March 2007 Security News

Prosecutor: Hicks Case Good Start for Military Commissions AFPS 31 Mar 2007 -- The military commissions case of Australian detainee David Hicks, which concluded last night with a sentence of nine months imprisonment, was a fair proceeding that established a good basis for future commissions cases, the chief prosecutor for the Defense Department said here yesterday.
Australian Detainee Sentenced to Nine Months AFPS 30 Mar 2007 -- Australian detainee David Hicks, the first person convicted under the Military Commission Act of 2006, was sentenced here today to nine months in confinement, a sentence he will serve in Australia under a diplomatic agreement.
Detainee Convicted of Terrorism Charge at Guantanamo Trial 30 Mar 2007 -- The Department of Defense announced today that a detainee at Guantanamo, David Matthew Hicks of Australia, has been convicted of material support to terrorism in the first trial by military commission under the Military Commissions Act of 2006.
Judge Accepts Australian Detainee's Guilty Plea AFPS 30 Mar 2007 -- The military commission judge today accepted the guilty plea of Australian detainee David Hicks to one charge of material support for terrorism, moving Hicks toward a possible jail sentence of up to seven years.
Guantanamo Detainees Deny Allegations, One Claims Torture AFPS 30 Mar 2007 -- An alleged al Qaeda leader being held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, said he admitted to involvement in the attack on the USS Cole only because he was being tortured, according to a transcript of his hearing released today.
Detainee Transfer Announced 30 Mar 2007 -- The Department of Defense announced today the transfer of one detainee from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to the United Kingdom.
Analysis: Guantanamo: Confessions and Questions cfr.org 30 Mar 2007 -- A new chapter in the saga of the Guantanamo Bay detainees opened this March in rather unspectacular fashion
U.S.: Congressional Panel Hears Arguments On Guantanamo RFE/RL 30 Mar 2007 -- The controversy about the Guantanamo Bay detention center for suspected terrorists just won't go away.
DHS-IAIP Daily Open Source Infrastructure Report 30 Mar 2007
Detainee Admits to Receiving Funds from 9/11 Hijackers AFPS 29 Mar 2007 -- A detainee at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has admitted to being one of the financial facilitators for the mastermind behind the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States.
US Lawmakers Debate Closure of Guantanamo Facility VOA 29 Mar 2007 -- Arguments for and against the closure of the U.S. facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba used for the interrogation and detention of suspected terrorists and trials by military commissions, were heard across Capitol Hill Thursday
DHS Grants SAFETY Act Certifications to Key Northrop Grumman Technologies Lockheed Martin 29 Mar 2007 -- Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) has received SAFETY Act certification and designation from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for three leading anti-terrorism technologies.
Indonesia reports two more suspected H5N1 deaths RIA Novosti 29 Mar 2007 -- Two more people have died in Indonesia over the last 24 hours after apparently contracting the lethal H5N1 strain of avian flu, a Health Ministry spokesperson said Thursday.
DHS-IAIP Daily Open Source Infrastructure Report 29 Mar 2007
Australian Detainee Heads Toward Sentencing in Guantanamo AFPS 28 Mar 2007 -- Australian detainee David Hicks, who entered a guilty plea March 26 to a charge of material support for terrorism, is expected to be sentenced by the end of the week, military officials said.
Analyst says Somalia a Handicap for Ethiopia VOA 28 Mar 2007 -- The al-Qaida terrorist organization has issued a call for Islamic extremists around the world to come to the aid of Somalis fighting the country's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and its chief backer in the region, Ethiopia
US Senators Introduce Legislation to Close Loophole in Sanctions Law VOA 28 Mar 2007 -- Two U.S. Senate Democrats have introduced legislation that would close a loophole in U.S. sanctions law
AFGHANISTAN: Bird flu cases surge in new areas IRIN 28 Mar 2007 -- New cases of a deadly strain of bird flu have been confirmed in Afghanistan's capital, Kabul, and in the southern province of Kandahar over the past week, according to the Afghan health ministry.
EGYPT: Bird flu awareness and reporting measures are improving IRIN 28 Mar 2007 -- Bird flu awareness and reporting measures in Egypt are improving, and patient recovery rates are rising, health specialists say, because of better planning and co-operation between international bodies and the Egyptian government in tackling the virus.
