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Showing posts with label Anti-terrorism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Anti-terrorism. Show all posts

Friday, January 08, 2016

The Washington Post is reporting: Philadelphia police: Attacker ‘tried to execute’ officer, pledged allegiance to the Islamic State

The Washington Post is reporting: Philadelphia police: Attacker ‘tried to execute’ officer, pledged allegiance to the Islamic State. Written by Mark Berman January 8 at 1:18 PM


A police officer in Philadelphia was shot multiple times late Thursday by an attacker who told authorities he had pledged loyalty to the Islamic State.

The officer survived the “unprovoked” shooting and returned fire, hitting the attacker, who survived and was taken into custody, Richard Ross Jr., the city’s new police commissioner, said at a news conference.

Ross said during a later news conference that the suspect confessed to the shooting and told detectives he did it “in the name of Islam.”

Police also said that the attacker told authorities he was pledging allegiance to the Islamic State, the militant group that has declared a caliphate in parts of Iraq and Syria.

The gun used in the shooting was a stolen police firearm, Ross said.

Officer Jesse Hartnett, 33, was driving through an intersection in West Philadelphia at about 11:40 p.m. Wednesday when a man began firing into the driver’s side window of the police car, Ross said.


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Wednesday, December 09, 2015

DCWhispers.com Obama Dragged To Address Terror Threat, “Kicking & Screaming”

Obama Dragged To Address Terror Threat, “Kicking & Screaming”
Posted on December 7, 2015 by DCWhispers


Last night, Barack Obama gave what was in the seven years of his presidency only the third primetime address to the nation.

And he didn’t want to do it.


Immediately after the San Bernardino terror attack, the President of the United States was said to be initially interested in the events to the point of outright excitement for the opportunity to once again make a call for enhanced federal gun control measures – which he did.

Within hours of the attack it became clear to federal officials that Islamic terror played an integral role.

Once that was known, Mr. Obama’s enthusiasm is said to have “waned considerably.” And then when the L.A. FBI office went public with calling San Bernardino a terrorist attack, both Barack Obama and Valerie Jarrett went into “warpath mode.”

Jarrett’s displeasure was apparently first to make itself known. She was outraged the FBI had done so without first getting prior approval from her. Jarrett was said to be particularly concerned with the proximity of the FBI’s terror designation and the president’s quick words on calling for more gun control measures soon after the actual San Bernardino terror attack.


“They’re making us look like fools!”

The focus of the White House’s ire soon became FBI Director, James Comey.

Some of that conflict was outlined earlier here: BREAKING: Obama/Jarrett Warn FBI Director Over Anti-Muslim Tone

At one point, the president is said to have flung several papers onto the floor of the Oval Office as he sat behind his desk stewing over Director’s Comey’s now-infamous terrorist attack remarks.

“This was supposed to be a gun issue for us, not some anti-Islamic bullsh*t!”

Jarrett then dispatched an order for Director Comey to meet in person with the President. It was at that meeting the already existing fracture between Comey and the White House on such issues as the Black Lives Matter/anti-law enforcement movement, which Director Comey already spoke out against, was said to have worsened considerably following the San Bernardino attacks. Comey is alleged to have refused to fully capitulate with the White House’s demands he lessen the “terrorist attack” rhetoric.


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Thursday, February 12, 2015

Anarchist hackers go to cyber war with ISIS | TheHill

Anarchist hackers go to cyber war with ISIS | TheHill: "By Elise Viebeck - 02/12/15 06:00 AM EST


Anarchist hackers go to cyber war with ISIS | TheHill: "By Elise Viebeck  http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2015/02/anarchist-hackers-go-to-cyber-war-with.html

The global hacker collective known as Anonymous is storming the international political scene with a brash hacking campaign against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS).  

 The shadowy anarchist group, which is known for waging online attacks on everyone from the U.S. government to the Church of Scientology, is trying to dismantle the vast social media operation that helps ISIS recruit new followers.  

