http://www.hlswatch.com/2007/11/21/the-end-of-the-hsc-at-the-white-house/ News and analysis of critical issues in homeland security today. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 05:30:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://www.hlswatch.com/2007/11/21/the-end-of-the-hsc-at-the-white-house/#comment-99422 Homeland Security Watch » White House HSC Under Scrutiny. Again. Thu, 27 Mar 2008 05:02:15 +0000 http://www.hlswatch.com/2007/11/21/the-end-of-the-hsc-at-the-white-house/#comment-99422 [...] of this emerges within the context of an ongoing debate in Washington about what the future of the HSC should be. With a new administration coming in and [...] […] of this emerges within the context of an ongoing debate in Washington about what the future of the HSC should be. With a new administration coming in and […]

]]> http://www.hlswatch.com/2007/11/21/the-end-of-the-hsc-at-the-white-house/#comment-86548 William R. Cumming Wed, 12 Dec 2007 17:58:31 +0000 http://www.hlswatch.com/2007/11/21/the-end-of-the-hsc-at-the-white-house/#comment-86548 Decision to eliminate HSC and Advisor to the President position made at White House and to be announced in State of Union address. National Security types want to get Homeland Security back under their firm control including access to contract dollars by DHS. My recommendation is that Homeland Security focus on both WMD detection, defense, and proliferation issues since the National Security state and the Nuclear Priesthood continues to pretend nuclear strategic warfare is possible. For a excellent critique of that priesthood James Carroll's recent book on that subject gives the subject new evidence to masticate on. The various studies of Robert Oppenheimer and his life that continue to proliferate indicate that the next President will have to address issues not even well studied since the Truman-Eisenhower era. Each day or week goes by reveals that the basic proliferation flaw is that dessimination of nuclear power plant knowledge and skills continues to allow and promote proliferation. Just as the decision was made to keep civilian control of nuclear weapons in the past, a high level commission should be empaneled to review the military's 6 decade doctrine of employment and safeguarding of nuclear weapons with recommendations on reform. Documented cleanup costs alone indicate that the atomic wasteland has already emerged. Deprivation of basic knowledge of the costs and constructs of the nuclear priesthood is the norm for both Congress and the citizens, much less the secrecy of the nuclear priesthood in dictatorships. If the President of Pakistan falls to extremists the country better be prepared for boots on the ground in an effort that will make Iraq and Afghanistane a joke for kinders. Decision to eliminate HSC and Advisor to the President position made at White House and to be announced in State of Union address. National Security types want to get Homeland Security back under their firm control including access to contract dollars by DHS. My recommendation is that Homeland Security focus on both WMD detection, defense, and proliferation issues since the National Security state and the Nuclear Priesthood continues to pretend nuclear strategic warfare is possible. For a excellent critique of that priesthood James Carroll’s recent book on that subject gives the subject new evidence to masticate on. The various studies of Robert Oppenheimer and his life that continue to proliferate indicate that the next President will have to address issues not even well studied since the Truman-Eisenhower era. Each day or week goes by reveals that the basic proliferation flaw is that dessimination of nuclear power plant knowledge and skills continues to allow and promote proliferation. Just as the decision was made to keep civilian control of nuclear weapons in the past, a high level commission should be empaneled to review the military’s 6 decade doctrine of employment and safeguarding of nuclear weapons with recommendations on reform. Documented cleanup costs alone indicate that the atomic wasteland has already emerged. Deprivation of basic knowledge of the costs and constructs of the nuclear priesthood is the norm for both Congress and the citizens, much less the secrecy of the nuclear priesthood in dictatorships. If the President of Pakistan falls to extremists the country better be prepared for boots on the ground in an effort that will make Iraq and Afghanistane a joke for kinders.

]]> http://www.hlswatch.com/2007/11/21/the-end-of-the-hsc-at-the-white-house/#comment-84049 quickerda » Blog Archive » The End of the HSC at the White House? Thu, 22 Nov 2007 07:13:49 +0000 http://www.hlswatch.com/2007/11/21/the-end-of-the-hsc-at-the-white-house/#comment-84049 [...] full story here [...] […] full story here […]

]]> http://www.hlswatch.com/2007/11/21/the-end-of-the-hsc-at-the-white-house/#comment-83963 SuperJogos - Todos os jogos da internet » A Future for the White House Homeland Security Council? Wed, 21 Nov 2007 15:25:17 +0000 http://www.hlswatch.com/2007/11/21/the-end-of-the-hsc-at-the-white-house/#comment-83963 [...] Interesting post today!.Here’s a quick excerpt In a CQ story today, Matthew Johnson invokes the perennial question of whether we need a Homeland Security Council in addition to a National Security Council at the White House. The non-government experts interviewed both suggest the HSC’s days are numbered, while Congressman Peter King defends the need for a separate HSC. P.J. Crowley at the Center for American Progress gets the award for most cutting response: “… it doesn’t make sense to have an Iraq policy where you are creating terrorists [...] […] Interesting post today!.Here’s a quick excerpt In a CQ story today, Matthew Johnson invokes the perennial question of whether we need a Homeland Security Council in addition to a National Security Council at the White House. The non-government experts interviewed both suggest the HSC’s days are numbered, while Congressman Peter King defends the need for a separate HSC. P.J. Crowley at the Center for American Progress gets the award for most cutting response: “… it doesn’t make sense to have an Iraq policy where you are creating terrorists […]

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