http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/05/23/remarks-president-national-defense-university
Speech during which the president defended U.S. actions in counterterrorism including the use of drone strikes against targeted terrorists. From the White House
http://markey.house.gov/sites/markey.house.gov/files/documents/Markey%20Grid%20Report_05.21.13.pdf
Report authored by two Democratic Congressmen on the cyber threat to the U.S. electrical grid. Calls for the government to create an entity with authority to protect the grid against cyber attack or geomagnetic storms. From the U.S. House of Representatives
http://www.usip.org/files/resources/SR332-Empowering-the-Pakistan-Police.pdf
How to make the police force more effective in countering violent extremism. Derived from interviews with Pakistani police officials. From the United States Institute of Peace
http://www.usip.org/files/resources/SR331_Malis_Precarious_Democracy_and_the_Causes_of_Conflict.pdf
Looks at the fragile nature of Malian democracy before the 2012 coup and the origins of the current crisis. From the United States Institute of Peace
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=44751&Cr=+mali+&Cr1=#.UXl6vTdI2KI
Press release on newest United Nations peacekeeping mission, the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali or MINUSMA. From the UN
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/RS22030.pdf
Examines the evolution of European Union and U.S. cooperative anti-terrorism efforts over the past decade including information-sharing arrangements and treaties. Also covers challenges to cooperation such as differing views on privacy and data protection concerns. From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/terror/RS21383.pdf
Provides information about the properties, effects, detection, and treatment for exposure to ricin. Also describes how it is currently regulated and its use as a weapon of terrorism rather than mass destruction. From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists
https://www.hsdl.org/?view&did=733208
Argues that transnational criminal organizations pose a threat to U.S. economic and national security interests, that the threats vary by region, and are aided by modern technology. Also examines elements of contemporary life that enable large criminal organizations to thrive and ways to defeat them. From the Homeland Security Digital Library