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TSA: 'More privacy for security devices'updated: Wed Sep 07 2011 06:49:00

TSA Administrator John Pistole discusses the evolution of aviation security since 9/11 and current privacy issues.

Mexico to announce plan to protect migrantsupdated: Tue Aug 31 2010 03:03:00

Mexico's government will present a new strategy for preventing the kidnapping of migrants Tuesday, the nation's interior ministry said.

Obama's foreign policy in gridlock: former national security adviserupdated: Fri Feb 05 2010 22:15:00

President Obama's foreign policy agenda may have "run out of steam" and he must now take risks and provide effective leadership, former U.S. National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski said Friday.

Despite U.S. policy, nothing stops ransom payment, expert saysupdated: Fri Apr 10 2009 08:13:00

Despite a hardline U.S. policy, there is no reason why federal officials can't negotiate directly with pirates who are holding a U.S. captain hostage off Somalia, a counterterrorism expert said Thursday.

People.com: Fate of Lisa Ling's Sister Linked to Missile Launch Diplomacyupdated: Sat Apr 04 2009 10:46:00

Al Gore, the detained journalist's employer, isn't commenting "given the sensitivity of the situation," a spokesman says

Criminals target energy, financial markets, Mukasey saysupdated: Wed Apr 23 2008 17:54:00

Attorney General Michael Mukasey warned Wednesday that organized criminal networks have penetrated portions of the international energy market and tried to control energy resources.

Iraqi envoy: This is wrong time for U.S. to leaveupdated: Tue Apr 08 2008 16:14:00

Iraq's ambassador to the United States said Tuesday that his country still needs the U.S. military to survive and predicted that the next U.S. president, whoever it is, will agree that the troops will have to stay for at least a while longer.

Nuclear plant employee stopped with explosive deviceupdated: Fri Nov 02 2007 17:15:00

A contract employee at the largest nuclear plant in the nation was stopped at a plant entrance Friday with a "relatively small" explosive device in his truck, officials said.

Expert: Nuclear plant safeupdated: Fri Nov 02 2007 17:15:00

An expert says the Arizona nuclear power plant is well protected and a small pipe bomb would likely do little damage.

Time.com: Gates' Pentagon Shakeupupdated: Thu Oct 18 2007 13:00:00

In trying to shake things up just a little at the Pentagon, Defense Secretary Bob Gates took one ordinary -- and one extraordinary --step this week

Petreaus, Pentagon reaxupdated: Mon Sep 10 2007 23:19:00

A close look at testimony from Gen. David Petreaus and Amb. Ryan Crocker. CNN's Barbara Starr reports.

Time.com: Expert: Iraq Pullout Would Take Yearupdated: Wed Aug 15 2007 10:00:00

It would take 12 months or longer to safely withdraw all U.S. troops, contractors and equipment from Iraq and phase out U.S. bases there, says a leading analyst

Ba'asyir gets jail term over Baliupdated: Wed Mar 02 2005 21:10:00

An Indonesian court has sentenced cleric Abu Bakar Ba'asyir to 30 months in jail for involvement in the 2002 Bali nightclub bombings that killed 202 people.

Ridge: Terror threat 'chatter' downupdated: Thu Jan 06 2005 20:54:00

Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge said Thursday the amount of terror threat information intercepted by U.S. intelligence has declined in recent months, down from peak levels during late 2003 and spring 2004.

Out of sync on warning?updated: Fri May 28 2004 00:24:00

After two days of conflicting assessments and mixed signals on the urgency of the terrorist threat within the United States, Attorney General John Ashcroft and Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge late Friday issued a joint statement citing "credible intelligence" of a threat to the nation.

Clash of civilizations? updated: Thu May 20 2004 16:51:00

As the United States and its allies slog through the physical war with Iraqi insurgents, the diplomatic war is proving troublesome.

Fortune: A DUBIOUS REMEDY FOR AMERICA'S DECLINE The U.S. is sliding rapidly toward Third World status, argues a top military strategist. updated: Mon Nov 15 1993 00:01:00

The Endangered American Dream (Simon & Schuster, $24) begins with a familiar argument: The Cold War over, competition among nations is shifting from geopolitics to geo-economics, from the struggle ...

Fortune: PIE-IN-THE-FACE WAR PREDICTIONSupdated: Mon Mar 25 1991 00:01:00

Remember those Doomsday prognostications of late last year? To jolt your memory, here are some samples: -- Edward N. Luttwak, military strategist at the Center for Strategic and International Studi...

Fortune: DEFENDING SAUDI ARABIA'S OIL FIELDSupdated: Mon Sep 24 1990 00:01:00

Since Saudi Arabia will increase its oil production to eight million barrels a day this month to make up for the lost flow from Iraq and Kuwait, the question is whether it can deliver if the bullet...

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