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New York Tests Xbox-Based Emergency Alert System

Homeland Security NTARC News — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:07:01 +0000

An interesting concept is currently being tested in New York. Gamers used to confronting invading terrorists, nuclear attacks, and natural calamities, in virtual form may get a dose of reality in the middle of their game. Gamers in New York State could soon receive warnings about real emergencies through their favorite video console. My son’s [...]

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New York Tests Xbox-Based Emergency Alert System

Swine Flu Mutation Concerns Norwegian Scientists

Homeland Security NTARC News — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:16:59 +0000

As with the story yesterday from the Ukraine, this is something to keep an eye on. The primary concern over Swine Flu is it’s potential to mutate into a much more serious disease. Scientists in Norway have identified a mutated form of the swine flu virus that is raising concern because it was found in two [...]

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Swine Flu Mutation Concerns Norwegian Scientists

Bin-Laden’s Son Would Like UN Job

Homeland Security NTARC News — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:10:51 +0000

The son of Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden, Omar, has told a British magazine that he would like to promote peace and work for the United Nations. “I do not believe that I would be a good politician – I have a habit of speaking the truth, even when it does not serve me well. But [...]

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Bin-Laden’s Son Would Like UN Job

DHS Seeks Partnerships to Increase Information Sharing

Homeland Security NTARC News — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:04:23 +0000

In an increased effort to identify and help reduce possible acts of terrorism, The Department of Homeland Security is seeking to identify communities of interest that don’t fit the normal models found in local government and the private sector (hey, this sounds like us). The goal is to improve lines of communication between ethnic and faith-based [...]

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DHS Seeks Partnerships to Increase Information Sharing

Terror In Mumbai Documentary Thursday on HBO

Homeland Security NTARC News — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 06:28:36 +0000

Terror in Mumbai, a documentary about the terrorist activities in Mumbai last year will premiere on HBO Thursday night. Terror in Mumbai features exclusive intercepted audio tapes of the cell phone calls between the terrorists and their controllers in Pakistan, as well as interrogation footage of the sole surviving gunman. Terror in Mumbai, co-produced with the [...]

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Terror In Mumbai Documentary Thursday on HBO

Terror Networks Are Nations Biggest Threat – Obama

Homeland Security NTARC News — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 07:54:22 +0000

President Obama today told Chinese students that he believes terror networks such as al Qaeda are the greatest threat to the United States. Obama said that although the terror groups are small in number they present a great danger because they have no conscience. He explained to the students that although they may be small [...]

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Terror Networks Are Nations Biggest Threat – Obama

Is American The Missing Link In Mumbai Terror Attack?

Homeland Security NTARC News — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 03:15:20 +0000

With the passport of David Headley now apparently confirming his nine visits to India, investigators are now focusing on whether he is the missing answer to last year’s Mumbai terror attacks. Headley was placed under arrest in Chicago last week by the FBI for allegedly conspiring with Lashkar-e-Toiba to launch terrorist attacks in India. Lashkar-e-Toiba [...]

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Is American The Missing Link In Mumbai Terror Attack?

German Police Seek Terror Suspect In Afghanistan

Homeland Security NTARC News — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 02:46:37 +0000

Germany’s federal police are reported to have taken an unusual step of distributing posters in Afghanistan, warning of a German terrorism suspect thought to be hiding in one of the tribal areas. Authorities have identified a 27-year-old German convert to Islam as the al-Qaida associate suspected of traveling to Afghanistan and planning to attack German targets According [...]

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German Police Seek Terror Suspect In Afghanistan

Al-Qaeda Sleeper Agent In Marion Federal Prison

Homeland Security NTARC News — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 08:04:15 +0000

KFVS reports a man the U.S. government considers a terrorist with ties to Al-Qaeda is now being held at the Marion, Illinois federal prison. Ali Al-Marri, 43, is serving an eight year sentence for being a so called “sleeper agent.” He has admitted to training in Al-Qaeda camps and having contact with the alleged planner [...]

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Al-Qaeda Sleeper Agent In Marion Federal Prison

How To Survive A Dirty Bomb Attack

Homeland Security NTARC News — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 07:41:26 +0000

Tonight on the National Geographic Channel, don’t miss Dirty Bomb Attack, a one-hour docudrama on how to survive a dirty bomb attack. A US city is the target of a hypothetical radiological attack. The episode begins with a dramatization of a car bomb detonating in a busy street and sets up the question, what happens [...]

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How To Survive A Dirty Bomb Attack

Five Sept. 11 Suspects to Face Trial in New York

Homeland Security NTARC News — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:48:46 +0000

Self-proclaimed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other Guantanamo Bay detainees will be sent to New York to face trial in a civilian federal court, an Obama administration official said Friday. Attorney General Eric Holder plans to announce the decision later in the morning. President Obama, speaking in Tokyo, said he will insist that Mohammed [...]

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Five Sept. 11 Suspects to Face Trial in New York

Safe Banking Systems ID’s Terror Suspects

Homeland Security NTARC News — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:42:13 +0000

In the last few months a Mineola-based database company, Safe Banking Systems has made quite an impression on both the FAA and TSA. During that time they have uncovered information that six men suspected of, or convicted of crimes that threaten national security kept their federal aviation licenses even though 9/11-related anti-terrorism laws required they [...]

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Safe Banking Systems ID’s Terror Suspects

John Allen Muhammad, Beltway Sniper Executed

Homeland Security NTARC News — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 02:17:23 +0000

John Allen Muhammad has been executed in Virginia for his part in a three-week killing spree in Virginia, Maryland and Washington, D.C. in 2002. A final appeal for a reprieve was denied hours before the execution, when Gov. Tim Kaine rejected Muhammad’s request for clemency. Kaine’s decision came a day after the U.S. Supreme Court also [...]

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John Allen Muhammad, Beltway Sniper Executed

British Spies Helped Uncover New York Terror Plot

Homeland Security NTARC News — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:37:17 +0000

The alleged terror plot was apparently unveiled after an email address that was being monitored at one time as part of Operation Pathway was suddenly reactivated. The plan, which reportedly would have been the biggest attack on America since 9/11, was uncovered after Scotland Yard intercepted an email. The force alerted the FBI, who launched an [...]

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British Spies Helped Uncover New York Terror Plot

Homeland Security May Expand Preparedness In Virtual World

Homeland Security NTARC News — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:28:39 +0000

Last month we featured an article that detailed Catastrophic Planning and Management Institute’s innovative disaster awareness project, “The Disaster Zone’. The Disaster Zone assists in planning and preparing for real disasters with virtual worlds via a Second Life simulation. Now it appears they won’t be alone in cyberspace disaster planning and preparedness. Pixels [...]

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Homeland Security May Expand Preparedness In Virtual World