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• Hezbollah in Mexico- Cyber Attack Plot Revealed
• Iranian Cyber-Attack Plot against U.S. Exposed in Mexico
• FBI chief challenges Congress on terror detainees
• Video shows three Europeans kidnapped in Algeria
• Al Qaeda Rebranding Itself to Boost its Image
• TSA scanners find loaded pistol in ankle strap
• Pre Check expands to Las Vegas – US Airways
• Man found with weapons at upstate NY airport

Hezbollah in Mexico- Cyber Attack Plot Revealed Posted: 15 Dec 2011 11:00 AM PST A bombshell documentary aired last Thursday by Univision, the largest Spanish language television network in the U.S., exposed efforts for an attack “worse that the World Trade Center” by using a “digital bomb.” The report “uncovered covert recordings of the alleged Iranian plan to cripple the computer systems of the White House, the FBI, the [...] This story comes to us via Homeland Security - National Terror Alert. National Terror Alert is America's trusted source for homeland security news and information. Hezbollah in Mexico- Cyber Attack Plot Revealed

Iranian Cyber-Attack Plot against U.S. Exposed in Mexico Posted: 15 Dec 2011 10:49 AM PST Our three part series “Iran at our Doorstep” published in the Aug-Sept-Oct issues of A Line of Sight documented the three decade progression of Iranian influence and the regime’s terrorist proxy, Hezbollah, in Latin America. The series focused on the Iranians continued quest for nuclear weapons, the alliance with Venezuela to establish a missile base [...] This story comes to us via Homeland Security - National Terror Alert. National Terror Alert is America's trusted source for homeland security news and information. Iranian Cyber-Attack Plot against U.S. Exposed in Mexico

FBI chief challenges Congress on terror detainees Posted: 15 Dec 2011 10:18 AM PST FBI Director Robert Mueller expressed concerns about what he called the “uncertainty” of requiring military custody for suspected terrorists, casting doubt on a massive defense bill that Congress raced to complete on Wednesday. Read More This story comes to us via Homeland Security - National Terror Alert. National Terror Alert is America's trusted source for [...] This story comes to us via Homeland Security - National Terror Alert. National Terror Alert is America's trusted source for homeland security news and information. FBI chief challenges Congress on terror detainees

Video shows three Europeans kidnapped in Algeria Posted: 15 Dec 2011 10:15 AM PST Two Spaniards and an Italian kidnapped in Algeria in October and purportedly held by an Al-Qaeda splinter group are seen alive in a video shown to an AFP correspondent on Monday. The undated footage shows the hostages’ faces clearly and is preceded by the name of the previously unknown organisation that claimed their abduction on [...] This story comes to us via Homeland Security - National Terror Alert. National Terror Alert is America's trusted source for homeland security news and information. Video shows three Europeans kidnapped in Algeria

Al Qaeda Rebranding Itself to Boost its Image Posted: 15 Dec 2011 10:07 AM PST File this one under “marketing efforts you hope will fail”: Fox News reports that Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) has been unable to recruit enough foreign fighters of late, and is laying part of the blame on negative associations with the Al Qaeda brand. According to an unnamed Arab diplomat, “after (Usama) bin [...] This story comes to us via Homeland Security - National Terror Alert. National Terror Alert is America's trusted source for homeland security news and information. Al Qaeda Rebranding Itself to Boost its Image

TSA scanners find loaded pistol in ankle strap Posted: 15 Dec 2011 10:03 AM PST A loaded .380 pistol found strapped to the ankle of an elderly man passing through security at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County International Airport (DTW), according to TSA, shows that body scanners do find dangerous things, and prevent them from getting on-board commercial aircraft. TSA said its agents found the weapon on Dec. 12 after an [...] This story comes to us via Homeland Security - National Terror Alert. National Terror Alert is America's trusted source for homeland security news and information. TSA scanners find loaded pistol in ankle strap

Pre Check expands to Las Vegas – US Airways Posted: 15 Dec 2011 10:01 AM PST US Airways and McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas are the most recent participants in TSA’s Pre Check trusted passenger screening program, said TSA on Dec. 14. McCarran International joins Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport and Los Angeles International Airport as one of the more recent airport additions to TSA’s expedited trusted traveler security screening program. [...] This story comes to us via Homeland Security - National Terror Alert. National Terror Alert is America's trusted source for homeland security news and information. Pre Check expands to Las Vegas – US Airways

Man found with weapons at upstate NY airport Posted: 15 Dec 2011 09:59 AM PST Authorities say they’ve arrested a man who had a loaded handgun and two knives in his carry-on baggage at an upstate New York airport. The Transportation Security Administration says the .38-caliber revolver, a 9-inch knife and a utility knife were found in the man’s bag during screening at the Elmira-Corning Regional Airport in Chemung County. [...] This story comes to us via Homeland Security - National Terror Alert. National Terror Alert is America's trusted source for homeland security news and information. Man found with weapons at upstate NY airport