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Are Pakistans Nuclear Weapons Safe?

Homeland Security NTARC News — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 06:07:26 +0000

The prospect of nuclear weapons falling into the hands of al Qaeda or the Taliban in Pakistan is perhaps the most immediate threat facing the US. It’s thought that Pakistan has an arsenal of nearly 100 missiles, however; no one is certain of the total, or for that matter where many of the nuclear weapons [...]

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Are Pakistans Nuclear Weapons Safe?

Incomplete Tunnel Found Near Tijuana Airport, US Border

Homeland Security NTARC News — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:03:29 +0000

An incomplete tunnel near Tijuana’s airport and the U.S Border was discovered on Saturday resulting in the arrest of about 15 people and the seizure of nearly 300 pounds of marijuana. The entrance to the tunnel was found Saturday in a house near the border fence just west of the Tijuana airport, and Mexican soldiers arrested [...]

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Incomplete Tunnel Found Near Tijuana Airport, US Border

Lieberman Suggests Army Shooter Was Home-Grown Terrorist

Homeland Security NTARC News — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:15:23 +0000

Sen. Joe Lieberman on Sunday said the shootings at Fort Hood may have been a terrorist attack, and that he would launch a congressional investigation into whether the U.S. military could have prevented it. Sen. Lieberman, who heads the Senate’s Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee, said initial evidence suggested that the alleged shooter, Army Major [...]

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Lieberman Suggests Army Shooter Was Home-Grown Terrorist

Worrisome Al Qaeda Videos Found By FBI

Homeland Security NTARC News — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:59:18 +0000

The FBI has reportedly recovered two highly inflammatory Al Qaeda videos from the house of Pakistan-born Canadian, Tahawwur Hussain Rana, who was arrested last month along with another person, David Coleman Headley, a Pakistan-born American national. The new videos were recovered from the house of 48-year-old Rana, who has been living in Chicago for nearly a [...]

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Worrisome Al Qaeda Videos Found By FBI

Israel Planning Cell Phone Rocket Alerts

Homeland Security NTARC News — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:48:31 +0000

Israel is creating a new type of terror alert warning system that will calculate the precise location of where a rocket will hit and alert residents in the area using cell phones. “The rocket sensor will create a virtual ellipse (of the predicted impact zone) and all phones in that area will receive a warning,” [...]

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Israel Planning Cell Phone Rocket Alerts

Suspect In Seattle Officer Slaying Lone Domestic Terrorist

Homeland Security NTARC News — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:37:20 +0000

For the past week, we’ve been following the disturbing story of the apparent random killing of Seattle city police officer Tim Brenton. Today, the suspect is in custody after being shot by officers investigating the case, and according to at least one report has been labeled a ‘lone domestic terrorist’ by Seattle Assistant Police Chief [...]

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Suspect In Seattle Officer Slaying Lone Domestic Terrorist

Man Arrested Trying To Board Plane With Loaded Gun

Homeland Security NTARC News — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:58:48 +0000

The WHEC I-Team 10 reports that they have learned a man recently tried to board a plane at the Rochester international airport with a loaded gun in his carry-on bag. The man didn’t get far according to the report. . When you go through the security checkpoint at the airport, it’s hard to miss the warning [...]

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Man Arrested Trying To Board Plane With Loaded Gun

New Bin Laden Videotape Not New According To Experts

Homeland Security NTARC News — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:57:13 +0000

Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden released a new videotape on Friday however it appears to actually be the Pashto-language version of a tape released by al Qaeda several months ago. The tape, titled “To Our People in Pakistan,” was broadly released in Arabic and Urdu on July 12, IntelCenter said. Excerpts had been aired by [...]

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New Bin Laden Videotape Not New According To Experts

Legions Place Office Shooting 1 Dead, 6 Injured – Orlando

Homeland Security NTARC News — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:39:19 +0000

UPDATE: Orlando Police say a suspect is in custody in a fatal shooting in a downtown Orlando office building. UPDATE: Florida authorities have launched a manhunt for a gunman believed to be on the loose after a shooting Friday at an Orlando office building that reportedly killed at least two and wounded eight. Authorities have identified [...]

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Legions Place Office Shooting 1 Dead, 6 Injured – Orlando

Malik Nadal Hasan Fort Hood Shooter Still Alive

Homeland Security NTARC News — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:20:21 +0000

Per the live briefing, Fort Hood shooter Malik Nadal Hasan, shot several times, is still alive and is hospitalized in stable condition. At least one soldier opened fire on a military processing center at Fort Hood in Texas on Thursday, killing 12 and wounding 31 others, officials at the Army base said. The gunman, who officials initially said [...]

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Malik Nadal Hasan Fort Hood Shooter Still Alive

Fort Hood Shooting Several Dead Suspect Identified

Homeland Security NTARC News — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:56:11 +0000

UPDATE: A law enforcement official, speaking on condition of anonymity, identified the dead gunman was identified as Nidal Malik Hasan. The Army Times earlier this year reported that Hasan had been promoted to major. Army officials refused Thursday to identify anyone involved in the shootings. Lt. Gen. Robert W. Cone, the commanding general of Fort Hood, [...]

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Fort Hood Shooting Several Dead Suspect Identified

Report Suggests U.S. Needs Hit Squads

Homeland Security NTARC News — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 07:23:34 +0000

A recent report from the U.S. military’s Joint Special Operations University argues that the American government should set up something like a “National Manhunting Agency” to go after jihadists, drug dealers, pirates and other enemies of the state according to an article on The Danger Room. What are your thoughts? America’s military, intelligence and law-enforcement agencies [...]

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Report Suggests U.S. Needs Hit Squads

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

Threat Preceded MaySeattle Police Officer’s Slaying

Homeland Security NTARC News — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:26:47 +0000

UPI is reporting that Seattle police found a threatening note nine days before an officer was shot dead in his patrol car last weekend. NTARC will continue to follow this story. The sources told The Seattle Times the note, which threatened the lives of Seattle officers, was discovered Oct. 22 at a city maintenance yard where [...]

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Threat Preceded MaySeattle Police Officer’s Slaying