New Zealand considers US access to citizens’ biometric data in ongoing EBSP discussions
As governments around the world grapple with how best to balance national security with individual privacy, New Zealand finds itself…
Articles By Anthony Kimery
Anthony Kimery is the former Editor-in-Chief and co-founder of Homeland Security Today. He managed the magazine, daily online news operations and wrote the award-winning "Kimery Report," which covered a broad spectrum of HS-related issues, from public health preparedness to intelligence collection. He has 30-plus years of broad institutional knowledge and expertise in homeland/national security matters and issues as an editor, analyst, and consultant. He also serves as Advisory Board Member of Mississippi College’s Center for Counterterrorism Studies.
Guilty plea in OnlyFake digital ID scheme
A Ukrainian national has pleaded guilty in Manhattan federal court to operating an online service that sold thousands of fabricated…
Eye-movement deception detection studied as part of Pentagon’s vetting modernization
When the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) quietly funded research into “ocular-motor deception detection,” few outside the Intelligence Community…
FBI conducts market research into NIR iris biometric cameras
The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) division has issued a Request for Information as part…
Class action challenges DHS’ use of facial recognition against protesters
A class action lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maine accuses Homeland Security Secretary Kristi…
ICE to outsource decisions about what surveillance tools to buy next
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is preparing to hand a private contractor the keys to its surveillance future, outsourcing the…
ICE use of commercial phone tracking tool draws congressional scrutiny
A group of Democratic lawmakers on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform are pressing Department of Homeland Security…
TSA PreCheck to remain open during federal shutdown, DHS says
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) briefly set off alarm bells across the travel industry when it announced that the…
US lawmaker unveils plan for sweeping overhaul of Privacy Act
Democratic Rep. Lori Trahan this week released a sweeping report arguing that the decades old Privacy Act of 1974, once…
IDMerit disputes report of 1B records exposed in unsecured ID verification database
A massive database containing deeply sensitive personal information from individuals around the world was allegedly recently discovered exposed online without…
