And,this week, President Obama nominated the police chief from Seattle as the new director for the Office of National Drug Control Policy.

VOA: special.2009.03.14

The most recent threat nearly got away. The 30-year-old Pakistani American was on board this flight, bound for Dubai when pilots heard this from Air Traffic Control: Federal agents stopped the flight and removed Shahzad, who managed to board the airplane despite being placed on a "no-fly" list hours before.

VOA: standard.2010.05.06

But the President of the Puntland State of Somalia, Abdirahman Mohamed Farole, appealed for foreign assistance to stable areas of the country, saying this would be the best way to prevent extremist groups from expanding areas they control: "There are limited options for dealing with extremists and terrorist threats in Somalia.

VOA: standard.2009.06.26