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…
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.
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…
FBI’s AI, biometrics boom is accelerating, but paperwork isn’t keeping up
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has rapidly expanded how it uses AI across investigations, intelligence support, and internal operations,…
Colorado moves age checks from websites to operating systems
As Colorado lawmakers once again revisit online age verification, the debate is no longer about whether to protect children online….
Ring expands ‘Search Party’ function from lost dogs to broader surveillance
The Ring home security ecosystem is at the center of a privacy and surveillance debate after internal communications, a controversial…
Texas on the sidelines as digital driver’s licenses expand nationwide
Texas is emerging as one of the major holdouts in the national shift toward digital identification even as Apple expands…
DoD expands research on biometric enabled hearing protection systems
The Department of Defense (DoD) has received a $7.5 million program increase in the Fiscal Year 2026 defense appropriations bill…
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