 By exposing and disabling hundreds of Twitter accounts, email addresses and websites purportedly affiliated with ISIS, hackers with Anonymous are all but inviting the notoriously Web-savvy terrorist group to an online war.  

“In an interesting way, they are set up as perfect nemeses,” said Gabriella Coleman, anthropologist and author of Hacker, Hoaxer, Whistleblower, Spy: The Many Faces of Anonymous. “There are a lot of similarities in terms of how they use social media. It doesn’t surprise me that they would battle each other online.”  

 Anonymous first became a force online in 2003, when like-minded users of the website 4chan began staging pranks on social media networks...

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http://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/232583-anarchist-hackers-go-to-cyber-war-with-isis

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Monday, January 12, 2015

The Hill - White House: 'It's fair to say' we were wrong on Paris unity rally


The Hill - White House: 'It's fair to say' we were wrong on Paris unity rally http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/229217-white-house-we-were-wrong-on-paris By Justin Sink - 01/12/15

The White House erred in not sendin
g a higher-profile representative to this weekend's solidarity march in France following a terrorist attack on a satirical newspaper, press secretary Josh Earnest said Monday.

"It's fair to say we should have sent someone with a higher profile to be there," Earnest told reporters at the White House.


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Friday, January 09, 2015

Statement by Society of Professional Journalists President Neuts on terrorist attack at French magazine

Statement by Society of Professional Journalists President Neuts on terrorist attack at French magazine

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According to an article in the New York Times, “Terrorists Strike Charlie Hebdo Newspaper in Paris, Leaving 12 Dead,” By DAN BILEFSKY and MAÏA de la BAUMEJAN. 7, 2015: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/08/world/europe/charlie-hebdo-paris-shooting.html?rref=world/europe

“PARIS — The police organized an enormous manhunt across the Paris region on Wednesday for three suspects they said were involved in a brazen and methodical midday slaughter at a satirical newspaper that had lampooned Islam.

“The terrorist attack by masked gunmen on the newspaper, Charlie Hebdo, left 12 people dead — including the top editor, prominent cartoonists and police officers — and was among the deadliest in postwar France. The killers escaped, traumatizing the city and sending shock waves through Europe and beyond.
Officials said late Wednesday that two of the suspects were brothers. They were identified as Said and Chérif Kouachi, 34 and 32. The third suspect is Hamyd Mourad, 18. News reports said the brothers, known to intelligence services, had been born in Paris, raising the prospect that homegrown Muslim extremists were responsible… http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/08/world/europe/charlie-hebdo-paris-shooting.html?rref=world/europe

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Statement by SPJ President Neuts on terrorist attack at French magazine

1/7/2015

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Jan. 7. 2015 http://www.spj.org/news.asp?REF=1300

INDIANAPOLIS – The Society of Professional Journalists is angered by today’s attack on French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris. This is a barbaric, appalling attempt to stifle press freedom.

Extremists feel emboldened to attack and kill journalists anywhere in the world for lampooning religion or reporting on political and governmental activities. Such outrageous attempts to silence journalists will not be tolerated or successful.

Journalists around the world work every day to report truth, enlighten the public and encourage people to think about all sides of issues important to society. This type of attack on such a basic human right – freedom of speech – is heinous and unacceptable. We urge other journalists and media organizations to stand in solidarity against this outrageous attack on press freedoms.

The Committee to Protect Journalists, one of numerous organizations also condemning the attack, reports this is the worst attack on the media since the 2009 Maguindanao massacre in the Philippines. In 2014 alone, CPJ reports 61 journalists were killed worldwide, including 27 who were murdered. 
Our thoughts are with the families and colleagues of the victims of today’s horrific events.

Founded in 1909 as Sigma Delta Chi, SPJ promotes the free flow of information vital to a well-informed citizenry; works to inspire and educate the next generation of journalists; and protects First Amendment guarantees of freedom of speech and press. For more information about SPJ, please visit spj.org.


