Man Haron Monis and the Sydney Lindt Café Siege – Not a Terrorist Attack

The Sydney siege: courage, compassion and connectedness.

The shock and threat of the Sydney siege on Monday 15 December 20141 have provoked large-scale responses — to the emergency, its aftermath and the implications it may have for the future. The strong response by police, counterterrorism agencies and other experts and the leadership shown by civic agencies through the hours of uncertainty were watched by the world. There was powerful engagement, ...

SSRI prescription rates after a terrorist attack.

The Transportation Implications of a Terrorist Attack on Seattle’s Bridges

Enhancing public health preparedness for a terrorist attack involving cyanide.

The US government considers cyanide to be among the most likely agents of chemical terrorism. Cyanide differs from many other biological or chemical agents for which little or no defense is available because its individual and public health effects are largely remediable through appropriate preparedness and response. Because the toxicity of the cyanide antidote currently available in the United...

National Identification Schemes (Nids): A Remedy Against Terrorist Attack?

The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon have rekindled public debate about National Identification Schemes (NIDS) in the US, Canada, and other countries. While much of the debate has focused on the tradeoffs between security protection and the potential loss of privacy and other civil liberties, this paper examines the prior question of whether a N...