AI contends that under the 2010 National Security Act the NISS retains extensive powers of arrest and detention, and maintains a "culture of impunity" for human rights violations.

In a hopeful sign of growing bipartisan support for nuclear reductions, former military commanders and national security officials announced their support today for quick approval of the New START treaty.

In the Senate, when legislators tried to create a single committee with jurisdiction over homeland security the result was a feeding frenzy of parochial Senators who stripped so much from the committee that it

With the passage of the HITECH Act, Congress made health IT security a top priority. ONC is committed to making electronic health information as secure as technically and humanly feasible

Washington, July 19, 2010 – Today, more than 30 senior former military and national security leaders launched the 'Consensus for American Security ' to support a national security strategy that will keep the

According to the Washington Post's epic investigation of the secret American security state created in the wake of the September 11th attacks, there are now about 854000 Americans with top-secret security clearances

Every year, the images of a national security state careening out of control, as depicted in Terry Gilliam's 1985 movie Brazil, become eerily more realistic. In his Ministry of Information, the underlings sneak

Andy Stern, a key member of the president's deficit commission, proposes to invest a part of our Social Security funds in the stock market. Dean Baker, Co-Director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research

Compliance and Security Image : http://www.flickr.com Compliance It is possible to have excellent security and not be compliant, and it is also possible to pass a compliance audit and have a very poor organization

Now that Mel Gibson has become one of the most hated men in America, security at the actor´s church has been put on "high alert." A member at Mel´s congregation says they are...