Topic: Russ Knocke

WASHINGTON, June 28 (UPI) -- The cost to put new radiation monitors in place at U.S. borders and ports would be far more than the Department of Homeland Security said, budget papers show.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 (UPI) -- A $90 million, Web-based anti-terror program created by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security is being replaced after an Oct. 27 memo cited its flaws.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- An investigation into a staged U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency news conference found aides were instructed to pose as reporters.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- U.S. President George Bush Tuesday dispatched Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff to California as the federal government rushed aid to firefighters.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- A computer flaw at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security led to a flood of e-mails that inundated government officials and private security experts.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- The e-mail inboxes of hundreds of infrastructure protection professionals across the United States were clogged with hundreds of unwanted messages Wednesday.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 (UPI) -- Michael Jackson, the top deputy to Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, announced Monday he would quit the department next month; an unexpected departure that has stoked congressional concerns about the turnover of senior officials at the department.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 (UPI) -- Small aircraft flying into the United States from overseas faced new Department of Homeland Security rules Tuesday to prescreen passengers and crew.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 (UPI) -- The Department of Homeland Security is among the top five U.S. agencies where computers have been used to anonymously edit Wikipedia entries.

WASHINGTON , Aug. 8 (UPI) -- U.S. Department of Homeland Security officials are planning a crackdown on employers who hire illegal immigrants, the New York Times said Wednesday.