Homeland Security Issues
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Newsletters
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Testimony
Is Al Qaeda's Internet Strategy Working?
Testimony presented before the House Homeland Security Committee, Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence on December 6, 2011.
Al Qaeda After Bin Laden: Implications for American Strategy: Addendum
Document submitted on November 1, 2011 as an addendum to testimony presented before the House Armed Services Committee, Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities, on June 22, 2011.
Getting Better at Strategic Communication
Testimony presented before the House Armed Services Committee, Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities on July 12, 2011.
Al Qaeda After Bin Laden: Implications for American Strategy
Testimony presented before the House Armed Services Committee, Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities on June 22, 2011.
The Al Qa'ida Threat in Pakistan
Testimony presented before the House Homeland Security Committee, Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence on May 3, 2011.
2010 and prior
December 6, 2010
The al Qaeda-Inspired Terrorist Threat: An Appreciation of the Current Situation
Testimony presented before the Canadian Senate Special Committee on Anti-terrorism.
May 26, 2010
No Path to Glory: Deterring Homegrown Terrorism
Testimony presented before the House Homeland Security Committee, Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing and Terrorism Risk Assessment.
December 15, 2009
Understanding Terrorist Motivations
Testimony presented before the House Homeland Security Committee, Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing and Terrorism Risk Assessment.
November 19, 2009
Going Jihad: The Fort Hood Slayings and Home-Grown Terrorism
Testimony presented before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.
March 11, 2009
Antecedents and Implications of the November 2008 Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) Attack Upon Several Targets in the Indian Mega-City of Mumbai
Testimony presented before the House Homeland Security Committee, Subcommittee on Transportation Security and Infrastructure Protection.
January 28, 2009
Terrorists Can Think Strategically: Lessons Learned From the Mumbai Attacks
Testimony presented before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.
September 18, 2008
Defeating Terrorist Groups
Testimony presented before the House Armed Services Committee, Subcommittee on Terrorism and Unconventional Threats and Capabilities.
June 24, 2008
Challenges of Applying Risk Management to Terrorism Security Policy
Testimony submitted for the record to the House Homeland Security Committee, Subcommittee on Transportation Security and Infrastructure Protection.
April 15, 2008
Perspectives on the Threat of Nuclear Terrorism
Testimony presented before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
November 15, 2007
Developing Robust Border Security Technologies to Protect Against Diverse and Adaptive Threats
Testimony presented before the House Science and Technology Committee, Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation.
October 25, 2007
Testimony before the French Paper Commission on Defense and National Security
Testimony presented before the Commission du Livre blanc sur la défense et la sécurité nationale, Paris, France.
September 12, 2007
Protecting Emergency Responders at Large-Scale Incidents: Lessons Learned from the Response to the Attacks on the World Trade Center
Testimony presented before the House Education and Labor Committee.
June 12, 2007
Understanding Terrorist Ideology
Testimony presented to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.
April 5, 2007
Building an Army of Believers: Jihadist Radicalization and Recruitment
Testimony presented before the House Homeland Security Committee, Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing and Terrorism Risk Assessment.
March 8, 2007
The Strategic Challenge of Border Security
Testimony presented before the House Homeland Security Committee, Subcommittee on Border, Maritime and Global Counterterrorism.
February 7, 2007
Risk Informed Resource Allocation at the Department of Homeland Security
Testimony presented before the House Appropriations Committee, Subcommittee on Homeland Security.
September 20, 2006
Radicalization: Homeland Security Implication
Testimony presented to the House Homeland Security Committee, Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing, and Terrorism Risk Assessment.
August 8, 2006
Border Security and the Terrorist Threat
Testimony presented to the House Homeland Security Committee, Subcommittee on Economic Security, Infrastructure Protection, and Cybersecurity, Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Science, and Technology.
July 25, 2006
Analyzing Terrorism Risk
Written testimony submitted to the House Financial Services Committee, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, and the House Homeland Security Committee, Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing, and Terrorism Risk Assessment.
July 18, 2006
Islam and the West: Searching for Common Ground: The Terrorist Threat and the Counter-Terrorism Effort
Testimony presented to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
May 4, 2006
The Use of the Internet by Islamic Extremists
Testimony presented to the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.
March 30, 2006
Information Sharing and Emergency Responder Safety Management
Testimony presented before the House Government Reform Committee.
March 28, 2006
Public Health Preparedness in the 21st Century
Testimony presented before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, Subcommittee on Bioterrorism and Public Health Preparedness.
February 16, 2006
Combating Al Qaeda and the Militant Islamic Threat
Testimony presented to the House Armed Services Committee, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities.
