By Hoaithi Nguyen – Executive Summary – Since the spring of 2013, when Edward Snowden leaked classified information regarding the National Security Agency’s (NSA) covert collection of telephony metadata from major communications providers, such Internet giants as Apple and Google […]
Lawful Hacking: Toward a Middle Ground Solution to the Going Dark Problem →
By Michelle Tonelli – Executive Summary – To use big data analytics effectively in predictive policing, a program must meet what has become known as the “four Vs”—volume, velocity, variety, and veracity.[1] Volume requires a large amount of data, velocity
This essay presents the key findings of a systematic analysis of U.S. court records about SIA smuggling, as derived from 19 known prosecutions and a variety of other data between 2001 and 2015.
By Todd Bensman
By Catherine Ventura – Executive Summary – Immigration has always been a major component of the United States’ national strategy. Humanitarian immigration refers to programs specifically designed to assist refugees, asylum-seekers and other populations of forced migrants. The United States
By Eric Saylors – Executive Summary – How do agencies that prevent or mitigate disasters communicate their value? How do they justify their budgets? If one were to do a “return on investment” (ROI) study on homeland security departments, what
Quantifying the Negative: How Homeland Security Adds Value →
By John D. Milby – Executive Summary – Law enforcement officers are regularly called upon to respond to assist mentally ill persons in crisis; some experts estimate that as many as 20 percent of all law enforcement calls for service
Preempting Mass Murder: Improving Law Enforcement Risk Assessments of Persons with Mental Illness →
By James Ricciuti – Executive Summary – The groupthink psychological phenomenon widespread throughout the homeland security enterprise is a significant threat to the national security of the United States (U.S.). Nevertheless, the existence of groupthink and its influence on homeland
Groupthink: A Significant Threat to the Homeland Security of the United States →
