Terrorism and Homeland Security
Heather Hurlburt On Current TV Discussing Public Support for Drone Strikes with David Shuster
February 8, 2012
Countdown with Keith Olbermann, Current TV February 9, 2012
State of the Union’s Role in the World
January 24, 2012
Tonight’s State of the Union address will focus on jobs, the economy and the middle class. Whether the topic is energy security, educating Americans to compete, or restoring the values that secured America’s global leadership, questions of our role in the world will be woven throughout. As Charles Kupchan of the Council on Foreign Relations [...]
Heather Hurlburt Quoted In Huffington Post On Guantanamo Bay
January 11, 2012
“Here we are, 10 years after Guantanamo opened, with Osama bin Laden dead, and we see Congress coming anew with this effort to re-militarize the struggle against terrorism,” said Heather Hurlburt, the executive director of the National Security Network, noting that the civilian justice system has won convictions of more than 400 terrorists, while the military system has tallied just six.
Heather Hurlburt Quoted In ThinkProgress On NDAA
January 5, 2012
“There’s certainly a scenario under which an enormous amount of retraining has to take place, but if the interpretation of the White House is this doesn’t exchange any existing law or effect any existing practices” than it probably wouldn’t require retraining, Hurlburt said. “It does seem to me that the lasting effect is that it actually adds one additional layer of uncertainty where everybody said they wanted less uncertainty.”
A Resilient National Spirit
December 21, 2011
NOTE: The NSN Daily Update will be on hiatus until January 4th for the holiday season. We wish our readers a safe and happy holiday. The color-coded alerts are gone, but terror plot warnings are now seen as an inevitable part of the holiday season. With al Qaeda on its heels, the U.S. faces a real [...]
The War on Terror Comes Home
December 16, 2011
By James Lamond December 16, 2011 | The American Prospect It is usually difficult to find an issue, particularly in the form of current legislation, that unites retired generals and admirals, civil libertarians, Tea Party activists, retired intelligence officers, current Obama administration national-security officials, and former Bush administration officials. But this year’s defense authorization bill, [...]
Heather Hurlburt Quoted In Daily Mail On Concerns of National Security Establishment
‘It’s really distressing that the White House clearly shares the concerns of the national security establishment [against the bill], but feels like a veto is not politically sustainable,’ said Heather Hurlburt, executive director of the non-profit National Security Network.
The War On Terror Comes Home
By James Lamond, The American Prospect December 16, 2011
Heather Hurlburt, NSN Quoted in AlterNet on Detainee Provision in NDAA
December 14, 2011
By Steve Rosenfeld December 14, 2011 | AlterNet The Obama administration Tuesday reversed itself and said it would not veto a major 2012 defense bill that expands the American military’s authority to arrest suspected terrorists anywhere in the world—including Americans on U.S. soil—and hold them indefinitely without charge or the right to a civilian trial. “We [...]
Heather Hurlburt Quoted in Reuters on Detainee Provision in NDAA
By Susan Cornwell December 14, 2011 | Reuters The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday approved a defense bill requiring the military to handle suspected militants allied with al Qaeda, acting not long after President Barack Obama removed a veto threat from the controversial legislation. The bill was expected to pass the Senate this week [...]
