The news that that the CIA successfully thwarted an attempt by another Al Qaeda-inspired bomber to destroy a U.S.-bound plane serves as a sobering reminder that the threat many have …
In July 2011, a 21-year-old Army private entered the gun store of retired police sergeant Greg Ebert, laid six canisters of smokeless gun powder – an unusually large amount for …
Many people – national security and law enforcement officials, think-tank analysts, and frontline agents and operatives – have said, in the decade since Sept. 11, 2001, that they weren’t surprised …
One of the 9/11 Commission’s major findings was the need to improve sharing terrorism-related information within and across government lines. This spurred significant action on the part of the president, …
It was a traffic stop, rather than a nationwide manhunt, that tripped up Timothy McVeigh. Ahmed Ressam’s plot to bomb Los Angeles International Airport was foiled by a Customs inspector …
It was bright and early Monday morning, May 2, 2011, and I was up, dressed and pumped for the day. I had on my blue power suit with a crisp …
Since U.S. special operations forces bullets ripped through Osama bin Laden in his Pakistan compound in May, the United States and its allies have decimated al Qaeda’s senior leadership. In …
When the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) began using full-body scanners in airports, the now-iconic “naked” images spurred a public debate over privacy and security. As a result, TSA has started …
International air carriers break U.S. federal law every day. Any cargo flown on a passenger plane in U.S. airspace (whether of domestic or foreign origin) must be screened for explosives. …
For all of the footage that we have of the September 11 attacks in New York, nothing is as powerful as the very human stories that are told by the …
