<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security: News &amp; Videos about U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security - CNN.com</title><link>http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/U_S_House_Committee_on_Homeland_Security</link><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security from CNN.com.</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Cable News Network LP, LLLP.</copyright><pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:18:39 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><image><title>U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security: News &amp; Videos about U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security - CNN.com</title><url>http://i.cdn.turner.com//cnn/2009/CRIME/09/14/us.terror.raid/tztop.charles.schumer.gi.jpg</url><link>http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/U_S_House_Committee_on_Homeland_Security</link><width>144</width><height>33</height><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security from CNN.com.</description></image><item><title>Agents raid N.Y. buildings in terrorism probe, sources say</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/09/14/us.terror.raid/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/09/14/us.terror.raid/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Federal agents raided residences in New York City early Monday as part of a terrorism investigation, law enforcement sources said.</description><pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 13:05:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>U.S.: Identity theft grows as hackers get savvier</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/03/31/identity.theft/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/03/31/identity.theft/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Sophisticated techniques developed by a new breed of cyber-criminals intent on stealing personal data represent a growing threat to millions of Americans, a top U.S. Justice Department official told Congress Tuesday.</description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 01:32:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Casino regulators got items meant for Katrina victims</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/07/16/katrina.fema/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/07/16/katrina.fema/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The agency that regulates Mississippi's casinos got pillows, stoves, dinnerware and other items meant for Hurricane Katrina victims, according to state records obtained by CNN.</description><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 01:44:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Congressman plans hearing into FEMA supply 'debacle'</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/07/09/mississippi.katrina/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/07/09/mississippi.katrina/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A Democratic congressman from Mississippi plans to hold a hearing into how millions of dollars worth of supplies meant for Gulf Coast hurricane survivors ended up being given away as surplus property.</description><pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 19:08:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Report criticizes immigration chief for Halloween party</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/04/09/ice.costume.party/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/04/09/ice.costume.party/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A report criticizes a top immigration official for attempting to conceal her role in a controversial Halloween costume party.</description><pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 10:09:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>FEMA accused of twisting science in report on trailer danger</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/01/29/fema.trailers/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/01/29/fema.trailers/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Rep. 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says</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/11/05/border.security/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/11/05/border.security/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Government watchdogs have found that thousands of people who shouldn't have been admitted to the United States were mistakenly allowed in last year because of security lapses at legal border crossings.</description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2007 14:06:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Investigators: Homeland Security computers hacked</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/09/24/homelandsecurity.computers/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/09/24/homelandsecurity.computers/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Hackers compromised dozens of Department of Homeland Security computers, moving sensitive information to Chinese-language Web sites, congressional investigators said Monday.</description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2007 02:59:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Presidential 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said as he opened a hearing into the case of Andrew Speaker, a 31-year-old Atlanta lawyer whose wedding and honeymoon travel caused an international health scare.Speaker was testifying to another congressional committee by audio hookup from the National Jewish Medical and Research Center in Denver, where he is hospitalized in isolation.Thompson, D-Miss., said the explanations by Homeland Security and public health officials don't explain why they always seemed to be steps behind Speaker as he traveled to Europe last month to get married, have a honeymoon, and return to the U.S."We should have connected more dots," said T</description><pubDate>Thu, 07 Jun 2007 23:40:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bush condemns leak of bank program</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/06/26/snow.bank.tracking/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/06/26/snow.bank.tracking/index.html</guid><description>The Bush administration on Monday stepped up its criticism of newspapers that disclosed the existence of an effort to collect bank records of suspected terrorists, singling out The New York Times in particular.</description><pubDate>Mon, 26 Jun 2006 19:02:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Homeland Security grants rile D.C., NYC</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/05/31/homeland.grants/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/05/31/homeland.grants/index.html</guid><description>The Homeland Security Department said Wednesday that the cities of New York and Washington will get less money in this year's allocation of grants, drawing harsh criticism from politicians in both areas.</description><pubDate>Wed, 31 May 2006 23:40:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>FBI plays down terror threat to refineries</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/Southwest/03/25/refinery.threat/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/Southwest/03/25/refinery.threat/index.html</guid><description>Intelligence suggesting a potential threat to Texas oil 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