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Cyber Terrorism – Al Qaeda Video Calls for Electronic Jihad

Homeland Security NTARC News — Wed, 23 May 2012 05:45:30 +0000

video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player Al Qaeda may be turning its destructive attention to cyber-warfare against the United States. In a chilling video, an al Qaeda operative calls for “electronic jihad” against the United States, and compares vulnerabilities in vital American computer networks to the flaws in aviation security before the 9/11 attack. The al [...]

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Cyber Terrorism – Al Qaeda Video Calls for Electronic Jihad

Boston subway authority – DHS plan bio terror tests using dead bacteria

Homeland Security NTARC News — Mon, 21 May 2012 15:40:50 +0000

Planned tests of biological detection gear this summer at several stations on the city of Boston’s “T” subway system will use a harmless dead bacteria to test how quickly pathogens can be found in the system. The test is slated for the Cambridge and Somerville stations tsometime this summer, said a statement from the Department [...]

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Boston subway authority – DHS plan bio terror tests using dead bacteria

Ft. Lauderdale Airport Terminal Open After Brief Evacuation

Homeland Security NTARC News — Sun, 20 May 2012 03:06:58 +0000

A major mess due to a hazardous materials scare at the Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport Friday shut down a terminal and caused hundreds of passengers to be stranded for nearly two hours. More than a dozen outbound flights were delayed and several inbound flights were also delayed, according to airport spokesperson Greg Meyer. Read [...]

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Ft. Lauderdale Airport Terminal Open After Brief Evacuation

3 anti-NATO protesters charged with conspiracy to commit terrorism

Homeland Security NTARC News — Sat, 19 May 2012 15:59:11 +0000

Three NATO Summit protesters have been arrested and charged with possession of an explosive device and conspiracy to commit terrorism, police said. They were charged early this morning as dozens of dignitaries from around the globe are heading to Chicago for the NATO Summit. The men have a noon bond hearing today. Read More This [...]

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3 anti-NATO protesters charged with conspiracy to commit terrorism

NBCs “Revolution” Shows Life after An Electromagnetic Pulse Attack

Homeland Security NTARC News — Fri, 18 May 2012 01:27:09 +0000

What would the life in the United States look like if the continent were hit by an electromagnetic pulse EMP? The new TV show Revolution from producer J.J. Abrams, launching on NBC in the fall, is seeking to answer the question.The show portrays life in the United States 15 years after an EMP disables all [...]

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NBCs “Revolution” Shows Life after An Electromagnetic Pulse Attack

U.S. Remains Vulnerable to an EMP

Homeland Security NTARC News — Wed, 16 May 2012 02:26:04 +0000

An article recently published by the Los Angeles Times discusses how solar storms pose a grave threat to Earth. Mike Hapgood, a space weather scientist in England, says that the world is unprepared for such a storm, and one is likely to occur soon. The Heritage Foundation has led a vital campaign aimed at informing [...]

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U.S. Remains Vulnerable to an EMP

Why Do Terrorists So Often Go For Planes?

Homeland Security NTARC News — Wed, 16 May 2012 02:22:07 +0000

Ever since the Sept. 11 attacks, airports have probably been the most heavily guarded sites when it comes to preventing terrorist attacks.And yet the most recent terrorism plot in Yemen involved an attempt to blow up a U.S. airliner with a bomber wearing a difficult-to-detect explosive bomb in his underwear, according to U.S. officials. Why [...]

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Why Do Terrorists So Often Go For Planes?

Science journal could give recipe for deadly avian flu virus

Homeland Security NTARC News — Sun, 13 May 2012 21:28:56 +0000

A science journal is poised to publish a study that some experts believe could give a recipe to bioterrorists. The study is from an experiment by a Dutch scientist who engineered the avian flu virus to make it more deadly to mammals by making it spread through the air. That experiment was funded by the [...]

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Science journal could give recipe for deadly avian flu virus

Dozens of bodies, some mutilated, dumped on Mexico highway

Homeland Security NTARC News — Sun, 13 May 2012 21:25:27 +0000

Fox News reports forty-nine decapitated and mutilated bodies were found Sunday dumped on a highway connecting the northern Mexican metropolis of Monterrey to the U.S. border in what appears to be the latest blow in an escalating war of intimidation among drug gangs. According to the report, Mexicos organized crime groups often abandon multiple bodies [...]

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Dozens of bodies, some mutilated, dumped on Mexico highway

Rail passengers to see ‘strong presence’ of bomb-sniffing dogs during NATO summit, Amtrak says

Homeland Security NTARC News — Fri, 11 May 2012 06:50:59 +0000

Bomb-sniffing dogs will be checking passengers and trains at Amtrak’s Homewood and Union stations during the NATO summit at McCormick Place later this month, Amtrak said Thursday. “Passengers will see a strong canine presence,” said Marc Magliari, Amtrak’s spokesman. If a dog senses something suspicious and the passenger refuses to submit to “additional scrutiny,” the [...]

