A visitor rings the doorbell to a large gated villa in Benghazi, and a gardener slowly opens the heavy metal door. He welcomes guests with a big smile, offering them tea before giving them a guided tour of the sprawling grounds with its swimming pool and hefty trees, which obscure the view from prying eyes. But the villa is not just another secluded house owned by a wealthy Libyan seeking privacy. It is the most sensitive crime scene in the world...

Media coverage of this week's dramatic High Court battle over the extradition to the US of five terror suspects has focused on the cases of Abu Hamza al-Masri and the British computer experts Babar Ahmad and Talha Ahsan.

FBI investigators probing the U.S. Consulate killings in Libya put off a visit there until conditions in the volatile region are safer. Agents hoped to arrive on Saturday but reconsidered because of the instability sweeping across Libya and throughout the region, federal law enforcement officials said. Don Borelli, a retired FBI agent, said the bureau will want to keep a low footprint but create a team big enough to get the job done. Agents must consider security and logistical issues, he said.

A string of violent demonstrations against U.S. diplomatic missions in the Middle East--including an attack that killed J. Christopher Stevens, the U.S. ambassador to Libya, on September 11--raises the specter of Islamic extremism in transitioning Arab democracies. Former FBI top agent Ali Soufan, who investigated the 1998 bombings at U.S. embassies in East Africa and the 2000 strike on the USS Cole, says it's significant that out of the entire Muslim world, these violent attacks only took place in Arab Spring countries. "The extremists, especially al-Qaeda, in the aftermath of the Arab Spring, felt very weakened," he says, "not only by the death of Osama bin Laden, but also by the weakness of their narrative in the Muslim world."

The team of FBI agents assigned to investigate the deaths of four Americans in Libya has not been able to get into the country because of the volatile situation there, according to law enforcement officials.

GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany - When Adm. James Stavridis flashed on a big screen the image of the Norwegian extremist who killed 77 people last year, Air Commodore Naeem Ur Rehman of Pakistan gave an approving nod as the U.S. European Command chief explained not all terrorists hail from Muslim nations.

On the eleventh anniversary of the Sept. 11th terrorist attacks, former FBI agent Ali Soufan talks to John Avlon about the Obama administration approach to al Qaeda, how the invasion of Iraq opened 'Pandora's Box' - and what more the U.S. needs to do win the war on terror.

The Counterintelligence Office is pleased to announce a guest speaker who will offer a presentation at INL. Robert McFadden, is a 30-year veteran of U.S. federal law enforcement, intelligence and counterintelligence communities -- and former Deputy Assistant Director of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS).

As organizations, commerce, and communications become ever more globalized, cross-cultural skills are no longer simply an advantage -- they are a necessity for success. Building the requisite knowledge and skills to effectively negotiate a foreign environment can make the difference between long-term success and rapid failure. Through our cultural intelligence courses, participants learn a multi-dimensional approach to understanding and applying cultural intelligence. (One of our most requested courses is Arab Cultural Intelligence.)

CQB stands for Close Quarter Battle. It's a term used to describe the tactics used by SWAT teams and special operations units when they enter buildings to rescue hostages or arrest dangerous criminals. The principles of CQB, for example, were used by the Navy SEALs during the raid against Osama Bin Laden's compound in Pakistan.