NOTE: Before answering the questions, read the “Background” below.

1. Who will President Obama invite to a security summit in Washington; when will the summit take place?

2. What is the purpose of the summit?

3. What do the European interior ministers agree needs to be done to aid their governments in protecting citizens from Islamic terrorists?

4. a) What will the European Passenger Name Record database enable EU member states to do?
b) Why does French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve say this is needed?

5. Why/how do the ministers want to work with Internet companies?

6. a) European officials have been saying for a long time that they have been worried about citizens who go to fight with terrorists and then return home. Why do you think they have waited until now to try to monitor these terrorists?
b) What steps do you think governments should take (including the U.S.) with citizens and people residing in our countries legally who travel to fight with terrorists? [Officials say they get ‘radicalized’ when they travel to these places - however, they are probably already radicalized when they choose to leave their home/family/job/school to train/fight with terrorists.]

7.  Do you think this security summit will help to make us more secure in the U.S.? Explain your answer.