Archive for July, 2007
Friday, July 27th, 2007
Recent Aviation Threats: “Pinging” the System?
On Thursday, federal officials evacuated Long Beach Airport after TSA screeners found a suspicious item in a bag. The item turned out to be a prototype for a new toy, designed for Mattel, Inc. The Emergency Response & Research Institute (ERRI) offers this interesting, if not flawed, analysis:
"Pinging the System?" — Continued Threats at Airports
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No Comments » - Posted in Airport Security & Screening by Annie Jacobsen
Thursday, July 26th, 2007
CAIR Mounts Fishing Expedition to Sue John Doe
Little Green Footballs (LGF) alerts readers that the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) plans to sue John Doe anyway — owing to a "good faith" loophole in the newly passed John Doe amendment. LGF links to a must-see video (via You Tube) where MSNBC host Tucker Carlson asks CAIR spokesman Ibrahim Hooper the questions that […]
No Comments » - Posted in The Al-Qaeda Threat by Annie Jacobsen
Wednesday, July 25th, 2007
US Moves to Extradite JFK Airport Terror Plotters
On Tuesday (July 24), formal charges were read in a court in Trinidad to three JFK terror plotters in a move to extradite the men to the United States to stand trial.
Trinidadian Abdul Kareem Ibrahiim, 62, of Cane farm, Tacarigua and Guyanese national Abdel Nur, 57, are both wanted on six charges while Abdul […]
No Comments » - Posted in The Al-Qaeda Threat by Annie Jacobsen
Wednesday, July 25th, 2007
Terror Suspects in Italy Had Rome Airport Photos
More news from World Politics Review on the three Moroccan terror suspects in Italy — one of whom was the imam at the local mosque. Earlier today, Carlo De Stefano, head of the Italian anti-terrorism police unit, accused the men of "using the mosque as an international terrorism training camp." Stefano also revealed that the […]
No Comments » - Posted in The Al-Qaeda Threat by Annie Jacobsen
Wednesday, July 25th, 2007
John Doe Wins!
It's official: John Doe has won. Congressional leaders tried to kill a provision in the Homeland Security bill that allows John Doe to report suspicious behavior without the fear of a lawsuit. But John Doe has prevailed and immunity will be granted to Good Samaritans across the country.
PEARCE PRAISES INCLUSION OF “JOHN DOE” PROTECTIONSJULY […]
No Comments » - Posted in U.S. Homeland Security by Annie Jacobsen
Tuesday, July 24th, 2007
MSNBC Posts Unclassified TSA “Dry Run” Warning
UPDATE: Putting the public's right to know before the TSA's desire to conceal, MSNBC has posted the unclassified bulletin which outlines the "dry run" incidents at four US airports. All of the incidents involve passengers carrying what appear to be mock IEDs (improvised explosive devices). The first took place in September 2006 and the most […]
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Tuesday, July 24th, 2007
TSA Finds Mock IEDs, Issues Aviation “Dry Run” Alert
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has issued a bulletin warning the aviation sector of possible terror attacks based on what appear to be "dry runs" and "pre-attack security probes" at US airports. The warning comes after TSA screeners at airports in San Diego, Houston, Milwaukee and Baltimore confiscated several items from passengers that strangely resemble […]
No Comments » - Posted in Dry Runs and Probes by Annie Jacobsen
Monday, July 23rd, 2007
ABC Investigative Team: No Security at Phoenix Airport
For a period of 4.5 hours each night, Sky Harbor Airport in Phoenix, Arizona has absolutely no security. From ABC15 Investigative Team:
Night after night, our hidden cameras captured what security experts tell us is a disaster waiting to happen. The X-ray machines were off, the metal detectors were closed, and bags with unknown contents […]