Oslo Terrorist Attacks
If you were to stop someone on the street and ask them for a description of a terrorist, what do …
Antiterrorism
Securing Cyberspace
On May 31, 2011, the Center for a New American Security – a bipartisan think tank founded in 2007, with …
The U.S.-Russia Joint Threat Assessment on Nuclear Terrorism
In June 2011, for the first time, experts from the world’s two leading nuclear powers released a joint report on …
New People and Not-So-New Policies to Treat the al Qaeda Cancer
There is always something happening in the homeland security arena. Every day there are threats from Mother Nature, terrorists, and …
Securing the Power Grid, Part Three of Three
Part Three: A Problem of Authority
Of all the issues raised by the Department of Energy’s Office of Inspector General …
21st Century WMDs: What Stuxnet Has Wrought
In his 1925 poem, The Hollow Men, T.S. Elliot penned one of the most famous lines in English literature: “This …
Securing the Power Grid: Part Two of Three
Part Two: The Audit Report
The audit report released by the Department of Energy’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG) …
Securing the Power Grid: Part One of Three
Part One: Protecting Critical Infrastructure
When the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG) released a report …
So What Did We Learn?
Well, the congressional hearing that everyone has been talking about for literally the past three months is over. Going just …
America’s Waterway Watch
To many Americans, the threat of terrorism didn’t become real until Sept.11, 2001. Prior attacks are often forgotten, including a …