Matt Bivens examines the terrorist threat to nuclear power plants in the United States and argues that the threat should force a shift to renewable energy sources.

David Corn criticizes the U.S. government's action to buy up all commercially available satellite imagery of Afghanistan as an act of censorship that prevents the media from doing their job of monitoring the conflict.

A skeptical view of the excessive military and congressional attention being paid to the risk of "catastrophic terrorism."

The author worries that increased use of sophisticated surveillance equipment and unmanned aerial vehicles will only exacerbate the risks of accidents or racial profiling because the same people are making the decisions behind the screens.

The author surveys the efforts of governmental advisory boards to come up with a strategy for dealing with the implications of the genetic revolution and concludes by calling for more resources to be devoted to public education and involvement.