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American Jihad

Al-Qaeda has accomplished the unthinkable: establishing an embryonic recruitment, radicalization and operational capacity on our shores. Our current strategy risks another 9/11.

Advisors, Czars and Councils: Organizing for Homeland Security

The task of homeland security is too important to trust to schemes for organizational centralization.

Keeping the Coast Guard Afloat

The fifth armed service is sinking. A proposal to rescue it.

Blogs

The Times's Weak Defense of Homeland Security Grants

Massive security grants are steadily draining taxpayers' wallets, but are they keeping us safe?

Success and Failure in Counterterrorism

The public reaction to the Yemen cargo-bomb plot shows that it doesn't matter how well the U.S. government actually does its job.

Do Terrorism Warnings Work?

Improved security measures might protect against against terrorists. Causing everyone to worry does not.

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February 12, 2012