This week, as spectators around the world either watched TV news, tracked Twitter feeds, read blogs and sites in horror as the Mumbai terrorist attacks unfolded, the terrorists themselves were tech'ed up in order to track the police response themselves.

Security forces closed in on Mumbai's Nariman House to flush out terrorists as three fresh explosions rocked the Jewish residential complex amid intense exchange of fire and operations entered the final stage to end the terror siege in luxury Oberoi hotel.

Terrorists staged attacks at multiple sites in India's business center, Mumbai, including two luxury hotels. Terrorists targeted Westerners, asking for those with U.K. or U.S. passports, and took hostages.

At least seven simultaneous attacks in Mumbai, India’s commercial capital, Wednesday evening, targeted at least two five-star hotels, a commuter train station, a historic movie theater and a hospital. UPDATE: Terrorists were looking for U.S. and British passports.

Laws and regulations intended to crack down on terrorists, illicit drug manufacture, and other criminal activities are stifling an elite cadre of individuals who pursue chemistry as a hobby and have a home chemistry lab, according to an article scheduled for the Nov. 10 issue of Chemical & Engineering News, ACS' weekly newsmagazine.

A new study from North Carolina State University shows that there are definite limits on the government's use of the "war on terror" as a rhetorical tool for advancing federal land-use projects and other policy objectives.

In the first three days of the country's economic meltdown that began Sept. 29, 81 percent of Americans surveyed in a national poll agreed or strongly agreed that the financial crisis "poses a greater threat to the quality of my life than does the threat of terrorism."

Presidential candidates who play up the threat of terrorism to bolster votes may want to rethink their game plan. New research from the University of California, Berkeley, indicates the war on terror has less impact on presidential popularity than it did during President Bush's first term.

A special volume of the Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

"It's time to update our national security strategy to stay one step ahead of the terrorists. America cannot afford another president who doesn't understand the threats that confront us now and in the future." Obama said

Over 100 law enforcement and government officials, clergy and educators attended an interfaith conference in May at the Church of Scientology Celebrity Centre International in Hollywood to address the growing problem of Internet hate crime and to see how they can work together to improve Internet safety and security.

A new study in Policy Studies Journal reveals that measures of terrorism risk are found to be positive determinants of Homeland Security funding, while measures of political influence and party affiliation of elected officials do not affect distribution of grants.