UK government watchdog David Anderson reports that smaller-scale attacks are more difficult to detect and prevent, and that they are usurping massive, 9/11-scale terrorist plots as a top risk in Britain.
In the decade after 9/11, antiterrorist training and strategies have focused on combating the threat from without – al Qaeda and Muslim extremism, with the bulk of our human and technology resources going into public transportation facilities.
A gunman opened fire Thursday afternoon in a Minneapolis sign-making business, killing four people and wounding four others before fatally shooting himself.
