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Search results for "terrorism threats" ...
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America's War Within
America's War Within, led by the Center for Investigative Reporting, deeply examined the first 10 years of the war on terror. There were several findings stemming from work conducted throughout the year. First, a little-known but costly intelligence arm of the Department of Homeland Security did not meaningfully contribute to the war on terror and instead generated reams of "intelligence spam." Second, a private counterterrorism team at the Mall of America ensnared innocent shoppers by reporting them to authorities for "suspicious activity," part of a national initiative promoted by the federal government to college and analyze threat intelligence, much of which has dubious value. Third, local police around the country have stockpiled combat-style equipment with the help of some $34 billion in federal homeland security grants contributing to a "militarization" of law enforcement, even though violent crime is dropping and terrorist attacks are rare.
Tags: terrorism; violence; grants; Department of Homeland Security
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Assault on Pelindaba
"Assault on Pelindaba is a story about global nuclear weapons proliferation and the very real threat of nuclear terrorism post 9/11. Experts agree that acquiring plutonium or highly enriched uranium, the material to actually make a nuclear weapon, is not easy."
Tags: nukes; atomic weapon; radiation; Hiroshima; September 11, 2001; Manhattan Project; Interpol;
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No Buy List
Similar to the No Fly list, the US Treasury department's No Buy List has over 7,000 names on it of people who they believe have terrorist or drug ties. The list is intended to keep banks and other businesses from doing business with people who poise a known threat to national security, and there are large fines, even jail time for not checking the list. However, the list is also keeping normal law-abiding citizens from making everyday purchases.
Tags: national security; terror watch list; Consumer Data Industry Association; consumers; Civil Rights; No Fly list
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Terror Informant
Egyptian immigrant Osama Eldawoody speaks to CBS Evening News about his two years "infiltrating and informing on a small group of Pakistani-Americans who planned to bomb a major New York City subway station at Manhattan's Herald Square." While his efforts helped lead to "one of the few post-9/11 terror trial convictions in New York," he found himself in grave danger. His anonymity was not sustained, and he said there were fatwas - threats - against his life in the NY/NJ Muslim community. Eldawoody felt the government failed him, as his identity was revealed when he testified in court, and he has not received help in finding a new job.
Tags: Terrorism; fatwa; Osama Eldawoody; government informants; undercover investigation
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Because They Hate: A Survivor of Islamic Terror Warns America
Brigitte Gabriel is a former news anchor in the Middle East who is now based in Washington, D.C. The founder of American Congress For Truth, Gabriel writes this book as a cautionary tale, using her own experiences to make the point that radical Islam groups will continue to be a threat to the United States and its people.
Tags: Terrorism; Islam; radical Islam; religious extremists; Sept. 11, 2001; political correctness; Middle East
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Threat Assessment
The First Coast News TV reporters investigated possible terrorist cells active in their area.
Tags: Terrorism; threat assessment; FBI; Super Bowl
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"Burning Rage"
This story covers the rising threat of eco-terrorists in the U.S. In May, 2005, John Lewis, Deputy Director of the FBI, testified on Capitol Hill that domestic terrorism by radical environmental groups such as the Earth Liberation Front and the Animal Liberation Front were the biggest threat to American security. 60 Minutes set out to either prove or disprove Lewis' testimony and found that, indeed, such groups were responsible for a rising number of arson and bomb attacks.
Tags: Eco-terrorism; domestic terrorism; FBI; ecology; environment; counter-terrorism
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Wrong Face, Wrong Time
Judy tells the story of an Indian-born man from Columbia, Missouri who was jailed for four months because the FBI thought he was a national security threat with ties to Al-Qaeda. Judy shows that, in fact, the FBI's assertions were drawn from a single mis-checked box on a social security form and were entirely unfounded.
Tags: homeland security; jail; prison; innocence project; FBI; terrorism
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Series on Unconventional Warfare and Special Forces
"This series examines the unconventional threats in Afghanistan/Pakistan and postwar Iraq and the effort by U.S. military force to adapt from a cold-war mode of operating to counter-terror and counter-insurgency operations. Sanctuaries, hostile terrain and population, weak or ambivalent local allies, and the limited number of U.S. personnel who have trained in the small-unit culturally attuned counter-insurgency tactics all contribute to continuing U.S. frustrations in both Afghanistan and Iraq."
Tags: military operations; pentagon; army; foreign relations; Bin Laden; Pakistan; Baghdad
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20/20 First Responders
This report looks at whether the "first responders" that is the fire departments and emergency technicians can respond effectively in the event of any terrorist attacks, especially if weapons of mass destruction are used. After talking to officials, the report concluded that the emergency task force does not have any training nor the equipment to counter such a threat.
Tags: bio terrorism; weapons of mass destruction; 9/11; nuclear weapons; terrorism; first responders; fire fighters