Paris Attacks Renew U.S. Call to Access Encrypted Communications
The bloodshed in Paris led U.S. officials Monday to renew calls for limits on technology that prevents governments from spying on phone conversations, text messages and e-mails. Senator Dianne...
View ArticleSenator Burr: Suspend the Syrian Refugee Program (Richard Burr)
(Source: Richard Burr) 11.16.15 WASHINGTON - Senator Richard Burr (R-NC), Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, made the following...
View ArticleU.S. lawmakers say Paris attacks highlight encryption concerns
By Patricia Zengerle and Dustin Volz WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers said on Tuesday it was likely that new, difficult to break "end-to-end" encryption technologies were used by individuals in...
View ArticleParis attacks highlight encryption concerns: US
WASHINGTON: US lawmakers said on Tuesday it was likely that new, difficult to break "end-to-end" encryption technologies were used by individuals in Belgium, France and Syria involved in the Paris...
View ArticleSenate intelligence chair: visa waiver programme worse threat than refugees
Richard Burr is ‘more concerned with the visa waiver programme’, which allows travelers to come to the US without a visa for stays of 90 days than with refugees...
View ArticleHouse GOP bill would bolster checks on Syrian refugees
Asserting a public demand for a greater measure of protection, Republicans are ready to push legislation through the House erecting fresh hurdles for Syrian and Iraqi refugees trying to enter the...
View ArticleU.S. House passes bill to slow Syrian refugees despite Obama veto threat
By Megan Cassella and Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives, defying a veto threat by President Barack Obama, overwhelmingly passed Republican-backed legislation on...
View ArticleThe putrid push to politicize the Syrian-refugee debate
Some awkward speed bumps are getting in the way of President Obama and other Democrats’ rush to vilify Republicans in the debate over Syrian refugees. The president is plainly eager to get past his...
View ArticleICYMI: MURPHY CALLS FOR STRENGTHENED VISA WAIVER PROGRAM TO PROTECT AMERICA &...
(Source: Christopher Murphy) Thursday, November 19, 2015 Click here to view video. WASHINGTON – Today, just days after ISIS claimed responsibility for the attacks in Paris that left 129 people dead and...
View ArticleBrown Announces Plan to Close Loopholes in Visa Waiver Program that Would...
(Source: Sherrod Brown) Thursday, November 19, 2015 WASHINGTON D.C. – U.S. Sens. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) today announced his support for a plan to ensure ISIS terrorists are not able to slip into the...
View ArticleHonduras detains Syrian nationals
Honduran authorities on Wednesday said they had intercepted six Syrian nationals traveling on doctored Greek passports in the past week, including five who had been trying to reach the US. There were...
View ArticleEurope’s Refugee Crisis (HRW - Human Rights Watch)
(Source: HRW - Human Rights Watch) Introduction Unprecedented numbers of migrants and asylum seekers traveled by sea to European shores in 2015. By mid-November, over 800,000 had reached Italy and...
View ArticleHonduras Detains Syrians Bound For U.S. With Doctored Greek Passports
TEGUCIGALPA, Nov 18 (Reuters) - Honduran authorities said on Wednesday they had intercepted six Syrian nationals traveling on doctored Greek passports in the past week, including five who had been...
View ArticleVisa Waiver Travelers Should Have To Go Through ‘Global Entry’ To Enter US
Kentucky Senator and Republican presidential candidate Rand Paul said that entrants to the US from visa waiver countries should “come through global entry” and that...
View ArticleBarletta Backs Refugee Certified Vetting Bill as “Good First Step” (Lou...
(Source: Lou Barletta) 'I look at it this way: If I gave you a bunch of fifty grapes and told you two might be poisoned, how many grapes would you eat?' - Rep. Lou Barletta, PA-11 WASHINGTON -...
View ArticlePortman Questions Administration Official on What Steps are Being Taken to...
(Source: Rob Portman) Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-Ohio) questioned Administration officials regarding what steps are being taken to ensure terrorists do not exploit the U.S....
View ArticleRepublicans clash with Obama over Syria refugee program
US lawmakers moved Wednesday to freeze White House plans to resettle Syrian refugees, intensifying a standoff with President Barack Obama who accused Republicans of "hysteria" following the Paris...
View ArticleKirk, Ayotte Lead Bipartisan Letter from 16 Senators to President on...
(Source: Mark Kirk) WASHINGTON - In the aftermath of the November 13th terrorist attacks in Paris that killed at least 129 people and injured hundreds more, U.S. Senators Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) and Kelly...
View ArticleHonduras detains Syrians bound for US with Greek doctored passports
Honduran authorities said on Wednesday they had intercepted six Syrian nationals traveling on doctored Greek passports in the past week, including five who had been trying to reach the United States....
View ArticleSweet: House Republicans pass tough refugee rules — with Democratic help
Follow @LynnSweet WASHINGTON – Fueled by GOP votes — and unusually strong Democratic support — the House on Thursday set what may be an impossibly high bar to admit Syrian and Iraqi refugees, while the...
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