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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

Charge Dropped Against Woman Arrested Near ANG Base

Homeland Security NTARC News — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:57:12 +0000

27 East News reports that the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office has dropped a trespassing charge filed against an East Quogue woman who was arrested in July for taking pictures at the Air National Guard base in Westhampton with two guns and hundreds of rounds of ammunition in her car. The misdemeanor charge was dropped [...]

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Charge Dropped Against Woman Arrested Near ANG Base

Syria Suspected Of Concealing Nuclear Activity

Homeland Security NTARC News — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:17:17 +0000

It appears Iran may not be the only nuclear concern in the middle east. WTOP reports that the International Atomic Energy Agency ‘IAEA’ and Syria are walking a tightrope and appear to be headed toward a collision over two nuclear sites where undeclared uranium was recently found. The agency found traces of uranium at the Dair [...]

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Syria Suspected Of Concealing Nuclear Activity

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

Black Lung Virus Mystery In Ukraine

Homeland Security NTARC News — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:56:28 +0000

According to this news report, televised on Russia Today, scientists now suspect that swine flu virus may have mutated in Ukraine. Some doctors say that flu in the country has shown unprecedented symptoms, creating the effect of “burnt” or black lungs. Sources in the report say that while scientists are running tests of the virus samples [...]

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Black Lung Virus Mystery In Ukraine

X-Flex Bomb-proof Wallpaper Could Save Your Life

Homeland Security NTARC News — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 03:45:30 +0000

X-flex bomb-proof wallpaper is one of the most incredible inventions I’ve seen. Imagine a kevlar-type wallpaper that makes rooms and buildings, nearly indestructible. X-Flex is a new kind of wallpaper: one that’s quite possibly stronger than the wall it’s on. Invented by Berry Plastics in partnership with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, this lifesaving [...]

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X-Flex Bomb-proof Wallpaper Could Save Your Life

Taliban Threatens To Poison Waziristan Water Supply

Homeland Security NTARC News — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 03:22:06 +0000

Pakistani Taliban have threatened to contaminate water sources and reservoirs with poisonous materials to pressure the army to stop. The cantonment boards of Rawalpindi and Chaklala received the threat from the banned Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan. A letter, faxed to the Directorate of Military Lands and Cantonments in Rawalpindi on Tuesday, said the Taliban had procured 200 litres [...]

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Taliban Threatens To Poison Waziristan Water Supply

FEMA Conducting Preparedness Drill At Nuclear Plant

Homeland Security NTARC News — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 03:09:39 +0000

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency will evaluate a Biennial Emergency Preparedness Exercise at the Limerick Generating Station in Montgomery County. The week-long exercise, which began on November 16, will test the ability of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to respond to an emergency at the nuclear facility. Held every other year, [...]

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FEMA Conducting Preparedness Drill At Nuclear Plant

Masked Gunmen Escape Hostage Taking Incident

Homeland Security NTARC News — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:52:50 +0000

The two armed men who tied up hostages and attempted to rob a Venice T.J. Maxx store on Tuesday night appear to have fled before police arrived. .. And that’s where the story takes a strange twist. Police refused Wednesday morning to release any description of the two men who went into the store at closing [...]

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Masked Gunmen Escape Hostage Taking Incident

FBI Suspects Terrorists Are Exploring Cyber Attacks

Homeland Security NTARC News — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:41:42 +0000

According to a WSJ report today, The FBI is looking at groups suspected of having links to al Qaeda who have shown an interest in mounting an attack on computer systems that control critical U.S. infrastructure. While there is no evidence that terrorist groups have developed sophisticated cyber-attack capabilities yet, a lack of security protections in [...]

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FBI Suspects Terrorists Are Exploring Cyber Attacks

Lieberman – Fort Hood Gunman Committed Extremist Terrorism

Homeland Security NTARC News — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:24:59 +0000

Sen. Joseph Lieberman, chairman of the Senate Homeland Security Committee said Tuesday that the government’s failure to deal with Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan’s growing radicalism was similar to the intelligence community’s failure to prevent the 9/11 attacks. Lieberman made his comments after attending a closed-door briefing with administration officials about last week’s massacre at Fort [...]

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Lieberman – Fort Hood Gunman Committed Extremist Terrorism

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

India Places Nuclear Plants Under Alert

Homeland Security NTARC News — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:15:46 +0000

Reuters news reports that India has put its nuclear power plants under alert and tightened security around them after intelligence about possible attacks, a report said on Monday. The step comes after a man arrested in the United States on charges of plotting attacks in India was found to have travelled to Indian states that have [...]

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India Places Nuclear Plants Under Alert

TSA To Inspect Jet Repair Shops Under New Proposal

Homeland Security NTARC News — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:09:08 +0000

Thousands of airplane maintenance shops in the U.S. and abroad would get increased scrutiny to make sure they are not easy prey for terrorists looking to sabotage U.S. jets during routine repairs, a government proposal says. Some experts and lawmakers have warned for years about potential terrorist saboteurs infiltrating airplane repair shops, and have urged security [...]

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TSA To Inspect Jet Repair Shops Under New Proposal

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