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Officer Valerie Woo uses a bolt cutter to remove a lock from a suitcase that must be opened for inspection at the Agriculture screening section of Customs at Washington Dulles International Airport on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012. Bolt cutters, knives and magnifying glasses are all common accoutrements for the officers. (The Washington Times) **FILE**

DHS to ramp up random airport screenings amid Paris terrorism

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

The states challenging President Obama's deportation amnesty have already won the first round in court after the case landed in the lap of Judge Andrew S. Hanen, a Bush appointee who issued a scorching rebuke to the Department of Homeland Security last year, accusing it of refusing to follow border security laws. (Associated Press)

Obama amnesty in jeopardy with Bush judicial appointee hearing states’ challenge

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson speaks at a news conference following the secretary's visit to the Islamic Center of the San Gabriel Valley in Rowland Heights, Calif., Thursday, Nov. 13, 2014. (AP Photo/Nick Ut) ** FILE **

Eerie lack of terror chatter this Thanksgiving, but feds keep ‘vigilant’

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

A group of Secret Service police gather on the North Lawn as a member of the Secret Service Counter Assault team surveys from the White House rooftop Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2014, in Washington, after a man jumped the White House fence earlier in the evening. The Secret Service apprehended the man who jumped over the White House fence. This latest incident comes about a month after a previous White House fence jumper sprinted across the lawn, past armed uniformed agents and entered the mansion. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Secret Service agent on cellphone among problems with White House fence-jumper response

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

A nuclear power plant in Perry, Ohio. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Russian hackers’ ‘Trojan Horse’ malware inside U.S. critical infrastructure since 2011

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

White House press secretary Josh Earnest speaks during his daily news briefing at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2014, where he spoke about the shootings in Canada and answered questions about Ebola. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

White House denies covert plan to issue millions of green cards

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

(AP Photo/Eric Gay)

GAO questions fitness of USIS

By Jim McElhatton - The Washington Times

In this Sept. 5, 2014, file photo, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine agent looks for signs along trail while on patrol near the Texas-Mexico border near McAllen, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Judicial Watch sues Homeland Security, alleging immigration ‘cover-up’

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

"These whistleblowers never have the opportunity to make their case," said Sen. Chuck Grassley, Iowa Republican. "It's stereotypical treatment of whistleblowers for the executive branch." (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Washington Times case vs. Homeland Security gets Sen. Chuck Grassley’s attention

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

Director of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Dr. Tom Frieden speaks during a news conference. (AP Photo/John Bazemore) ** FILE**

After first Ebola case, fears turn to U.S. pandemic preparedness

By Kelly Riddell - The Washington Times

Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey, joined by local law enforcement officials, speaks during a news conference at the FBI Albany Field Office on Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014, in Albany, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

FBI, Homeland Security urge high alert for post-airstrike retaliation in U.S.

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

Weekly Standard columnist and Fox News contributor Stephen Hayes was added to the Department of Homeland Security's terrorist watch list. (Image: Fox News screenshot)

Fox News contributor Stephen Hayes added to terrorist watch list

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

**FILE** U.S. Border Patrol Agents listen to U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson speak during a press conference in Edinburg, Texas, on June 30, 2014. Johnson said he is sending an additional 150 Border Patrol agents to the Rio Grande Valley Sector to help with a recent spike in immigrants crossing the border through the area. (Associated Press/The Monitor, Nathan Lambrecht)

Southcom: DHS wants Southwest border command to better handle illegal immigration, crime

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

A health worker is sprayed with disinfectant after he worked with patients that contracted the Ebola virus, at a clinic in Monrovia, Liberia, Monday, Sept. 8, 2014. Border closures, flight bans and mass quarantines are creating a sense of siege in the West African countries affected by Ebola, officials at an emergency African Union meeting said Monday, as Senegal agreed to allow humanitarian aid pass through its closed borders. (AP Photo/Abbas Dulleh)

Homeland Security unprepared for pandemic, watchdog says

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

** FILE ** President Obama speaks about the Affordable Care Act, Tuesday, April 1, 2014, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. (Associated Press)

HealthCare.gov hacked over the summer: ‘There was a door left open’

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

**FILE** President Barack Obama and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano examine an x-ray vehicle as they tour the Bridge of America Cargo Facility in El Paso, Texas, on May 10, 2011, during their visit to the U.S.-Mexico border. (Associated Press)

DHS spent up to $49M annually on unused vehicles: IG

By Kelly Riddell - The Washington Times

Homeland says more than 6,000 foreign nationals who came to the U.S. on student visas have disappeared from the government's radar. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

DHS struggles to keep track of 6K foreign nationals who overstayed student visas

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

A convoy of vehicles and militant fighters move through Iraq's Anbar Province. The U.S. government is tracking and gathering intelligence on as many as 300 Americans who are fighting side-by-side with the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria and are poised to become a major threat to the homeland, according to senior U.S. officials. (Associated Press)

U.S. citizens joining Islamic State pose major threat to homeland

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

displaced: Detainees play while others sleep in a holding cell at a U.S. Customs and Border Protection processing facility in Brownsville, Texas. Such installations have handled more than 47,000 unaccompanied alien children. (Associated Press)

Obama mum on where illegal immigrant children are sheltered

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times