Indonesia to Share Bird Flu Samples with WHO VOA 28 Mar 2007 -- The Indonesian government will again share samples of the H5NI bird flu virus with the World Health Organization, after the U.N. agency agreed to help protect Indonesia against overpriced flu drugs
DHS-IAIP Daily Open Source Infrastructure Report 28 Mar 2007
Indonesia Agrees To Resume Sharing Avian Flu Samples Washington File 27 Mar 2007 -- After a two-day meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia, among officials from the World Health Organization (WHO) and 18 nations that have had animal and human outbreaks of the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus, the government of Indonesia has agreed to resume sharing H5N1 virus samples for the first time since January.
FBI Chief Faces Tough Questions from Congress about Abuses in Data Collection VOA 27 Mar 2007 -- The director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation is vowing reforms in the wake of an internal report that revealed the agency abused its powers in obtaining personal information during investigations of suspected terrorists
Australia Welcomes Hicks Guilty Plea to Terrorism Charges at Guantanamo VOA 27 Mar 2007 -- The Australian government says it expects Australian Taleban fighter David Hicks to return "fairly soon" to serve a prison sentence at home, after his guilty plea at Guantanamo Bay to a terrorism charge
DHS-IAIP Daily Open Source Infrastructure Report 27 Mar 2007
Hicks Pleads Guilty to Terror Charge AFPS 26 Mar 2007 -- David Hicks, the Australian terror suspect captured in Afghanistan in 2001, has pleaded guilty to a charge of supporting terrorism at his military commission hearing here tonight.
Australian Detainee Arraigned Before Military Commission AFPS 26 Mar 2007 -- Preliminary hearings began here today in the case of an Australian detainee captured in Afghanistan in 2001, the first detainee to be charged under the Military Commissions Act of 2006.
Australian Pleads Guilty at Guantanamo Hearing VOA 26 Mar 2007 -- An Australian who is being held at a militaty base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Monday pleaded guilty to one count of supporting a terrorist organization
Terrorism Suspect Transferred to Guantanamo Bay AFPS 26 Mar 2007 -- A terrorism suspect who admitted to helping to kill 13 civilians, including two children, in a 2002 car bombing in Eastern Africa is in U.S. custody and has been transferred as a "dangerous terror suspect" to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, a Defense Department official announced today.
Terror Suspect Transferred To Guantanamo 26 Mar 2007 -- The Department of Defense announced today the transfer of a dangerous terror suspect to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Australian Charged as Enemy Combatant in Guantanamo VOA 26 Mar 2007 -- U.S. military authorities have filed terrorism charges against Australian David Hicks who is being held at a military base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
EGYPT: 27th human case of bird flu detected IRIN 26 Mar 2007 -- The 27th human case of avian influenza has been detected in Egypt, health officials say, despite recent government efforts to curtail the problem.
First Guantanamo Military Commission Hearing to Open Monday VOA 26 Mar 2007 -- An Australian detainee held by U.S. authorities at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is to be the first so-called enemy combatant tried under a new military commission procedure that was approved by the U.S. Congress last year
Indonesia says WHO Rules on Sharing Bird Flu Samples Must Change VOA 26 Mar 2007 -- The Indonesian government says World Health Organization rules on sharing bird flu samples with private companies are unacceptable and must change
DHS-IAIP Daily Open Source Infrastructure Report 26 Mar 2007
DoD Releases More Tribunal Transcripts AFPS 23 Mar 2007 -- After hearing the allegations against them, one detainee at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, claimed ignorance of his alleged role in two U.S. embassy bombings, and another, accused of financing terrorist attacks in Southeast Asia, said nothing.
Tanzanian Guantanamo Detainee Apologizes, Malaysian Also Has Hearing VOA 23 Mar 2007 -- According to a U.S. Defense Department transcript a Tanzanian detainee at the Guantanamo detention center has apologized for his role in the bombing of the U.S. embassy in Dar es Salaam in 1998, and said he was not as involved in the plot as the U.S. military has charged
DHS-IAIP Daily Open Source Infrastructure Report 23 Mar 2007
DHS-IAIP Daily Open Source Infrastructure Report 22 Mar 2007
Guantanamo Confession Links Al-Qaida to East Africa Terrorism VOA 21 Mar 2007 -- News of the confession of an al-Qaida operative of involvement in the 1998 East Africa embassy bombings and the attack on the USS Cole in October, 2000 has surfaced this week in a newly released Pentagon transcript
PRESS CONFERENCE BY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF OFFICE ON DRUGS AND CRIME United Nations 21 Mar 2007
DHS-IAIP Daily Open Source Infrastructure Report 21 Mar 2007
Egypt, Laos Report More Human Cases of Avian Influenza Washington File 20 Mar 2007 -- As the number of human cases of avian influenza confirmed by the World Health Organization (WHO) rises to 281, with new cases reported in Egypt and Laos, WHO and international experts are meeting in Turkey to discuss how best to treat people who become infected with the highly pathogenic H5N1 form of the bird flu virus.
