a first aid kit. 2-03 Recommendations to Improve Homeland Security (Brookings Institute - Project on Homeland Security) "To broaden and reorient the homeland security agenda, we propose a four-tier strategic framework. The four tiers are (1) perimeter defense of the country's borders, (2) preventive activities within the country, (3) protection of domestic sites, and (4) consequence management after attacks." "The Bush administration's 2003 budget contains initiatives that are broadly similar to our first and final categories, but proposes a somewhat scattershot collection of individual programs and efforts within the second category of domestic prevention and the third category of domestic protection. We attempt to develop a more systematic and comprehensive agenda in those areas." 5-02 Terrorist Threat Assessment Still Poor (ABC News) "Overlapping responsibilities among U.S. intelligence agencies could lead to failures in assessing terror threats, experts said Monday in examining changes at the CIA and FBI since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks." 6-05 U.S. House Member: Airport Security Has Not Improved (ABC News) "Security at U.S. airports is no better under federal control than it was before the Sept. 11 attacks, a key House member says two government reports will conclude. The Government Accountability Office the investigative arm of Congress and the Homeland Security Department's inspector general are expected to soon release their findings on the performance of Transportation Security Administration screeners." 4-05 Purchase Resources First Responder Supplies (FirstResponderSupplies.com) "First Responder Supplies, a division of B&A Products, carries a full line of first aid and medical supplies for First Responders, EMTs, EMS (Emergency Medical Services), nursing homes, hospitals; or for your home, office, automobile, church or other organization. This includes: dressings, bandages, tape, gloves, CPR masks, airways, stethoscopes and blood pressure cuffs, first aid kits, emergency oxygen system, equipment bags, extrication equipment, and much more." Awesome Library does not endorse these products but lists them as examples. 11-02 Gas Masks (GasMasksUSA.com) Provides gas masks. Some of these, but not all, were designed to handle chemical or biological terrorist attacks. Awesome Library does not endorse these materials, but provides them as an example. 2-03 Masks - Filter for Emergencies (BAProducts.com) "In the case of a biological or poisonous gas attack, the Air-Aid Mask can provide the first line of defense for those of us who don't happen to have a respirator, gas mask, or SCBA airpack immediately available. The Air-Aid Mask can provide a stopgap measure to give you the extra time to exit the contaminated area." These do not replace the need for respirator masks but are claimed to be better than no mask. Respirators are more effective, but bulkier and more expensive. Awesome Library does not endorse these products but lists them as examples. 11-02 Masks - Hood for Smoke Protection (BAProducts.com) "The Exitair™ is a pocket sized emergency escape smoke hood. It provides an individual the chance to quickly escape from fire and smoke while allowing freedom to breathe and communicate. In addition to protecting the respiratory system, it protects the hair, eyes, and face from smoke, fire and sparks." Awesome Library does not endorse these products but lists them as examples. 11-02 Masks - Isolation (FirstResponderSupplies.com) "The RespAide™ CPR Isolation Mask includes a modular valve component that filters exhaled breath in both directions, providing a superior barrier to cross contamination." Awesome Library does not endorse these products but lists them as examples. 11-02 Masks - Respirator Masks (ReadySafetyKit.com) Provides masks to protect against particulates. Costs around $10. Awesome Library does not endorse these products but lists them as examples. 11-02

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