Topic: Terrorism

Driving in the Valley of the Shadow of Death

It's the management problem from hell: How do you run a company whose customers and employees are being killed?READ»

Making the U.S. Department of Homeland Security a Fast Governmental Agency

The Department of Homeland Security is not securing our safety from terror as we should expect. How should they approach this challenge to improve speed, accelerate collaboration and improve efficacy?READ»

Time to Take Stock

"We're not only fighting back militarily, but we're also fighting back with our values."READ»

Media: Message of Fear

After nearly three years, Osama bin Laden has resurfaced in American mainstream media. A video emerged on Tuesday featuring the terror leader's still image and his voice in which he praises the 19 "champions" (suicide hijackers) who ...READ»

Fast Talk: 9/11/02

It's one year later. Where were you then? Where are you now? How have you changed?READ»

A Sensor That Sniffs Out Shoe Bombs

Chemistry and unique color patterns could help the TSA suss out terrorist footwear. Does this mean shorter lines at security?READ»

Battle Plan

Former U.S. Army lieutenant colonel Ralph Peters outlines nine strategies for understanding, fighting, and defeating the new enemy. Rule #1: Culture is king.READ»

A Monument to Work?

There's an interesting debate brewing in New York City over the design of the World Trade Center memorial. The original plan calls for the names of the 2,979 victims of the trade center terrorist acts in 1993 and 2001 to be listed ...READ»

Fighting Spirit

A letter from the founding editors.READ»

Continental Courage

Where do you find courage in this country? Not in the southern or western U.S., which overwhelming succumbed to the Bush campaign's fear mongering and Dick Cheney's demented suggestion that a vote for John Kerry is a vote for the ...READ»

The information the CIA & US Department of State ignored that could have prevented the 9/11 terrorist attacks on NYC.

We both drove to Washington DC together to meet with Republican Senator, Tim Nicholson. Darko spent the night at his house and I in a hotel room on the Beltway. We had brought with us tons of secret information on Al Qaeda operatives with us for this visit but Darko left it all with me in my room and Senator Nicholson did not view it. Senator Nicholson took us out to breakfast early that morning and told us that "In DC, we are alla bunch of paid whores for campaign contributions." The Republika Srpska Information Agency was very generous to help America fight terrorism on many occasions. The boxes I stayed with that night had papers and photos of tons of Al Qaeda operatives.READ»

Lives Defined by Work, Even in Death

There's no more telling example of how people identify themselves--or are identified-- by what they do, than in the current argument over the 9/11 memorial plans for Ground Zero. When the World Trade Center Memorial Foundation ...READ»

Implications of Mumbai terror attack ...

Some thing is needed to be done soon, else it might get too late!READ»

Security Check

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Sky Fighter

Daniel Libeskind shares his vision for architecture and why he's at peace with the plans for Ground Zero that replaced his own.READ»

Covering The Mumbai Attacks: What Can We Learn?

I have a question: Will we learn anything from the terrorist attacks in Mumbai last week? I'm not talking about international politics, or security.  I am talking about media -- how do the ways in which we consume and share ...READ»

What Is Security?

And who provides it? According to BENS -- Business Executives for National Security -- national security is everybody's business.READ»

Fast Cities: New York

In the aftermath of September 11, New York police commissioner Ray Kelly built the most successful local counterterrorism unit in the U.S. and perhaps the world. The team, which has 600 experts that know some four dozen languages, routinely dispatches officers overseas for work in cities believed to be terror targets.READ»

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The Twitter Threat: Tweeting Terrorists?

U.S. Army Intelligence is concerned that terrorists might use the micro-blogging platform Twitter to coordinate attacks, according to a draft report compiled by the 304th Military Intelligence Battalion. Oh no -- batten the hatches!READ»

What It Takes to Win the 40-Year War

According to one military expert on global terror, we're at the outset of a war that could last 40 years. Here are four bold strategies to help you adjust to this new reality -- and make sure that we win the war.READ»

USA AND TERRORISM

No one knows will this terrorism end or not but it seems that there is great need to change views or strategy to win against terrorism as you can not finish all people by killing. Therefore, planning should be such that it may attack ...READ»

USA AND TERRORISM

No one knows will this terrorism end or not but it seems that there is great need to change views or strategy to win against terrorism as you can not finish all people by killing. Therefore, planning should be such that it may attack ...READ»

USA AND TERRORISM

No one knows will this terrorism end or not but it seems that there is great need to change views or strategy to win against terrorism as you can not finish all people by killing. Therefore, planning should be such that it may attack ...READ»

USA AND TERRORISM

No one knows will this terrorism end or not but it seems that there is great need to change views or strategy to win against terrorism as you can not finish all people by killing. Therefore, planning should be such that it may attack ...READ»

We're going green

Here at Fast Company World Headquarters, we're looking ahead to . . . our brand new world headquarters. In March, we'll be moving downtown to 7 World Trade Center, the rebuilt version of a tower destroyed in the 9/11 attacks five ...READ»