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New article · Domestic Preparedness
The Cost of Ignoring Weak Informational Signals
Major crises rarely arrive without warning. The challenge is recognizing when scattered signals begin pointing in the same direction and acting while there is still time to prepare.
A convicted ISIS supporter returned to Old Dominion University after federal prison. The university never knew his terrorism history until after he attacked an ROTC classroom. Who owned the risk?