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Friday, April 06, 2012

Russian Spy | Close to Obama Leadership | Anna Chapman | The Daily Caller

Russian Spy | Close to Obama Leadership | Anna Chapman | The Daily Caller:




by Sarah Hoffmann

"FBI Assistant Director for Counterintelligence Frank Figliuzzi told the BBC that in 2010, a Russian spy was getting too close for comfort with a sitting member of President Barack Obama’s cabinet. In an interview aired Monday night, Figliuzzi said that the spy was “closer and closer to higher and higher ranking leadership,” using a “honey trap,” until the FBI felt intervention was needed and a group of ten spies were arrested and deported.

Among the deportees was the red-haired Anna Chapman, portrayed in many media outlets as a seductive femme fatale. " ... http://dailycaller.com/2012/04/03/russian-spy-got-close-enough-to-obama-leadership/

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Tuesday, February 28, 2012

White House, NSA weigh cybersecurity, personal privacy - Washington Post Social Reader on Facebook

Washington Post Social Reader on Facebook: https://apps.facebook.com/wpsocialreader/me/channels/read/content/QkV41?utm_source=redirect&utm_medium=headline&utm_campaign=wpapp

The National Security Agency has pushed repeatedly over the past year to expand its role in protecting private-sector computer networks from cyberattacks but has been rebuffed by the White House, largely because of privacy concerns, according to administration officials and internal documents.

The most contentious issue was a legislative proposal last year that would have required hundreds of companies that provide critical services such as electricity generation to allow their Internet traffic be continuously scanned using computer threat data provided by the spy agency. The companies would have been expected to turn over evidence of potential cyberattacks to the government.

NSA officials portrayed these measures as unobtrusive ways to protect the nation’s vital infrastructure from what they say are increasingly dire threats of devastating cyberattacks...


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Monday, December 26, 2011

Ronald Kessler - Newsmax.com: FBI and CIA Deserve Our Thanks as Much as Military

Ronald Kessler - Newsmax.com: FBI and CIA Deserve Our Thanks as Much as Military

FBI and CIA Deserve Our Thanks as Much as Military

By: Ronald Kessler - Ronald Kessler is chief Washington correspondent of Newsmax.com. He is a New York Times best-selling author of books on the Secret Service, FBI, and CIA. His latest, "The Secrets of the FBI," has just been published. View his previous reports and get his dispatches sent to you free via email. Go Here Now.



Because of the terrorist threat, the FBI and CIA have become as important as the military in preserving our freedom. Yet while thanking our military is standard practice in American life, no one thinks of thanking the FBI, the CIA, or the rest of the intelligence community for keeping us safe since 9/11.

Instead, the media and many on the extreme left and extreme right demonize the men and women of those agencies for allegedly “spying on innocent Americans.”

Last year, two Washington Post reporters took two years to uncover this story: The intelligence community is big and secret and uses a lot of contractors. Presented as an exposé, the series, “Top Secret America,” found no abuse. Instead, it presented the conclusion that the intelligence community is a “hidden world” that is “growing beyond control.”

A front-page subhead read: “The government has built a national security and intelligence system so big, so complex and so hard to manage, no one really knows if it’s fulfilling its most important purpose: keeping citizens safe.”

In fact, the intelligence community has kept us safe since 9/11. But Dana Priest and William M. Arkin, who wrote the series, never mentioned that fact. If they had, the Washington Post series could not have run: It would have been exposed as bogus…http://www.newsmax.com/RonaldKessler/FBI-CIA-safe-terrorism/2011/11/23/id/418996

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Most people do not draw a connection between these efforts by the intelligence community and the fact that there has not been a successful attack since 9/11. Rather, FBI agents are portrayed in the media as having nothing better to do than probe the library reading habits of innocent grandmothers. If FBI agents can’t be trusted to wiretap within the law, why trust them to carry weapons or make arrests?

Despite constant vilifying by the media and congressional threats to take away the tools needed to uncover plots, FBI agents and CIA officers work silently around the clock and risk their own lives to keep us safe. Most could be making far more money in the private sector.

Out of love of country, they continue on the job, making sure we do not again witness Americans hurling themselves out of the windows of skyscrapers to escape an inferno or children holding up photos of their parents, hoping they survived a horrific attack.