January 26, 2006
Enhancing Emergency Preparedness in California
Testimony presented to the California Little Hoover Commission.
November 17, 2005
Analyzing Terrorism Risk
Testimony presented to the House Homeland Security Committee, Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing, and Terrorism Risk Assessment.
November 9, 2005
Stabilization and Reconstruction: No Longer a Non-Traditional Mission?
Testimony presented to the House Armed Services Committee, Non-Traditional Missions Panel.
Testimony unavailable - closed hearing
November 1, 2005
Space Security
Testimony presented to the House Armed Services Committee, Asymmetric and Unconventional Threats Gap Panel.
Testimony unavailable - informal remarks
September 29, 2005
Does Our Counter-Terrorism Strategy Match the Threat?
Testimony presented to the House International Relations Committee, Subcommittee on International Terrorism and Nonproliferation.
February 28, 2005
Public Health Preparedness in California: Lessons from Seven Jurisdiction
Testimony presented to the California State Assembly Budget Committee, Subcommittee on Health and Human Services.
February 2, 2005
Emerging Threats to National Security
Testimony presented to the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.
January 26, 2005
The Department of Homeland Security: The Road Ahead
Testimony presented to the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
September 22, 2004
Combating Terrorism: The 9/11 Commission Recommendations and the National Strategies
Testimony presented to the House Committee of Government Reform, Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats, and International Relations.
June 2, 2004
Public
Health Preparedness in California: Lessons from Seven Jurisdictions
Testimony presented to the California State Senate Committee on Health and Human Services.
April 8, 2004
Terrorism and the Security of Public Surface Transportation
Testimony presented to the Senate Committee on Judiciary.
March 23, 2004
Terrorism and Rail Security
Testimony presented to the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee.
March 16, 2004
Improving Terrorism Warnings — The Homeland Security System
Testimony presented to the House Committee on Government Reform, Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats, and International Relations.
February 6, 2004
Empowering State and Local Emergency Preparedness
Testimony presented to the Council of the District of Columbia Committee on the Judiciary.
November 19, 2003
Bio-Terrorist Threat to Agricultural Livestock and Produce
Testimony presented before the Senate Government Affairs Committee.
October 8, 2002
Lessons of 9/11
Testimony submitted for the Record to the House and Senate Select Committees on Intelligence, Joint September 11, 2001 Inquiry.
March 22, 2002
Privacy vs. Security: Electronic Surveillance in the Nation's Capital
Testimony presented before House Committee on Government Reform, Subcommittee on the District of Columbia.
December 13, 2001
The National Guard and Homeland Security
Testimony presented to the Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism and Government Information, Committee on the Judiciary, U.S. Senate.
November 6, 2001
Anthrax Attacks, Biological Terrorism and Preventive Responses
Testimony presented to the Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism, and Government Information, Committee on the Judiciary, U.S. Senate.
Briefings
For more information on these and other Congressional briefings, contact the Office of Congressional Relations.
Information Sharing for Cyber-Security: Evidence from Europe
Moderated by Neil Robinson
May 7, 2012
2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
121 Cannon House Office Building
How Police Departments' Post-9/11 Focus on Counterterrorism and Homeland Security Has Affected Their Capacity to Fight Crime
Presented by Lois M. Davis
July 20, 2011
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
B-338 Rayburn House Office Building
How Governments Can Leverage the Strengths of NGOs in Disaster Preparedness, Response, and Recovery
Presented by Joie Acosta, Jan Epstein, Ann Williamson, and Thad Allen
March 14, 2011
2:00-3:00pm
2168 Rayburn House Office Building
RAND Supply Chain Policy Center Symposium: Modernizing the U.S. Freight Transportation System for Future Economic Growth
Presenter: Richard Hillestad
Panelists: Rick Blasgen, Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals
Charles Eisele, Union Pacific
Janet Kavinoky, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Randall Mullett, Con-way
Moderator: Eric Peltz
June 9, 2009
11:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Room 268 Capitol Visitor Center, North Congressional Meeting Room
Deterrence: Past, Present, & Future
Panelists: Austin Long, RAND Corporation
Jeffrey Lewis, New America Foundation
David E. Mosher, RAND Corporation
Moderator: David Ochmanek, RAND Corporation
November 17, 2008
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
210 Cannon House Office Building
Will Terrorists Go Nuclear?
Presented by Brian Jenkins
September 9, 2008
2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
2325 Rayburn House Office Building
The Challenge of Nuclear Armed Regional Adversaries
Presented by David Ochmanek
August 11, 2008
1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
2212 Rayburn House Office Building
How Terrorist Groups End: Lessons for Countering al Qa'ida
Presented by Seth Jones
July 29, 2008
2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
210 Cannon House Office Building
Pandemic Influenza Preparedness in Southeast Asia and the Middle East
Presented by Melinda Moore
March 10, 2008
1:00 P.M. – 2:00 P.M.
