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Botnets Continue Fight to Control Your Computer

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June 16, 2011

There are now criminal turf wars going on over the thousands of computers that comprise botnets across America and the world. This “invisible” conflict is unknown to most computer users in America. Botnets can be used to search for and steal money, financial data, passwords, and intellectual property. The size of some of the botnets out there rival and surpass the capabilities of most nation states, and the guys who control them are NOT the good guys.

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Homeland Security Department curtails home-grown terror analysis

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June 7, 2011

Homeland Security Department curtails home-grown terror analysis – Washington Post
The Department of Homeland Security has stepped back for the past two years from conducting its own intelligence and analysis of home-grown extremism, according to current and former department officials, even though law enforcement and civil rights experts have warned of rising extremist threats.

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New U.S., Pakistan Joint Counterterrorism Team to Focus on High Value Targets

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June 3, 2011

New U.S., Pakistan Joint Counterterrorism Team to Focus on High Value Targets – IPT Blog
Officials have confirmed that the U.S. and Pakistan will form a joint counterterrorism team, the Associated Press reports.

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Homeland Security testing mind-reading terrorist 'pre-crime' detectors

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June 2, 2011

Homeland Security testing mind-reading terrorist ‘pre-crime’ detectors – Computer World
Many times, technologies from popular science fiction movies have later blended with real science and technology to become reality. Deployment of just such surveillance technology, somewhere between mind-reading machines and a “pre-crime” program, is currently being tested against real life to remotely detect terrorists or assassins, to find people with malicious intentions.

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Two Iraqis Indicted in Kentucky on Terrorism Charges

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June 1, 2011

Two Iraqis Indicted in Kentucky on Terrorism Charges – The IPT Blog
Two Iraqi nationals have been indicted on terrorism charges, the U.S. Attorney’s office for the Western District of Kentucky announced Tuesday. The previously sealed indictment, returned last week by a federal grand jury, charged Waad Alwan and Mohanad Hammadi on 23 counts related to helping insurgents, including al-Qaida linked fighters, in Iraq.

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Experts Weigh Likely Terror Attacks, Future Of Al Qaeda After Death Of Bin Laden

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May 26, 2011

Experts Weigh Likely Terror Attacks, Future Of Al Qaeda After Death Of Bin Laden – HSToday
Authorities should prepare for a higher short-term threat to the US homeland after the death of Osama bin Laden but the long-term outlook for al Qaeda is weakening, experts told the House Homeland Security Committee Wednesday.

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Senate moves closer to reauthorizing parts of the Patriot Act

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May 24, 2011

Senate moves closer to reauthorizing parts of the Patriot Act – The Hill
The Senate on Monday night voted 74-8 to move forward with a bill that would extend provisions of the Patriot Act until June 1, 2015.

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Making It Official: Hunting Al-Qaida Worldwide

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May 23, 2011

Making It Official: Hunting Al-Qaida Worldwide – NPR
This week, the House begins debate on a defense spending bill that would authorize the president to attack al-Qaida and its associates all over the world.

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9/11's Triumvirate of Terrorist Travel: al Qaeda, Hezbollah, and Iran

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May 23, 2011

The 9/11 Commission requested the federal government continue an investigation into the extent of involvement of Iran and its de facto terrorist wing, Hezbollah, in the support of Al Qaeda’s attacks on 9/11. Perhaps the biggest hole of buried information regarded Iran’s connection to 9/11. As the “terrorist travel” affiant in a case filed last week in New York City federal court on behalf of 9/11 families suing primarily al Qaeda and Iran, I am now personally convinced that indeed, al Qaeda did not act alone on 9/11.

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Revealing Details of the Bin Laden Operation? Shut the Hell Up!

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May 19, 2011

Like most Americans, I’m happy Osama Bin Laden has been given his just reward. But I have become increasingly angered by the sieve-like qualities coming from Obama Administration and Defense officials who continue to divulge details of the May 1 takedown of Bin Laden. These motor-mouths seem more enchanted with currying and preserving their media relationships than preserving the unique capabilities of our intelligence and military forces.

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