Provides the country’s annual assessment of trends and events in international terrorism that occurred during 2012, including country-by-country analyses of counterterrorism efforts and sections on state-sponsored terrorism, terrorist safe havens, and foreign terrorist organizations.  From the State Department.

Speech during which the president defended U.S. actions in counterterrorism including the use of drone strikes against targeted terrorists.  From the White House

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

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

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

Press release on newest United Nations peacekeeping mission, the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali or MINUSMA.  From the UN

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

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

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

Covers such issues as unauthorized disclosures of information, the CIA detention and interrogation program, cyber conflict, and an analysis of North Korea.  From the Committee, posted by the Federation of American Scientists

Describes how much money was spent and what the funds were used for.  Covers such programs as counterterrorism engagement, border security, countering violent extremism, and counterterrorism finance training.  From the State Department

Describes the work of the Customs and Border Protection office, the issue of import security since 9/11, and current issues related to merchandise trade for Congress to consider.  From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists

Describes current operations and efforts to improve capabilities, potential oversight issues for Congress, and current relevant legislation in the 113^th Congress.   From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists

Focuses on the inroads extremist narratives have made in Pakistani society and the importance of countering those narratives  to prevent exttremists from destabilizing the country. From the United States Institute of Peace

Discusses prospects for the coming election of a new leader and opportunities to improve U.S.-Venezuela relations.   From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists

Presents the views of influential Afghan citizens on their hopes and concerns about the future of their country and the need for continuing international engagement.  From the United States Institute of Peace

Describes the close relationship between the U.S. and Kenya, the role of the latter in counterterrorism activities in Africa, and the pending elections.  From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists

Discusses the potential need for and concerns about using the military to assist the civilian authorities in protecting the U.S. borders against criminals, terrorists, and illegal aliens.  From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists

Outlines an array of homeland security issues that may come before the 113^th Congress including counterterrorism and security management, border security and trade, immigration, disaster preparedness and response, and management of the 3^rd largest department in the federal structure.    From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists

Discusses the issuance of Executive Order 13636 in February 2013 which aims to tighten security relating to critical infrastructure including the threats and the dangers they pose, whether the order exceeds the authority of the president in such areas, and the relationship of the order to recent legislative proposals. From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists

Describes the history since the collapse of the Soviet Union, the aims and levels of U.S. foreign assistance, and current mutual efforts aimed at counterterrorism objectives.  From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists

Identifies border threats—criminal, terrorist, immigration-related—and describes a framework for assessing risks via cost-benefit analysis models. From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists

5-4 Supreme Court ruling that upheld the legal right of U.S. authorities to intercept and monitor electronic communications between foreign targets and people in the U.S.  The court ruled that the law’s challengers lacked legal standing to pursue their case.   From the Cornell University Law School Legal Information Institute

Official version of the Justice Department Office of Legal Consul memo on the legal case for killing Americans involved with anti-American terrorist groups.  Released after the leak of the document by NBC News.  Posted by the Federation of American Scientists.

Discusses the need to transform the Afhan National Police from a counter-insurgency to a police service capable of enforcing the rule of law.  From the United States Institute of Peace

White paper from the Justice Department which sets forth legal framework for when and why the U.S. government can kill U.S. citizens engaged in certain activities.  From NBC News and the Justice Department, posted by the Federation of American Scientists

This report describes homegrown violent jihadists and the plots/attacks that have occurred since 9/11.  It also discusses the radicalization process and the forces driving violent extremist activity.  From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists

Describes the growing relationship between the U.S. and Algeria as the latter provides sources of energy to Europe and the U.S. and serves as a bulwark against terrorist activity in Northern Africa.  From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists

Reviews the reauthorization of the security law, the procedures for targeting non-U.S. persons abroad without individualized court orders, and procedures for targeting U.S. persons abroad using court orders.     From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists

Describes a new U.S. fund created by 2012 legislation, the purpose of the fund, and issues related to the implementation of the program.   From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists