Substack Daily Updates – 6-23-25

Today I published the following on Chemical Facility Security News:

• Review – Committee Hearings – Week of 6-22-25 – Spending bill markups – Cybersecurity hearing – Space Geek markup – Short version of article published here (premium content) – https://chemical-facility-security-news.blogspot.com/2025/06/review-committee-hearings-week-of-6-22.html

• Short Takes – 6-23-25 – War with Iran Issue – https://chemical-facility-security-news.blogspot.com/2025/06/short-takes-6-23-25-war-with-iran-issue.html

• Short Takes – 6-23-25 – War with Irasn – Late Issue – https://chemical-facility-security-news.blogspot.com/2025/06/short-takes-6-23-25-war-with-iran-late.html

Yesterday I published the following on Chemical Facility Security News:

• War With Iran – The Response – While a direct military attack on the US is unlikely, terror type attacks on chemical facilities are a distinct possibility – https://chemical-facility-security-news.blogspot.com/2025/06/war-with-iran-response.html

• Review – HR 4016 Introduced – FY 2026 DOD Spending – No significant cybersecurity or chemical safety issues in bill – Minor cybersecurity discussions in Committee Report – Short version of article published here (premium content) – https://chemical-facility-security-news.blogspot.com/2025/06/review-hr-4016-introduced-fy-2026-dod.html

• DHS Publishes Iran-related NTAS Bulletin – 6-22-25 – First NTAS bulletin since 2023 – No actionable threat information – Generic warnings and threat descriptions – https://chemical-facility-security-news.blogspot.com/2025/06/dhs-publishes-iran-related-ntas.html

I posted the following to my social media feeds (X, Mastodon, Substack, and LinkedIn):

• I posted the following to a discussion on Mastodon about Republican presidents starting wars in the Middle East: “At least the Bushes tried to make a case to the American people and the international community about the necessity for their wars. Whether we believed them or not, they explained why we should go to war. Trump just expects us to go along with whatever he wants to do.”

• I posted the following to a discussion on X about the current head of the DHS counter terrorism efforts: “It would not be so bad if there were an established network of professionals to backstop the inexperienced head, but the efforts of DOGE were too successful in gutting that network.”

• I posted the following to a discussion on Substack Notes about last three Republican Presidents being draft dodgers: “GHW Bush served as a US Navy pilot in WWII, shot down in combat. GW Bush served as a National Guard pilot, and did not fly in combat. DW Trump 4F, did not serve in military.”