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• Backgrounder: Terrorism Havens: Philippines cfr.org 30 Jun 2008
• Navy to Support USS Cole Families During al-Nashiri Military Commission Nacy NewsStand 30 Jun 2008 -- The Navy and the Department of Defense Office of Military Commissions will support the families of victims of the USS Cole (DDG 67) bombing during the military commission process.
• Third Reserve C-130 joins California wildfire fight AFPN 30 Jun 2008 -- A third Air Force Reserve Command C-130H Hercules was dispatched June 27 to help fight raging wild fires in California.
• Guantanamo Detainee Charged for Role in USS Cole Attack AFPS 30 Jun 2008 -- A Saudi Arabian national being held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has been charged with planning and preparing for the attack on the USS Cole that killed 17 U.S. sailors and wounded 47 others, the Defense Department announced today.
• Charges Sworn Against Detainee Al-Nashiri 30 Jun 2008 -- The Defense Department announced today that charges have been sworn against 'Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri of Saudi Arabia
• Transcript: DoD News Briefing with Brig. Gen. Hartmann from the Pentagon 30 Jun 2008 -- Presenter: Legal Advisor to the Convening Authority in the DoD Office Of Military Commissions Brig. Gen. Thomas Hartmann
• Security Council extends mandate of Al-Qaida sanctions monitoring group UN News Centre 30 Jun 2008 -- The Security Council today extended by 18 months the mandate of the monitoring team set up in 2004 to help track the application of the world body's sanctions against the Taliban, Al-Qaida and their operatives.
• US Wants Death Penalty for Alleged USS Cole Plotter VOA 30 Jun 2008 -- American military prosecutors Monday asked a senior official to approve charges against a Guantanamo detainee for his alleged role in the attack on the USS Cole in Yemen in 2000
• Australia Signs New Disaster Response Pact with US, JapanVOA 30 Jun 2008 -- Australia is to sign a new disaster response accord with Japan and the United States
• DHS-IAIP Daily Open Source Infrastructure Report 30 Jun 2008 [PDF]
• Backgrounder: Armed Islamic Group (Algeria, Islamists) (a.k.a. GIA, Groupe Islamique Armé, or al-Jama'ah al-Islamiyah al-Musallaha) cfr.org 27 Jun 2008
• National Guard on duty from coast to coast AFPN 27 Jun 2008 -- About 2,300 Air and Army National Guard members remain on duty in the Midwest, down from a peak of more than 5,700, officials reported. Meanwhile, officials in California called for more aircraft to fight the wildfires.
• DHS-IAIP Daily Open Source Infrastructure Report 27 Jun 2008 [PDF]
• UN warns that global progress on illegal drugs is under threat UN News Centre 26 Jun 2008 -- A surge in opium and coca cultivation and the risk of higher drug use in developing countries threaten to undermine recent progress in drug control, according to a report released today by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
• Border Patrol Program Improves Security on US-Mexican Border VOA 26 Jun 2008 -- Arrests of illegal aliens along the US/Mexico border have increased over the past year according to records of the US Department of Homeland Security
• Guard Members Continue to Fight Floods, Fires AFPS 26 Jun 2008 -- National Guard soldiers and airmen continued to fight Midwest flooding and California fires today.
• Guard fighting Midwest floods, California fires Army News 26 Jun 2008 -- National Guard troops fought both Midwest flooding and California fires Thursday.
• Cheney Aide, Former Justice Official Testify on Interrogation VOA 26 Jun 2008 -- U.S. lawmakers Thursday questioned the chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney and a former Justice Department official about the Bush administration's approval of harsh interrogation techniques used on suspected terrorists
• Secretary-General urges all States to accede to Convention against Torture UN News Centre 26 Jun 2008 -- Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today urged all United Nations Member States to accede to the Convention against Torture, and to also consider ratifying the Optional Protocol to the Convention which includes international and national visits to places of detention.
• Bill to Overhaul US Wiretap Law Clears Senate Hurdle VOA 26 Jun 2008 -- Legislation to revise U.S. surveillance law survived a key test vote in the Senate Wednesday, despite opposition from some majority Democrats to a provision protecting telephone companies from possible privacy lawsuits
• DHS-IAIP Daily Open Source Infrastructure Report 26 Jun 2008 [PDF]
• Analysis: A Different Tack on Terror cfr.org 25 Jun 2008 -- Post-9/11, counterterrorism strategy across the globe has drawn much criticism from human rights groups and civil libertarians for relying too heavily on military action
• UN urges better protection for women in fight against torture UN News Centre 25 Jun 2008 -- Despite a strong international legal framework outlawing torture, much more needs to be done to end this scourge, United Nations human rights officials have stressed, adding that special attention be given to ensuring better protection for women.
