Is the Economic Crisis a Security Threat Too? By Bruce Crumley and Tony Karon FROM Time

"Could the deepening global recession boost the flagging efforts of Osama bin Laden to challenge the establish global order? Probably not. But the signs are there that, as President Barack Obama's intelligence chief Admiral Dennis Blair warned last week, the economic crisis may be the source of the primary threat to global security right now. Security experts note that the economic downturn is already creating social unrest and political instability in some strategic hot spots around the world, and they warn that a prolonged slump could undermine U.S. and Western security interests."