Cybersecurity
Cyber Challenges ‘Going to Get Much, Much Worse,’ NSA Director Warns
Intelligence leaders express concern about "less sophisticated" parts of private sector in "race for technological superiority."
Border Security
Trump Budget Wants $66 Million for DOJ Immigration Courts
In early fiscal 2018, the backlog of cases in immigration courts was 650,000, a 25 percent increase from 2016; money would fund 75 new immigration judges and support staff.
Airport & Aviation Security
White House Seeks $47.5B to Add DHS Staff, Fund Cyber and Border Wall
The Transportation Security Administration would get $3.2 billion to add 687 screeneers, bringing the total transportation security corps to 43,877, the most ever.
Daily News & Analysis
Trump Would Keep FBI HQ in D.C., Move Thousands of Staff Out of Area
Government officials, Congress and real estate companies spent more than a decade and millions of dollars to move the FBI out of Washington.
Border Security
Skin Color, Gender Confound Face Recognition Software, Adding to Controversy Over Federal Use
DHS agencies have been testing face-scanning technology on departing passengers at airports in Boston, Atlanta, Chicago, Las Vegas, Miami, New York City, Houston, and Washington, D.C.
Daily Briefings Newsletter - DHS (WNB – DHS Today)
Polls Show FBI Tarnished by Attacks
Two in three Republicans say the FBI is biased against Donald Trump, while most Democrats said FBI is “just trying to do their job."
DOJ
PERSPECTIVE: FBI Has a Long History of Upholding the Rule of Law
Every time an agent swears out a warrant or testifies in court, they raise their right hands and take an oath to tell the truth and nothing but the truth; those oaths are not just words.
Counterterrorism
New York Man Sentenced to 18 Years for Plotting ISIS Attacks
Munther Omar Saleh, 22, of Queens planned to set off a pressure-cooker-style bomb, same as used in Boston bombing, on George Washington Bridge.
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