City Safe – CUNY Podcast
1) Gitmo Detainees May Come to N.Y. Court
With the closing of the Guantánamo Bay detention camp, the Justice Department is evaluating the cases of the remaining 241 detainees, and there are reports some may end up being tried on U.S. soil, p...Show More
2) Counter Terrorism Debate Goes On
Did Bush era anti-terrorism policies prevent another 9/11-style terror attack, as former Vice President Dick Chaney has claimed? President Obama has strongly rejected the Chaney claim, saying the pol...Show More
3) President-elect Barack Obama and National Security
In his first post-election interview, Barack Obama told CBS’s “60 Minutes” why national security will be among his top priorities during this transitional time and in the early mont...Show More
4) New 9/11 Study Gives Feds Mixed Grades
A new study headed by the chairs of the 9/11 Commission has given the federal government a “D” for its efforts in preventing the spread of weapons and protecting the homeland. The same rep...Show More
5) Homeland Security and the Presidential Race
As the country marks the seventh anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, an historic presidential race is rounding the final stretch. Was the issue of homeland security given the attention it deserved by Se...Show More
6) Top Security Posts Still Vacant
Two top White House counterterrorism posts continue to go unfilled following Frances Townsend’s resignation in January as assistant to the president for homeland security and counterterrorism. ...Show More
7) NYPD Beefs Up Security for Pope
Pope Benedict’s visit to New York prompted the NYPD to increase security throughout the city, with measures that ranged from inspection checkpoints to police divers with underwater counter-terro...Show More
8) Amtrak Steps Up Security
Amtrak announced that passengers will have to submit to random screenings of carry-on bags in a major security push. Professor Joseph King sees this latest measure as a good thing. “There is a b...Show More
9) Next Security Step in Subways
The first counterterrorism strategy of its kind in this country began in New York City’s subways this March. Called Operation Torch, it involves roving teams of New York City police officers arm...Show More
10) New Enemy: Complacency
Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff told an interviewer for BBC radio that he felt a “certain sense of complacency” about terrorism in the United States and warned that, although ...Show More