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• Fighting Terrorism with One Hand behind Our Backs

  Posted February 23rd, 2010 at 3:00pm in Protect America with 1 comments

  On December 25th there was a clear failure to connect the dots that could have prevented Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab from boarding a plane bound for the U.S with a bomb strapped to his body. However, as explained last week at Heritage by former Homeland Security Advisor, the Hon. Kenneth Wainstein, the U.S. would not [...] More

• Morning Bell: The State of Our Union

  Posted January 26th, 2010 at 7:59am in Ongoing Priorities with 108 comments

  The President of the United States tomorrow will inform the Congress on the State of our Union, as he is constitutionally mandated to do. The past 12 months have seen our country head down a dangerous course, and The Heritage Foundation can only hope that the President will use this time of reflection, coming on [...] More

• Bin Laden: Can You Hear Me Now?

  Posted January 24th, 2010 at 6:29pm in Protect America with 6 comments

  Days before President Obama plans to present his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress, Osama Bin Laden sent his own message to the American people. According to CNN “A new audio tape allegedly from al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden claims responsibility for an attempt to blow up a plane [...] More

• Video of the Week: President Bush Addresses Threat of Terrorism

  Posted January 7th, 2010 at 10:45am in Protect America with 9 comments

  In this week’s Video of the Week, President Bush is asked in 2006 if his administration was complacent to the threat of terrorism in the first eight months of 2001, specifically in regards to Osama Bin Laden.  When given the opportunity to finger point, he declines.  President Bush discusses the need to be on the offense, [...] More

• Detroit Terror Plot Makes 28 Plots Foiled Since 9/11

  Posted December 26th, 2009 at 2:43pm in American Leadership, Ongoing Priorities, Protect America with 18 comments

  On December 25, 2009, a Nigerian student attempted to ignite a mixture of powder and liquid on a Northwest Airlines flight landing in Detroit, Michigan. Passengers helped to stop the suspect from carrying out his mission after the device failed to fully detonate, marking the 28th foiled terror plot against the United States since 9/11. This [...] More

• Congress Must Stop Kicking U.S. Security Down the Road

  Posted December 21st, 2009 at 12:42pm in Protect America with 6 comments

  Last week the Senate approved a 60-day extension of the Patriot Act as part of the 2010 defense appropriations bill. As Heritage scholar James Carafano writes in The Washington Examiner, it is far past time for Congress to grant counterterrorism law enforcement officials the proven tools they need to protect out country: Arrested in 2006, Ehsanul [...] More

• The Cloakroom: Sept. 21 – 25

  Posted September 21st, 2009 at 9:12am in Energy and Environment, Health Care, Protect America with 1 comments

  Senate Analysis – All eyes will be focused on the Senate Finance Committee, as they begin their markup of Senator Baucus’ health care reform proposal. As the media and American people focus on health care, the Senate will also tackle several additional appropriations measures, which further expand our national debt. Several issues could flare [...] More