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Given all on your plate, and what I can imagine is a huge volume of incoming, I've been reluctant to add to it. But, please forward this to whomever is handling homeland security transition. Kevin McAleenan had a senior staff position at DHS for several years and knows the current vulnerabilities of the Department. He is preparing a short paper on do's and don'ts and I will forward it to whomever you suggest. But this note gives an idea of what he has to offer. He is not seeking to come back to the government. I've been sending worthy candidates to Federico. Let me know if I can help further. All best. Gary -----Original Message----- From: Kevin McAleenan [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, November 10, 2008 9:08 PM To: Gary Hart Subject: Re: Checking in Thank you very much Sir. I have set aside time to work on the paper tomorrow, and will try to send it by tomorrow night or Wednesday. The premise is that there are a number of key issues that the incoming Administration will need to be prepared to address in the initial weeks and months of taking over the Department that are not widely understood--as few senior Democrats have spent time working in the new Department of Homeland Security, and its numerous agencies and complex headquarters' structure are not transparent. For example, with three "new" agencies represented by the creation of Customs and Border Protection, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and Citizenship and Immigration Services merging people and functions from multiple departments, and the establishment of the Transportation Security Administration all occurring since the last Democratic Administration, there are a number of difficult cultural, policy, and operational issues to be addressed. Additionally, with new incident management mechanisms, including Homeland Security Presidential Directive-5, the National Response Plan, and the NIMS, the new DHS team will need to be prepared to manage responses to new threat information, natural or man-made disasters, a pandemic, and potentially even a terrorist attack. Further, there are a number of key programs with high profile policy and operational issues that will present opportunities, but also major pitfalls, in the early weeks and months of the new Administration. The paper will discuss the major programs involved in air traveler risk assessment currently being implemented, including Secure Flight, pre-departure APIS, the Electronic System for Travel Authorization, and U.S. VISIT exit. Each face significant implementation challenges or policy concerns, including media, private sector, and Congressional scrutiny or opposition. Other areas, such as the SBInet program, which is intended to provide next generation technology to secure the border between Ports of Entry, and the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office's Radiation Portal Monitoring program, have been harshly criticized and are at crossroads. These and several other programs will need to be understood and addressed early on. I have had the opportunity to be involved in many of these areas from my experience as Executive Director of CBP's Office of Antiterrorism, and then, operationally, as Port Director at LAX for CBP. I would welcome the opportunity to transfer this knowledge to the incoming team and help them hit the ground running. I will send the paper on as soon as possible, and hopefully it will prove useful to you and the team charged with getting a handle on these concerns in the next 70 days or so. Thanks and best regards, Kevin ----- Original Message ---- From: Gary Hart <[email protected]> To: Kevin McAleenan <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, November 10, 2008 2:43:21 PM Subject: RE: Checking in Kevin I've sent your kind offer of help on to the appropriate officials and hope they will be in touch to follow up. In the meantime, if you have time to do the paper, please send it along. Thanks and all best. GH -----Original Message----- From: Kevin McAleenan [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, November 07, 2008 11:55 AM To: Gary Hart Subject: Checking in Senator Hart, Just thought I would check in with you Sir. What an exciting new time in American politics! Than you again for putting Steve Flynn in contact with me. We had a great breakfast last week and I'm hoping to be able to work with him as he determines his role in the transition. I trust that the President-Elect's team will be seeking your sage counsel as well. If you do get called upon, and you need someone, or are aware that the transition team needs someone who has worked at senior levels of the Department of Homeland Security to help provide ground truth on a number of issues, I would be happy to do that. My concern is that, as no senior Democrat has managed in the upper levels of the Department, there are a number of pitfalls on management issues, culture, key programs and policies, that are not transparent. I'm currently working on a paper on these points that I will forward to you. In the meantime, best regards, and let me know if I can be of any service to you or your contacts; I have attached my CV. I'm not looking for a job in the Administration and have secured a commitment from my firm to give me the time necessary to support transition efforts if I should be called upon. Take care, Kevin Kevin McAleenan Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: by 10.142.49.14 with SMTP id w14cs505677wfw; Tue, 11 Nov 2008 09:32:41 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.141.141.3 with SMTP id t3mr4345281rvn.15.1226424760669; Tue, 11 Nov 2008 09:32:40 -0800 (PST) Return-Path: <[email protected]> Received: from ironman.ucdenver.edu (ironman.uchsc.edu [140.226.189.22]) by mx.google.com with ESMTP id g22si13696987rvb.8.2008.11.11.09.32.40; Tue, 11 Nov 2008 09:32:40 -0800 (PST) Received-SPF: neutral (google.com: 140.226.189.22 is neither permitted nor denied by domain of [email protected]) client-ip=140.226.189.22; Authentication-Results: mx.google.com; spf=neutral (google.com: 140.226.189.22 is neither permitted nor denied by domain of [email protected]) [email