Congress Probes FBI Abuse of Power in Gaining Personal Data VOA 20 Mar 2007 -- U.S. legislators on Tuesday heard first hand the findings of an internal government report, which revealed that the Federal Bureau of Investigation, or FBI, abused its powers in obtaining personal information during investigations of suspected terrorists
DHS-IAIP Daily Open Source Infrastructure Report 20 Mar 2007
Detainee Admits to Helping Orchestrate Embassy, USS Cole Attacks AFPS 19 Mar 2007 -- A detainee at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has admitted to helping orchestrate the bombings of the U.S. embassy in Nairobi, Kenya, in 1998 and the USS Cole in Yemen in 2000.
Guantanamo Detainee Admits to Planning Major Attacks VOA 19 Mar 2007 -- The U.S. Defense Department says an al-Qaida detainee at the Guantanamo Bay detention center has confessed to helping to organize the attack on the U.S. embassy in Kenya in 1998 and the attack on a U.S. navy ship in Yemen in 2000.
Counter-Nuclear Terrorism Efforts Grow in Size and Scope Washington File 19 Mar 2007 -- The United States is working with more than 70 countries to secure and dispose of dangerous nuclear and radiological materials that could be used covertly by terrorists and state sponsors of terrorism in an attack or blackmail effort.
DHS-IAIP Daily Open Source Infrastructure Report 19 Mar 2007
DHS-IAIP Daily Open Source Infrastructure Report 16 Mar 2007
U.S., U.N. Officials Agree To Coordinate Avian Flu Efforts Washington File 15 Mar 2007 -- U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Mike Johanns March 14 signed an agreement with the head of the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) calling for coordinated technical assistance to address avian influenza and other issues important to agriculture.
Terrorist Leader Confession Raises Questions VOA 15 Mar 2007 -- According to a just-released U.S. transcript, accused al-Qaida operative Khalid Sheikh Mohammad has confessed to a leading role in at least 31 alleged terrorist plots, including the attacks of September 11, 2001
Homeland Security Secretary Quizzed about Muslim Radicalism VOA 15 Mar 2007 -- Does the United States face a threat of homegrown radical Islamic terrorism?
US Diplomat Reafirms Ties to Pakistan in Anti-Terror Effort VOA 15 Mar 2007 -- The top U.S. diplomat dealing with South Asia, Richard Boucher, defended Pakistan's record on the war against terrorism
Al Qaeda Operative Admits to Masterminding 9/11 Attacks AFPS 15 Mar 2007 -- Suspected al Qaeda operative Khalid Sheikh Muhammad has admitted masterminding the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks as well as the World Trade Center bombing in 1993.
Al-Qaeda Suspect Reportedly Confesses To Planning 9/11 RFE/RL 15 Mar 2007 -- The Pentagon says Khalid Sheikh Muhammad, the suspected mastermind of the September 11, 2001, attacks on the United States, has confessed to plotting those and other Al-Qaeda attacks.
Senior Al Qaida Leader Admits Planning September 11th Attacks VOA 15 Mar 2007 -- Khalid Sheikh Mohammed has apparently confessed to masterminding the 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States during a military hearing at the U.S. base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
Alleged September 11th Attack Plotter Confesses VOA 15 Mar 2007 -- In a hearing at the Guantanamo Detention Center, former senior al-Qaida official Khalid Sheikh Mohammed has admitted he was responsible for the September 11 attacks in 2001 and many other terrorist acts
DHS-IAIP Daily Open Source Infrastructure Report 15 Mar 2007
Kenyan Officials Deny Reports of Arrest of Terror Suspect VOA 14 Mar 2007 -- Government officials in Kenya are vehemently denying media reports that a man, believed to be a close associate of one of the three most wanted al-Qaida operatives in east Africa, has been arrested in the coastal town of Mombasa
WMD-CST Team Certified for Wyoming 14 Mar 2007 -- The Department of Defense notified Congress today that the Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team (WMD-CST) of the Wyoming National Guard is now certified.
