Americans have watched their nation’s safety being challenged by foreign enemies, domestic terrorists and accidental disasters, alike, over the past few weeks. Here, everyday citizens grade the current state of U.S. national security in the wake of the Boston bombings, the explosion in West Texas, the ricin-laced letters, the foiled Amtrak attack and looming threats from North Korea, Iran and al-Qaeda.
(Video by Jennifer-Leigh Oprihory, Medill News Service)