The NSA on Sunday ended its controversial surveillance program, initiated by the George W. Bush administration in 2006, which collected the metadata of all communications in the United States. The creation of the bulk collection program was the result of criticism by the 9/11 Commission, and many security experts, who argued that the information about the nineteen 9/11 terrorists was available, but that law enforcement and intelligence agencies lacked structure and procedure which would have allowed them to “connect the dots.”

Israel defense minister, Moshe Ya’alon, on Sunday told reporters that a Russian jet recently entered Israeli airspace but was not shot down because Israel and Russia had established an effective open communication system between the two countries. Ya’alon said the plane, by mistake, entered about one mile into Israeli airspace and immediately turned around back to Syria when the Russians were notified.

The U.K. government on Thursday released a 36-page dossier offering detailed arguments why it would be militarily, legally, and morally right for Britain to join the U.S.-led coalition in attacking ISIS targets in Syria. The document was released ahead of Prime Minister David Cameron’s speech at the House of Commons in which he called on all House members to vote for allowing the campaign. Cameroon said that ISIS posed a “very direct threat to our country and our way of life” and that inaction by the United Kingdom posed even greater risks for the country.

Jean-Claude Juncker, the president of the European Commission, has admitted that in the wake of the Paris attacks, the Schengen agreement is “comatose” and warned that the euro will not survive without it. Françoise Schepmans, the mayor of the Brussels district of Molenbeek, received a list with the names of more than eighty suspected jihadists living in the area just one month before the Paris attacks.

The New York State Police is urging citizens to download a new digital app which allows citizens to capture and report suspicious activity with their smart phones. The app is part of the “See Something, Send Something” campaign which aims to turn willing citizens into the eyes and ears of law enforcement. For example, if a citizen notices an unattended package at a train station of an airport, they could use the app to alert law enforcement.

Before the dust has even settled from the attacks on Paris, familiar calls for greater surveillance powers are surfacing. The desire for greater security is understandable, but that doesn’t mean we should suspend our judgement on the measures proposed to bring it about. It’s widely accepted that intelligence work is the most effective form of counter-terrorism, and that the best intelligence comes from community engagement, not coercion. So we must be wary of the evangelism of those pushing technological solutions to security problems, and the political clamor for mass surveillance.

The growing tensions among the major players in Syria is reflection of the different strategic interests of these plays. Iran and Russia would cooperate with the United States in fighting ISIS — but only as part of a strategy to keep the Alawite Assad in power and prevent the Sunni majority from coming to power in Syria. The leading Sunni states have given mostly lip-service to the need to fight ISIS, because Sunnis are not going seriously to fight the fellow Sunnis of ISIS, despicable as they are, unless that campaign is part of a broader strategy to remove Assad and the Alawites from power in Syria, reduce Iran’s influence in Syria and Lebanon, turn Syria into a country run by its Sunni majority, and protect the interests of Iraq’s Sunnis. ISIS is the result — the ugly, deadly result — of growing Sunni grievances since the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq. ISIS can be defeated militarily, and it will be defeated, but unless Sunni grievances — in Iraq, in Syria, in Palestine — are effectively addressed, the removal of ISIS from the stage would merely be a prelude to the emrengence of the next ISIS-like group.

Last Tuesday’s friendly soccer game in Hanover between the national teams of Germany and the Netherland was canceled at the last minute after credible information that terrorists were planning to detonate three bombs inside the stadium during the game. BfV, Germany’s domestic intelligence agency, says there are 1,100 Islamists in Germany, of which 420 are classified as high-risk because of their potential to threaten public safety. These Islamists have exhibited a readiness to use violence.

Two former secretaries of the Department of Homeland Security — Janet Napolitano (2009-13) and Michael Chertoff (2005-9) — wrote to President Barack Obama Thursday, saying it is possible to welcome refugees while ensuring the safety and security of Americans. “The [vetting] process that is currently in place is thorough and robust and, so long as it is fully implemented and not diluted, it will allow us to safely admit the most vulnerable refugees while protecting the American people. Fortunately, these goals are not mutually exclusive,” the two former secretaries write.