Obama Inauguration Attractive Target For Terrorists
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Passengers Tackle Man Who Made Bomb Threat Aboard L.A.-bound Flight
Wednesday, 7 Jan, 2009 – 23:39 | No Comment
Passengers Tackle Man Who Made Bomb Threat Aboard L.A.-bound Flight

Chris Llewellyn was staring out the window of Delta Airlines Flight #110, watching the landscape of Los Angeles rise up toward the plane, when he heard the screams of a flight attendant: “Help me! Help …

Obama Inauguration Attractive Target For Terrorists
Wednesday, 7 Jan, 2009 – 23:21 | No Comment
Obama Inauguration Attractive Target For Terrorists

Although no credible or specific threat is being reported or investigated, the upcoming inauguration of Barack Obama is no doubt an attractive target for both international and domestic terrorists. According to AP sources,  an internal …

Jewish Organizations and Businesses On Heightened Alert
Wednesday, 7 Jan, 2009 – 0:29 | One Comment
Jewish Organizations and Businesses On Heightened Alert

Several sources are reporting a heightened risk of terror attacks on Jewish organizations, Jewish houses of worship, and Jewish businesses worldwide.
From The Institute of Terrorism Research and Response
To re-affirm the continuing threat to Jewish organizations, …

FBI Plans Large Hiring Blitz Of Agents And Experts
Monday, 5 Jan, 2009 – 22:32 | 3 Comments
FBI Plans Large Hiring Blitz Of Agents And Experts

Wanted by the FBI: agents, language specialists, computer experts, intelligence analysts and finance experts.
The FBI said on Monday it had launched one of the largest hiring blitzes in its 100-year history involving 2,100 professional staff …

Terrorists Could Use Insect-based Biological Terror Weapon
Monday, 5 Jan, 2009 – 22:23 | One Comment
Terrorists Could Use Insect-based Biological Terror Weapon

Terrorists would find it “relatively easy” to launch a devastating attack using swarms of insects to spread a deadly disease, an academic has warned.
Jeffrey Lockwood, professor of entomology at Wyoming University and author of Six-legged …

New Plan Allows Police To Hack Personal Computers Without Warrant - UK
Sunday, 4 Jan, 2009 – 22:37 | 4 Comments
New Plan Allows Police To Hack Personal Computers Without Warrant - UK

Under the Brussels edict, police across the EU have been given the green light to expand the implementation of a rarely used power involving warrantless intrusive surveillance of private property. The strategy will allow French, …

CIA Helping To Track 4000 UK Terror Suspects
Sunday, 4 Jan, 2009 – 22:30 | One Comment
CIA Helping To Track 4000 UK Terror Suspects

The CIA has begun an unprecedented intelligence-gathering operation in Britain to help MI5 monitor 4000 terrorist suspects.
More than four out of 10 CIA operations to prevent attacks on US soil are now conducted against targets …

Report - The Observer Makes 2009 Terror Predictions
Sunday, 28 Dec, 2008 – 23:55 | No Comment
Report - The Observer Makes 2009 Terror Predictions

Where is Al Qaeda going to hit next?  That question tops a list of 14 key questions the Observer said would dominate the headlines in 2009 and concluded that the most likely next target would …

India Hijack threat: Security Stepped Up At All Airports
Sunday, 28 Dec, 2008 – 23:42 | One Comment
India Hijack threat: Security Stepped Up At All Airports

With the Centre receiving intelligence inputs about terrorists’ plan to hijack a plane or take control of non-functional airports or abandoned airstrips for aerial attack, the CISF has further heightened security at all airports where …

Terror Threats to Target Economic Losses
Thursday, 25 Dec, 2008 – 23:46 | 3 Comments
Terror Threats to Target Economic Losses

The terrorism threat to the United States over the next five years will be driven by instability in the Middle East and Africa, persistent challenges to border security and increasing Internet savvy, says a new …