“The attack on an Islamic center exemplified a danger that the Trump administration would rather ignore.” I wrote for @theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

My dear friend, Lebanese American sister, and former chief of staff at DHS speaks about Israel’s destruction of her ancestral home in Lebanon. “We did everything right.” @npr.org one.npr.org/i/nx-s1-5791...

I joined @pbsnews.org Newshour on Friday to talk about the presidential security and the politics of assassination. Full episode: www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

I joined @newshour.bsky.social on Friday about presidential security and the politicalization of safety. @pbsnews.org www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

Nearly a week after the shooting at the WH Correspondents dinner many questions remain … as the DOJ releases new high-resolution video of the incident. Our conversation tonight @geoffrbennett.bsky.social speaks with @juliettekayyem.bsky.social #NewsHour @pbsnews.org www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

It was great to join @slate.com Gabfest again and guest cohost this week's show "King Me." Much news and I explain the great Lebanese diaspora to horse country in Kentucky. I put my money on stallion Further Ado at the derby Sunday. #emilybazelon @jdickerson.bsky.social slate.com/podcasts/pol...

“Instead, free movement—of people, things, goods—presents the greatest challenge to event planners. Access, connection, and community are what we pay for, what we dress up for, what our democracy deserves.” I wrote @theatlantic.com on event safety and the summer. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

A sharp addition from @juliettekayyem.bsky.social, arguing that some risk is inevitable and that success "should be measured by whether a threat that unfolds is mitigated by the planning and the response of those who are entrusted to secure the scene."

"I don't have fun so you can." I joined A Martinez on NPR's Morning Edition to discuss event safety and the WHCD. @amartinezla.bsky.social @npr.org www.npr.org/2026/04/28/n...

"I don't have fun so you can." I joined A Martinez on NPR's Morning Edition to discuss event safety and the WHCD. @npr.org @amartinezla.bsky.social www.npr.org/2026/04/28/n...

“It is premature to say these deaths are connected. It’s like the Chinese white balloon incident. If everybody is looking up at the sky, then we see lots of things that look bad.” @cnn.com www.cnn.com/2026/04/22/u...

“It (FIFA choosing US, Canada and Mexico) was a vision of a North America that you can’t even get your head around now. It was a vision that the three countries, as allies, with cross-border collaboration, would host as a unified front.” I spoke to @npr.org about geopolitics, safety and sports.

“We can’t try to isolate every tragedy and say its another state, or race, or socioeconomic status. These are all American tragedies.” @cnn

The #WorldCup security planning "is unprecedented for an event of this length and geographic scale." 11 host US cities, 40 days, 78 US matches, 600 sites under FIFA's footprint. I spoke to Sports Business Journal about business, sports and safety. www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/202...

“The US thinks this is going to be won in the air but the Iranians know it will be won in the waters (Strait of Hormuz).” Two weeks ago, I joined @talkingfeds.bsky.social to state what was already obvious to all but the WH. Thinking of our service members tonight.

April is Arab American Appreciation month. I am proud of my family’ journey, and that of my children raised in the Jewish faith. My work lets me use my voice, regardless of party in WH, to remind us there are people — Palestinians, Lebanese, Iranians and Israelis — all impacted by war and terror.

"These twin crises (airport lines and aviation safety) are separate but related: They are both the result of an approach to governance that neglects the work of governing." My essay in @theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Read @juliettekayyem.bsky.social on the perils of "an approach to governance that neglects the work of governing." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

"The fact that anyone at the top is shocked by snaking security lines at airports is of a piece with the administration’s rather cavalier approach to contingency planning. (See also the war in Iran.)" I wrote for @theatlantic.com about aviation. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

“Hours away from deployment, and we still do not have a lot of details about rules of engagement.” I joined @cnn.com on ICE working at airports.

"The deployment is likely to create legitimate fear given the broad mandate ICE seems to have had in the last couple of months." I spoke to @washingtonpost.com about ICE at US airports. I'll be joining @cnn.com on same. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

At three key moments in America’s modern history, Mueller served: Vietnam, 9/11 and Russian interference in the 2016 election. @cnn.com

Trump announced a deployment without planning regarding TSA at airports. Transportation Sec Duffy suggests they will do pat downs and screenings. No, says Homan at same time, they will do line management at both sides of screenings. Planning not complete ⬇️

And now I'm joining @katiecouric.bsky.social on her Substack for a live conversation at 5pm.

