National Security Council
Tue, 22 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0500
Obama to Name Chief of Cybersecurity
The White House is trying to address the vulnerability of banking, energy and communications systems to attacks. |
Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400
Administration Plans to Move Top Iran Expert to White House As the White House assumes a more central role in dealing with Iran, the Obama administration plans to move its senior Iran policy maker to the National Security Council from the State Department. |
Wed, 27 May 2009 00:00:00 -0400
In Security Shuffle, White House Merges Staffs The plan folds the White House Homeland Security Council, an advisory group created by President George W. Bush after the Sept. 11 attacks, into the National Security Council. |
Thu, 07 May 2009 00:00:00 -0400
National Security Adviser Tries Quieter Approach
On a foreign policy team of big egos, Gen. James L. Jones, the new national security adviser, flies below the radar. |
Sun, 22 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0500
Quieter Approach to Spreading Democracy Abroad
The president signals that this is no time for lecturing other countries, but not everyone in his camp agrees. |
Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0500
Obama Is Reported Set to Revise Counterterrorism Efforts The president-elect’s plan would eliminate the independent domestic security adviser’s office and assign those duties to the National Security Council. |
Mon, 10 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0500
JAMES B. STEINBERG; Candidates for Obama's Inner Circle: JAMES B. STEINBERG Profile of James B Steinberg, who is being considered as potential national security adviser in Pres-elect Barack Obama's administration; photo |
Bio-terrorism / Terrorism News
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:00:00 PDT Medical Devices / Diagnostics New Imaging Technology Brings Trace Chemicals Into Focus Arizona State Univeristy scientist N.J. Tao and his colleagues at the Biodesign Institute have hit on a new, versatile method to significantly improve the detection of trace chemicals important in such areas as national security, human health and the environment... |
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:00:00 PDT Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses Advanced Life Sciences Receives FDA Guidance On Approval Pathway For Restanza In Community Acquired Bacterial Pneumonia And Biodefense Indications Advanced Life Sciences Holdings, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: ADLS), a biopharmaceutical company engaged in the discovery, development and commercialization of novel drugs in the therapeutic areas of infection, oncology and respiratory diseases, announced that the U.S... |
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 PDT IT / Internet / E-mail Research Streamlines Data Processing To Solve Problems More Efficiently Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a new analytical method that opens the door to faster processing of large amounts of information, with applications in fields as diverse as the military, medical diagnostics and homeland security... |
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:00:00 PDT Bio-terrorism / Terrorism Federal Funds Support Health Depts., But Leadership Is Key - Study The surge of funds for bioterrorism preparedness over the past decade does not appear to be improving local public health resources in general, according to research from Purdue University... |
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:00:00 PDT Bio-terrorism / Terrorism The CSIC Presents The Archive Of Mourning Concerning The Terrorist Attacks In Madrid The project, directed by CSIC researcher Cristina Sanchez Carretero was completed through close collaboration with associations for victims and those affected. On Thursday March 11, the project will end with its transfer to the Spanish Railway Foundation and the digitized catalog will be available for study with prior approval... |
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:00:00 PDT Bio-terrorism / Terrorism Traumatized London Bombing Survivors Benefit From Outreach Program A new mental health outreach programme set up after the 2005 London bombings has successfully identified and treated hundreds of survivors. After the 7/7 bombings in 2005 a group of clinical psychologists targeted nearly a thousand survivors of the attacks by painstakingly compiling hospital treatment records, police witness files and referrals from GPs... |
Sat, 06 Mar 2010 01:00:00 PDT IT / Internet / E-mail Building Social Networks To Help The Disadvantaged During Disaster Recovery Online social networks could help with communications and recovery for people with disabilities following major natural disasters, or even terrorist attack, according to a research paper in the International Journal of Emergency Management... |
Yahoo Terrorism Feed
Sat, 13 Mar 2010 13:20:02 GMT health Many WTC responders show early signs of heart woes
(AP) AP - Law enforcement officers who worked near ground zero after the World Trade Center attacks seem to show early signs of heart problems at a higher rate than would be expected for their age, a new study suggests. |
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:17:49 GMT us Lawyers urge WTC workers to take $657M settlement
(AP)
AP - Lawyers and city officials expressed confidence Friday that they can get ground zero responders to sign on to a settlement that would pay up to $657 million to workers who developed health problems after toiling in the ruins of the World Trade Center.
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Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:02:20 GMT topstories New York's "Ground Zero" workers reach deal on claims
(Reuters) Reuters - Thousands of workers who suffered health problems after the September 11 attacks in 2001 have reached a settlement worth up to $657.5 million with an insurer representing the city of New York, city officials and lawyers said on Thursday. |
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:52:43 GMT us Obama nears compromise on Guantanamo trials
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AFP - President Barack Obama appears near a compromise to allow military tribunals to move forward for the alleged September 11 plotters in exchange for a deal to close the Guantanamo Bay detention center.
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Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:30:31 GMT us Workers urge faster rebuilding at ground zero site
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AP - Hundreds of construction workers raised a rallying cry of "Build it now!" on Tuesday, gathering with elected officials at the World Trade Center site to urge a quick rebuilding of the complex.
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Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:42:36 GMT topstories 9/11 suspects should face civilian court, U.N. envoys say
(Reuters)
Reuters - United Nations human rights investigators called on the Obama administration on Tuesday to prosecute the accused September 11 masterminds in a civilian court, declaring that U.S. military tribunals would not be fair.
