national security

A new report has linked the mysterious flight of a nuclear armed B-52 bomber to the US Vice President's secret plan to attack Iran.

This week Brian McLain continues his series by examining The John Warner Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007, The Military Commissions Act of 2006, and the National Security Presidential Directive 51.

Foreign travelers will be required in the future to provide biometrics at airports when departing from the United States. Recently DHS officials testified before Congress that the department was moving forward with implementing US-VISIT biometric exit procedures at U.S. airports to improve national security. DHS plans to publish a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking before the end of calendar year 2007 outlining its plans to incorporate US-VISIT biometric exit procedures into travelers' airline check-in process. These security measures will accompany the biometrics already nescesary--fingerprints and a digital photograph--upon entering the United States.