On Sunday, December 26, 2009, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, a Nigeria-born Al Queda operative was charged with the attempted destruction of a Detroit-bound airliner. The Associated Press has discovered that US Government officials were actually warned of Abdulmutallab's risk by his father a month before the planned attack.

A record number of extraditions have occurred over the Mexican border this year, with numbers reaching 100 at the beginning of November.

Ian MacLeod, Ottawa Citizen

Distribuido por el Programa de las Américas Un nuevo mundo de acción ciudadana, análisis, y alternativas políticas http://www.ircamericas.org/

This Institute for Research on Public Policy research program explores the complex challenges confronting Canada with regard to the post-9/11 security environment and its impact on domestic and international policies.

CBC News

Common Threat, Collective Response: Protecting Against Terrorist Attacks in a Networked World

Barbara Yaffe, Vancouver Sun

Kathleen Harris, Ottawa Sun