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DHS Conducts ‘Drive-by’ Surveillance. What’s Next?
The government flouts the Fourth Amendment in the name of security.
The Department of Homeland Security Wants to Friend You?
Facebook and Twitter alerts are to replace the color-coded terror alerts. Friend DHS at your own risk.
TSA: Living on Borrowed Time?
The winds in Washington are blowing with the backlash from the holiday season.
A Colossal DHS Error, or a Tale of Two Terrorists Gone Awry?
If the "corrected" story is true, wouldn’t we be having these kinds of terror alerts every day?
Likely Terror Attack ‘Dry Run’ Exposes Dangerous TSA Missteps (Updated)
While defying common sense, a Yemeni citizen carrying mock bombs and $7,000 in cash apparently does not defy TSA security. (Updated at 1:50 PM PDT/4:50 PM EDT.)
The ‘Super User’ Problem and Other Top Secret America Enigmas
Generating so much information that no one person can digest it all, the post-9/11 intelligence business is an endless maze of bloated bureaucracy — one that does not necessarily keep America safer or more secure.
Shoulder-Fired Missiles an Ever-Present Threat to U.S. Planes
Two years after 9/11, Colin Powell stated that “no threat is more serious to aviation” than shoulder-fired missiles. Not much has changed. (Jacobsen will be interviewed on PJTV today. Leave your questions for Annie in the comments!)
Why Wasn’t American Al-Qaeda Ghostwriter on No-Fly List?
U.S. citizen Samir Khan, believed to have written al-Qaeda's online recruiting magazine, managed to flee the country on a plane last year. We've known of him since 2007.
Arizona Park a ‘No-Go’ Zone for American Citizens
The Sonoran Desert National Monument is so overrun with drug gangs that the U.S. Bureau of Land Management has warned Americans not to enter the park.
Bounty Hunters, Soldiers of Fortune, and Mercenaries for God
Gary Faulkner, recently arrested in Pakistan claiming he wanted to kill Osama bin Laden, isn't the only American engaged in an extra-legal manhunt for bad guys.
New Russian Missile System a Tool for Terrorists?
A weapons system camouflaged as an ordinary shipping container poses a massive threat to ships up to 400 miles offshore.
SIGINT Spy Drone Key to Capturing Shahzad?
Could an unmanned signals intelligence aircraft have tracked the movements of the accused Times Square terrorist? And is the use of drones in the U.S. legal?
Top Terrorists Killed in Iraq, and We Only Hear From Biden?
Why is the commander-in-chief silent following this news? Why was Biden so deferential to Iraqi forces?
Nuclear Waste Leaves Workers Near Death in India
A scrap metal dealer clings to life and five of his employees are seriously ill as a result of being exposed to Cobalt-60.
Not So Funny: Qatari Diplomat’s Shoe Joke
On his way to see an al-Qaeda prisoner in Colorado, Mohammed al-Madadi caused a bomb scare on a United Airlines flight. That's serious.
Second Obama Nominee for TSA Withdraws in Scandal
Retired Major General Robert A. Harding once claimed that he was disabled — by sleep apnea! — to help score his company a $99.7 million Army contract.
Release the Al-Awlaki/Major Nidal Hasan Correspondence Now!
Either the Obama administration was monitoring their year-long interaction, or the NSA managed to miss conversations between a radical cleric and an Army major. We deserve to know.
Terror Suspects Had Jobs at British Airways and … U.S. Nuclear Facilities
What did Sharif Mobley tell his terrorist handlers about our security protocols?
Two British Airways Employees Arrested in Terror Funding Plot
When the words “terror suspect” and “airline employee” appear in the same sentence, alarm bells inevitably sound.
Al-Qaeda-Linked Terrorist Claims American Support
Abdol Malek Rigi, leader of the al-Qaeda linked terrorist group Jundallah, is in Iranian custody and has confessed to receiving assistance from Washington.
Eleven-Man Team Assassinates Hamas Commander (Updated)
Anatomy of an assassination. (Update: "Our investigations reveal that Mossad is involved.")
Taliban Wants to Exchange U.S. Soldier for ‘Lady Al-Qaeda’
Bowe Bergdahl, captured under cloudy circumstances, has been sentenced to death unless the exchange is made.
Counterterrorism Scorecard: New Jersey Store Clerk: ‘A+,’ Congress: ‘F’
Like the Dutch filmmaker on NWA Flight 253 and the video clerk near Fort Dix, a Quick Chek employee steps up to the front lines in the war on terror. (See also Phyllis Chesler: "The Terrorism Quiz")
Little Rock Shooter Says He’s with Al-Qaeda in Yemen
Abdul Hakim Muhammad's reversal highlights the threat from al-Qaeda in Yemen, and should draw attention to "prison jihad."
Al-Qaeda Targets the Navy
Threats to our sailors will be met with a new breed of stealthy, cat-quick shallow water vessels.
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