Topic: Fran Townsend

Shares of Siga Technologies (SIGA) closed on a high last week after comments made by Siga board member Fran Townsend to CNN circulated the media...
Special task force recommends 3 color-coded terror alert levels, not 5, if system is keptA special task force recommended Tuesday that if the Obama administration keeps color-coded terror alerts, the number of colors and levels of risk should be reduced from five ...
Homeland Security rhetoric missing in campaign; next president urged to state goals quicklyAdvice to the next president from George W. Bush's former homeland security adviser: "God help them if something happens before they've done that," Frances Fragos Townsend said Wednesday ...

U.S. Officials Say It Is Safe to Fly

A top White House counterterrorism official tried Friday to reassure the public that it's safe to fly even as she acknowledged that investigators weren't sure they had swept up all of the players in a thwarted plot to blow up ...
Fran Townsend, Homeland Security Adviser at White House, Stepping DownFran Townsend, the leading White House-based terrorism adviser who gave public updates on the extent of the threat to U.S. security, is stepping down after 4 1/2 years.President Bush said ...
Guests for the Sunday TV News ShowsGuest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows:___ABC's "This Week" _ Sens. John McCain, R-Ariz., and John Kerry, D-Mass.___CBS' "Face the Nation" _ Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., and former national security adviser ...
Intelligence Chief Mike McConnell Defends CIA Interrogation Methods, Won't Offer DetailThe nation's spy chief on Sunday would not identify what CIA interrogators are allowed to do in getting information from terror suspects, but tried to assure critics that torture is ...
Intelligence Chief Mike McConnell Defends CIA Interrogation Methods, Won't Offer DetailThe nation's spy chief on Sunday would not identify what CIA interrogators are allowed to do in getting information from terror suspects, but tried to assure critics that torture is ...
Fran Townsend: 'No Options Off the Table' When It Comes to Use of Military Force in PakistanThe U.S. would consider military force if necessary to stem al-Qaida's growing ability to use its hideout in Pakistan to launch terrorist attacks, a ...
The nation's spy chief on Sunday would not identify what CIA interrogators are allowed to do in getting information from terror suspects, but tried to assure critics that torture is not condoned or used.National Intelligence Director Mike McConnell, in a ...