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Behavior Detection Officers Keeping A Watchful Eye On Airports

Homeland Security NTARC News — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:55:38 +0000

Although you probably couldn’t spot one of the if you tried, chances are they spotted you if you were exhibiting suspicious behavior in one of over 160 U.S airports. To identify dangerous people, the Transportation Security Administration has stationed specially trained Behavior Detection Officers at 161 U.S. airports, including Miami and Fort Lauderdale. The officers, who [...]

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Behavior Detection Officers Keeping A Watchful Eye On Airports

MS-13 Allegedly Put Hit on ICE Agent After Arrests

Homeland Security NTARC News — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:43:45 +0000

The New York Daily News is reporting that El Salvadoran leaders of the MS-13 gang allegedly put out a contract on the federal agent responsible for a crackdown on its New York factions of the group. The brazen plot to assassinate the unidentified Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent was revealed in an arrest warrant for reputed [...]

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MS-13 Allegedly Put Hit on ICE Agent After Arrests

Seaports Still At Risk of Biological and Chemical Threats

Homeland Security NTARC News — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:26:01 +0000

U.S. Customs and Border Protection should consider taking additional steps to counter biological and chemical threats in maritime cargo, according to the Homeland Security Department’s inspector general. The IG recommends that the agency update its guidance for inspecting sea cargo containers for biological and chemical threats, and assess the benefits of deploying new detection devices in [...]

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Seaports Still At Risk of Biological and Chemical Threats

WRTAC Warns Of Reprisals After Radical’s Islamic Leaders Death

Homeland Security NTARC News — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 07:27:28 +0000

The Washington Times reports Federal officials have issued a warning that the shooting death of a radical Sunni Islamic leader in Michigan last week may engender retaliatory violence against law enforcement officers there as well as in the Washington area, though law enforcement officials played it down as a routine measure. Gunfire erupted during the arrest [...]

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WRTAC Warns Of Reprisals After Radical’s Islamic Leaders Death

1,600 Are Suggested Daily For Watch List

Homeland Security NTARC News — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:14:28 +0000

The Washington Post reported that during a 12-month period ending in March of this year, 1,600 people were recommended daily by the U.S. intelligence community to be put on the list due to ‘reasonable suspicion.’ It’s important to know, each nomination does not necessarily represent a new individual, but may instead involve an alias or [...]

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1,600 Are Suggested Daily For Watch List

Deadline Looming – How Will Airline Cargo Get Screened

Homeland Security NTARC News — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 06:04:03 +0000

Here’s the dilemma. By next August, every piece of freight that is shipped aboard a commercial airline will be required to be screened for bombs just as luggage already is. The catch? There are not enough screeners to scan the thousands of tons of cargo that will need to be scanned. Airlines, the U.S. Transportation Security [...]

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Deadline Looming – How Will Airline Cargo Get Screened

Security Checks Friday for MARC Commuter Train Stations

Homeland Security NTARC News — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 04:06:08 +0000

If you commute using Maryland’s MARC commuter trains, you’ll notice increased security on Friday. The Maryland Transit Administration Police will launch a program of random security checks at MARC commuter train stations, using bomb-sniffing dogs to screen passengers’ luggage and packages to detect explosives. The MTA warned riders that delays could occur and urged passengers to [...]

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Security Checks Friday for MARC Commuter Train Stations

The Threat of Homegrown Terrrorism

Homeland Security NTARC News — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 05:11:45 +0000

Lydia Khalil, a former counterterrorism analyst for the New York Police Department, and a fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations looks at homegrown terrorism, recent plots and arrests and what they may signify. The apprehension last week of Sudbury native Tarek Mehanna is the fifth terrorism-related arrest in the United States in as many months, [...]

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The Threat of Homegrown Terrrorism

TSA Hopes To Keep Terrorists Off-Guard With Security Checks

Homeland Security NTARC News — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:17:28 +0000

Hoping to keep terrorists and others off-guard the TSA conducted a random security check of nearly 700 Bus passengers in Orlando Florida yesterday, using the agency’s Visible Intermodal Prevention and Response, or VIPR. Bryce Williams wasn’t expecting to walk through a metal detector or have his bags screened for explosives at the Greyhound bus terminal near [...]

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TSA Hopes To Keep Terrorists Off-Guard With Security Checks

DHS Urged to Implement Ammonium Nitrate Regulations

Homeland Security NTARC News — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 03:18:30 +0000

The Department of Homeland Security is being urged to implement regulations designed to make it harder for terrorists to build homemade bombs. The legislation was created 2 years ago and members of the House Committee on Homeland Security are saying it’s time enact the laws. From ABC News “This delay in implementing the rules for ammonium nitrate [...]

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DHS Urged to Implement Ammonium Nitrate Regulations

The Case Against Alleged Terror Suspect Tarek Mehanna

Homeland Security NTARC News — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 03:06:42 +0000

Alleged terror suspect Tarek Mehanna, arrested earlier this week, plotted to attack Americans at a shopping mall according to the FBI. Failing at that,it is alleged he turned to cyber attacks. Frustrated at failing in his travels overseas to locate a terrorist training camp, a Massachusetts man returned home in 2003 to begin plotting a domestic [...]

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The Case Against Alleged Terror Suspect Tarek Mehanna

U.S. Food Supply Seen As Vulnerable To Terrorism

national — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 06:44:48 +0000

For years, security experts have been warning that the nations food supply, often taken for granted, could be among the most significant risks for a terrorist attack. Imported food makes up a substantial and growing portion of the U.S. food supply and, considering the health and safety concerns of keeping American’s safe, Washington insiders seem oblivious [...]

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U.S. Food Supply Seen As Vulnerable To Terrorism

Napolitano Says Al-Qaeda-Style Terrorists Are in U.S.

Homeland Security NTARC News — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 03:37:06 +0000

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said terrorists with al-Qaeda leanings are in the U.S. and that the threat of attack “is always with us.” “It is fair to say there are individuals in the United States who ascribe to al-Qaeda-type beliefs,” Napolitano said in an interview with Bloomberg Television today. “And so it [...]

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Napolitano Says Al-Qaeda-Style Terrorists Are in U.S.

FBI: Terrorism Fundraising, Recruitment Among Top Threats

Homeland Security NTARC News — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 03:21:48 +0000

Interesting perspective from the FBI’s outgoing special agent in St. Louis who says fund-raising for terrorist activities is one of the top three threats in the eastern Missouri region. FBI Special Agent John Gillies outlined his top three threats in one of his last interviews before leaving to head the Miami division. Gillies listed recruitment of individuals [...]

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FBI: Terrorism Fundraising, Recruitment Among Top Threats

Suspected Pan Am Flight 281 Hijacker Arrested After 40 Years

national — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 01:14:19 +0000

After more than 40 years, a man suspected of hijacking Pan Am flight 281 in 1968 and forcing it to fly to Havana has been arrested after spending decades in hiding. Luis Armando Peña Soltren, 66, who was the FBI’s longest wanted fugitive, recently made it known to the authorities that he was ready to give [...]

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Suspected Pan Am Flight 281 Hijacker Arrested After 40 Years