The Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards, or CFATS, is a program administered by the Department of Homeland Security with the aim of protecting “high-risk” chemical facilities across the United States.
The intelligence community's fusion centers are set up to share information between federal, state and local authorities, but the information seems to be about more innocuous behavior than actual terrorist activity.
The DHS is adding to screening procedures at 14 overseas airports with U.S.-bound flights in a project to keep terrorists from ever boarding the plane.
After a Sunshine Request and the subsequent lawsuit, the Department of Homeland Security has released more than 200 pages on documents on online monitoring.
Former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura has sued the Department of Homeland Security and the Transportation Security Administration, alleging full-body scans and pat-downs at airport checkpoints violate his right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures.