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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”

• UK Police Constabularies Love their Section 44

  
  Digital Camera Reviews, Digital Photography Tutorials, Best Digital Cameras - Photoxels — Authority: 141
  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 ...
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• Me and the FBI

  
  Here There and Everywhere — Authority: 135
  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: 492
  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 ...
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• TSA VIPR Teams Test Nuclear-detection Devices at DIA

  
  Homeland Security News — Authority: 542
  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 ...
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• Oslo & the empire – Workers World Editorial

  
  Palestine Think Tank — Authority: 503
  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. ...
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• 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, ...
  3 days ago

• Aryan Strike Force website administrators accused of inciting racial hatred

  
  Kirklees Unity Exposing the Far Right — Authority: 137
  . 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 ...
  4 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...
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• Ramzy Baroud – Obamas Block to Middle East Peace

  
  Palestine Think Tank — Authority: 503
  (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 ...
  5 days ago

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

  
  The Volokh Conspiracy — Authority: 777
  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 ...
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• Mike Heaton arrested on connection with terror charges

  
  Kirklees Unity Exposing the Far Right — Authority: 137
  . 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 ...
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• 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,...
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• U.S. Government Wins Gitmo Habeas Case; Score Is 31-9 in Favor of Detainees

  
  The Washington Independent Blog — Authority: 153
  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 ...
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• TSA’s Security Breach – The Posting of the Classified Standard Operating Procedures

  
  Security Debrief - a blog of homeland security news and analysis — Authority: 477
  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 ...
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• TSA moves to deploy new screening technology

  
  Security Debrief - a blog of homeland security news and analysis — Authority: 477
  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 ...
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• Keeping the Nation Safe, or Making Citizens Vulnerable? The Dangers of Vagueness in Anti-terrorism Laws

  
  The Volokh Conspiracy — Authority: 777
  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 ...
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• Ephemeral Ruminations: Copenhagen Update: European Countries Agree to Construct Offshore Wind Supergrid | Sustainability | Fast Company

  
  Seven Generational Ruminations — Authority: 441
  Article Reference:  http://delicious.com/reikiman Copenhagen Update: European Countries Agree to Construct Offshore Wind Supergrid | Sustainability | Fast Company Copenhagen Wont Be Enough ...
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• Homeland Security Embarks on Big Brother Programs to Read Our Minds and Emotions | Rights and Liberties | AlterNet

  
  Seven Generational Ruminations — Authority: 441
  Half-baked Homeland Security is spending millions to develop sensors capable of detecting a persons level of malintent as a counterterrorism tool. The program is right out of the supposedly canceled Total Information Awareness program aka big brother incarnate. The idea is to detect (at a distance) physiological ...
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• Taliban speed up attacks as U.S. top commander’s visit

  
  World Military Forum - Latest Military News — Authority: 137
  KABUL,  — Taliban militants have intensified activities amid the visit of Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, to Afghanistan as over a dozen policemen have been killed over the past 24 hours in the post-Taliban nation. Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks to Admiral Mike Mullen, ...
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• Hackers Brew Self-Destruct Code to Counter Police Forensics

  
  Security Debrief - a blog of homeland security news and analysis — Authority: 477
  Hackers Brew Self-Destruct Code to Counter Police Forensics - WiredHackers have released an application designed to thwart a Microsoft-packaged forensic toolkit used by law enforcement agencies to examine a suspect’s hard drive during a raid.
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