Counterterrorism

Public safety leaders reflect on the 21st anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks and the legacy of 9/11 in the emergency services

Removing the groups from the list rescinds a range of sanctions that the designations had entailed

Prosecutors say Allison Fluke-Ekren wanted to recruit operatives to attack a college campus in the U.S. and discussed a terrorist attack on a shopping mall

The two men were being held for questioning and have not yet been charged

We face complex public safety challenges, but law enforcement has proven solutions to meet them

The most dangerous weapon so far in terms of Westerner recruitment has been the Islamic State’s ability to characterize smaller acts of terrorism as being valuable and important

AQAP and ISIS attackers are a clear and present danger to the security of the American people — they’re different, but each is an adversary about which we must be cognizant

We must conduct proactive investigations — beginning with learning the pre-attack indicators of terrorists

The activities aboard US Airways Flight 1880 from Washington Reagan National to Orlando International on September 2, 2013 should serve as a wake-up call for all of us.