Homeland Security: Inside & Out

This week: Are you afraid of the 'no-fly list'?

Broadcasts at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2008 on KAMU 90.9 FM

• Click here to listen to the podcast of the Nov. 18  program.

Our guests and topics include:

• When you get to the airport and head through the security line, do you ever worry that you might somehow end up on the "no fly list" by accident - and be unable to travel?  Then you need to hear our first interview, because Christopher White of the TSA says they have a way to fix the problem.
• Are you ever concerned that when your money moves electronically, there might be a problem you can't see?  Journalist Shane Harris will tell you that you are right to worry.
• Have your wondered from recent news stories how our embassies are penetrated by foreign agents?  Fred Burton of Stratfor will explain.

Oct 16: Satellite surveillance plans, Winter Olympics problems, HSToday, Gulf Coast rebuilding project, social and behavioral sciences, media releasing classified information, and the GAO

Tuesday, October 16, 7 p.m. CDT (KAMU 90.9 FM, College Station)

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1. News Media

William Jackson is a writer for Government Computer News and will explain why DHS has delayed satellite surveillance plans in response to a growing concern about invasion of privacy and civil liberties. The surveillance plan would share imagery from U.S. spy satellites with state, local and tribal law-enforcement agencies

2. Inside the Beltway, Take One

Major General Timothy J. Lowenberg is the adjutant general of Washington and Mark Beaty is the U.S. federal coordinator for the next Winter Olympics. They will talk about security along the US-Canada border for the Winter Olympics in 2010. The main concern is how the Olympics will affect tourists traveling across the border and also how these tighter constraints will effect trade among the two nations.

3. Inside the Beltway, Take Two

Editor of HSToday, David Silverberg, will discuss the magazine and the kinds of articles it publishes.

4. Outside the Beltway

Donald E. Powell was named by President Bush as the federal coordinator of Gulf Coast rebuilding. Today, he will talk about what the aim of the project is and whether or not the Gulf Coast is returning to its original state.

5. Wild Card

Sharla Rausch is the director of the Human Factors Division of the DHS Science and Technology Directorate. Rausch will discuss applying social and behavioral sciences to homeland security and the benefits of doing so.

6. On the Road with Randy Larsen

Randy Larsen will join us from the road to talk about the tension between the media and the government in releasing classified information.

7. Homeland Security at Home

Dr. Sharon Caudle is an assistant director for homeland security with the U.S. Government Accountability Office's (GAO) Homeland Security and Justice Team and will discuss the GAO's role for homeland security.

Tuesday, October 16, 7 p.m. CDT (KAMU 90.9 FM, College Station)

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1. News Media

William Jackson is a writer for Government Computer News and will explain why DHS has delayed satellite surveillance plans in response to a growing concern about invasion of privacy and civil liberties. The surveillance plan would share imagery from U.S. spy satellites with state, local and tribal law-enforcement agencies

2. Inside the Beltway, Take One

Major General Timothy J. Lowenberg is the adjutant general of Washington and Mark Beaty is the U.S. federal coordinator for the next Winter Olympics. They will talk about security along the US-Canada border for the Winter Olympics in 2010. The main concern is how the Olympics will affect tourists traveling across the border and also how these tighter constraints will effect trade among the two nations.

3. Inside the Beltway, Take Two

Editor of HSToday, David Silverberg, will discuss the magazine and the kinds of articles it publishes.

4. Outside the Beltway

Donald E. Powell was named by President Bush as the federal coordinator of Gulf Coast rebuilding. Today, he will talk about what the aim of the project is and whether or not the Gulf Coast is returning to its original state.

5. Wild Card

Sharla Rausch is the director of the Human Factors Division of the DHS Science and Technology Directorate. Rausch will discuss applying social and behavioral sciences to homeland security and the benefits of doing so.

6. On the Road with Randy Larsen

Randy Larsen will join us from the road to talk about the tension between the media and the government in releasing classified information.

7. Homeland Security at Home

Dr. Sharon Caudle is an assistant director for homeland security with the U.S. Government Accountability Office's (GAO) Homeland Security and Justice Team and will discuss the GAO's role for homeland security.

Oct. 9: Detecting liquids at airports, Operation Aaberich, FISA updates, preventing bioviolence, new technology from DHS’ command control, and collaboration between Lawrence Livermoore and the Institute for National Security, Education and Research

Tuesday, October 9, 7 p.m. CDT (KAMU 90.9 FM, College Station)

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1. News Media
Mimi Hall, a staff writer for USA Today, describes  a new detection method for 3 oz. liquids at airports. Currently, all liquids, gels and aerosols must be in three-ounce or smaller containers and the guideline has caused a lot of problems with air travelers as they are screened to get onto flights. With the new SENSIT technology, Hall discusses how a new MRI process can determine immediately what type of liquid is present and allow for faster lines and much safer screening processes.

2. Inside the Beltway, Take One
John Goetz writes for Spiegel Online International. He discusses Operation Alberich, which involved a joint CIA and German task force in Berlin working to stop one of the biggest terrorist threats to ever hit Europe.

