In Homeland Security: American al Qaeda Operative Adam Gadahn Alive; Releases New Video Speculation of his death in a January, 2008 Predator strike in Waziristan has now been inarguably refuted: Adam Gadahn is alive and talking in his new 40 minute video entitled “Let’s Continue our Jihad and Sacrifice.” Adam Yahiye Gadahn was born in […]
Countering Online Radicalization – The International Centre For The Study Of Radicalisation And Political Violence Political extremists and terrorists are increasingly using the internet as an instrument for radicalisation and recruitment. What can be done to counter their activities? Countering Online Radicalisation examines the different technical options for making ‘radical’ internet content unavailable, concluding that […]
Neumann Strikes Again — jihadica The International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and Political Violence led by the indefatigable Peter Neumann at King’s College London has launched a new blog called FREErad!cals. It has a very impressive team of contributors consisting of leading scholars and experienced bloggers. If you are reading Jihadica you are […]
Postcard From This Weekend’s “CrisisCamp”: No Swimming, Hiking Or S’Mores, But Progress On Improving Emergency Preparedness/Response…And A Lot Of Fun Too Though I am too old for summer camp, I did get to go away this weekend to CrisisCamp in Washington, D.C.. CrisisCamp was a gathering of about a hundred campers from all over the […]
As the world continues to watch the unfolding situation in Iran and the massive protests over the disputed election results, the best quote about what is happening there was captured by Twitter and reported in today’s New York Times, “Ahmadinejad called us Dust, we showed him a sandstorm.”
Twitter streams break Iran news dam Protestors in Iran on Monday used Twitter for battle cries and to spread word about clashes with police and “hard line supporters” of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Twitter messages, some with links to pictures, streamed from Iran despite reported efforts by authorities there to block news of protests over Ahmadinejad’s […]
The Department of Homeland Security today launched a new blog called “The Blog @ Homeland Security.” For those of you who follow the Department’s current blog, Leadership Journal, you will be pleased to hear that this blog will offer a different perspective, tone and content base than Leadership Journal.
While the American public’s attention has moved on to focus on the opening days of summer and vacation planning, researchers have begun to assess the lessons learned from the recent H1N1 Flu outbreak.
The TSA Blog: Secure Flight Q & A TSA answers questions about implementation of Secure Fight.
It is a critical development that organizations comprising DHS, especially FEMA, which are responsible for communicating with the public during periods of crisis, are succesfully adopting the modes of communications increasingly embraced by the public at large. There is no effectrive crisis response without effective crisis communications, and there can be no effective crisis communications without making use of these new tools. They are the reality of a rapidly changing media landscape.
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