Topic: Tom Ridge

Department of Homeland Security spending questioned as debt looms

Every dollar counts when the government faces $16 trillion of national debt. A new report found questionable expenses made by the Department of Homeland Security from fish tanks, to underwater robots.

Backchannels Lobbyists for listed Iranian terror group face new scrutiny

Retired US politicians, generals, and officials have been lobbying on behalf of the Iranian group MEK, listed as a terrorist group by the State Department. 

Why Rick Santorum could lose in Pennsylvania, his home state

Rick Santorum is leading in Pennsylvania polls now. But Pennsylvania fits the profile of states that Mitt Romney has won.

With deadline looming to close MEK's Camp Ashraf in Iraq, what next?

Camp Ashraf, home to militants opposed to the Iran regime who are also unpopular in Iraq, faces year-end closure. Some fear there could be violence and even suicide, but there are signs of a negotiated settlement.

If US removes Iran's MEK from list of terrorist organizations, will it matter?

The MEK, whose terrorist listing is up for review by the State Department, is not apt to directly threaten the US. But delisting the group could hurt Iran's Green movement.

Iranian group's big-money push to get off US terrorist list

SPECIAL INVESTIGATION: A roster of influential former US officials is speaking at rallies in support of removing the MEK, an Iranian opposition group with a violent anti-American history, from the US terrorist list. A decision is expected within weeks.

Panel to Homeland Security: terror warning system doesn't work

A task force Tuesday recommended eliminating or overhauling the color-coded system, which has become a source of jokes and political controversy.

Ridge: Stop 'hyperventilating' about those 2004 terror alerts

Ridge's book raises pressure to reform color-coded 'threat alerts'

Homeland security task force is reexamining the post-9/11 system. What does 'yellow' mean, anyway?

Tom Ridge kisses and tells on Bush's 'terror levels'

Ridge says no -- Specter could retain powerless Senate seat

Specter can defeat Toomey easily - but not Tom Ridge

This police cruiser scans license plates, sniffs out 'dirty' bombs

The Carbon E7 has 'buzz,' but will departments buy it?

Perkins: Palin a brilliant political pick

But head of the Family Research Council said social conservatives’ enthusiasm for the Alaska governor may not be enough to win in ’08.

Romney as GOP veep? Carville smiling.

The Democratic analyst and pollster Stan Greenberg said Wednesday they would welcome a Romney pick.

Lieberman and Giuliani signal big tent for GOP convention

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