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  • FBI plans social network map alert mash-up application – BBC

    The FBI is seeking to develop an early-warning system based on material “scraped” from social networks. It says the application should provide information about possible domestic and global threats superimposed onto maps “using mash-up technology”. The bureau has asked contractors to suggest possible solutions including the estimated cost. Read More

    1/26/2012 | 0 comments | View Post

  • Rand Paul in TSA showdown after refusing pat down

    Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky on Monday found himself in a showdown with the Transportation Security Administration in Nashville, Tennessee after refusing to undergo a full-body pat down. Paul was later re-screened and booked on a subsequent flight. The senator went through the scanner at the airport but was told there was some sort [...]

    1/23/2012 | 0 comments | View Post

  • FBI arrests suburban Denver man indicted on charges of supporting terrorist organization

    The FBI arrested a refugee from Uzbekistan at Chicago’s O’Hare airport on charges that he planned to travel overseas to fight for a terrorist group and give up his life if necessary, an official said Monday. However, there was no evidence that suspect Jamshid Muhtorov was plotting attacks inside the United States, authorities said. Read [...]

    1/23/2012 | 0 comments | View Post

  • Does Social Media Help or Hurt Terrorism?

    The recent headlines were enough to concern even the most cynical reader. “Terrorist groups recruiting through social media,” blared the headline at the CBC’s website. “Social Media Gave Terrorist Groups Second Wind,” read the report at pixelsandpolicy.com. “Terrorists making ‘friends’ on Facebook,” topped the Digital Journal story, underscored by an image of a masked person [...]

    1/21/2012 | 0 comments | View Post

  • Attorney: Woman With Gun At DFW Passed Through During Shift Change

    The attorneys representing Judith Kenney of Little Elm stand by their defense that the 65-year-old mistakenly carried a handgun onto an American Airlines plane Wednesday at DFW airport. “It was really and truly an honest mistake on her part,” said Kenney’s attorney, Gary Redman. Read More

    1/21/2012 | 0 comments | View Post

  • Al-Shabaab tweets photographs of supposed kidnapped Kenyan officials

    Al-Shabaab, an al-Qaeda-linked terrorist group, has taunted Kenya — and the West — with tweets describing its activity around northern Kenya. Now, it’s tweeting out what it claims to be photographic proof of its attacks. Read More

    1/19/2012 | 0 comments | View Post

  • Al Qaeda Inspire Magazine Found in Guantanamo Bay Cell

    An issue of a terrorist magazine produced by an al Qaeda affiliate somehow made its way into a cell in Guantanamo Bay, supposedly one of the most secure detention centers in the world, a U.S. military prosecutor revealed today. The disclosure was made during a pre-trial hearing for Adb al-Rahim al-Nashiri, the alleged mastermind behind [...]

    1/19/2012 | 0 comments | View Post

  • Homeland Security detains two suspects

    Two suspects were detained by agents from the Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday, after officials served a search warrant on a Duson home. The names of the suspects have not been released, but, as of Wednesday night, Lafayette Parish Sheriff’s Office deputies said the two were being held in a local DHS office for [...]

    1/19/2012 | 0 comments | View Post

  • Police chiefs meet at WH on homegrown terror fight

    State and local law enforcement officials convened at the White House on Wednesday for a daylong discussion about how police can maintain the trust of their communities while identifying and preventing violent extremism and homegrown terrorism — an effort the administration considers critical to national security. It’s a delicate balance, as the violent extremism that [...]

    1/19/2012 | 0 comments | View Post

  • TSA Screener Turns In $5,000 He Found On Floor At Newark Airport

    In his nine years as a Transportation Security Administration screener John Deschamp has found a lot of personal items, including engagement rings and laptops. What he found on Dec. 27 on the floor of Terminal C at Newark Liberty Airport was extraordinary — $5,000 in cash. Read More

    1/15/2012 | 0 comments | View Post