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• Gitmo prisoners rewarded with kittens?
• National EMP Awareness Day
• TSA: Behavior detection is simply common sense
• No Bomb Found on Jet Forced to Land in Iceland

Gitmo prisoners rewarded with kittens? Posted: 16 Aug 2012 06:54 PM PDT What’s fluffy, has four paws and just might be the latest tool in the war against terror? A kitten! We’ve heard of prisoners who cooperate with authorities being rewarded with cigarettes, better food, perhaps an upgrade in digs. But in Guantanamo Bay, we’re told that the military brass have added pet cats to the list [...] 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. Gitmo prisoners rewarded with kittens?

National EMP Awareness Day Posted: 16 Aug 2012 06:48 PM PDT Ever hear of National EMP Awareness Day? Most of your leaders in Washington haven’t either, and that’s why all of us may be in grave danger. An electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attack constitutes one of the single greatest threats to modern national security. Typically triggered by a high-altitude nuclear warhead, an EMP can damage unprotected electronic [...] 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. National EMP Awareness Day

TSA: Behavior detection is simply common sense Posted: 16 Aug 2012 06:36 PM PDT   Looking for suspicious behavior is simply common sense. Law enforcement does it every day in communities across the country and around the world. Using these same techniques, TSA behavior-detection officers engage in casual conversations with travelers while looking and listening for behavioral cues such as facial expressions, body language or other behavior that may [...] 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: Behavior detection is simply common sense

No Bomb Found on Jet Forced to Land in Iceland Posted: 16 Aug 2012 06:27 PM PDT A bomb squad found no explosives on the Russian passenger jet that went down for an emergency landing in Iceland Thursday morning after an anonymous caller phoned in a bomb threat, Icelandic police said. Read More This story comes to us via Homeland Security - National Terror Alert. National Terror Alert is America's trusted source [...] 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. No Bomb Found on Jet Forced to Land in Iceland