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American Jihad

Bruce Hoffman | Apr 20, 2010
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

Ivo Daalder
I.M. Destler
| Jun 01, 2002
The task of homeland security is too important to trust to schemes for organizational centralization.

Keeping the Coast Guard Afloat

Colin S. Gray | Jun 01, 2000
The fifth armed service is sinking. A proposal to rescue it.

Blogs

The Times's Weak Defense of Homeland Security Grants

Benjamin H. Friedman | Jun 10, 2011
Massive security grants are steadily draining taxpayers' wallets, but are they keeping us safe?

Success and Failure in Counterterrorism

Paul R. Pillar | Nov 03, 2010
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?

Benjamin H. Friedman | Oct 13, 2010
Improved security measures might protect against against terrorists. Causing everyone to worry does not.
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