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DHS Risk Lexicon  (click pic to read) The DHS Risk Lexicon makes available a common, unambiguous set of official terms and definitions to ease and improve the communication of risk-related issues for DHS and its partners. It facilitates the clear exchange of structured and unstructured data that...

In the years after 9/11, officials scrambled to rethink security at the border and in the air-while privacy groups and foreign governments did their best to stop and then roll back security measures. As a result, we have only partially closed gaping security holes. Worse,...

by Greg Mortenson The incredible journey of Greg Mortenson who, though his work, is building peace from the ground up by educating girls in the remotest regions of Pakistan.  www.threecupsoftea.com...

by Rita Katz The story of Rita Katz who went undercover in the U.S. Muslim community to identify terrorist cells and help thwart possible attacks....

by Margaret MacMillan Recommended by Frances Fragos Townsend during her talk with WHS Paris 1919 describes the decisions and divisions that created the world -- and its challenges -- as we know it today....

by Aayan Hirsi Ali Somali born Aayan Hirsi Ali went from an arranged marriage to the Dutch parliament by escaping her native country.  Read her amazing journey in this amazing book....

LEARN FROM WATCHING Click here to connect to appearances by many of our members and leaders in the homeland security field on CSPAN. Complete information and more appearances are available by clicking on their photo...

LEARN FROM READING The papers and reports below have been featured in WHS' monthly newsletter and reflect a variety of topics and reports from numerous sources. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Unclassified Executive Summary of Committee Report on 1225 Bombing Conclusions of the Senate Select Committee's investigation of...