What are the primary lessons of last weekend’s bomb scare in New York’s Times Square? First, citizens going about their daily routines know their environments best, and they are essential in detecting and deterring acts of terrorism. Second, getting the… Continue Reading
Today two female bombers successfully attacked the Moscow metro. Explosions ripped through the Lubyanka metro station, which serves the Federal Security Service. Thirty minutes later a reportedly lesser explosion occurred at the Park Kultury Station in central Moscow. The bombs… Continue Reading
A historic meeting is being held in Mexico today focusing on the ever-escalating, ruthless violence of the drug cartels. Mexican President Felipe Calderón will sit down with a five-star contingent of U.S. officials, including Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Secretary… Continue Reading
In December, our Homeland Security and Terrorism fellow Joan Neuhaus Schaan wrote about Crime Stoppers’ decision to start a tipline for citizens of Juárez, Mexico. The hope was that the ability to phone in an anonymous tip would help reduce… Continue Reading
What makes Houston a great entrepreneurial city also makes it an ideal operating environment for organized crime and terrorists. From an illegal activity perspective, the nature of the city provides anonymity, ease of entry and exit, readily available resources and… Continue Reading
Citizens of Juárez, Mexico, have a new way to fight narco-terrorism — an anonymous tip line courtesy of Crime Stoppers International. The initiative is the latest attempt to curb violence in the border city, which has become so volatile that… Continue Reading
The tragedy of Fort Hood is a tragedy of political correctness. Why? As the saying goes, “when it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck” — and yet when political correctness will not allow “it” to be called… Continue Reading