430 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Protecting US Passenger Rail Systems From Terrorism: Identifying Cost Effective Security Strategies
Presented by K. Jack Riley and Jeremy Wilson
December 11, 2007
2:00 P.M. – 3:00 P.M.
2212 Rayburn House Office Building
Ungoverned Territories: Incubators of Terrorism
Presented by the RAND Corporation, in conjunction with Security for a New Century
Speaker: Dr. Angel Rabasa, Senior Political Scientist with RAND
December 7, 2007
10:00 A.M. – 11:00 A.M.
S-120 (U.S. Capitol, Senate side)
Learning from Natural Disasters: Public Health Responses to Hurricane Katrina and International Disaster Management Successes
Presented by Dr. Jeanne Ringel and Dr. Melinda Moore
May 18, 2007
10:00 A.M. — 11:00 A.M.
Mansfield Room
S-207, the U.S. Capitol
Challenges Facing the Global Supply Chain
This event also introduces the new RAND Supply Chain Policy Center
May 17, 2007
8:00 A.M. – 11:30 A.M.
419 Senate Dirksen Building
Breaching the Fortress Wall: Understanding Terrorist Efforts to Overcome Defensive Technologies
Presented by Brian Jackson
October 24, 2006
12:00 P.M. — 1:30 P.M.
B-354 Rayburn House Office Building
Maritime Terrorism: Threat, Consequences, and Liability
Presented by Henry Willis
October 16, 2006
12:00 P.M. — 1:30 P.M.
B-369 Rayburn House Office Building
Unconquerable Nation: Knowing our Enemy, Strengthening Ourselves
Presented by Brian Michael Jenkins
September 11, 2006
12:00 P.M. — 1:30 P.M.
2212 Rayburn House Office Building
Central Asia and Its Asian Neighbors: Security and Commerce at the Crossroads
Presented by Rollie Lal
Held in conjunction with the Congressional Silk Road Caucus
June 28, 2006
8:00 A.M. — 9:00 A.M.
B-339 Rayburn House Office Building
Denying Armageddon: Preventing Terrorist Use of Nuclear Weapons
Presented by the RAND Corporation, in conjunction with Security for a New Century
Speaker: Dr. Michael Hynes, Senior Physical Scientist with RAND
November 14, 2005
2 P.M.
188 Russell Senate Office Building
Space Security
Presented by David Mosher to the House Armed Services Committee, Asymmetric and Unconventional Threats Gap Panel
November 1, 2005
3 P.M.
2212 Rayburn House Office Building
Defending America Against Suicide Terrorism
Presented by Dr. Bruce Hoffman
September 23, 2005
2:00 P.M.
328A Russell Senate Office Building
Trends in Terrorism and the Architecture of TRIA
Presented by Peter Chalk and Robert Reville
June 17, 2005
10:00 A.M. – 11:30 A.M.
2226 Rayburn House Office Building
Curbing Al Qaeda Recruitment
Presented by Kim Cragin
May 16, 2005
12:00 P.M. – 1:30 P.M.
325 Russell Senate Office Building
Gaps in Public Health Preparedness: Lessons Learned in California and Beyond
Presented by Dr. Nicole Lurie
April 25, 2005
2:00 P.M. - 3:30 P.M.
2257 Rayburn House Office Building
Preparedness for Terrorism: The Behavioral and Psychological Implications from Anthrax 2001
Presented by Terri Tanielian
April 11, 2005
12:00 P.M. - 1:30 P.M.
2167 Rayburn House Office Building
Protecting Emergency Responders: Safety Management in Disaster and Terrorism Response
Presented by Brian Jackson
Sponsored by NIOSH and the House Homeland Security Caucus
June 16, 2004
Noon - 1:30 P.M.
2325 Rayburn House Office Building
Individual Preparedness and Response to Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Terrorist Attacks
Presented by Lynn Davis
December 12, 2003
10:00 - 11:00 A.M.
2154 Rayburn House Office Building
Individual Preparedness and Response to Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Terrorist Attacks
Presented by Lynn Davis
December 4, 2003
10:30 - 11:30 A.M.
121 Cannon House Office Building
Protecting Emergency Responders Volume 2: Community Views of Safety and Health Risks and Personal Protection Needs
Presented by Tom LaTourrette
September 15, 2003
Noon - 1:30 P.M.
B-339 Rayburn House Office Building
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