Counterterrorism

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• in Politics
  More U.S. Combat Soldiers in Afghanistan?
  U.S.Army Special Forces Counterinsurgency Efforts Continue Despite shortage on U.S. Green Beret Advisers in Afghanistan.
  by desperatelands / on Nov 3, 2009

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “Counterterrorism”

• An Interesting Cyber Day – Citibank Hacked, Cyber Coordinator Selected

  
  Security Debrief - a blog of homeland security news and analysis — Authority: 503
  Today we had a major step forward in defending our Nation’s networks and a huge reminder of how great the cyber security gap we face actually is. The White House staff announced that Howard A. Schmidt was selected by the President to fill the role of Cyber Coordinator on the National Security Staff. This position ...
  13 hours ago

• Global Anti-Israel Protests Expected on Cast Lead Anniversary

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 176
  (IsraelNN.com) The first anniversary of Israels counterterrorism Operation Cast Lead in Gaza is set to be a catalyst for a series of anti-Israel protests worldwide. A mass march to the Erez Crossing between Gaza and Israel is to include several Western VIPs. From December 27 through early January, the dates of ...
  18 hours ago

• MoStFabs end-of-the year overview of the strategic situation in Afghanistan and Pakistan

  
  MoStFab — Authority: 465
  Let us start with U.S.-Pakistani relations, after all that is one of the crucial aspects of the story we are trying to tell. In a post in the past I conceptualised Pakistans security sector as fragmented, to explain for oft-seen "sinking boat (= inevitably and fatally sabotaged) operations" and regularly perverse ...
  1 day ago

• Around the Web - Snow Day Edition

  
  Making Sense of Jihad — Authority: 111
  Its back!  Around the Web has returned (I know youve missed it).  After thinking about it for some time, I admit that its still the best way for me to keep up with the daily fire hose of information.  And after a day of cooking (chicken chili soup anyone?), I’m ready to pick through the web for a little ...
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• UK Police Constabularies Love their Section 44

  
  Digital Camera Reviews, Digital Photography Tutorials, Best Digital Cameras - Photoxels — Authority: 142
  Police officers in the UK Police Constabularies apparently do not understand English, and continue to use Section 44 of the Terrorism Act 2000 and and Section 76A of the Counter-Terrorism Act 2008 to prevent public photography, despite Home Office instructions to the contrary. The British Journal of Photography is ...
  1 day ago

• Me and the FBI

  
  Here There and Everywhere — Authority: 134
  Got this e-mail today from the FBI (yeh, right.) Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Anti-Terrorist And Monitory Crime Division. Federal Bureau Of Investigation. J.Edgar.Hoover Building Washington Dc http://www.fbi.gov/libref/directors/directmain.htm Attn: Beneficiary, This is to Officially inform you that it ...
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• Watching the anti-Muslim, Islamophobic, …

  
  Talk Islam — Authority: 494
  Watching the anti-Muslim, Islamophobic, ‘counter-Jihadi’ blogosphere spread the news that Hizb ut-Tahrir’s American branch is holding a meeting today in Chicago is a case study in how the right-wing echo chamber works, albeit at a lower level where it probably won’t rise into the mainstream media. I followed ...
  2 days ago

• TSA VIPR Teams Test Nuclear-detection Devices at DIA

  
  Homeland Security News — Authority: 528
  Teams of federal security officers that routinely patrol transportation venues to combat possible terrorist threats have added the capability of detecting nuclear materials that might be part of a so-called dirty bomb, Homeland Security officials say.On Thursday, the Transportation Security Administration completed a ...
  4 days ago

• Oslo & the empire – Workers World Editorial

  
  Palestine Think Tank — Authority: 502
  By Carlos Latuff It was an historic moment: a Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech that was an apology for an imperialist war of occupation. More than that, it preemptively laid out the justification for U.S. imperialist wars. Even without hearing the speech, you could measure it by the reactions it evoked. ...
  4 days ago

• FBI-DHS Spar Over Intelligence Access

  
  In General Counsel — Authority: 125
  Apparently a disconnect exists between the FBI and Homeland Security over information sharing : The White House has taken the unusual step of wading into a dispute between the nations top law enforcement agencies over how much terrorist-threat information should be shared with state and local law enforcement, ...
  5 days ago

