Somalis, FBI On Alert For Terrorist Recruiting Posted: 20 Apr 2009 12:36 AM PDT In a corner office of a strip mall here, Somali leaders are working on a mission that has its roots in a string of sudden disappearances more than 700 miles away. While federal agents and Somali leaders in the Twin Cities struggle to find answers to whether up to 20 young men may have returned to Somalia to fight or receive terrorist training, leaders in Columbus are scrambling to prevent anything similar from happening here. They are preaching against terror in the mosques, monitoring their sons after school and sharing information with the FBI. “No one has disappeared,” said Ahmed Hosh, who works with Somali youths in Columbus. “But if those who did the recruiting were individuals talking to someone alone, the scary thing is it could happen here.” via Source This story comes to us via Homeland Security Share this post                  |
Napolitano: Numerous Groups Want To Commit Domestic Terrorism Posted: 20 Apr 2009 12:26 AM PDT
The head of homeland security said Sunday she regrets that some people took offense over a report warning that right-wing extremist groups were trying to recruit disgruntled troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. But Secretary Janet Napolitano added that “a number of groups far too numerous to mention” want to commit domestic terrorism attacks and are looking for new recruits. She told a cable news network the warning report that went out to American law enforcement agencies was consistent with reports that were issued before. “Here is the important point. The report is not saying that veterans are extremists. Far from it. What it is saying is returning veterans are targets of right-wing extremist groups that are trying to recruit those to commit violent acts within the country. We want to do all we can to prevent that,” she said. This story comes to us via Homeland Security Share this post |
Jamaica Airport Montego Bay Hostage Incident Posted: 19 Apr 2009 11:02 PM PDT UPDATE: The motive of the armed gunman appears to be robbery. All passengers have been released and only the crew remains on the plane. Jamaica Airport Montego Bay - Passengers were reportedly taken hostage on a charter flight at a Jamaican airport. They were boarding the CanJet flight from Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay to Halifax, Canada, late Sunday when the security breach occurred, said Elizabeth Scotton, a spokeswoman for the company that manages the airport. About 150 people were scheduled to be on the flight, said Jamaican police Lt. Col. Derek Robinson, and it was not known how many were on the plane. Lt. Damain Bromley of the police said they were waiting for more information. An airport official reported the security breach, he added. This story comes to us via Homeland Security - National Share this post |
Khalid Sheik Mohammed Waterboarded 183 Times Posted: 19 Apr 2009 10:51 PM PDT
CIA interrogators used the controverisal waterboarding technique 183 times on Khalid Sheik Mohammed, the mastermind behind the September 11 attacks and 83 times on another al Qaeda suspect, according to the New York Times. A 2005 Justice Department memorandum revealed that the simulated drowning technique was used on Mohammed 183 times in March 2003. Abu Zubaydah, the first prisoner questioned in the CIA’s overseas detention program in August 2002, was waterboarded 83 times, although a former CIA officer had told news organisations he had been subjected to only 35 seconds underwater before agreeing to tell everything he knew. President Barack Obama has banned the use of waterboarding, over-turning a Bush administration policy that it did not constitute torture. via September 11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed ‘waterboarded 183 times’ - Times Online. This story comes to us via Homeland Security - National Share this post |
FBI Spyware Has Been Snaring Extortionists, Hackers for Years Posted: 19 Apr 2009 10:38 PM PDT
A sophisticated FBI-produced spyware program has played a crucial behind-the-scenes role in federal investigations into extortion plots, terrorist threats and hacker attacks in cases stretching back at least seven years, newly declassified documents show. As first reported by Wired.com, the software, called a “computer and internet protocol address verifier,” or CIPAV, is designed to infiltrate a target’s computer and gather a wide range of information, which it secretly sends to an FBI server in eastern Virginia. The FBI’s use of bomb threats against a Washington state high school to a 15-year-old student. But the documents released Thursday under the Freedom of Information Act show the FBI has quietly obtained court authorization to deploy the CIPAV in a wide FBI agent online. Shortly after its launch, the program became so popular with federal law enforcement that Justice Department lawyers in Washington warned that overuse of the novel technique could result in its electronic evidence being thrown out of court in some cases. This story comes to us via Homeland Security - National Share this post |
Bomb Materials Found In Marine’s Baggage At Logan Posted: 19 Apr 2009 10:14 PM PDT
State police and security officials say a U.S. Marine was arrested Sunday morning at Boston’s Logan International Airport after screeners found bomb-making materials, a gun and ammunition in his checked baggage. Transportation Security Administration spokeswoman Ann Davis says 22-year-old Cpl. Justin Reed, of Jacksonville, N.C., was booked on US Airways Flight 877 to earlier Sunday morning. Davis says the TSA is trying to determine why the items were not detected during a screening in Las Vegas. State police at Logan were notified about the items by the TSA screeners. Reed was charged with possession of an infernal machine and possession of a concealed weapon in a secure area of an airport. Bail was set at $50,000. This story comes to us via Homeland Security - National Share this post |
Bomb Scare At Motor City Casino - Suspicious Devices Found Posted: 19 Apr 2009 10:06 PM PDT
After more than six and a half hours, Detroit police and Homeland Security officials allowed customers to retrieve their cars from the Motor City Casino The bomb squad detonated three suspicious devices out of at least six Sunday evening. The items were discovered in the parking garage about 4:30 p.m. by a casino security guard. The finding prompted police to sweep Greektown and MGM Grand Casinos with K-9s as a precaution; however, nothing was found. None of the packages at Motor City turned out to be explosives; however, authorities were not revealing the contents of the parcels. For about an hour and a half after the discovery officers weren’t letting people out of the building. Later, they allowed customers to leave but they could not get their cars from the garage because of the ongoing investigation. This story comes to us via Homeland Security - National Share this post |
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