Ever secret spy agencies like the US National Counterterrorism Center need to launch PR campaigns now and then, reports Jeff Bliss of Bloomberg News.

As part of ongoing outreach to remind the public of the danger faced in the US by evildoers around the world, the center has made available for download a desktop calendar that notes tragic anniversaries such as the June 17 bombing in Iraq last year that killed 35 and wounded 138; symptoms of various communicable diseases; and other sobering facts.