• Aryan Strike Force website administrators accused of inciting racial hatred

  
  Kirklees Unity Exposing the Far Right — Authority: 136
  . Heaton Two suspected neo-Nazis appeared in court accused of stirring up racial hatred on the internet and encouraging others to commit murder. Trevor Hannington, 58, and Michael Heaton, 42, were "administrators" of the Aryan Strike Force website and used wall posts to encourage others to murder Jews, it ...
  5 days ago

• Afghan war successful : Gen.Petraeus

  
  World Military Forum - Latest Military News — Authority: 137
  WASHINGTON — US regional military commander General David Petraeus on Wednesday called Washington’s fight against terrorism in Afghanistan “successful,” even if Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden has not been captured.“There has always been a significant focus of resources to...
  6 days ago

• Ramzy Baroud – Obamas Block to Middle East Peace

  
  Palestine Think Tank — Authority: 502
  (Bush: We agree to everything that “Israel” agrees to!-Obama: We DON’T agree except on what “Israel” agrees to!!!) by Jalal Al Rifa’i A just and peaceful solution to the protracted Palestinian-Israeli conflict is only possible when the US ceases to block every attempt made towards it. The long-held ...
  6 days ago

• The Guantanamo to Illinois Move, at the NYT Room for Debate Blog

  
  The Volokh Conspiracy — Authority: 781
  The NYT Room for Debate blog has a short set of posts from a nicely balanced group on the question of moving detainees from Guantanamo to Illinois . The Obama administration announced on Tuesday its decision  to transfer terrorism suspects held at Guantánamo Bay to an empty state prison in Illinois. The move ...
  6 days ago

• Mike Heaton arrested on connection with terror charges

  
  Kirklees Unity Exposing the Far Right — Authority: 136
  . Mike Heaton A man was appearing in court today charged with soliciting murder and terror offences. Trevor Hannington, 58, from Hirwaun, South Wales, is also accused of using threatening, abusive or insulting words likely to stir up racial hatred. He also faces charges of possession of records ...
  6 days ago

• Mauritania introduces tough anti-terror legislation

  
  World Military Forum - Latest Military News — Authority: 137
  NOUAKCHOTT — Mauritania has introduced tough anti-terror legislation which authorises phone tapping and scraps the statute of limitations for terror-related crimes, the official AMI news agency reported Tuesday.Al-Qaeda, in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) , (SITE Intelligence Group)The legislation,...
  1 week ago

• U.S. Government Wins Gitmo Habeas Case; Score Is 31-9 in Favor of Detainees

  
  The Washington Independent Blog — Authority: 154
  In a rare win for the government in a Guantanamo Bay detainee case, a federal judge ruled Monday that it can continue to hold a 28-year-old Yemeni at the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Musa’ab Al-Madhwani has been imprisoned at Guantanamo since October 2002. The government claims he was a member ...
  1 week ago

• TSA’s Security Breach – The Posting of the Classified Standard Operating Procedures

  
  Security Debrief - a blog of homeland security news and analysis — Authority: 503
  As the House Homeland Security Committee prepares to hear testimony from Acting TSA Administrator Gale Rossides tomorrow, it should be reiterated that there is absolutely no acceptable excuse for TSA’s recent blunder in posting classified Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for passenger and baggage screening on the ...
  1 week ago

• TSA moves to deploy new screening technology

  
  Security Debrief - a blog of homeland security news and analysis — Authority: 503
  TSA moves to deploy new screening technology - Homeland Security NewswireThe U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) said it is moving ahead steadily with procuring and deploying next-generation airport security technology to screen both checked and carry-on baggage, spurred by $1 billion that was allocated ...
  1 week ago

• Keeping the Nation Safe, or Making Citizens Vulnerable? The Dangers of Vagueness in Anti-terrorism Laws

  
  The Volokh Conspiracy — Authority: 781
  Second installment of a five-part series on Silverglate’s book, Three Felonies a Day: How the Feds Target the Innocent . Sami Omar al-Hussayen was a doctoral candidate at the University of Idaho when he was arrested in February 2003. Federal prosecutors alleged that al-Hussayen, a Saudi citizen studying ...
  1 week ago

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