Following Chafuen 's experience with violence in Argentina during the late 1970s and the September 11 attacks , he concluded that governments can not hold all of the research of security and defense issues , and that independent efforts are needed . In 2004 , a sub organization of the Atlas Economic Research Foundation was founded , called the Think Tanks for a Secure Free Society , which held programs in Lisbon , Prague , New York , Dallas , Buenos Aires , Bogota , Santiago and multiple other cities around the world . In 2011 , the organization was renamed the Center for a Secure Free Society and moved to the International Freedom Educational Foundation . In 2012 , the organization became independent
September 11 attacks
September 11 attacks
Center for a Secure Free Society