Let’s give thanks to these patriots who have successfully protected us, our families, and our friends for more than 10 years… http://www.newsmax.com/RonaldKessler/FBI-CIA-safe-terrorism/2011/11/23/id/418996

Ronald Kessler is chief Washington correspondent of Newsmax.com. He is a New York Times best-selling author of books on the Secret Service, FBI, and CIA. His latest, "The Secrets of the FBI," has just been published. View his previous reports and get his dispatches sent to you free via email. Go Here Now.



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Sunday, November 20, 2011

The New York Times Breaking News Alert: Man Arrested and Charged in New York City Bomb Plot

Breaking News Alert
The New York Times
Sunday, November 20, 2011 -- 8:03 PM EST
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Man Arrested and Charged in New York City Bomb Plot

http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/20/man-arrested-in-bid-to-kill-government-workers-with-bomb-officials-say/?hp&emc=na

The authorities have arrested a man who law enforcement officials believe was planning to build and detonate a bomb in New York with government workers, returning military personnel and elected officials as the target, two people briefed on the case said on Sunday.

  Cyrus R. Vance Jr.,  the Manhattan district attorney, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly of the New York Police Department announced the charges against the man at a Sunday evening news conference at City Hall.

  The man was arrested within the last 24 hours.

  The defendant in the case, identified as Jose Pimentel, 27, had bought bomb-making materials and “began to build them,” said one person briefed on the case, who added that the Police Department had had the man under surveillance for about a year.

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http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/20/man-arrested-in-bid-to-kill-government-workers-with-bomb-officials-say/?hp&emc=na
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Saturday, October 08, 2011

The New York Times Breaking News Alert:Secret U.S. Memo Made Legal Case to Kill a Citizen

Breaking News Alert
The New York Times
Saturday, October 8, 2011 -- 7:35 PM EDT
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Secret U.S. Memo Made Legal Case to Kill a Citizen

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/09/world/middleeast/secret-us-memo-made-legal-case-to-kill-a-citizen.html

The Obama administration’s secret legal memorandum that opened the door to the killing of Anwar al-Awlaki, the American-born radical Muslim cleric hiding in Yemen, found that it would be lawful only if it were not feasible to take him alive, according to people who have read the document.

The memo, written last year, followed months of extensive deliberations and offers a glimpse into the legal debate that led to one of the most significant decisions made by President Obama — to move ahead with the killing of an American citizen without a trial.

The memo provided the justification for acting despite an executive order banning assassinations, a federal law against murder, protections in the Bill of Rights and various strictures of the international laws of war, according to people familiar with the analysis. The memo, however, was narrowly drawn to the specifics of Mr. Awlaki’s case and did not establish a broad new legal doctrine.

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Friday, September 30, 2011

The Washington Post News Alert: Secret memo sanctioned targeting of Aulaqi, officials say

News Alert: Secret memo sanctioned targeting of Aulaqi, officials say
September 30, 2011 8:28:06 PM
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The Justice Department wrote a secret memorandum authorizing the lethal targeting of Anwar al-Aulaqi, the American-born radical cleric who was killed by a U.S. drone strike Friday, according to administration officials. The document was produced following a review of the legal issues raised by striking a U.S. citizen and involved senior lawyers from across the administration. There was no dissent about the legality of killing Aulaqi, the officials said.

“What constitutes due process in this case is a due process in war,” said one of the officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss closely held deliberations within the administration.

http://link.email.washingtonpost.com/r/PSLW3N/8AYB3L/JST9T1/Y9KSS2/UR18W/AZ/h

For more information, visit washingtonpost.com
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The New York Times Breaking News Alert: U.S.-Born al Qaeda Leader Anwar al-Awlaki Is Killed in Yemen

Breaking News Alert
The New York Times
Friday, September 30, 2011 -- 5:23 AM EDT




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U.S.-Born al Qaeda Leader Anwar al-Awlaki Is Killed in Yemen
Laura Kasinof reported from Sana, Yemen, and Alan Cowell from London. Eric Schmitt contributed reporting from Washington.