• Government, Relatives in Mauritania Express Concerns About Terror Suspects VOA 25 Jun 2008 -- The government and relatives of terrorist suspects in Mauritania have concerns as those charged await trial
• Saudi Arabia Says Oil-Attack Plot Disrupted, Hundreds Arrested VOA 25 Jun 2008 -- Saudi Arabia's Interior Ministry says authorities have disrupted terrorist attack plans targeting the kingdom's oil industry and arrested more than 700 militants in a yearlong series of raids aimed at al-Qaida members and supporters.
• Unit becomes Cyberspace Technical Center of Excellence AFPN 25 Jun 2008 -- The Air Force Institute of Technology and the Center for Cyberspace Research here were designated as the Air Force's Cyberspace Technical Center of Excellence June 19 by the secretary and chief of staff of the Air Force.
• Reserve C-130s called in to fight California wildfires AFPN 25 Jun 2008 -- The Air Force Reserve Command's 302nd Airlift Wing here is scheduled to deploy two firefighting C-130 Hercules aircraft June 25 to battle raging wildfires in California.
• Pakistan, India to share information to prevent terrorist acts IRNA 25 Jun 2008 -- Pakistan and Indian anti-terror experts on Tuesday agreed to assist in investigations through exchange of specific information and for preventing violence and terrorist acts, officials said.
• DHS-IAIP Daily Open Source Infrastructure Report 25 Jun 2008 [PDF]
• Survey Finds Many Support Torture in Terror Cases VOA 24 Jun 2008 -- A new survey released Tuesday by a U.S.-based research center shows a significant number of people around the world support the use of torture when related to terrorism
• Guard aircraft, aircrews battling California wildfires AFPN 24 Jun 2008 -- Army and Air National Guardmembers from California and North Carolina were supporting firefighting efforts in Northern California June 24 following a state active duty call up by Gov. Arnold Schwarznegger and a request for airborne firefighting assets by the Interagency Fire Center.
• AFCYBER headquarters staff to operate virtually AFPN 24 Jun 2008 -- Air Force Cyber Command officials announced their intent to spread out headquarters staffing among nine locations so it can meet the 45 percent manning requirements needed for initial operations.
• Pakistan, India open anti-terror talks IRNA 24 Jun 2008 -- Senior officials from Pakistan and India opened talks here on Tuesday to review joint mechanism against terrorism, the Foreign Ministry said.
• McCain Rejects Terrorist Attack Comment from Top Aide VOA 24 Jun 2008 -- Republican presidential candidate John McCain has rejected a comment from a top aide, who said a terrorist attack on the U.S. would boost the senator's chances of winning the November election.
• Amnesty accuses EU governments of complicity in US renditions IRNA 24 Jun 2008 -- Amnesty International Tuesday accused European governments of complicity and inaction over US-led rendition and secret detentions.
• Amnesty Says European Governments Fall Short on Probing Rendition Role VOA 24 Jun 2008 -- A new report by Amnesty International accuses European governments of doing nothing to investigate long-standing accusations of aiding the U.S. government in illegally transporting and detaining suspected terrorists
• DHS-IAIP Daily Open Source Infrastructure Report 24 Jun 2008 [PDF]
• US Court says Guantanamo Detainee Not 'Enemy Combatant' VOA 23 Jun 2008 -- A U.S. federal appeals court has struck down the U.S. military's classification of a Guantanamo Bay detainee as an enemy combatant
• Somali Insurgents Reject al-Qaida Criticism VOA 23 Jun 2008 -- A leader of a Somali insurgent group that signed an agreement with the interim government earlier this month has dismissed an al-Qaida leader's criticism of the deal
• Guard Ratchets Up Efforts in Midwestern Flooding AFPS 23 Jun 2008 -- Missouri is the latest Midwestern state to see increasing numbers of National Guard citizen-soldiers and -airmen on duty in the face of the region's worst flooding in 15 years.
• LOCKHEED MARTIN WINS $24 MILLION IT CONTRACT WITH CDC Lockheed Martin 23 Jun 2008 -- Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] was selected by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to provide Information Technology services to the agency's Coordinating Office for Terrorism Preparedness and Emergency Response (COTPER) in Atlanta
• Pakistan Reports New Bird Flu Outbreak VOA 22 Jun 2008 -- Pakistani authorities have reported a new outbreak of bird flu at a poultry farm in the country's northwest.
