Officials say new intelligence points to the possibility of a shoe-bomber attack on aircraft
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Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Due in Court in November
Trial of accused Boston Marathon bomber to start earlier than his lawyers had hoped
“Jihad Jane” Sentenced To 10 Years in Prison
Colleen LaRose given reduced sentence after co-operating with investigators
New York-Bound Flight Diverted After Suspicious Device Found in Toilet
Camera disguised as flash drive thought to be a bomb
Indian Man Arrested in Nevada Aided Terrorists Abroad, Feds Say
Balwinder Singh, 39, will appear in court Friday
These 7 Books Are Banned at Guantanamo Bay
Dostoyevsky’s ‘Crime and Punishment’ among the books not allowed at Gitmo
Second Dry Ice Explosion At LAX
Detectives investigating how bottle bombs were left in secure areas
Undercover Cops Bust Alleged Taliban Clothing Drive
Two men arrested in New York on allegations of providing material support to terrorists
Resilience and Complacency
The bombing won’t stop America, but we need to be smarter about security
A Daughter’s Plea: “Daddy, Please Don’t Leave…”
The other day I was sitting in my office when my 3-year-old daughter came running in. She was sobbing, unable to catch her breath or tell me what was wrong. Her face flush, with red circles emanating from her swollen eyes, she was inconsolable. In tow came my wife, somber-faced and also on the verge of tears. “What’s wrong?” …
An Explosive Glimpse of the Future of the Long War in Africa
The militant Islamic group of north Nigeria, known as Boko Harum, takes credit for the deadly car-bomb attack on a police station in the capital city of Abuja yesterday.
You might not think of West Africa as a likely site for radical Muslim violence, but the map on the left, which I use in my current “global futures” brief, may …
Drones + Biometrics: Weapons That Conquer Globalization’s Frontiers
Cool NYT story on the US military’s use of biometrics (eye scans, etc.) to create unforgeable identification records of roughly one-in-five fighting-age Iraqi and Afghani males, creating databases that can be perused in seconds by a handheld device at a border crossing. Naturally, there is much interest and some desire to use the …
Future grand strategists speak: Why US withdrawal from Afghanistan would stabilize Pakistan
In my continuing role as Head Judge for the online strategy community Wikistrat‘s month-long International Grand Strategy Competition featuring roughly 30 teams from top-flight universities and think tanks around the world, I get to peruse all manner of provocative thought from some of tomorrow’s best and brightest thinkers. And …