SANA, Yemen — Anwar al-Awlaki, an American-born preacher depicted as a leading figure in Al Qaeda’s outpost in Yemen, was killed on Friday morning in the north of the country, according to the Defense Ministry. 

Earlier this year, the American military renewed its campaign of airstrikes in Yemen, using drone aircraft and fighter jets to attack Qaeda militants. 

One of the attacks was aimed at Mr. Awlaki, one of the most prominent members of the Qaeda affiliate group. There was no immediate comment from American officials.

But Mr. Awlaki’s death, if confirmed, seemed likely to be welcomed in the United States, where Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta said in July that two of his top goals were to remove Ayman al-Zawahri, Al Qaeda’s new leader after the death of Osama Bin Laden, and Mr. Awlaki. 

The New York Times Breaking News Alert: U.S.-Born al Qaeda Leader Anwar al-Awlaki Is Killed in Yemen

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Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Catch and Release

The US Navy has implemented a new catch and release program in its war on terrorism.  This new program targets smaller terrorist cells and fringe groups for the purposes of intelligence gathering.

Once these small groups are captured and interrogated, they are then released as seen in this Navy photo.


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Monday, February 28, 2011

Legislation Introduced in the Tennessee General Assembly to enhance Tennessee's anti-terrorism law.

PRESS RELEASE
February/28/2011
For Immediate Release
Contact:
Bill Warner

Center for The Study of Political Islam
Legislation Introduced in the Tennessee General Assembly to enhance Tennessee's anti-terrorism law.
NASHVILLE, TN - February 28, 2011 - As many of you may have already read, two great legislators from Tennessee have sponsored a state terrorism material support bill.  Between Carlos Bledsoe (Arkansas Army recruiting station killer) and the latest Saudi student jihadist who has ties to Nashville, this bill couldn't have come quickly enough.  As expected, the mainstream media has done everything they know to do to skew, misconstrue, and otherwise fail to understand what the proposed legislation actually does.  
Legislation has been introduced in the Tennessee General Assembly to enhance Tennessee's anti-terrorism law and allow state and local law enforcement to act decisively at the earliest point to stop terrorist acts.  The bill, sponsored by Senate Republican Caucus Chairman Bill Ketron (R-Murfreesboro) and House Speaker Pro Tempore Judd Matheny (R-Tullahoma), aims to curb the incidence of homegrown terrorism like that of Memphian Carlos Bledsoe who stated he was following the call to "jihad" when he shot and killed a serviceman at the Arkansas Army recruiting station.
     "The top priority of government should be to protect our citizens," said Senator Ketron.  "The nine-eleven attack and subsequent terrorist attacks have turned a new page in our nation's history.  All levels of government -- national, state and local -- must be a part of this effort.  This bill seeks to enhance legislation we already have on the books to provide our state and local law enforcement agencies the tools they need to enable them to intervene against those who plan, finance and assist others who commit acts of terrorism before they occur."
     The bill is modeled after the federal Material Support law which has been upheld by the Supreme Court as constitutional.  
     "Tennessee, like the federal government, has a compelling state interest to protect our citizens from jihad terrorism," added Representative Matheny.  "The incidence of homegrown terrorism is rising and our local and state law enforcement officers are on the frontlines in preventing such attacks.  Tennessee's current law addresses terrorism after the fact.  This legislation aims to prevent acts of terrorism before they occur."
     Open source reporting shows that between 2001 - 2008, there were one or two terror attempts per year.  That number jumped in 2009 - January 2011 to one or two cases uncovered nationally per month.  The lawmakers said the bill protects the right of political speech and the right of citizens to practice freedom of religion.
     "This bill does not interfere with the constitutionally protected rights of those who practice Sharia religious law," added Senator Ketron.  "This is not about religious rights or about those who practice Islamic beliefs.  It's about protecting our citizens from acts of terrorism that come from Sharia jihad which is a growing threat in all our states."

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