Former intelligence officials describe a nation better equipped to disrupt terrorist plots, but still wrestling with the costs of its response and how to prevent the next crisis under escalating technology threats.
The 'Tribute in Light' public art installation commemorating the September 11, 2001 attacks shines up from the skyline of lower Manhattan, as seen from Jersey City, New Jersey, on September 10, 2026.
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25 years after 9/11, the greatest security risk is still a failure of imagination
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Homeland Security 25 Years Later: Time to Rethink and Rebuild?
Twenty-five years after 9/11, governments still risk strategic surprise when they fail to imagine how familiar threats combine in…
Budget cuts, loss of knowledgeable officials and diverted resources raise risk of another attack, experts warn
The counterterrorism community struggles with how technology might be applied to novel use cases.
COMMENTARY: Reflecting on 9/11 Commission-driven information sharing structural reforms
A US House committee has called for fresh security reforms 25 years after the 9/11 attacks, issuing over 20 recommendations on…
Twenty-five years after the September 11 attacks killed 2,977 people and transformed the United States and the world, America…