• DHS-IAIP Daily Open Source Infrastructure Report 23 Jun 2008 [PDF]
• Illinois Air National Guard gathers to help save town AFPN 20 Jun 2008 -- More than 300 Air National Guard members from across Illinois gathered June 19 to help save a small farming community from the swelling Mississippi River here.
• Guard Ratchets up in Missouri, Tackles Flooding in 5 States Army News 20 Jun 2008 -- Missouri is the latest Midwest state to see increasing numbers of National Guard Citizen-Soldiers on duty in the face of the region's worst flooding in 15 years.
• US House of Representatives Approves Foreign Surveillance Bill VOA 20 Jun 2008 -- The House of Representatives has approved legislation updating U.S. foreign intelligence surveillance law. President Bush welcomed the bipartisan compromise measure saying it will improve U.S. capabilities to prevent another terrorist attacks
• DHS-IAIP Daily Open Source Infrastructure Report 20 Jun 2008 [PDF]
• Air National Guard works to corral Mississippi AFPN 19 Jun 2008 -- The men and women of the 185th Air Refueling Squadron from Sioux City, Iowa, are teaming with local farmers to maintain the 20 miles of levees, keeping the flooded Mississippi from inundating the 14 thousand acres of homes and farmland here.
• BAE SYSTEMS DEMONSTRATES ENHANCED EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION SYSTEM FOR FIRST RESPONDERS BAE Systems 19 Jun 2008 -- The Hempstead and West Hempstead, New York, fire departments have successfully completed three weeks of field trial of BAE Systems' First InterCommT, a communications system that enables first responders to communication more effectively during emergencies.
• Uzbekistan: U.S. Treasury Freezes Bank Accounts Of Terror Suspects RFE/RL 19 Jun 2008 -- The U.S. Treasury Department has announced that it has frozen bank accounts belonging to members of an alleged terrorist group from Uzbekistan that it says is trying to overthrow the Uzbek government as well as attack U.S. targets.
• DHS-IAIP Daily Open Source Infrastructure Report 19 Jun 2008 [PDF]
• Doctors' Group Says It Has Evidence US Military Tortured Detainees VOA 18 Jun 2008 -- A group of American doctors that promotes human rights says it has examined 11 former detainees who were held by the U.S. military, and determined they were systematically tortured with the complicity of medical personnel
• NEPAL: Bird flu action plan on course IRIN 18 Jun 2008 -- Bird flu preparedness efforts are being strengthened in Nepal, after recent incidents of the H5N1 virus in nearby India raised alarm among local communities, particularly in the southeast.
• DHS-IAIP Daily Open Source Infrastructure Report 18 Jun 2008 [PDF]
• PRESS CONFERENCE ON AVIAN INFLUENZA THREAT, GLOBAL PREPAREDNESS United Nations 17 Jun 2008
• Military Commission Process Still Moving Ahead AFPS 17 Jun 2008 -- Despite the Supreme Court decision last week, the military is still moving ahead with military commissions at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Pentagon press secretary Geoff Morrell said today.
• Lawmaker Says Pentagon Sought Cruel Interrogation Methods VOA 17 Jun 2008 -- A key U.S. lawmaker says senior Bush administration officials sought extreme interrogation techniques to use against detainees in military prisons
• National Guard Continues Fighting Rising Mississippi Army News 17 Jun 2008 -- National Guard troops in Illinois and Missouri continued sandbagging operations along the Mississippi River Monday in an effort to thwart the cresting floodwaters heading south from Iowa.
• CAMBODIA: Taking bird flu lessons to the community IRIN 17 Jun 2008 -- The government is taking the battle against avian influenza in fowl and humans to the villages, especially in rural areas bordering Thailand and Vietnam, where there have been cases recently
• China reports new bird flu outbreak RIA Novosti 17 Jun 2008 -- An outbreak of bird flu has been confirmed in southern China, the Xinhua news agency reported on Tuesday.
• Senate Hearing Questions Pentagon's Approval of Aggressive Interrogation Techniques VOA 17 Jun 2008 -- A Senate hearing Tuesday is investigating the origins of aggressive interrogation techniques used by the United States against terrorism suspects.
• DHS-IAIP Daily Open Source Infrastructure Report 17 Jun 2008 [PDF]
• Indiana Guard begins next mission -- recovery AFPN 16 Jun 2008 -- Some Indiana National Guardsmen began returning to their homes on June 15, while others began the next phase of their flood duty in the southwest part of the state -- recovery.
