NYPD's Ray Kelly for Director of Homeland Security? Background...

Janet Napolitano is resigning her post as Director of Homeland Security and New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly stands a good chance to replace her. I profiled him extensively in my 2009 book Securing the City: Inside America's Best Counterterror Force -- The NYPD. 

This is John Avlon's take from The Daily Beast:

The Case for Ray Kelly as Obama’s News Homeland Security Director http://t.co/iO6mQdXUyf via @thedailybeast
— csdickey (@csdickey) July 12, 2013

This is my profile of Kelly from last year:

NYPD's Ray Kelly may be next Director of Homeland Security. My profile from last year: http://t.co/9IwKGAUGPI via @newsweek
— csdickey (@csdickey) July 12, 2013

And this is a close look at Kelly's fight against guns in New York:

The NRA won't like Kelly for DHS. My piece on the NYPD and gun control: Kill Zone http://t.co/ZdNFO0IZrA via @newsweek
— csdickey (@csdickey) July 12, 2013