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Posted: 28 Jun 2009 01:39 AM PDT




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Paksitan – Terror Attack On Norwegian and Swedish Embassies
Thwarted


Posted: 28 Jun 2009 12:48 AM PDT


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A man with two tons of explosives in his possession has been
arrested in Pakistan’s capital Islamabad. According to reports the man had
planned to blow up the Norwegian and Swedish embassies in the city.


In addition, the Hungarian, Czech and South African embassies
were also among the targets for the man’s terrorist attacks, the Swedish
newspaper Aftonbladet reports.


The newspaper quotes a central source as saying that the
Swedish military presence in Afghanistan was the reason for the planned
attack.


Also Norway is participating in the ISAF forces in Afghanistan.
The Norwegian Foreign Office has declined to comment on the reports, but
security at the Norwegian embassy has been stepped up.


One year ago the Danish embassy in Islamabad was attacked, and
six people were killed.


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Pentagon, DHS Divided On Military’s Role at Border


Posted: 27 Jun 2009 04:11 PM PDT


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A proposal to send National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico
border to counter drug trafficking has triggered a bureaucratic standoff
between the Pentagon and Department of Homeland Security over the
military’s role in domestic affairs, according to officials in both
departments.


The debate has engaged a pair of powerful personalities,
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and Defense Secretary Robert
M. Gates, in what their subordinates describe as a turf fight over who
should direct the use of troops to assist in the fight against Mexican
cartels and who should pay for them.


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Boeing To Staff Seattle FBI Fusion Center


Posted: 27 Jun 2009 04:07 PM PDT


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To advance information sharing against terrorism, Boeing Co.
expects to be among the first major corporations ? maybe the first ? to
assign its own analyst to the Seattle FBI Fusion Center intelligence
sharing office, according to a senior Boeing official.


The center is one of dozens around the country created by state
and local governments to share anti-terrorism intelligence. Boeing wants
to set an example of how private owners of critical infrastructure can get
involved in such centers to generate and receive criminal and
anti-terrorism intelligence, said Richard Hovel, Boeing senior advisor on
aviation and homeland security.


“Hopefully, this will be the first of many similar efforts
across the nation that will establish a collaborative partnership between
the public sector and industry, and protect our critical infrastructure
more effectively and expeditiously,” Hovel testified at a May 25 field
hearing in Bellevue, Wash., sponsored by the House Subcommittee on
Intelligence, Information Sharing and Terrorism Risk Assessment.


Boeing and the fusion centers have similar goals, Hovel said.
The private sector, which owns about 80 percent of critical
infrastructure, needs to have real-time access to information from the
fusion centers. At the same time, the fusion centers need access to
“mature intelligence capabilities” in private companies, Hovel said.


via Boeing to staff FBI Fusion Center — Washington Technology.


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WH Executive Order To Allow Indefinite Terrorist Detentions


Posted: 27 Jun 2009 04:02 PM PDT


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The Obama administration, fearing a battle with Congress that
could stall plans to close Guantanamo, has drafted an executive order that
would reassert presidential authority to incarcerate terrorism suspects
indefinitely, according to three senior government officials with
knowledge of White House deliberations.


Such an order would embrace claims by former president George
W. Bush that certain people can be detained without trial for long periods
under the laws of war. Obama advisers are concerned that bypassing
Congress could place the president on weaker footing before the courts and
anger key supporters, the officials said.


After months of internal debate over how to close the U.S.
military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, White House officials are growing
increasingly worried that reaching quick agreement with Congress on a new
detention system may prove impossible. Several officials said there is
concern in the White House that the administration may not be able to
close the facility by the president’s January deadline.


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