Tag: terrorism

On Oct. 12 more than 100 students, staff, and faculty of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College gathered in the Arnold Conference Room to hear Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Intelligence Analyst Kenneth Hines lead a discussion on homegrown violent extremists (HVEs) and the threats within the United States. Hines’ reviewed the history of […]

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Featured article: Nuclear Terrorism – Imminent Threat? by Brendan G. Melley The 2015 National Security Strategy of the United States stated that “No threat poses as grave a danger to our security and well-being as the potential use of nuclear weapons and materials by irresponsible states or terrorists.” On March 25, 2014, in The Hague, […]

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On July 19, the State Department released the 2016 Country Reports on Terrorism. The annual Country Reports on Terrorism provide policy-related assessments and country-by-country breakdowns of foreign government counterterrorism cooperation, and contain information on state sponsors of terrorism, terrorist safe havens, foreign terrorist organizations, and the global challenge of chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear terrorism. The […]

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Featured article: A Nation Unprepared: Bioterrorism and Pandemic Response by John B. Foley In 2001, senior U.S. policymakers converged to participate in the still famous Dark Winter exercise. The exercise contemplated a covert, bioterrorist attack against the U.S. The scenario began with simultaneous attacks, involving smallpox, on shopping malls in 3 separate states, resulting in […]

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Last week, officials from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) testified in a House Committee on Homeland Security hearing on preventing terrorist entry to the U.S. The Committee hearing focused on the new Task Force on Denying Terrorists Entry to the United States, which was established earlier this year. The bipartisan task force was created with the […]

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Today, President Trump signed an Executive Order revising a ban on individuals traveling from six majority Muslim countries. The original order signed in January was heavily criticized for causing confusion and uncertainty among federal personnel as to which travelers were subject to the ban. The new order aims to prevent foreign terrorist entry and promises better interagency collaboration in […]

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Last week, the House Financial Services Committee’s Task Force to Investigate Terrorism Financing released a bipartisan report of its 12 month long probe into the threat terror financing poses to the U.S. financial system. The task force’s report focuses on financial crimes that support terrorist acts or organizations. According to the report, terrorist financiers present a real […]

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National Security Five Lawmakers Are Challenging Gag Orders on FBI National Security Letters, The Intercept Chief of Staff of the Army: Changing Nature of War Won’t Change Our Purpose, Association of the United States Army Kerry Says TPP Rejection Would Hurt US National Security, The New York Times The Case for Retaining the First-Use Doctrine […]

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National Security A convenient terrorism threat, Brookings Integrating Climate Change into National Security Planning, White House EU expresses concern over 9/11 bill, The Hill 9/11 Drove Change in Intelligence Community, NSA Chief Says, DoD News Faulty Fingerprint Records Lead to Hundreds of Mistakes in Granting Citizenship, Government Executive U.S. Military Seeks More Troops for Iraq, […]

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Featured article: West Africa: A “Ticking Time Bomb” or an Opportunity to Advance U.S. National Security Interests? by Raymond Everhart, John Morris, and Mohamadou Amar As international relations expert Francis Fukuyama wrote, “Since the end of the Cold War, weak and failing states have arguably become the single most important problem for international order.” The turmoil-ridden West […]

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