Morning Security Brief: Homeland Security Budget Edition

♦ The Obama administration has requested $44 billion for the Department of Homeland Security in 2011, a 3 percent increase over last year.

♦ According to the budget, the Obama administration and DHS are serious about advanced imaging technology. The administration has requested $734 million to support the deployment of 1,000 whole-body-imaging scanners in 2011.

♦ DHS' 2011 budget request also calls for more money to support increased federal air marshal coverage on international flights. But as CBS News reports, the agency is rife with "sexist, racist, homophobic, anti-disabled vet group, grossly incompetent" managers.

♦ The Obama administration has released the first ever Quadrennial Homeland Security Review, modeled off the Quadrennial Defense Review. The Washington Post reports it demonstrates that the "government's approach to homeland security continues to evolve away from a singular focus on terrorism."

♦ The Obama administration's 2011 budget request for the Justice Department allocates $73 million for the transfer, prosecution, and incarceration of Gitmo detainees inside the United States.