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."
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.
News
Washington Post 14 January 2009
Press Release
Washington, D.C. 14 January 2009
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.
Press Release
Washington, D.C. 14 October 2008
Report
11 September 2008
Seven years after 9/11, the Bush administration still lacks a comprehensive counterterrorism strategy at home or abroad.
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.
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.