Randy Larsen: Talking About Homeland Security

Colonel Randall Larsen, USAF (Ret) is the Founding Director of The Institute for Homeland Security, the National Security Advisor to the Center for Biosecurity, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, and the co-host of Public Radio’s Homeland Security: Inside and Out.

Larsen's speeches on homeland security are not alarmist in nature. In fact, his best known sound bite is just the opposite, "The greatest threat to the American homeland is not al Qaeda; it is misguided reactions by the government, corporations, and the American people." His intention is not to scare you, rather to help you sleep more soundly at night by providing a solid understanding of the nature of this new threat, in addition to specific advice on common-sense, low-cost measures to better prepare your business, your community and your family from man-made and natural disasters.

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Book cover: Our Own Worst Enemy

Our Own Worst Enemy is the single best thing that has been written on homeland security… this book asks the right questions and provides concrete recommendations that government officials, corporate executives and every citizen need to understand and apply.
—Admiral Steve Abbot, USN (Ret) Deputy Homeland Security Advisor to the President 2001-2003

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In the Media

C-SPAN covered Randall Larsen's speech at the National Defense University, January 28, 2008.

"Larsen advocates a seldom used tool to fight terrorism—common sense."
—Bob Schieffer, CBS News

"Larsen explains how to ask the right questions—from the Oval Office to the front office to your kitchen table."
—Bruce van Voorst former Senior Correspondent for National Security, Time magazine