National Security Council
Sun, 15 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0400
‘Disturbing Events’ Marred Rwanda Leader’s Re-election, U.S. Says Critics say the Rwandan election, in which the incumbent drew 93 percent of the votes, was marred by government repression. |
Sat, 10 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0400
The Aide at the Center of Obama’s Inner Circle
Denis McDonough, the National Security Council’s chief of staff, is so close to the president that colleagues will often not make a major move without checking with him. |
Wed, 30 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0400
Private Trauma Gives Jessica Stern Insights on Terrorism
Jessica Stern, an expert on terrorism, revisits her own early encounter with horrific crime in a new memoir. |
Fri, 14 May 2010 00:00:00 -0400
U.S. Approval of Killing of Cleric Causes Unease The notion that the government can execute an American-born cleric far from a combat zone, with no judicial process, has set off a debate among authorities. |
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. |
Bio-terrorism / Terrorism News
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 05:00:00 PDT Bio-terrorism / Terrorism Emergent Awarded NIAID Contract That Increases Potential Funding To Over $58 Million For Advanced Development Of Third Generation Anthrax Vaccine Emergent BioSolutions Inc. (NYSE:EBS) announced today that it has signed a contract valued at up to $28.7 million with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), an institute within the National Institutes of Health (NIH), for advanced development of the company's third generation anthrax vaccine candidate... |
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 05:00:00 PDT Bio-terrorism / Terrorism Democrats Will Likely Push Again For Ground Zero Health Assistance Democrats are likely to again push to give billions in health coverage assistance to Ground Zero workers when they return from their recess, Roll Call reports. "A Democratic leadership aide said Tuesday that the bill likely would get the green light for floor action shortly after the House returns Sept. 14 in conjunction with events planned to commemorate the ninth anniversary of the Sept... |
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 02:00:00 PDT Bio-terrorism / Terrorism Soligenix Announces Publication Of Article Identifying Domains Within The Ricin Toxin A Subunit As Targets Of Protective Antibodies Soligenix, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: SNGX) (Soligenix or the Company), a late-stage biopharmaceutical company, announced the publication of an article online in Vaccine. The article describes the systematic identification of neutralizing and non-neutralizing B-cell epitopes on ricin toxin's enzymatic A subunit (RTA)... |
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 02:00:00 PDT Bio-terrorism / Terrorism BARDA Funds Drug Development For Biothreats, Antibiotic Resistance The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) awarded a contract to develop an antibiotic that could be used against possible two types of bioterrorism as well as common infections that are becoming resistant to antibiotics. The contract to Achaogen Inc. of San Francisco is for $27 million in the first two years... |
Mon, 30 Aug 2010 00:00:00 PDT Nutrition / Diet Safer Foods For Human Consumption With Potential For Anthrax Protection An antibacterial enzyme found in human tears and other body fluids could be applied to certain foods for protection against intentional contamination with anthrax, scientists reported at the 240th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS). "Data from this study could be used in developing safer foods for human consumption," said Saeed A. Khan, Ph.D... |
Fri, 27 Aug 2010 05:00:00 PDT Bio-terrorism / Terrorism Purdue Biodefense Technology Project Awarded $1.3 Million NIH Seed Grant Purdue University researchers have developed a technology that has the potential to more quickly identify food-borne pathogens, aiding U.S. homeland security officials in responding to a bioterrorist attack or other emergencies. The research team, which is based at Discovery Park's Bindley Bioscience Center, has received a $1... |
Fri, 27 Aug 2010 05:00:00 PDT Bio-terrorism / Terrorism EasierTech Software, First In United States To Develop Software To Track Dangerous Chemicals For Universities The creation of new federal policies requiring universities to maintain detailed records about specific laboratory chemicals deemed dangerous has presents new challenges for the nation's institutions of higher education and hospitals... |
Yahoo Terrorism Feed
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 19:29:07 GMT us AP National News Calendar
(AP) AP - Eds: Major scheduled events for the week of Sept. 5-11, 2010. Note that many events, especially court appearances, are subject to change at the last minute. |
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 18:56:05 GMT us Poll: NYers conflicted on mosque near WTC
(AP) AP - A new poll finds New Yorkers are conflicted about the construction of a mosque near the World Trade Center site, with half of respondents opposed to the project and a majority saying people have the right to build an Islamic center near ground zero. |
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 09:08:17 GMT world Beckham targets September 11 return
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AFP - David Beckham, sidelined since March with a torn achilles tendon, is hoping to take the field for the Los Angeles Galaxy against Columbus Crew on September 11.
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Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:04:00 GMT us 9/11 groups split on mosque rallies on anniversary
(AP) AP - Both supporters and opponents of a proposed Islamic cultural center should stand against rallies planned for the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, groups representing some relatives of attack victims said Thursday. |
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:39:45 GMT us Farrakhan supports planned mosque near ground zero
(AP) AP - Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan said Thursday an Islamic community center and mosque planned near ground zero should be built because Muslims were among those of many faiths who died in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. |
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 21:58:32 GMT us NY Muslim groups decry hostile atmosphere
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AP - It is "unethical, insensitive and inhumane" to oppose the planned mosque near ground zero, more than 50 leading Muslim organizations said Wednesday as they cast the intense debate as a symptom of religious intolerance in America.
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Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:10:30 GMT us New York imam: Mosque fight about Muslim role
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AP - The imam leading plans for an Islamic center near the site of the Sept. 11 attacks in New York said the fight is over more than "a piece of real estate" and could shape the future of Muslim relations in America.
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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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