L-3 Communications Selected by Mexico City International Airport to Provide Explosives Detection Systems and Conventional Checkpoint X-ray Scanners L-3 Communications 14 Mar 2007 -- Explosives detection system and checkpoint X-ray scanners will boost security in Latin America's most important airport
DHS-IAIP Daily Open Source Infrastructure Report 14 Mar 2007
Sagem Défense Sécurité’s biometric equipment certified by US government Sagem (Safran group) 13 Mar 2007 -- Sagem Défense Sécurité (SAFRAN Group) has just obtained from the US government’s General Service Administration (GSA) the FIPS 201(1) certification for its biometric (fingerprint) access control terminal, MorphoAccess 120W™ (MA 120W™).
US Senate Approves Homeland Security Bill VOA 13 Mar 2007 -- The U.S. Senate, following the House of Representatives' lead, has approved a broad homeland security bill by a 60 to 38 vote
EGYPT: New laws to prevent bird flu spread IRIN 13 Mar 2007 -- The Egyptian government is working on new legislation that will restrict the movement of live poultry as the country reported its 24th case of avian flu.
DHS-IAIP Daily Open Source Infrastructure Report 13 Mar 2007
Hamas Rejects al-Qaida Criticism of Palestinian Unity Government VOA 12 Mar 2007 -- The Islamic militant group Hamas, which heads the Palestinian Authority, has rejected criticism from al-Qaida, the group responsible for the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the United States
Tribunals Held for High-Value Detainees at Guantanamo AFPS 12 Mar 2007 -- Administrative tribunals were held March 9 and 10 for three of the 14 high-value detainees being held at the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the Defense Department announced today.
Analysis: Tracking Rail Security cfr.org 12 Mar 2007 -- This month, both the House of Representatives (PDF) and the Senate consider legislation aimed at improving security on U.S. railways
Backgrounder: Rail Security and the Terrorist Threat cfr.org 12 Mar 2007
Alleged 9/11 Mastermind Gets Guantanamo Hearing VOA 12 Mar 2007 -- The U.S. Defense Department says it held hearings on Friday and Saturday at the Guantanamo Bay detention center for three of the most notorious terrorism suspects it is holding, including the alleged mastermind of the September 11 attacks
AFGHANISTAN: New bird flu cases confirmed IRIN 12 Mar 2007 -- Thirteen new cases of bird flu have been detected in Afghanistan over the past week, bringing the number of confirmed cases in the country to 17 for this year, health officials said.
DHS-IAIP Daily Open Source Infrastructure Report 12 Mar 2007
Bush Expresses Confidence in FBI Director After Scandal VOA 10 Mar 2007 -- President Bush has said he has confidence in Robert Mueller, director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI, a day after Mueller took responsibility for his agency illegally obtaining private information linked to anti-terrorism investigations.
NORTHCOM Nominee Regards Command Position as 'Sacred Honor' AFPS 09 Mar 2007 -- The nominee to lead U.S. Northern Command and North America Aerospace Defense Command told the Senate Armed Services Committee here yesterday that he realizes the missions of both organizations are demanding and challenging, but that he would consider leading them to be a "sacred honor."
Bush Administration Faces Intensified Probes on Iraq, Domestic Matters VOA 09 Mar 2007 -- Democrats controlling the U.S. Congress are confronting President Bush on a broad range of issues regarding his handling of the war in Iraq, and the larger war on terrorism, as well as domestic issues
RESPONSE TO DOJ INSPECTOR GENERAL'S REPORT ON FBI'S USE OF NATIONAL SECURITY LETTERS Federal Bureau of Investigation 09 Mar 2007
US Government Report Cites FBI Abuses in Obtaining Personal Information VOA 09 Mar 2007 -- An internal U.S. government report says the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the FBI, abused its powers in secretly obtaining personal information in investigations targeting terrorism or espionage suspects
Three Years After Madrid Terrorist Attacks, Europe Grapples with Lessons VOA 09 Mar 2007 -- Three years ago Sunday, Islamic terrorists carried out a series of coordinated bombings on commuter trains in Madrid, killing 191 people and injuring nearly 1,800 others
Morocco Arrests Terror Suspect Linked to Casablanca, Madrid Bombings VOA 09 Mar 2007 -- Moroccan officials say police have arrested an alleged leader of a terrorist group that they believe was involved in the bombing attacks in Casablanca in 2003, and in Madrid, Spain, the following year.
