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Al Qaeda Releases Video With The Usual Threats Posted: 23 Sep 2009 12:17 AM PDT Al Qaeda released a 106-minute Arabic language video Tuesday titled “The West… and The Dark Tunnel” featuring Al Qaeda’s second in command Ayman al-Zawahiri predicting the downfall of Barack Obama. During the documentary-style video to mark the ninth anniversary of the attacks of September 11, Al Qaeda leaders comment on events in the past year such [...] This story comes to us via Homeland Security - National |
Officials Worried NY Terror Plot “Still Alive” Posted: 22 Sep 2009 10:52 PM PDT The Blotter from Brian Ross reports that surveillance teams are stretched thin watching more than 24 possible suspects while some officials worry the New York terror plot is “still alive”. One senior law enforcement official with more than a dozen years of experience in counter-terrorism investigations tells The Blotter, “I have never been so worried.” Yesterday [...] This story comes to us via Homeland Security - National |
DoD, Homeland Security Negotiate Pact to Help Keep Country Safe Posted: 22 Sep 2009 10:25 PM PDT An agreement between the departments of Defense and Homeland Security that calls for sharing some intelligence data with emergency operations centers nationwide is part of post-9/11 efforts to harden America against another terrorist attack, senior department officials said recently. The more than 60 emergency operations centers — also known as “fusion centers” — are managed by [...] This story comes to us via Homeland Security - National |
Did Botched Terrorism Probe Lead To Early Arrests Posted: 22 Sep 2009 10:17 PM PDT Gerald Posner’s (The Daily Beast) investigative report focuses on the culmination of the year long terror probe and says FBI agents are fuming at New York Police Department detectives for inadvertently causing them to miss an opportunity to take down even more members of the alleged terror cell. From The Article at The Daily Beast Following a [...] This story comes to us via Homeland Security - National |
Biological Attack More Likely Than Nuclear – Congressional Posted: 22 Sep 2009 09:39 PM PDT Two U.S. senators are citing a report by a bipartisan panel that warns of the threat of a terrorist attack with weapons of mass destruction. Senators Joseph Lieberman and Susan Collins say a biological attack is more likely than a nuclear or chemical attack, and are pushing new legislation to boost the country’s readiness for [...] This story comes to us via Homeland Security - National |
Shootout Closes US Mexico Border Crossing Near San Diego Posted: 22 Sep 2009 09:08 PM PDT U.S. authorities have closed the San Ysidro Port of Entry in San Diego, on the border with Mexico, after a shootout earlier today. San Ysidro is the nation’s busiest border crossing with roughly 40,000 vehicles cross there daily from Mexico. Three vans loaded with suspected illegal immigrants tried to speed through the crossing Tuesday afternoon, drawing [...] This story comes to us via Homeland Security - National |
US Closes Facilities in South Africa Over Security Concerns Posted: 22 Sep 2009 12:28 PM PDT South Africa’s top crime fighter says police are in control of the situation after the United States closed all its facilities in the country on security concerns. Police Commissioner Bheki Cele told a media briefing in Cape Town the national police service is working closely with the US Embassy after all US facilities were closed [...] This story comes to us via Homeland Security - National |
Chemical Purchases Investigated In New York Terror Probe Posted: 22 Sep 2009 11:33 AM PDT A report from the Wall Street Journal states that investigators are trying to track purchases of chemicals that could be used to make explosives, as part of the ongoing New York / Denver terror probe. Two officials familiar with the probe said investigators were combing records on the purchases of chemicals, particularly hydrogen peroxide, that could [...] This story comes to us via Homeland Security - National |
Storage Sites Searched for Bomb Materials In Terror Probe Posted: 22 Sep 2009 10:28 AM PDT Detectives were combing Queens storage facilities on Monday for stockpiled explosive chemicals that Al Qaeda terror thugs planned to use to bomb New York,according to the New York Daily News. At the same time, the Daily News has learned that prime terror suspect Najibullah Zazi has confessed he was a jihadist hell-bent on murderous mayhem, the [...] This story comes to us via Homeland Security - National |
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