Egypt and Libya: Clinton warned about embassy security problems
In the aftermath of the Islamist attacks on two U.S. embassies which occurred almost simultaneously on Tuesday, President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton displayed surprise, even shock, to the press and the American people. But Mrs. Clinton’s view that the attacks are isolated incidents doesn’t seem accurate, according to several counterterrorism experts [...]
NYPD counterterrorism operation on Muslims continues to ignite angry debate
A classified New York City Police Department undercover/surveillance operation concentrating on Muslim-owned businesses, mosques and Muslim students on college campuses has created an enormous — and unexpected — firestorm with civil rights groups and Muslim organizations claiming that the NYPD police detectives crossed the line separating civil rights and homeland security. Attorney General Eric Holder’s [...]
Obama to law enforcement: Stop linking Muslims to Terrorism
In yet another curtsy to the politically correct orthodoxy, President Barack Obama’s White House plans to tinker with federal police curriculums for counterterrorism training classes. The first bit of “revamping” is the removal of all material that groups, such as the Council on American Islamic Relations, or CAIR, find offensive or containing a “negative” image [...]
2012 counterterrorism: NYPD acquires fleet of underwater drones
The nation’s largest, most sophisticated law enforcement agency, the New York City Police Department, announced its acquisition of new, high-tech equipment to help police officers keep the city safe from terrorists: the NYPD’s Harbor Unit now possesses six unmanned underwater drones to help bomb technicians and emergency services unit officers to detect suspected underwater explosives. [...]
Al-Awlaki, another suspect who wasn’t arrested but unlawfully killed
A United States unmanned drone yesterday killed the 40-year old cleric Anwar al-Awlaki somewhere in the Yemeni governorate of Jawf together with some other people that accompanied him. US officials believe that Awlaki was involved in an operational role in Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP). Also they think that Awlaki, who held dual American [...]
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