DHS-IAIP Daily Open Source Infrastructure Report 09 Mar 2007
Canadian Detainee Allowed to Make First Call from Guantanamo VOA 08 Mar 2007 -- A Canadian detainee at the U.S. prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has been allowed to call his family for the first time in nearly five years.
DHS-IAIP Daily Open Source Infrastructure Report 08 Mar 2007
PRESS CONFERENCE BY INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL BOARD PRESIDENT United Nations 07 Mar 2007
DHS-IAIP Daily Open Source Infrastructure Report 07 Mar 2007
Transcript: Annual Administrative Review Boards for Enemy Combatants Held at Guantanamo Attributable to Senior Defense Officials 09 Mar 2007 -- Presenter: Senior Defense Officials
US to Review 14 New Guantanamo Detainees, Agrees to Transfer 55 Others VOA 06 Mar 2007 -- The U.S. military will begin hearings at Guantanamo Friday to formally determine whether 14 particularly well-known detainees are 'enemy combatants.'
Administrative Tribunals to Begin for High-Value Guantanamo Detainees AFPS 06 Mar 2007 -- The Defense Department announced today that administrative tribunals will begin March 9 for 14 high-value detainees transferred in September to the U.S. detention center in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Guantanamo Bay 2006 Administrative Review Board Results Announced 06 Mar 2007 -- The Department of Defense announced today the completion of the second round of annual administrative review boards (ARB) conducted for enemy combatants detained at the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
Human Rights Watch Says Guantanamo Undermines US on Rights Issues VOA 06 Mar 2007 -- The head of the New York-based group Human Rights Watch says detention-without-trial and other practices in the war on terrorism have undermined U.S. credibility on human-rights issues
DHS-IAIP Daily Open Source Infrastructure Report 06 Mar 2007
Analysis: India's Internal Terror Troubles cfr.org 05 Mar 2007 -- While Kashmir and al-Qaeda-linked terrorism garner front-page play around the world, India's own internal terrorism problem tends to be off the radar of most American news outlets-or, at best, warranting a postage-stamp-sized wire story (NYT) buried at the bottom of an inside page.
Analysis: Al-Qaeda's Resurrection cfr.org 05 Mar 2007 -- Barring any surprises, Osama bin Laden will mark his fiftieth birthday on March 10.
PRESS CONFERENCE BY BELARUS ON TRAFFICKING IN WOMEN United Nations 05 Mar 2007
Officials Report Some Success in Fight Against Terrorism, But Threat Remains VOA 05 Mar 2007 -- Asian nations agree they are experiencing some success in the fight against terrorism but say Islamic militants continue to pose a threat with constantly changing tactics, new strategies, and fresh recruitment
DHS-IAIP Daily Open Source Infrastructure Report 05 Mar 2007
First Human Avian Flu Case in Laos, More in China, Egypt Washington File 02 Mar 2007 -- Investigations are under way in Laos, China and Egypt into new human cases of avian influenza, and the World Health Organization (WHO) is preparing to meet with representatives of developing countries to discuss equitable distribution of pandemic vaccine and the sharing of avian flu virus samples.
Australia Upset Over US Delay in Charging Guantanamo Bay Detainee VOA 02 Mar 2007 -- The Australian government is complaining it has taken the United States five years to bring formal terrorism charges against one of its nationals
DHS-IAIP Daily Open Source Infrastructure Report 02 Mar 2007
Office of Military Commissions Refers Charge Against 'Australian Taliban' AFPS 01 Mar 2007 -- The Defense Department's Office of Military Commissions referred a charge today against David Matthew Hicks, an Australian captured in Afghanistan in December 2001.
Bush Encouraged by Pace of US Gulf Coast Reconstruction VOA 01 Mar 2007 -- U.S. President George Bush returned to America's southern Gulf Coast to visit areas destroyed by a killer hurricane 18 months ago
MIlitary Commission Charges Referred 01 Mar 2007 -- The Department of Defense announced today that charges were referred to a military commission in the case of David Matthew Hicks by the Convening Authority, Office of Military Commissions, Susan J. Crawford.
Detainee Transfer Announced 01 Mar 2007 -- The Department of Defense announced today that it transferred two detainees from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to Afghanistan and three detainees to Tajikistan
DHS-IAIP Daily Open Source Infrastructure Report 01 Mar 2007

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