INTRODUCTIONHOMELAND SECURITY: A CONCERN AND A ROLE FOR EVERYONE

“Tell them that this is just the trailer. Just wait till you see the rest of the movie.”“It’s a small example. A preview.”“The rest of the film remains to be seen.”

Mobile phone call by terrorists in Mumbai, India, before they murdered hostages, November 2008

“The rest of the film remains to be seen.” They were not talking about a Bollywood film. From November 26 to 29, 2008, murder squads trained by Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LT known as the “Army of the Righteous”) fanned out across Mumbai, India’s most populous city, armed with assault rifles and hand grenades. They received orders via cell phone from a handler in Pakistan, who relayed media reports of the chaos while directing the murderers ...

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