Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano spends a considerable amount of time dealing with cybersecurity threats, including potential attacks on the nation’s infrastructure. But don’t ask her to detail the nation’s biggest cyber enemies. “Oh, I don’t rank them, this isn’t basketball or something,” Napolitano said Thursday, earning her a laugh at the start of a Washington Post Live event on cybersecurity . “Threats are threats.” Read full article > >

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Janet Napolitano: Hackers have ‘come close’ to major cyberattack

The failed Times Square bombing defines the new terrorist threat in the United States. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano told a House committee Wednesday that the danger of attacks is greater than at any time since 9/11. That’s because U.S….

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Terrorism Threat Highest Since 9/11

On Monday, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano gave a remarkable speech at the University of Texas at El Paso on immigration and border security. It was the kind of address where you take the good with the bad.

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Opinion: Napolitano’s short memory

The much-mocked, color-coded terror threat system used by the U.S. government since after Sept. 11, 2001 is on its way out. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano is expected to announce the change on Thursday. “Though the system served a…

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Color-Coded Threat Alarms Phased Out

At least we know when to cut our losses and move on. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano has cancelled the controversial “virtual border fence,” deeming the high-cost and over-schedule program to be too ineffective to justify the $1 billion it…

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U.S. Cancels Virtual Border Fence

A package addressed to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano ignited in a District postal facility Friday, authorities said, a day after two similar parcels containing low-grade incendiary devices flashed in Maryland government buildings.

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Incendiary mail goes off in D.C.

An envelope that ignited today at a Washington postal sorting facility was addressed to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, a government official said.

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Envelope sent to Napolitano ignites at D.C. postal facility