Senators Warned of Terrorist Attack on U.S. by July – NYTimes.com

Posted by Matt in February 2nd, 2010 | no comment

Published in Terrorism, Al-Qaeda, American Soil, High Priority, Intelligence Official, Lawmakers, Nytimes, Scale Attack, Senators, Six Months, Terrorist Attack

America’s top intelligence official told lawmakers on Tuesday that Al Qaeda and its affiliates had made it a high priority to attempt a large-scale attack on American soil within the next six months.
Senators Warned of Terrorist Attack on U.S. by July – NYTimes.com

Nuclear 9/11: A Failure to Imagine the Worst | Foreign Policy

Posted by Matt in January 25th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Terrorism, 9 11 Commission, Catastrophe, Conclusion, Failure, Foreign Policy, Imagination, Imagine, National Security Establishment, Northwest Airlines, Northwest Airlines Flight, Principal, Risk, Sept 11 2001, Terrorist Attack

The first step toward preventing a nuclear 9/11 is believing it could happen.
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Thinking about risks we face today, we should reflect on the major conclusion of the bipartisan 9/11 Commission established to investigate that catastrophe. The U.S. national security establishment’s principal failure prior to Sept. 11, 2001, was, the commission found, a “failure of imagination.“ [...]

U.S. General wants Muslim men to be strip-searched at airports

Posted by Matt in January 4th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Terrorism, airplane, Airports, Blow, Fox News, Iran, Lieutenant General, Military Analyst, Muslim Men, Policy Committee, Probability, Raw Story, Strip Search, Terrorist Attack, Thomas Mcinerney, United States Air Force

A former U.S. General and a member of the Iran Policy Committee said on Saturday that he wants all Muslim men between 18 and 28 to be strip-searched at airports.
Speaking on Fox News over the weekend, retired Lieutenant General with the United States Air Force and Fox News Military Analyst, Thomas McInerney, urged the US [...]

Panel warns biological attack likely by 2013

Posted by Matt in December 1st, 2008 | no comment

Published in Terrorism, U.S., Biological Attack, Biological Terrorism, Biological Weapons, Bipartisan Commission, Germ Warfare, Joe Biden, Margin Of Safety, President Elect, Terrorist Attack, terrorists, United States, Vice President

The United States can expect a terrorist attack using nuclear or more likely biological weapons before 2013, reports a bipartisan commission in a study being briefed Tuesday to Vice President-elect Joe Biden. It suggests the Obama administration bolster efforts to counter and prepare for germ warfare by terrorists.
“Our margin of safety is shrinking, not growing,” [...]

Are You Ready for the Next Disaster?

Posted by Matt in July 5th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Disasters, general, Catastrophe, CDC, China, Cyclone, Disaster, Earthquake, Fires, Floods, Good Weather, Government Officials, Heat Waves, Hurricanes, Jitters, Mother Nature, myanmar, Nargis, Nonprofits, Richter Scale, Sichuan Province, Terrorist Attack, To Extremes, Weather Hurricanes

Mother Nature goes to extremes in the summer, spoiling the gift of good weather with hurricanes, heat waves, fires and floods. This year she started early. On May 2, Cyclone Nargis laid waste to large parts of Myanmar. According to the latest counts, the disaster left 2.4 million people destitute, more than 50,000 missing and [...]

Russia’s Raiders

Posted by Matt in June 7th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Russia, Administration Building, Automatic Weapons, Business Rivals, Camouflage, Corruption, Criminal Investigations, Deputy Director, Dozens, Landmark Deal, Morning Rounds, moscow, Multibillion Dollar, Newlyweds, Police Raids, President Vladimir Putin, Public Officials, Raiders, Russia, Russian Operations, Samara Region, Target, Terrorist Attack, Togliatti, Tycoons, Union Representatives, Video Russia, Vladimir Putin, Volga River, Welcome Mat, Workday

Companies are paying public officials to raid the offices of business rivals and subject them to criminal investigations
It seemed like any other workday at Togliatti Azot, a giant chemical factory in Russia’s Samara region, on the Volga River 600 miles east of Moscow. Engineers were on their morning rounds, and union representatives had just finished [...]