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Rail passengers to see ‘strong presence’ of bomb-sniffing dogs during NATO summit, Amtrak says

Unruly Passenger Forces Emergency Landing in Boston

Homeland Security NTARC News — Fri, 11 May 2012 05:08:18 +0000

A plane made an emergency landing at Boston’s Logan Airport Thursday after a passenger became unruly and attempted to open a cabin door in flight, ABC News affiliate WCVB reported. Michael Ensalaco, 40, of Mooresville, N.C has been charged with interfering with a flight crew.The passenger had to be restrained by other fliers, according to [...]

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Unruly Passenger Forces Emergency Landing in Boston

Yemen terror group may have made more underwear bombs, US officials say

Homeland Security NTARC News — Thu, 10 May 2012 01:22:56 +0000

Just days before the news broke about the CIA’s takedown of a plot involving a sophisticated new underwear bomb, al-Qaida’s affiliate in Yemen publicly boasted that it had vastly expanded and improved its capabilities for making such devices. That boast — contained in a largely overlooked passage of Inspire, the online propaganda organ of al-Qaida [...]

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Yemen terror group may have made more underwear bombs, US officials say

Al Qaeda Bombmaker Designs Bombs to Hide in Cameras, Hard Drives and Pets

Homeland Security NTARC News — Thu, 10 May 2012 01:14:43 +0000

ABC News reports that the al Qaeda bombmaker behind the foiled plot on U.S-bound planes has emerged as the most feared face of terror for American authorities, a master technician with a fierce hatred for America and ingenious plans for hiding hard-to-detect bombs inside cameras, computers and even household pets. According to the report, again [...]

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Al Qaeda Bombmaker Designs Bombs to Hide in Cameras, Hard Drives and Pets

Possible threat grounds Southwest plane at Phoenix Sky Harbor

Homeland Security NTARC News — Wed, 09 May 2012 07:12:29 +0000

Authorities are continuing to investigate possible threats involving three different Southwest Airlines 737s. One plane involved in the investigation landed Tuesday night at Sky Harbor International Airport. A Federal Bureau of Investigation spokesman confirms the Southwest plane in question was taken to an isolation pad away from the terminal where dozens of passengers were removed [...]

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Possible threat grounds Southwest plane at Phoenix Sky Harbor

Gun parts found concealed in stuffed animals at Rhode Island airport

Homeland Security NTARC News — Wed, 09 May 2012 06:52:45 +0000

Federal transportation officials have found gun components and ammunition hidden inside a few stuffed animals carried by a passenger at Rhode Islands T.F. Green Airport. The Transportation Security Administration said Tuesday that a man traveling to Detroit with his 4-year-old son on Monday was stopped when a TSA officer noticed the disassembled gun components “artfully [...]

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Gun parts found concealed in stuffed animals at Rhode Island airport

Officials: More Al Qaeda Bombs Unaccounted For

Homeland Security NTARC News — Mon, 07 May 2012 23:14:38 +0000

U.S. and European officials say that even though an al Qaeda bomber was stopped before he could board a plane for the U.S., the threat is far from over — there are believed to be several other would-be bombers with similar non-metallic devices that could get through most airport security screening. Federal officials confirmed today [...]

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Officials: More Al Qaeda Bombs Unaccounted For

CIA thwarts new al Qaeda underwear bomb plot

Homeland Security NTARC News — Mon, 07 May 2012 22:46:31 +0000

The CIA thwarted a plot by al Qaedas affiliate in Yemen to destroy a U.S.-bound airliner using a bomb with a new design, a U.S. counter-terrorism official tells CBS News. Officials deny there was ever any immediate threat to the public.U.S. officials say the plot involved an upgrade of the underwear bomb that failed to [...]

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CIA thwarts new al Qaeda underwear bomb plot

Former Special Ops Adviser: Al Qaeda Is Coming Back

Homeland Security NTARC News — Sat, 05 May 2012 07:41:51 +0000

Triumphant from the successful pursuit of Osama bin Laden last year, President Obama proclaimed that al Qaeda was “on a path to defeat.” But Seth Jones, a former U.S. Special Operations Command senior adviser, says the evidence he has collected points to the contrary. In Hunting in the Shadows: The Pursuit of Al Qa’ida Since [...]

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Former Special Ops Adviser: Al Qaeda Is Coming Back

Mexico Border – 9 hanged from bridge, 14 heads found in ice chests from decapitations

Homeland Security NTARC News — Sat, 05 May 2012 06:38:28 +0000

Just across the border from the U.S., drug gangs slaughtered 23 people — hanging nine from a bridge and decapitating 14 more, whose heads were found stashed in coolers near the town hall. The four men and five women discovered dangling from the Colosio Bridge in Nuevo Laredo were handcuffed, blindfolded and bore signs of [...]

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Mexico Border – 9 hanged from bridge, 14 heads found in ice chests from decapitations

Al Qaeda Calls for Massive Forest Fires

Homeland Security NTARC News — Thu, 03 May 2012 00:40:32 +0000

The men who launched al Qaedas English-language magazine may have died in a U.S. missile strike last fall, but “Inspire” magazine lives on without them — and continues to promote jihadi attacks on Western targets, offering detailed advice on how to start huge forest fires in America with timed explosives and how to build remote-controlled [...]

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Al Qaeda Calls for Massive Forest Fires