As a conduit for implementing portions of the 2003 Department of Justice (DOJ) National Criminal Intelligence Sharing Plan (NCISP) and Global Justice Information Sharing Initiative?s (Global), several …
Key Legal Issues in Counter-Terrorism and Homeland Security for 2006
Terrorism is not a threat to the national security, strictly speaking. That is, the use of terrorist strategies against the US, per se, do not directly threaten the political or territorial integrity …
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2006 Projections for The Responder Knowledge Base and the Emergency Responder Community
The Responder Knowledge Base (RKB) was launched by TRC on October 31, 2003, and is sponsored by the National Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism (MIPT) and the DHS Preparedness …
2006 Projections for Evolution of Cybercrime
2005 was a busy year in virtual underworld as cybercriminals continued to make headlines with an ever-widening variety of exploits and attacks. The dominant trend of 2005 was large-scale cases of …
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2006 Projections on Jihadist use of the Internet
There is evidence that Jihadist websites have only climbed in popularity over 2005. Numbers of registered members on sites increased, as did traffic to the sites (Terror Web Watch). Efforts could be …
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Terror Web Watch for December 23, 2005
Item 1: Interview with Al-QaedaField Commander to Take Place over Radical Websites Item 2: The "Jihad Cell" Forum Focuses on US Bases in the Middle East Item 3: New Editions in Bomb Making …
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It just came to me . . .
. . . another reason why the polygraph isn't a very good tool for screening out potential spies and leakers: Clearly the people who are leaking about Plame, the rendition program, NSA interceptions, …
PATRIOT Act Extension (Sort of)
A month is what the House thinks is appropriate: The House of Representatives agreed to extend a controversial domestic surveillance law this afternoon, but it limited the extension to one month and …
WaPo DHS Expose
A great start to what is going to be a multi-part series on DHS in the WaPo today: Born out of the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, DHS was initially expected to synthesize intelligence, secure borders, …
Imperfect System = Tortured Solutions
Much rending of hair and gnashing of teeth has been taking place since a leak in the New York Times revealed the existence of a Presidentially authorized secret program to intercept and exploit the …
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