“Swedish and Norwegian security services detained six people on Thursday on suspicion of offences related to terrorism.” (Reuters)
“Researchers at the University of Maryland’s Institute for Advanced Computer Studies announced this week that they have launched an online portal that will let analysts query rules on the behavior of terrorist organizations and forecast their future behavior.” (Government Computer News)
“Drug-resistant forms of the disease are widespread, and time and money to fight it are short.” (LA Times)
“There are 37 research reactors in the United States, mostly located on college campuses. Of these, 33 reactors are licensed and regulated by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Four are operated by the Department of Energy and are located at three national laboratories. Although less powerful than commercial nuclear power reactors, research reactors may still be attractive targets [...]
“In the 2001 attack on the World Trade Center, al-Qaida accomplished three goals: It caused a massive loss of life, it destroyed an icon of American prosperity and it wreaked havoc on Wall Street and the U.S. economy. Economic destruction continues to be a goal of terrorists and other bad actors, and cyber attacks are [...]
“The government needs to develop a better way to evaluate the effectiveness of technology to detect nuclear and radiological material at U.S. ports, according to a report commissioned by the Homeland Security Department.
Congress and its investigative arm, the Government Accountability Office, have been skeptical about the department’s testing of such systems. As a result, the [...]
“Technical problems have forced the Bush administration to retool a high-tech “virtual fence” along the U.S.-Mexico border and will delay the first phase for at least three years, the Washington Post reported on Thursday.” (Reuters)
“The upcoming fifth anniversary of the Homeland Security Department prompted Secretary Michael Chertoff to meet with reporters Wednesday to assess progress in getting his sprawling department to function in an effective and unified way.
The department was founded in response to the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. It includes a slew of disparate agencies – [...]
“Violence against government agents working along the U.S.-Mexican border is escalating in response to government efforts to crack down on illegal drug and human smuggling rings, Homeland Security officials say.
Since 2004, the number of assaults has more than doubled, from 384 that year to 987 in fiscal 2007. And this fiscal year, which began Oct. [...]
“The delicate balancing act of maintaining national security while preserving civil liberties seems to get more complicated with each new generation of information technology. The House-Senate stalemate over extending a warrantless wiretapping law marks the latest case in point. President Bush says his ability to prevent terrorist attacks hhas been jeopardized by the infighting.” (Council [...]