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Terrorism & National Security

Takeaways from the King Hearings

Report 10 March 2011
Today's House of Representatives' Homeland Security Committee hearings on "The Extent of Radicalization in the American Muslim Community and the Community's Response" were a flop.  "The hearings produced political theater for Chairman King, but failed to produce new substance in policy or oversight to make our nation safer," said National Security Network's Executive Director Heather Hurlburt.  "Indeed, what the witnesses had to say reinforced the strength of partnership between American Muslims and law enforcement, and underlined that an effective approach to counterterrorism does not isolate a community based on its faith."
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Terrorism & National Security

Eight Years After 9-11

Report 11 September 2009
Eight years ago today America was attacked. Today we pause to look back and honor those who died as well as those who struggled and sacrificed to defend us on that day and ever since. As we look back, it is worth remembering how eight years ago the world rose united in grief and support, and how Americans rose to support each other and to turn new attention to foreign affairs. But this year, significant steps from the Obama administration have changed the way we fight terrorism – changes that are making us safer today and in the future, and once again inviting the world to stand beside us united.
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Rand Beers Tapped as Counselor to Napolitano

News Washington Post 14 January 2009
Afghanistan

NIEs on Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iraq Rebuke Conservatives, Validate Progressives

Report 16 October 2008
Three new National Intelligence Estimates (NIEs) on Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq add up to a stunning indictment of conservative foreign policy. Each report, prepared as part of a comprehensive re-evaluation of current U.S. strategy, contains troubling findings for our national security.
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Memo: The National Security Aspect of the Domestic Debate

Press Release Washington, D.C. 14 October 2008
Terrorism & National Security

Seven Years After 9/11 Bush Administration's Counter-Terrorism Policy Leaves Us Less Secure

Report 11 September 2008
Seven years after 9/11, the Bush administration still lacks a comprehensive counterterrorism strategy at home or abroad.
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Military

Bush Administration Leaves America Unprotected

Report 9 May 2007
Almost two years after Katrina, the federal government’s response to the disaster in Greensburg, Kansas, is only the latest example of the Bush administration’s inability to keep America safe.
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Terrorism & National Security

How To Build An Atomic Bomb: Courtesy of Congressional Republicans

Report 29 January 2007
In their desperate attempt to cling to the myth that there were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, the Congressional Leadership forced the public release of materials that could be used to make an atomic weapon.
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