protected] X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.33,584,1220248800"; d="scan'208";a="103955320" Received: from exhub1.uchsc.edu (HELO exhub1.ucdenver.pvt) ([140.226.231.5]) by ironman-priv.ucdenver.edu with ESMTP; 11 Nov 2008 10:32:39 -0700 Received: from CORTEZ.ucdenver.pvt ([140.226.231.16]) by exhub1.ucdenver.pvt ([140.226.231.5]) with mapi; Tue, 11 Nov 2008 10:32:39 -0700 From: Gary Hart <[email protected]> To: "'[email protected]'" <[email protected]> Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 10:32:39 -0700 Subject: FW: Checking in Thread-Topic: Checking in Thread-Index: AclDsyo5j31IIwDcTUq83fF+qW9YywAb8pHw Message-ID: <[email protected]> Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: acceptlanguage: en-US Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 John Given all on your plate, and what I can imagine is a huge volume of incomin= g, I've been reluctant to add to it. But, please forward this to whomever is handling homeland security transiti= on. Kevin McAleenan had a senior staff position at DHS for several years a= nd knows the current vulnerabilities of the Department. He is preparing a = short paper on do's and don'ts and I will forward it to whomever you sugges= t. But this note gives an idea of what he has to offer. He is not seeking= to come back to the government. I've been sending worthy candidates to Federico. Let me know if I can help= further. All best. Gary -----Original Message----- From: Kevin McAleenan [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, November 10, 2008 9:08 PM To: Gary Hart Subject: Re: Checking in Thank you very much Sir. I have set aside time to work on the paper tomorr= ow, and will try to send it by tomorrow night or Wednesday. The premise is= that there are a number of key issues that the incoming Administration wil= l need to be prepared to address in the initial weeks and months of taking = over the Department that are not widely understood--as few senior Democrats= have spent time working in the new Department of Homeland Security, and it= s numerous agencies and complex headquarters' structure are not transparent= . For example, with three "new" agencies represented by the creation of Cu= stoms and Border Protection, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and Citiz= enship and Immigration Services merging people and functions from multiple = departments, and the establishment of the Transportation Security Administr= ation all occurring since the last Democratic Administration, there are a n= umber of difficult cultural, policy, and operational issues to be addressed. Additionally, with new incident management mechanisms, includin= g Homeland Security Presidential Directive-5, the National Response Plan, a= nd the NIMS, the new DHS team will need to be prepared to manage responses = to new threat information, natural or man-made disasters, a pandemic, and p= otentially even a terrorist attack. Further, there are a number of key programs with high profile policy and op= erational issues that will present opportunities, but also major pitfalls, = in the early weeks and months of the new Administration. The paper will di= scuss the major programs involved in air traveler risk assessment currently= being implemented, including Secure Flight, pre-departure APIS, the Electr= onic System for Travel Authorization, and U.S. VISIT exit. Each face signi= ficant implementation challenges or policy concerns, including media, priva= te sector, and Congressional scrutiny or opposition. Other areas, such as = the SBInet program, which is intended to provide next generation technology= to secure the border between Ports of Entry, and the Domestic Nuclear Dete= ction Office's Radiation Portal Monitoring program, have been harshly criti= cized and are at crossroads. These and several other programs will need to= be understood and addressed early on. I have had the opportunity to be involved in many of these areas from my experience as Executive Dire= ctor of CBP's Office of Antiterrorism, and then, operationally, as Port Dir= ector at LAX for CBP. I would welcome the opportunity to transfer this kno= wledge to the incoming team and help them hit the ground running. I will s= end the paper on as soon as possible, and hopefully it will prove useful to= you and the team charged with getting a handle on these concerns in the ne= xt 70 days or so. Thanks and best regards, Kevin ----- Original Message ---- From: Gary Hart <[email protected]> To: Kevin McAleenan <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, November 10, 2008 2:43:21 PM Subject: RE: Checking in Kevin I've sent your kind offer of help on to the appropriate officials and hope = they will be in touch to follow up. In the meantime, if you have time to d= o the paper, please send it along. Thanks and all best. GH -----Original Message----- From: Kevin McAleenan [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, November 07, 2008 11:55 AM To: Gary Hart Subject: Checking in Senator Hart, Just thought I would check in with you Sir. What an exciting new time in A= merican politics! Than you again for putting Steve Flynn in contact with = me. We had a great breakfast last week and I'm hoping to be able to work w= ith him as he determines his role in the transition. I trust that the Pres= ident-Elect's team will be seeking your sage counsel as well. If you do get called upon, and you need someone, or are aware that the tran= sition team needs someone who has worked at senior levels of the Department= of Homeland Security to help provide ground truth on a number of issues, I= would be happy to do that. My concern is that, as no senior Democrat has = managed in the upper levels of the Department, there are a number of pitfal= ls on management issues, culture, key programs and policies, that are not t= ransparent. I'm currently working on a paper on these points that I will f= orward to you. In the meantime, best regards, and let me know if I can be of any service t= o you or your contacts; I have attached my CV. I'm not looking for a job i= n the Administration and have secured a commitment from my firm to give me = the time necessary to support transition efforts if I should be called upon= . Take care, Kevin Kevin McAleenan