FBI’s National Security Threat List: Who’s on the NSL?

The FBI’s National Security List (NSL) has two parts, the Issues Threat List (activities that get you on the list) and the classified Country Threat List (states whose activities are “so hostile, or of such concern” that investigations are warranted).

1. Russia
2. China
3. Syria
4. North Korea
5. Iran
6. Belarus
7. Cuba
8. Sudan
9. Democratic Republic of the Congo
10. Republic of the Congo
11. Somalia
12. Myanmar (Burma)
13. Bosnia
14. Vietnam
15. Libya
16. Côte d’Ivoire/Ivory Coast

Classified Country Threat List

1. Japan
2. Israel
3. France
4. South Korea
5. Taiwan
6. India
7. UK
8. Germany
9. Netherlands
10. Belgium
11. Canada
12. Iraq
13. South Yemen

Nine Dynasties in new Parliament: Family Pairs

Source: Family pride in Lok Sabha – India – The Times of India

1. Congress: Sonia and Rahul Gandhi – Rae Bareli and Amethi
2. Samajwadi Party: Mulayam Singh Yadav and son Akhilesh – Mainpuri and Kannauj constituencies in UP
3. BJP: Maneka Gandhi & Varun Gandi: Uttar Pradesh – Aonla & Pilibhit
4. Ajit Singh (Baghpat) and Jayant Choudhury (Mathura)
5. Sharad Pawar & daughter Supriya Sule – Baramati (Maharashtra)
6. Trinamool Congress: Sisir and Subhendu Adhikary – West Bengal (Kanthi in East Midnapur, his son won the Tamluk seat where Nandigram is situated)
7. Karnataka – H D Devegowda and his son H D Kumaraswamy

Missed:

1. Prospective mother-son pair missed out with former Punjab CM Amarinder Singh‘s son Raninder losing from Bhatinda. Amarinder’s wife Preneet Kaur won from Patiala.
2. BJP: “Gorkha” face Jaswant Singh and son Manvendra could have been another but for the latter’s defeat in Barmer.