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August 14, 2008
Week 16
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Homeland Security setting up counterspy unit Engineer gets prison time in pipeline plot

A Canadian engineer was indicted on charges stemming from a plan to stage a series of timed explosions along the 800-mile pipeline's length in Alaska. (AP Photo/Al Grillo, File) ... Full Story

WASHINGTON — Concerns about foreign spies and terrorists have prompted the Homeland Security Department to set up its own counterintelligence division and require strict reporting from employees about foreign travel.

The new directive comes as the federal government increases its counterspy efforts across all agencies ... Full Story

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First, do no harm, Part 1


By Richard Gist, Ph.D., Homeland1 contributor
It's been more than a quarter century since the collapse of a pair of suspended walkways traversing the lobby of Kansas City's Hyatt Regency Hotel killed 114 people and made the impact of a mass disaster on community mental health a central focus in planning and response.

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La. officials scrap contract to issue grants
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Maine senator pressed to act on chemical security
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Lack of ID put fliers on TSA list
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