• Guardium Autonomous Unmanned Ground Vehicle Evaluated by Israel Airports Authority Israel Aerospace Industries 16 Jun 2008 -- Israel Airports Authority recently evaluated the Guardium autonomous Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV) for possible integration in the perimeter security system surrounding Ben-Gurion international airport.
• ELTA Systems Group Awarded $15.4 Million in Contracts for Border Protection Systems Israel Aerospace Industries 16 Jun 2008 -- Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd. ELTA Systems Group and Subsidiary was recently awarded three contracts from European and South-American countries for Border Protection Systems. The total value of these contracts is $15.4 million.
• Indiana National Guard, Army Corps of Engineers Provide Flood Relief Army News 16 Jun 2008 -- Soldiers and Airmen from the Indiana National Guard began returning to home stations Sunday after spending eight days fighting floodwaters in southwest Indiana.
• Air National Guard shores up as flood recedes AFPN 16 Jun 2008 -- One hundred-fifty Air National Guardsmen from the 185th Air Refueling Wing in Sioux City, Iowa, landed at The Eastern Iowa Airport June 15 to augment the 295 already working with Army National Guard and state agencies in Cedar Rapids as flood waters recede from what is being called the 500-year mark.
• DHS-IAIP Daily Open Source Infrastructure Report 16 Jun 2008 [PDF]
• Guard Floods States with Help as Waters Rise Army News 13 Jun 2008 -- Governors in four of six Midwestern states affected by heavy rains and subsequent flooding called out more than 2,000 National Guardmembers this week as flood waters forced residents from their homes, left thousands without power and damaged infrastructure.
• 192nd first Air Guard unit to fly F-22 for Operation Noble Eagle AFPN 13 Jun 2008 -- The Virginia Air National Guard's 192nd Fighter Wing here is the first Air Guard unit to fly the F-22 Raptor in support of Operation Noble Eagle.
• Air Guard plane provides documentation of flood damage AFPN 13 Jun 2008 -- The Indiana National Guard here has received live footage of flood damage throughout the state from an advanced Air National Guard counterdrug aircraft to assist with missions and help local governments plan to repair the damage.
• Guard units provide real-time video of flood damaged areas AFPN 13 Jun 2008 -- Flying at 8,000 feet above flood ravaged Wisconsin, members of the Wisconsin Air National Guard with assistance from Air Guard units from Arkansas and Mississippi provided emergency management officials with "eyes in the sky" to help with disaster relief efforts.
• U.S.: Supreme Court Says Guantanamo Prisoners Can Challenge Detentions RFE/RL 13 Jun 2008 -- The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that the foreign prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, have the right to challenge in U.S. civilian courts the government's right to hold them.
• US Attorney General Says Guantanamo Trials to Proceed VOA 13 Jun 2008 -- TU.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey says military trials for suspected terrorists detained at the Guantanamo Bay prison will proceed, despite a key ruling Thursday by the U.S. Supreme Court.
• DHS-IAIP Daily Open Source Infrastructure Report 13 Jun 2008 [PDF]
• UN human rights chief welcomes United States court ruling on Guantánamo Bay UN News Centre 12 Jun 2008 -- The United Nations human rights chief has welcomed today's decision by the United States Supreme Court that the country's constitution extends to foreigners being held in Guantánamo Bay and that they have the right to challenge their detention in the civilian court system.
• Bush Disagrees with High Court Guantanamo Bay Ruling VOA 12 Jun 2008 -- U.S. President George Bush says he disagrees with a Supreme Court ruling that prisoners at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility have the right to challenge their detention before civilian judges
• Al-Qaida Pressured, But Remains 'Lethal Foe,' Chairman Says AFPS 12 Jun 2008 -- Although al-Qaida's operations in Iraq have been battered, the terrorist organization remains a threat to be reckoned with, the U.S. military's top officer said here today.
• 06-1195: Boumediene v. Bush 12 Jun 2008 [PDF 640KB]
• US High Court Says Guantanamo Detainees Can Challenge Detention VOA 12 Jun 2008 -- The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that detainees at the Guantanamo Bay detention center have the right to challenge their detention in U.S. civilian courts, and cannot be restricted to the process the military has created
• China Denies Hacking US Lawmakers' Computers VOA 12 Jun 2008 -- China has rejected accusations that government-backed hackers broke into U.S. lawmakers' computers
• DHS-IAIP Daily Open Source Infrastructure Report 12 Jun 2008 [PDF]
• British Parliament Approves Tougher Terror Detention Law VOA 11 Jun 2008 -- Britain's lower house of parliament has voted in favor of a controversial bill to extend the time limit for detaining terror suspects from 28 to 42 days
• DPRK Opposes All Forms of Terrorism and Any Support to It KCNA 11 Jun 2008 -- The DPRK Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement on June 10.
