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September 2015

Charleston Gazette-Mail: 'Sovereign citizen' arrested after threats to take over W. Va. Capitol
Ethiopan Review: My Private Letter to Senator Ted Cruz
Discovery: Is Terrorism Human Nature?
The Atlantic: Is ISIS Unprecedented?
The Atlantic: Today's Terrorists Want to Inspire
On Islam: Muslim Youth & Extremists' Online Recruitment
Scripps: Is the terrorism threat exaggerated?
Huffington Post Politics: Trump, Obama and the Audacity of the Promise
Georgia State University: How ISIS Exploits the Power of New Media
Daily Kos: The 14th Anniversary of the War on Terror Report Card
Huffington Post: How the American Psyche Changed Post 9/11
Combating Terrorism Center: Fourteen years and counting: The evolving terrorist threat
Homeland Security Today: Lone Wolf Terrorism Threatens Homeland Decade After 9/11 Attacks
Homeland Security News Wire: Data show drone attacks doomed to fail against ISIS in Syria
Phys.org: Rail-bound traffic vulnerable to terrorist attacks
Vice News: Warzones Risk Creating a Lost Generation of Children in the Middle East and North Africa
Eurasia Review: Understanding Why People Flock to Islamic State
IFSEC Global: Terror Threat and Regulations Fueling the Growth in Global Access Control Market
Executive Gov: Surveillance messages reduce chances of computer command entries into hacked systems
Journal Standard: International day of Peace to be celebrated Sept. 21
Houston Chronicle: Here are who police officers consider the biggest terrorist threats to America
Homeland Security News Wire: Terrorist attacks involving firearms cause more fatalities than attacks using explosives

August 2015

Vox: A surprising chart of terrorist threats to America, as ranked by law enforcement
Fierce Government IT: Federal study shows security banners can trick hackers into doing nothing
Fierce Homeland Security: Terrorist attacks involving firearms more common outside US than domestically, says report
Info Docket: Two Recently Published Background/Overview Reports about Terrorism Using Data from the Global Terrorism Database
News24 Voices: $500M Spent for Every US Terror Victim
Eurasia Review: Nepal - Enduring Vulnerabilities
Vibe Ghana: Ghana vulnerable to terrorist activities
Huffington Post: Selective Outrage - Hypocrisy at its Worst
Washington Post: President Obama on gun violence
Sinclair Broadcast Group: Sex slavery in ISIS
Associated Press: How to stop the 'lone wolf' attacks?
Toronto Star: Happenstance heroes on a high-speed train
Sinclair Broadcast Group: ISIS territory 1 year later
The Nigerian Voice: Tackling the Threat of Global Terror
Canberra Times: Bombing our way to a strategic solution to Islamic State in Syria
The Telegraph: Islamic State militants used mustard gas against Kurdish forces, US officials believe
The National Interest: Think Again: Islamism and Militancy in Bangladesh
The Globe and Mail: Extremist travelers aren't about to go away
Homeland Security Today: Taking Back Social Media: Producing a Counter Narrative to Terrorist Propaganda
Huffington Post: Ferguson Black Lives Matter, Oath Keepers Fight as One
SBWire: Global Wound Care Products Market to Grow Due to Diabetic and Accidental Injuries
Fierce Homeland Security: Pessimism and few opportunitites primarily drive foreign fighters to join Islamic State, paper finds
Toronto350: How Many Must Resist to Change the System?
Brink News: Using Local Public-Private Partnerships to Reduce Risk of Violent Extremism
United States Institute of Peace: From Conflict in the Streets to Peace in the Society
Foreign Policy: Talking Loud and Saying Nothing
Dawn: Tailors and Terrorists
Chattanooga Times Free Press: Republicans push back on Homeland Security's fight against ISIS