3. Inside the Beltway, Take Two
Pam Hess is a Pentagon correspondent for United Press International and updates us on the hearings pertaining to the FISA (Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act) amendment and breakdown new information on al Qaeda and where we stand in Iraq.

4. Outside the Beltway

Barry Kellman is a professor of international law and is director of the International Weapons Control Center at the DePaul University College of Law. His new book, "BIOVIOLENCE:  Preventing Biological Terror and Crime," describes how diseases such as smallpox, anthrax or Ebola might be used for hostile purposes and the rapidly increasing threat that biological weapons pose to the U.S. and the world alike.

5. Wild Card
Dr. Dave Boyd serves as the division head of command, control and interoperability at DHS and the director of the Office for Interoperability and Compatibility. Boyd discusses technology advances in the field by telling us a few ways DHS is making command, control and interoperability more efficient.

6. On the Road with Randy Larsen
Co-host Randy Larsen will join Dave McIntyre in prioritizing the different  threats-nuclear bombs, radioactive, biological, chemical-and rate them in terms of how relevant they are present day. Larsen is currently touring the country talking about his book, "Our Own Worst Enemy: Asking the Right Questions About Security to Protect You, Your Family, and America."

7. Homeland Security at Home
Marvin Adams, associate vice president for research and a professor of nuclear engineering at Texas A&M University, talks about the collaboration between Lawrence Livermoore National Security and the Institute for National Security, Education, and Research. The institute will collaborate with LLNS to develop educational and research programs in three areas: detection and prevention of the proliferation of nuclear and radiological weapons; large-scale computer simulations of complex physical processes; and homeland and international security. 

Sept. 4-5: Before and after 9/11, security device maintenance problems, Homeland Security Institute Newsletter, and the Mexico security memo

• Tuesday, September 4 , 7 p.m. CDT (KAMU 90.9 FM, College Station)
• Wednesday, September 5, 10 p.m. EDT (WAMU 88.5 FM, Washington, D.C.)

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1. News Media, Take One

Mimi Hall, staff writer for USA Today, and Shane Harris, staff writer for National Journal, talk about their lives before and after the September 11th attacks. The discussion is based on how 9/11 changed the world we live in and to this day, continues to affect us.

2. Inside the Beltway

Mimi Hall and Shane Harris continue their discussion on the post-9/11 world in this segment.

3. News Media, Take Two 

Mary Beth Sheridan of the Washington Post will discuss the burden of maintaining security devices. She will detail some of the problems that go along with getting these devices, such as the cost of upkeep and maintenance.

4. Outside the Beltway.

Alan Capps is the principal analyst with Homeland Security Institute which is a part of ANSER.  He discuss his role as the editor of the Journal for Homeland Security and Homeland Security Newsletter.

5. Wild Card

Fred Burton is the vice president for counter-terrorism and corporate security at Stratfor. Burton will discuss a Mexico security memo that deals with the violence around the Mexico-U.S. border. The memo deals with violence associated with warring militias, such as beheadings and murders of journalists and government officials.

6. Perspectives

Dave and Randy will be wrapping up the show with some final thoughts.

Mimi Hall and Shane Harris continue their discussion on the post-9/11 world in this segment.

July 31-Aug. 1: Chertoff's "Gut Feeling", SWOTT, Small Boat Entry into the US, What Shapes Terrorist Behavior, The Belfer Center, and the National Domestic Prepardness Consortium

• Tuesday, July 31 , 7 p.m. CDT (KAMU 90.9 FM, College Station)
• Wednesday, August 1, 10 p.m. EDT (WAMU 88.5 FM, Washington, D.C.)

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1. News Media, Take One

Our first guest is Mimi Hall, a staff writer for USA Today, will discuss US Homeland Security Chief Michael Chertoff's "gut feeling" that some form of terrorist attack will occur this summer.

2. Outside the Beltway

Greg Miller (left) and Stephen Shellman, both project directors for the Summer Workshop On Teaching about Terrorism (or SWOTT), will discuss their role in improving teaching skills in terrorism studies, and how SWOTT came about.

3. News Media, Take Two
Eric Lipton , staff writer for The New York Times, discusses the issue of small boats being used by terrorists to gain entry into the US.

4. Inside the Beltway

Victor Asal, who works as an Associate Professor in the Political Science Department at the University at Albany will be discussing organizational factors that help determine terrorist behavior.

Erica Chenoweth, a research fellow in the International Security Program at  Harvard University’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs will discuss her recent study on insurgency in the 20th century.
5. Wild Card

Bill May and Dennis Hunter are both members of the The National Domestic Preparedness Consortium, which helps train state and local emergency responders. May, pictured, is the Associate Agency Director for Texas Engineering Extension Service, and Hunter is the Training Program Manager at New Mexico Tech.

6. Perspectives
Jerry Buckwalter is vice president for homeland security at Northrop Grumman Corp. Buckwalter explains how conferences like the Spring 2007 GovExec Conference fill a niche by providing homeland security professional with access to the high-level information provided by similar conferences to more mature areas of study, such as national defense. After the interview, co-hosts Randy Larsen and Dave McIntyre will add their thoughts.

2. Outside the Beltway