• DHS-IAIP Daily Open Source Infrastructure Report 11 Jun 2008 [PDF]
• UK counter-terrorism bill needs to be re-examined, says UN rights expert UN News Centre 10 Jun 2008 -- An independent United Nations human rights expert has asked the United Kingdom to withdraw or postpone action on a bill that would lower key standards regarding detention in the context of fighting terrorism.
• US Welcomes North Korean Terrorism Statement VOA 10 Jun 2008 -- The United States Tuesday welcomed a North Korean statement stressing that country's opposition to terrorism
• Indiana National Guard Postures for Additional Flood Support AFPS 10 Jun 2008 -- The Indiana National Guard is preparing to continue a long flood fight across the southern part of the state.
• Indiana's Air, Army Guard respond to regional flooding AFPN 10 Jun 2008 -- Members of the Indiana Air National Guard's 181st Intelligence Wing and the Army National Guard's 519th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion came to the aid of their communities as more than six inches of rain fell onto Indiana's Wabash Valley June 6 and 7.
• Senate Panel Examines Detainee Interrogation Policies VOA 10 Jun 2008 -- A former agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation says U.S. interrogators' use of coercive techniques against suspected terrorists has not produced reliable intelligence and may have helped recruit a new generation of jihadists intent on attacking the United States again
• US Lawmakers Question Assurances Against Torture VOA 10 Jun 2008 -- U.S. lawmakers have questioned a State Department official about the validity of diplomatic assurances the United States receives from foreign governments that they will not use torture
• Pakistan busts network of suicide bombers: officials IRNA 10 Jun 2008 -- Pakistani security agencies have busted a local network of suicide bombers and frustrated a big terrorist attack, chief of the country's interior ministry said on Tuesday.
• North Korea reiterates antiterrorism stance RIA Novosti 10 Jun 2008 -- North Korea confirmed on Tuesday its commitment to fight terrorism in a bid to convince Washington to strike it off its blacklist of countries sponsoring terrorist groups and organizations.
• North Korea Declares Opposition to Terrorism VOA 10 Jun 2008 -- North Korea has publicly declared its commitment to battling terrorism, in a move apparently aimed at hastening its removal from a U.S. list of terror sponsoring nations
• DHS-IAIP Daily Open Source Infrastructure Report 10 Jun 2008 [PDF]
• General Dynamics to Integrate the Next Generation Homeland Security Information Network General Dynamics 09 Jun 2008 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has awarded General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) a task order to develop, implement and maintain the Homeland Security Information Network (HSIN) Next Generation
• National Guard Responds to Indiana Flooding Army News 09 Jun 2008 -- Indiana National Guard troops were activated Saturday to help residents caught in flash flooding across the state when unprecedented rainfall made the already saturated soil unstable.
• US, Indonesia Combine Efforts to Fight Trans-National Crime, Terrorism VOA 09 Jun 2008 -- The United States and Indonesia have agreed to fight trans-national crime and strengthen efforts to combat terrorism, during a visit to Jakarta by the U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey
• DHS-IAIP Daily Open Source Infrastructure Report 09 Jun 2008 [PDF]
• Defense, Prosecution Chiefs Differ as Guantanamo Arraignment Ends AFPS 06 Jun 2008 -- The chiefs of defense and prosecution offered different views of the day's results to reporters yesterday after five accused terrorists heard the charges filed against them for their alleged role in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on America at an arraignment here.
• U.S.: Accused 9/11 Plotters Appear In Guantanamo Court Hearing RFE/RL 06 Jun 2008 -- After years of interrogations and investigation, five of the alleged plotters of the September 11, 2001, attacks on New York and Washington have appeared before a U.S. military judge at the Guantanamo Bay naval base in Cuba.
• DHS-IAIP Daily Open Source Infrastructure Report 06 Jun 2008 [PDF]
• 'Guantanamo Five' Hear Charges, Reject Counsel AFPS 05 Jun 2008 -- Five accused terrorists heard the charges filed against them for their alleged role in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on America at an arraignment held here today.
