Terrorism

Google Earth Accused of Aiding Terrorists

Greg Schnippel — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 12:11:29 -0800

An Indian Court has been called to ban Google Earth amid suggestions the online satellite imaging was used to help plan the terror attacks that killed more than 170 people in Mumbai last month.

Mumbai Terrorists Relied on New Technology for Attacks

Greg Schnippel — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 09:18:22 -0800

The terrorists who struck Mumbai last month stunned authorities not only with their use of sophisticated weaponry but also with their comfort with modern technology, including satellite imagery and VOIP Internet phones to avoid surveillance.

Panel Fears Use of Unconventional Weapon

Greg Schnippel — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 14:07:02 -0800

An independent commission has concluded that terrorists will most likely carry out an attack with biological, nuclear or other unconventional weapons somewhere in the world in the next five years unless the United States and its allies act urgently to prevent that.

Report Warns of “Future Military Failure”

Greg Schnippel — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 20:41:51 -0800

The Defense Science Board released a sobering report that called for the incoming Obama administration to focus on a small but complex set of defense issues, with protection of the country against weapons of mass destruction as the top priority of the new secretary of defense.

Al-Qaeda Web Forums Abruptly Taken Offline

Greg Schnippel — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 12:37:48 -0700

Four of the five main online forums that al-Qaeda's media wing uses to distribute statements by Osama bin Laden and other extremists have been disabled since mid-September, monitors of the Web sites say.

Sats Help Special Ops In Hunt For Terrorists

Greg Schnippel — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 09:24:59 -0700

Images from high-resolution military spacecraft, combined with powerful change detection software at ground processing facilities, is enabling the space-based identification and tracking of specific Taliban and al Qaeda individuals in the isolated villages and rugged terrain of Afghanistan.

This imagery is being passed to U.S. Army Special Forces and Navy Seal teams looking for individuals, even down to specific bomb-makers hiding out in mud huts in the region.

Analysts say U.S. still Lacks Attack Deterrence

Greg Schnippel — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 19:21:39 -0700

Seven years after al-Qaida took down New York's World Trade Center towers and struck the Pentagon itself, the United States does not have a coherent strategy to deter another attack, according to senior U.S. officials and analysts outside government.

Though America has not suffered a significant foreign attack on its soil since then, both officials and analysts say new approaches to deterrence must be developed - even as they acknowledge that it may be impossible to deter certain types of attacks.

Terrorists Ready to Launch Satellite Strikes by 2020

Greg Schnippel — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 19:35:02 -0700

'Dark Web' Project Takes On Cyber-Terrorism

Greg Schnippel — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 19:34:56 -0700

Lawmakers Urge Delay in Spy Satellite Program

Greg Schnippel — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 19:29:51 -0700