The changing face of asymmetric warfare and terrorism -- Risk assessment : planning for "non-patterns" and potential risk -- Threat prioritization : seeking to identify current and future threats -- Types of attack : determining future methods of attack and the needed response -- Threat assessment and prioritization : identifying threats -- U.S. government efforts to create a homeland defense capability -- Federal efforts by department and agency -- Federal, state, and local cooperation -- How other nations deal with these threats -- Lessons from recent major commissions on terrorism -- Conclusions and recommendations.