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Sun, 07 Mar 2010 20:57:16 GMT topstories Graham to Obama: scrap New York terror trial, I'll stand with you
(The Christian Science Monitor) The Christian Science Monitor - On Sunday, two moderate senators defended President Obama’s apparent willingness to reconsider his administration’s decision to use a civilian New York terror trial for the admitted mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. |
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Global Terrorism Statistics Released
Clearinghouse Data Show Sharp Rise
By Susan B. Glasser
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, April 28, 2005; Page A07
The U.S. government released statistics yesterday documenting a dramatic increase in terrorist attacks last year and a death toll of close to 2,000 people around the globe, a disclosure made a week after the State Department said it would publish its congressionally mandated annual survey of international terrorism without the statistical portrait it has always included.
The numbers were provided instead by the government's new clearinghouse for terrorism-related information, the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC), and included statistics documenting a sharp surge in significant terrorist acts from 175 incidents that killed 625 in 2003 to 651 such attacks that killed 1,907 in 2004. But senior officials said the threefold increase was a result of changes in methodology and urged reporters at a hastily called briefing not to compare this year's terrorism numbers with previous ones. Congressional aides already had disclosed the increase in terrorist incidents to reporters Tuesday after a private briefing.
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Lessons on how to deal with terrorism
By MARGARET
COSTELLO
Star-Gazette
Article Reference:
http://www.stargazettenews.com
At the end of the day, what matters most
is being able to go home.
Just ask Timothy
Culbert, whose primary
responsibility at work is to find, remove and
detonate explosives.
Unfortunately, he said his skills are being
requested more frequently.
Family members of deceased World War II
veterans are uncovering "souvenir"
grenades and explosives that have become more
unstable with age, international
terrorists are planting explosive packages in
high-traffic areas and teen-agers
are creating pipe bombs and other homemade
explosives from Internet recipes.
Then there was the tragedy at Columbine High
School in Littleton, Colo., on
April 20, 1999. Two students planned an assault
on the high school and used guns
and explosives to kill 12 students, two teachers
and themselves.
"After Columbine, I realized I was not getting
the word out fast enough,"
Culbert said.
Now Culbert, President of New England Chemical
& Explosive Disposal Co.
Inc. in Winthrop, Maine, shares his knowledge of
explosives with law
enforcement, fire school and emergency response
officials. He will launch online
training on identifying and responding to
explosives Friday at
www.bombthreats.com.
Culbert was one of the featured speakers
Friday at a two-day seminar,
"Terrorism and You," that continues today at the
Holiday Inn-Riverview in
Elmira.
More than 180 school, fire and police
officials from across New York and
Pennsylvania attended the first day of the
seminar, which is sponsored by the
West Elmira Fire Department.
Culbert focused his presentation on what he
called the three R's: recognize a
bomb, respect the dangers associated with it and
remove people from its
destructive range.
He brought many examples of explosives,
ranging from military weapons to
dynamite sticks to more creative homemade bombs.
He showed a video of how much
damage small amounts of explosives can cause,
then brought the message home.
Culbert escorted participants outside to an
empty field adjacent to the
hotel, where he had put a small piece of
detonation cord inside a cardboard box.
"Fire in the hole," Culbert yelled three times.
Then boom!
A puff of smoke and a spattering of cardboard
shreds filled the air.
Again.
"Fire in the hole," Culbert yelled.
A louder boom that shook everyone's sternum. A
child's knapsack had exploded
into partially recognizable bits: a zipper here,
a torn strap there and scraps
of plastic everywhere.
When the participants returned inside, Culbert
provided practical advice on
how to search a school or other building to help
speed the process and ensure
the safety of everyone involved.
About a third of the participants at the
seminar represented a school
district, said West Elmira Deputy Chief Mark
Miles, who organized the event.
"I think it's great that there are so many
educators here," said another
participant, Andy Hall, who works for the New
York State Office of Fire
Prevention and Control in Albany.
"A lot of times in the past, these people have
been left out of the
training," Hall said. "It's great that they're
learning because they're going to
be there. They're going to call us."
The Southern Tier was plagued with a series of
copycat bomb threats following
the Columbine incident.
Ernie Davis Middle School teacher Doug
Stadelmaier said he will share what he
learns at the seminar with other members of the
school's crisis team.
Stadelmaier, who is also a lieutenant with the
Pine City Volunteer Fire
Department, said he learned that every bomb
threat must be taken seriously.
He also said he learned why parents should not
be allowed to take their
children from the school during a bomb threat and
how the schools can educate
parents and the students about these issues.
Culbert explained that when a student leaves
during a bomb threat, school
officials have no way of knowing where those
students are and can waste time
looking for them and wondering if they are still
in danger. Dealing with parents
and other concerned parties during the crisis
delays the school and police
response, Culbert said.
Some fire officials said the training on
explosives is becoming more
important for them as well.
Capt. Richard Philling of the Troy Volunteer
Fire Department said
firefighters never know what they're going to
encounter when they respond to a
scene. He recounted a recent incident in a
neighboring town that involved
explosive materials that put the volunteer
firefighters at risk, Philling said.
Richard Garrison, another member of the Troy
fire department and the safety
director for a lumber company, said rural
communities such as Troy are not
immune to terrorist acts normally associated with
large cities.
"It's becoming a more real threat everywhere,"
Garrison said.
More people are expected to participate in the
seminar today to hear the
presentations of two key players in the Columbine
incident: Chuck Burdick,
division chief of operations with the Littleton
Fire Department, and Jefferson
County (Colo.) Sheriff John P. Stone.
"Unfortunately, more people need to have a
basic understanding on how to deal
with explosives," Culbert said. "If it looks like
a bomb, treat it like one. If
it turns out to be nothing, that's fine. Everyone
goes home at 5 p.m. That's
what we want."
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