BORDER NEWS WATCH
2-1-2014 through 2-14-2014
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3/18-19/2014
Phoenix BORDER
SECURITY EXPO 2014 ANNOUNCES GROWING KEYNOTE LINEUP
Senior officials
from 10 U.S. agencies and organizations to address border security challenges
and opportunities in Phoenix, AZ
See
the press releases at the bottom of this Border News Watch for further details.
Copies also attached.
For
the latest confirmed speakers and program, please visit BORDER SECURITY EXPO.
News links
GAO: DHS Mismanaging Upgrades to ‘Vital’
Border Enforcement System
Obama
admin unilaterally changes law to allow immigrants with ‘limited’ terror
contact into US
Mexico Vigilantes' Protection Fees Echo
Colombia's Paramilitaries
Rumors Fuel The
Legend of the "Narco-Saint"
How Agricultural Price Shocks Affect Mexico's
Drug Trade
Officials: Increase
Border Security to Cut Down on Flow of Drugs
70 million Americans taking mind-altering
drugs
GAO: DHS Mismanaging Upgrades to ‘Vital’
Border Enforcement System
County
officially adopts 'immigrant-welcoming' designation
Obamacare
Recruiting Illegals in California
NY Catholic
Conference: support financial aid for children of illegal immigrants
Mexican
nationals sentenced in ammo trafficking case
Felon is
arrested at Arizona-California border
Border Patrol
agents nab five suspected smugglers
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SELECTED
WEBSITES OF INTEREST
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VIDEOS:
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC BORDER WARS
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SECURE
BORDER INTELLIGENCE
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LIGON CLAN LAW: American Politics, Social and Military Issues, Foreign
Policy
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SOUTHERN ARIZONA NEWS-EXAMINER
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Welcome To The Dark
Side Of Illegal Immigration
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MICHAEL CUTLER
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NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION of FORMER BORDER PATROL OFFICERS
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SOUTHERN ARIZONA CATTLEMEN'S WEEKLY
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HUMAN AND DRUG TRAFFIC LAW ENFORCEMENT MATTERS
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NEWS AND DISCUSSION OF U.S./MEXICO BORDER
ISSUES:
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SELECTED BORDER NEWS & FAST AND FURIOUS
POSTINGS ON SACPA WEBSITE
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BORDER ISSUES: MEXICO
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FEATURED WESTERN AUTHOR: J.P.S. BROWN
J.P.S. Brown - Masterpieces of Fiction
Articles about JPS Brown by Leo Banks: Tasty Serial and J.P.S. Brown's Last Stand
Wolves At Our Door a
novel by J.P.S. Brown
Review of 'Wolves at Our Door' by Jon Shumaker
Article
about J.P.S. Brown by Richard Grant
Articles
about J.P.S. Brown by Kathy McCrane
‘Guns across the Border’ one of ‘Best of 2013’
The Unarmed Truth: My Fight to Blow the
Whistle and Expose Fast and Furious by John Dodson
Fast and
Furious: Barack Obama's Bloodiest Scandal and the Shameless Cover-Up
Breakthrough: Our Guerilla War to Expose Fraud
and Save Democracy
Collusion: How the Media Stole the 2012
Election---and How to Stop Them from Doing It in 2016
Disinformation: Former Spy Chief Reveals
Secret Strategy for Undermining Freedom, Attacking Religion, and Promoting
Terrorism
The Reapers Line - Life and Death on the
Mexican Border by Lee Morgan II
Very enjoyable read, and highly recommended for LEOs.
10 YEARS
ON THE LINE: MY WAR ON THE BORDER: 2nd EDITION by
Mike Ligon
SIXTY
MILES OF BORDER: AN AMERICAN LAWMAN BATTLES DRUGS ON THE MEXICAN BORDER by Terry Kirkpatrick
The
SHADOW CATCHER: A U.S. AGENT INFILTRATES MEXICO'S DEADLY
CRIME CARTELS by
Hipolito Acosta
Beneath
the Same Sky: An Interview with Author David Ramirez
Life Inside the
Bubble: Why a Top-Ranked Secret Service Agent Walked Away from It All
Raising a Jihadi Generation:
Understanding the Muslim Brotherhood Movement in America – Largely for law
enforcement at all levels.
OTHER READING TO CONSIDER:
The Art
of Intelligence: Lessons from a Life in the CIA’s Clandestine Service
by Henry A. Crumpton
Hard
Measures: How Aggressive CIA Actions After 9/11 Saved
American Lives by Jose A. Rodriguez
The Devil
We Know: Dealing with the New Iranian Superpower by Robert
Baer
"Courting
Disaster", How the CIA Kept America Safe (Regnery) by Marc Thiessen
No Easy Day by Mark Owen
2010 BOOK: Migra!:
A History of the U.S. Border Patrol by Kelly
Lytle Hernandez
Broken Borders, Broken Promises by Todd
Staples
Border Insecurity – Why Big Money, Fences and
Drones Aren’t Making Us Safer – Upcoming Sylvia Longmire book Longmire Consulting
End of Border News Watch 2-1-2014 through
2-14-2014