“The head of counterterrorism… was outside the room. I have no doubt that is true. Everybody was kept out of the room.” @cnn.com

A great conversation for @talkingfeds.bsky.social.

Some history on Joe Kent. @cnn.com edition.cnn.com/2022/09/30/p...

Major events like the Olympics or FIFA can transform cities, but they require careful planning across security, transportation, infrastructure, & community partners. I'm launching an executive program at Harvard Kennedy School to help leaders navigate those challenges. Join us. bit.ly/4rul0Pa

Me and the Red Carpet! Well I was asked about security at the Oscars and this is as close as I will get. Plus I got to mention the Will Smith slap! I rarely get to smile on air. Give me my moment. @cnn.com

"I no longer talk about 'safe.' I talk about 'safer.'" I spoke to @steveinskeep.bsky.social @npr.org Morning Edition about the increased threat environment, anti-Semitism, Islamic terror, and our homeland security in a wide ranging 7 minute conversation. www.npr.org/2026/03/13/n...

A modest proposal. One provision Dems should insist on in negotiating the DHS budget is to terminate what’s left of this contract that went to DHS friends and family, and require an audit and return of any unused funds. I think it would be a very good move.

Earlier this week, I wrote about the rise of Islamic terrorism in the US from radicalized men and Iran state sponsors. The Trump Admin, oddly, hasn’t acknowledged this. My explanation why for @theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

“I think we are deluding ourselves if we think this is a regional war. It is a regional war with global consequences.” I spoke about terrorism and #Iran for @pbsnews.org Newshour.

No evidence has surfaced directly tying the suspects in the Gracie Mansion incident to ISIS—but by simply claiming some relationship, “perpetrators can spin a largely unsuccessful act into something grander and more terrifying,” Juliette Kayyem argues.

Sen. Graham who helped bring this war is now begging Israel not to target oil facilities in Iran. The Gulf states rebuke Israel for disinformation it spreads about their engagement in the war. The WH has reporters post stories about "concerns" about Israel's campaign. That is where we are today.

The WH so poorly planned any strategy for the most likely Iranian response to our war that now nobody talks about how the war was neither legal or justified in the first place. There was no imminent threat.

She can do no wrong. A gorgeous Magnetic Fields cover (!) (reminiscent of Margaret Glaspy's, which I'll link below) to help raise $$ for children devastated by war. And the video, footage filmed by children in Gaza, Sudan, Ukraine and Yemen ... hope against hope. www.instagram.com/reels/DVjA6_...

Israel targeted Iran's oil facilities for the first time early Sunday, with videos showing huge flames lighting up the sky, while Iranian state media reported officials were close to announcing a successor for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. n.pr/4b2M1Tu

The March 15, 2025, killing of Ruben Ray Martinez drew almost no public attention. But Martinez is now the first known American citizen shot to death by federal immigration agents during President Trump’s second term. https://wapo.st/4lbpGYC

Wow. @keenanclimate.com delivers in his book NORTH: The Future of Post-Climate America. He examines the future of climate migration and the changes that are about to come to our cities as the oceans rise. It is informative and compelling. Bravo, friend. www.keenanclimate.com/north-book

Again and again, I repeat. For all the war hawks or idealogues talking about a transformative moment, let me make this clear: the Gulf states will soon teach the US that they love their commerce more than they hate Iran.

Iran has the capacity to launch terror and cyber attacks against allies and US. Due to DOGE, partisan firings of FBI and cyber officials, and lack of focus or know how by AG Bondi and DHS Noem, they are ignoring this possibility completely.

Unstable. @mediaite.com www.mediaite.com/media/news/t...

NPR reports that a U.S.–Israeli strike has hit a girls’ elementary school in Iran. Iranian officials say 53 students were needlessly murdered. America is murdering children to protect a fucking child murderer. "Make it make sense..."

I love that we all know 90 percent of them will flip on a dime now, from “trump won’t send your sons to war” (like it’s only sons) to “trump is sending your sons to war and that’s good.”

He’s not addressing the nation anymore today.

The U.S.-Iran conflict grew from a high-stakes exchange of miscalculations between two men, Karim Sadjadpour argues:

In the past, sometimes presidents have said it’s just a military operation or limited airstrikes to skirt Congress. Trump has unilaterally launched major combat operations, declaring war with the goal of regime change. A major violation of the U.S. Constitution, also illegal under international law

“.. Over the past year, he has .. ordered military strikes in seven nations. His appetite for military intervention grows with the eating.” @nytopinion.nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/02/28/o...