• Mohammed, Two Other Defendants Reject U.S. Military Counsel AFPS 05 Jun 2008 -- Three of five defendants accused of involvement in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on America rejected court-appointed legal counsel early on during their arraignment here today.
• Five Suspects on Trial at Guantanamo for 9/11 Attacks VOA 05 Jun 2008 -- Five men who were allegedly involved in planning and financing the September 11 attacks on the United States in 2001 went on trial before a military commission Thursday near the detention center where they are held on the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
• Military Commission Hearings to Be Fair, Transparent, Trial Advisor Vows AFPS 05 Jun 2008 -- Five accused terrorists slated for arraignment today for their alleged role in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on America will get a fair trial, a senior military lawyer and judge vowed here yesterday.
• Hearing Begins for 5 Suspected 9/11 Co-Conspirators at Guantanamo VOA 05 Jun 2008 -- Six-and-a-half years after the September 11 terror attacks, the accused mastermind and four other co-conspirators are facing a war-crimes tribunal at the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
• U.S.: Human-Trafficking Report Finds Key Criminals Often Go Unpunished RFE/RL 05 Jun 2008 -- The U.S. State Department has issued its annual report on human trafficking in 170 countries, citing Iran and Moldova as among those with the worst records of fighting the problem.
• DHS-IAIP Daily Open Source Infrastructure Report 05 Jun 2008 [PDF]
• Army Scientists Developing Hurricane Prediction Models Army News 04 Jun 2008 -- Hurricane season officially began June 1, but Army scientists and engineers have been working all year developing new models to determine the probability and impact of coastal storms.
• UN rights chief 'alarmed' at erosion of rights for terror suspects UN News Centre 04 Jun 2008 -- The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has expressed concern about the treatment of people suspected of committing terrorist acts, and called for reform of legal procedures used in such cases.
• US Human Trafficking Report Faults Gulf Allies VOA 04 Jun 2008 -- The State Department's annual report on human trafficking, issued Wednesday, gave the lowest rankings to some U.S. Arab allies, including Saudi Arabia.
• German cabinet passes bill to widen police counter-terror power IRNA 04 Jun 2008 -- The German government here Wednesday approved a controversial bill which would widen the anti-terror competency of police and the Federal Crime Office (BKA).
• DHS-IAIP Daily Open Source Infrastructure Report 04 Jun 2008 [PDF]
• EADS Defence & Security to further improve VIRVE, nationwide authority network in Finland EADS 03 Jun 2008 -- EADS Defence & Security has been awarded a 5-year frame agreement through its integrated activity EADS Secure Networks by State Security Networks Finland
• PRESS CONFERENCE ON UNITED NATIONS GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO FIGHT HUMAN TRAFFICKING United Nations 03 Jun 2008
• PRESS CONFERENCE ON GENERAL ASSEMBLY THEMATIC DEBATE ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING United Nations 03 Jun 2008
• Britain Seeks to Extend Detention for Terror Suspects VOA 03 Jun 2008 -- Britain's Home Secretary is formally proposing to amend existing laws to allow the government to extend the amount of time it can hold terrorism suspects without charge from 28 days to 42 days
• 'Hurricane Herb' Gives Florida Guard Disaster-Response Test AFPS 03 Jun 2008 -- Just days into the 2008 hurricane season, the Florida Department of Military Affairs and Florida National Guard are actively preparing in case a devastating storm strikes the state this year.
• DHS-IAIP Daily Open Source Infrastructure Report 03 Jun 2008 [PDF]
• Uganda Intensifies Fight to Prevent Avian Flu VOA 04 Jun 2008 -- A new influenza research laboratory has opened in Kampala to strengthen the monitoring of avian flu in the East Africa region
• US accused of holding terror suspects on prison ships IRNA 02 Jun 2008 -- The US is operating "floating prisons" to detain those arrested in its war on terror, according to a British organization of human rights lawyers.
• Pakistan: At Least Six Killed In Car Bombing Outside Danish Embassy RFE/RL 02 Jun 2008 -- A suicide attacker detonated a car bomb in front of the Danish Embassy in Islamabad, killing at least six people and injuring more than a dozen.
• Blast Kills at Least 8 Near Danish Embassy in Pakistan VOA 02 Jun 2008 -- A large car bomb blast outside the Danish embassy in Pakistan's capital has killed at least 8 people and wounded dozens of others
• DHS-IAIP Daily Open Source Infrastructure Report 02 Jun 2008 [PDF]