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President Obama to Speak on Oklahoma Disaster

(WASHINGTON) — President Barack Obama will be meeting with his disaster response team, including Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, on Tuesday before delivering a statement on the devastating tornado that tore through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday. Show More Summary

Senate Judiciary rejects Cornyn effort to strip Napolitano’s power

The Senate Judiciary Committee voted along party lines to maintain Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano’s power to waive the required deportation of immigrants guilty of Read more...

ICE President Chris Crane Opposes Any Kind Of Reform Bill

On Monday, two Department of Homeland Security unions comprising of 20,000 individuals from the National Immigration and Customs Enforcement Council (NICEC) and the National Citizenship and Immigration Services Council (NCISC) publicly released a statement indicating their opposition to the Senate immigration bill. Show More Summary

U.S. homeland security notice weighs on OSI Systems’ new contracts

(Reuters) - OSI Systems Inc said the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has issued it a "proposed debarment notice" related to privacy concerns over its full-body passenger scanners used in airports, limiting the company's ability to sign new federal...

33 boxes of cigars on board, cont’d

21 hours agoIndustries / Law : Overlawyered

We reported last month on the federal seizure of the 46-foot sailboat Janice Ann. Now an update: in a letter to petitioner Jeffrey Southworth, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection division of the Department of Homeland Security has offered to return the boat in exchange for a hold-harmless agreement sparing Customs from any demand for [...]Show More Summary

Bitcoin ATM Robocoin Makes Money Laundering Easy

As the Department of Homeland Security targets online Bitcoin exchanges, alternatives are beginning to emerge

Homeland Security’s New Job: Seizing Land Rover Defenders

Car and Driver scribe (and TTAC alum) Justin Berkowitz has penned an amazing feature about the U.S. Government’s campaign against grey market Land Rover Defenders. According to Berkowitz, Defender enthusiasts have been trying to skirt the government’s 25 year exemption for imported cars by fudging the ages of Defenders from Europe and elsewhere. VIN plates are [...]

Michigan State's Stadium Upgrade to Address Homeland Security-Requested Concerns

Mark Hollis, the athletic director at Michigan State University, has confirmed that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security raised some concerns about Spartan Stadium and its vulnerability, and that MSU has addressed those concerns in the renovation plans for the facility. Show More Summary

What the Dwolla seizure means for Bitcoin's future

With all Dwolla payments to and from Mt. Gox frozen by Homeland Security, what's next for Bitcoin?

Britain's MI5 scraps $116M IT system

The system was supposed to act as a sort of digital Department of Homeland Security.

Child Molester Arrested Thanks to One Stupid Mistake

Post by Jeanne Sager Finally some good news in the ongoing war against child pornography. Photos of a child porn producer known only as John Doe were released by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations department earlier this month in a plea for the public to help nab a man abusing a little girl. Show More Summary

Update: Honeland Security arrests "John Doe" child pornography suspect, rescues child from ongoing sexual abuse

4 days agoOdd : Boing Boing

That nationwide manhunt for a "John Doe" suspected child pornographer, featured here on Boing Boing earlier this week? It's over. About 24 hours after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) asked the public for help identifying a man who appeared in a series of videos documenting the sexual abuse of a [...]

How to build trust in the Bitcoin ecosystem

Well it looks like the Department of Homeland Security is investigating Mt. Gox and the primary complaint is operating an unlicensed money transmittal business. Things do not look good for Mt. Gox. Its US accounts are being seized. This …

Feds Seize Assets From Mt. Gox's Dwolla Acount, Accuse It Of Violating Money Transfer Regulations

Bitcoin exchange service Mt. Gox is experiencing some issues with U.S. authorities. The Department of Homeland Security issued a seizure warrant to Dwolla for the money in Mt. Gox’s Dwolla account. Mt. Gox users can’t use Dwolla as a funding option anymore even though it was one of the most popular options. Show More Summary

LIVE: Is Bitcoin Doomed? Feds Use Search Warrant to Seize Mt. Gox Account

On today’s SiliconANGLE Live NewsDesk Show, (see embed feed below or visit youtube.com/siliconangle to watch on-demand), we discuss how The Department of Homeland Security is investigating Mt. Gox, the largest Bitcoin exchange. The Feds are investigating into whether Mt. Gox … Continue reading ?

Think Bitcoin can’t be regulated? Think again

Mobile payment startup Dwolla found itself involved a national story involving a cryptocurrency, the national economy, and any number of threats to U.S. security. When the Department of Homeland Security issued a "seizure warrant" for the funds associated with Bitcoin exchange Mt. Show More Summary

Feds reveal the search warrant used to seize Mt. Gox account

``In the warrant, a special agent with Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), states that there's probable cause to believe Mt. Gox is engaging in "money transmitting" without a license, a crime punishable by a fine or up to five years in prison. Show More Summary

Tim Cook to Testify In Front of Senate Committee Over Apple's Tax Practices

Apple CEO Tim Cook will testify in front of the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigation next week, Politico is reporting. The subcommittee is attached to the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. The hearing, titled "Offshore Profit Shifting and the U.S. Show More Summary

Bitcoin price holds up as details emerge about Mt. Gox seizure

5 days agoTechnology : GigaOM

Bitcoin traders were rattled yesterday on news that Homeland Security had shut down a popular form of trading the cyber-currency. Today, the price recovered as news emerged that the feds are targeting an exchange more than Bitcoin itself.

Homeland Security seizes account of largest Bitcoin exchange, Mt. Gox

The Department of Homeland Security has moved to shut down Mt. Gox's ability to transfer funds to customers via payment processor Dwolla. The issue is straightforward: Mt. Gox's Wells Fargo account isn't registered as a money transfer service despite having acted in that capacity for 18 months.

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