Profiling the Terrorists
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The bios of the 14 terrorists being sent to Gitmo read like a collection of terrorist job applications
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The Transportation Security Administration will test a system that will compare names of passengers on domestic airlines to those on terrorist watch lists.
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Oxford prof cites Google and Wikipedia as proof A pair of sociologists have produced a piece of research in which they claim that graduate engineers are statistically over-represented among jihadi terrorists. They go on to suggest that engineers have a "terrorist mindset" making them likelier to turn jihadi than other kinds of people.â¦
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MILAN, Italy -- In an age of spy satellites, security cameras and an Internet that stores every keystroke, terrorism suspects are using simple, low-tech tricks to cloak their communications, making life difficult for authorities who had hoped technology would give them the upper hand.
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The government's terrorist screening database flagged Americans and foreigners as suspected terrorists almost 20,000 times last year. But only a small fraction of those questioned were arrested or denied entry into the United States, raising concerns among critics about privacy and the list's...
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"The Mujahideen Explosives Handbook'. Tsouli, the suspected ringleader, used the online identity "irhabi007"  Three men said to be linked to al Qaeda, including one using an Arabic name meaning "Terrorist 007", have pleaded guilty to inciting terrorism over the Internet in the first case of its kind in Britain, police ... via Reuters UK
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Flying out for the holidays for a little relaxation and family time? Fine. But Uncle Sam hopes you'll remain vigilant, on the lookout for terrorists who also might be heading home to see their families in such places as Myrtle Beach, S.C., or Londonderry, N.H.
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One is called a poet, a propagandist and Osama bin Laden's protector. The other drove the al-Qaida chief around during the years he was plotting his greatest terrorist attacks &#151; Sept. 11, the U.S. embassy bombings in East Africa, the USS Cole strike.
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As airport security tightens, checkpoint lines grow and tempers fray amid fears of devastating airborne attacks, more and more Britons are calling for the use of profiling to decide which travelers should be singled out as possible threats.
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It's possible to work out effective countermeasures if your enemy sticks with specific tactics. But if your foe is a terrorist with the innate ability to think and adapt, things get a little more tricky.
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Al Qaeda is using the Internet and video outlets with growing speed, volume, and sophistication.
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Two plots foiled in a single day suggests that extremist terror networks are growing more active in Europe
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The government's terrorist screening database, the master watch list used to scrutinize 270 million people each month, continues to be marred by errors and inconsistencies that can result in the detention of innocent people and increase the chances a terrorist could slip through, according to a...
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The Department of Homeland Security's system for screening airline passengers for their terrorist risk may not be perfect, but as long as it doesn't break the law, it's a good resource for customs officials, says columnist Ira Winkler.
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Huh-huh-huh, let's break somethin' Police and securocrats know that there aren't enough real terrorists in the world, which is why they have to keep manufacturing them. This is because citizens tire of being watched by cameras, frisked and x-rayed, having their belongings searched, giving fingerprints to so-called friendly nations on entry, contemplating the myriad government databases where their details and activities are preserved, and wondering if some dour little bureaucrat is reading their email or listening to them on the phone.â¦
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Assssinated in Syria, Imad Mughniyah had links to the Iranian regime, Moqtada al-Sadr in Iraq and perhaps even Osama bin Laden. Plenty of people had a motive
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Most U.S. visitors are not fully screened for terrorist or criminal ties, according to a Justice Department watchdog. The reason: Bush administration agency infighting over such things as how many fingers to print.