07/27/2009 - The discovery that a self-radicalized man from Long Island, New York, traveled to Pakistan to fight with al Qaeda has raised concerns among counterterrorism officials that other self-radicalized militants could follow a similar path, reports the Los Angeles Times.
07/15/2009 - The State Department will rank the United States in the same way as it currently rates foreign countries in future reports on human trafficking, according to CNSNews.com.
03/24/2009 - Terrorism, piracy, corruption, and drug-fueled violence were the top overseas security threats to America’s private sector in 2008, according to the State Department’s Overseas Security Advisory Council.
02/27/2009 - U.S. citizens casting electronic absentee ballots while out of the country face unresolved security risks, according to the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
01/28/2009 - There's another war on terrorism going on inside Israel, argues one of the country's former deputy defense ministers, but this battle is between law enforcement and organized crime.
11/18/2008 - Citizens of 34 foreign countries may now visit the United States for three months without a visa; while the travel and hospitality industries are thrilled, one U.S. senator calls the waiver program a national Achilles' heel.
09/23/2008 - Anti-proliferation efforts are starting to focus on the financial networks that enable rogue states and terrorist groups to acquire weapons of mass destruction. Get the original report from the Financial Action Task Force.
07/25/2008 - Surging oil prices have not led to peace and stability in Nigeria; it has made the conflict worse, according to a paper from the U.S. Institute of Peace.