Aug 15 Watch 8:58 Does Trump’s presidential effort amount to ‘campaign malpractice’? By PBS News Hour On Sunday, a Wall Street Journal editorial urged Donald Trump to change or drop out. The GOP nominee is polling well behind Hillary Clinton in key states and struggling with the millennial vote. Trump delivered a foreign policy speech on… Continue watching
Aug 15 Watch 2:48 Trump reveals his national security plan — while Clinton says he doesn’t have one By PBS News Hour In battleground Ohio on Monday, Donald Trump revealed his foreign policy plan. It envisions the U.S. becoming more aggressive in the fight against ISIS but generally less involved overseas. Hillary Clinton visited another swing state, Pennsylvania, where she screened an… Continue watching
Jul 30 Grim mood pervades Aspen meeting of top terror pros By Margaret Warner An unaccustomed air of foreboding hangs over this week's Aspen Security Forum, an annual gathering of the nation's top present and past defense, intelligence, counter-terrorism and diplomatic figures who are focused on protecting the American homeland. Continue reading
Jun 01 Watch 3:37 Keeping your family safe and dealing with the ‘what ifs?’ By PBS News Hour With horror stories of extremist violence dominating headlines around the globe, it’s easy to get worked up over the threat, however improbable, of domestic terrorism. National security analyst and mom Juliette Kayyem says there’s no such thing as perfect safety,… Continue watching
May 19 Watch 6:59 Solving the mystery of vanished EgyptAir Flight 804 By PBS News Hour The mysterious disappearance of EgyptAir Flight 804 and its 66 passengers somewhere over the Mediterranean Sea has left the international community scrambling for answers. For more on what could have happened to the flight, Hari Sreenivasan talks to former National… Continue watching
Apr 16 Carter: U.S. to identify new ways to intensify fight against ISIS By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said he will talk with his commanders in the coming days to identify additional ways the U.S. can intensify the fight against Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria, including more airstrikes, cyberattacks and American… Continue reading
Mar 28 Could the Pentagon’s missile defenses fend off a North Korea nuclear attack? By Robert Burns, Associated Press WASHINGTON — As North Korea rattles its nuclear saber, threatening to bomb the U.S. at "any moment," a nerve-jangling question hangs in the air: If Pyongyang did launch a nuclear-armed missile at an American city, could the Pentagon's missile defenses… Continue reading
Mar 11 Why Apple vs. FBI might be the worst cybersecurity dilemma ever By Vikram Mansharamani Given the critical importance of both cybersecurity and national security, prioritizing one over the other is no trivial task. Continue reading
Mar 08 Watch 6:09 How do Americans become enemies of their own state? By PBS News Hour In the wake of the Boston Marathon bombings and San Bernardino mass shooting, homegrown Islamic extremism has become one of the country’s most pressing national security concerns. Author Peter Bergen set out to document how and why Americans become enemies… Continue watching
Mar 01 Watch 8:04 News Wrap: Partisan standoff over SCOTUS continues By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, President Obama met face-to-face with Senate leaders over the vacancy in the Supreme Court, but Republicans remain opposed to any hearings before a new president is elected. Also, the FBI and tech giant Apple squared… Continue watching