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• LAPD ambush a ‘blatant attempt to assassinate’ cops, Chief Beck says
• $1.2M missing from NYC-bound Swiss jet
• Homeland Security Developing Systems to Detect Concealed Person-Borne Bombs at a Distance
• How Police and FBI Averted Holiday Bomb Plot
• French police arrest six ‘radical Islamists’ near Paris
• Did NSA leaks help al Qaeda?

LAPD ambush a ‘blatant attempt to assassinate’ cops, Chief Beck says Posted: 25 Jun 2013 01:41 PM PDT The shooting ambush of two undercover detectives outside the Wilshire Division station Tuesday morning “was a blatant attempt to assassinate two of the people who protect this community,” LAPD Chief Charlie Beck said. Police stations across Los Angeles beefed up security after the detectives were fired upon. The officers are in “good spirits” and have [...] 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. LAPD ambush a ‘blatant attempt to assassinate’ cops, Chief Beck says

$1.2M missing from NYC-bound Swiss jet Posted: 25 Jun 2013 01:39 PM PDT FBI agents were investigating a report that about $1.2 million disappeared from a shipment of cash flown from Switzerland to New York City as part of a banking transaction, authorities said Tuesday. The U.S. currency — all $100 bills — was reported missing on Monday after a count of the money at the Federal Reserve [...] 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. $1.2M missing from NYC-bound Swiss jet

Homeland Security Developing Systems to Detect Concealed Person-Borne Bombs at a Distance Posted: 25 Jun 2013 01:36 PM PDT A favored tactic due to its simplicity and low cost, these bombings creates maximum fear because the victims are randomly chosen, and in public areas such as schools, churches, hospitals, sporting events, bus or train stations, or other populated areas. Unfortunately, person-borne IEDS are often shaped from a variety of metals and concealed under clothing [...] 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. Homeland Security Developing Systems to Detect Concealed Person-Borne Bombs at a Distance

How Police and FBI Averted Holiday Bomb Plot Posted: 25 Jun 2013 01:26 PM PDT It was one of those cases like you might see on TV or in the movies—where the FBI and its partners work feverishly behind the scenes, racing to stop bombs from going off and lives from possibly being lost. But this was real—and the stakes were high. The target was one of the nation’s largest retailers [...] 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. How Police and FBI Averted Holiday Bomb Plot

French police arrest six ‘radical Islamists’ near Paris Posted: 25 Jun 2013 01:21 PM PDT Anti-terror police in France have arrested six people accused of belonging to a radical Islamist cell and preparing attacks in the country. The suspects, aged 22 to 38, were arrested in the Paris region on Monday. “They were planning to commit terrorist acts targeting well-known figures in France,” an unnamed source told the news agency [...] 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. French police arrest six ‘radical Islamists’ near Paris

Did NSA leaks help al Qaeda? Posted: 25 Jun 2013 01:19 PM PDT Obama administration officials and congressional lawmakers over the past two weeks have condemned Edward Snowden for admittedly leaking classified information on national security surveillance programs. Mike Rogers, the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, spoke of “changes we can already see being made by the folks who wish to do us harm, and our allies [...] 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. Did NSA leaks help al Qaeda?