The
Global Incident Map is an interactive map displaying "terrorism events and other suspicious activities" happening at this very moment (updated every 5 minutes) all around the world. Click on the various icons for "event details" or scroll down for "announcements, alerts and breaking news."
Via.
posted by amyms
on Oct 13, 2007 -
28 comments
Today's Washington Post: "The U.S. government is collecting electronic records on the travel habits of millions of Americans who fly, drive or take cruises abroad, retaining data on the persons with whom they travel or plan to stay, the personal items they carry during their journeys, and even the books that travelers have carried, according to documents obtained by a group of civil liberties advocates and statements by government officials."
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posted by ibmcginty
on Sep 22, 2007 -
81 comments
Homeland Insecurity. "What happened to the recommendations of the 9/11 Commission, which Democratic leaders promised to make one of their top legislative priorities? What are the most deadly potential terrorist targets no one talks about—and who's lobbying against securing them? What's the one measure that could improve our chances of preventing an attack—without costing a penny? Why are the 2008 presidential candidates—Republicans and Democrats alike—nowhere on this issue? In this seven-part series Mother Jones' senior correspondent James Ridgeway examines how the government has let homeland security languish since September 11, 2001, with dire consequences."
posted by homunculus
on Sep 11, 2007 -
51 comments
On Wednesday Sept. 5
th, German police stopped a
major
terrorist
attack.
The planned bomb consisted of 730 kilogramms of hydrogen peroxide to be mixed with other chemicals.
The explosive power would have been equivalent to 550 kilogramms of TNT.
The
IHT reports the possible targets were the Ramstein US Air Force Air Base and Frankfurt International Airport.
The suspects had been under observation for 10 months, the chemicals had been
clandestinely rendered harmless
by German authorities.
What caused the final arrest?
Two things: 1) they had just recieved a call from north Pakistan urgently ordering them to follow through within 14 days.
2) a local village policeman
blew the surveillance cover by literally telling them at a routine road stop that they were on a watch-list. German intelligence immediately knew the policeman had blown their cover. How? They had bugged the car
[
Spiegel,
rough translation].
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posted by umop-apisdn
on Sep 8, 2007 -
45 comments
Rorschach and Awe. "America's coercive interrogation methods were reverse-engineered by two C.I.A. psychologists who had spent their careers training U.S. soldiers to endure Communist-style torture techniques. The spread of these tactics was fueled by a myth about a critical 'black site' operation."
posted by homunculus
on Jul 31, 2007 -
57 comments
It's been said
before that trance, and DJ Tiësto in particular, are evil.
Some may've taken that idea a little too seriously.
posted by flaterik
on May 30, 2007 -
29 comments
The Global Terrorism Database is now available online. It includes information on more than 27,000 bombings, 13,000 assassinations, and 2,800 kidnappings. With 2D and 3D georeferences for some incidents. The interactive map isn't working for me though.
posted by tellurian
on May 24, 2007 -
18 comments
Bombs exploded outside the
Mecca Masjid today as people were offering their Friday Prayers. Out of the more than 8,000 worshippers present, a total of 12 have been reported dead, and 50 injured. Also, this comes in the wake of the violence that has been taking place in the State of
Punjab.
posted by hadjiboy
on May 18, 2007 -
34 comments
Patriot Search Whether you are a normal searcher, someone trying to download illegal material, a terrorist looking to build a bomb, or just hunting porn, we at Patriot Search welcome you!
Our mission is to provide the best possible search engine to you while at the same time, making sure the government is informed should you search for something obscure, illegal, or unpatriotic
posted by Postroad
on Apr 15, 2007 -
13 comments
The greatest enigma of the US "war on terror": He was
an intelligence officer of the Egyptian army, a
CIA agent, a
drill seargent and instructor at Fort Bragg, an
FBI informant, and
Al Qaeda's number one man inside the US. He was directly or indirectly involved in
the assassination of Anwar Sadat,
the 1993 WTC bombing,
the bombing of US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, and
9/11. He
trained al Qaeda fighters in Afghanistan and Sudan and wrote manuals on intelligence, terrorism and asymmetric warfare
while living in Silicon Valley with his American wife. He plea bargained, never went to trial, and
may be free or in witness protection today. Incidentally, he is
barely mentioned in
the 9/11 Commission report. Is there some sort of
conspiracy or are officials simply afraid of
having their gross negligence exposed?
posted by inoculatedcities
on Mar 5, 2007 -
26 comments
The Next Attack. "Terrorists in Iraq are becoming proficient at blowing up
oil refineries. Similar plants in a handful of American
cities represent our greatest vulnerability. We could
easily be making them less dangerous. But we’re not." And one of the key players in keeping things that way happens to be
Dick Cheney’s son-in-law.
posted by homunculus
on Mar 1, 2007 -
38 comments
The Redirection. "Is the Administration’s new policy aiding our enemies in the war on terrorism?" New article by Seymour Hersh in the New Yorker.
posted by homunculus
on Feb 25, 2007 -
40 comments
Sixty-seven scenes of torture in five seasons. Is
24 responsible for an
increase in real-life torture? They at least feel guilty enough to
meet up with some actual interrogators encouraging them to make their torture scenes more authentic. But it's not just
24 - torture is becoming
more prevalent on all American television.
posted by meech
on Feb 12, 2007 -
107 comments
