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How to Forecast and Preempt Al-Qaeda's Catastrophic Terrorist Warfare

whitepaper Moreover, one should not expect past trends to necessarily reveal future attack patterns because terrorists, especially al-Qaeda planners, always seek to exploit new vulnerabilities and new and innovative modes of warfare in order to evade...

Tags: network security, attacks, terrorist, assessment

[10 Apr 2008]

Unlawful Belligerency and Its Implications Under International Law

whitepaper The class of unlawful combatants, which includes al Qaeda and the Taliban, poses a formidable challenge. Judging from the tragic events of September 11 and al Qaeda's subsequent pronouncements, they intend to continue a policy of purposefully...

Tags: network security, unlawful, norms, qaeda

[10 Apr 2008]

The Blocking of Terrorist-Related Assets Under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act

whitepaper In the wake of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the United States has embarked upon a vigorous, multifaceted campaign to eradicate the danger posed by Al Qaeda and other terrorist organizations.

Tags: anti-hacking, campaign, terrorist, al qaeda

[10 Apr 2008]

Restoring Congress's Proper Role in Oversight of Covert Intelligence Operations

whitepaper History will judge what more, if anything, the intelligence community might have done to prevent al Qaeda's heinous attacks. One former director of central intelligence has called the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon...

Tags: anti-hacking, failure, intelligence, attacks

[10 Apr 2008]

The Weekly Round-Up: 23.03.07

Round-Up I would certainly not recommend travelling anywhere in London at the end of March, let alone large buildings - like Docklands conference halls which are a prime target for avian-flu ridden pigeons carrying Al Qaeda-manufactured dirty bombs," said...

[23 Mar 2007]

'Tech industry must aid Al-Qaeda fight'

News Reid said: "Al-Qaeda's threat to bleed us to bankruptcy is clear. Home Secretary John Reid has called on the security and technology industries to aid the UK government's counter-terrorist efforts. Speaking at an anti-terror technology conference...

Tags: al-qaeda, reid, anti-terrorism, terrorism

[01 Nov 2006]

MP calls for UK e-crime tsar

News He said: "It is interesting that the imprisoned al-Qaeda members have admitted that their organisation has been attempting to - and no doubt is still attempting to - develop cyber threats to strike western governments.

Tags: cyber security, cyber crime

[29 Nov 2005]

Al Qaeda and the Internet: The Danger of "Cyberplanning"

whitepaper Cyberplanning is as important a concept as cyberterrorism, and perhaps even more so. Terrorists won't have an easy time shutting down the Internet. Vulnerabilities are continuously reported and fixed while computers function without serious...

Tags: cyber security, united states, activities, terrorist

[01 Sep 2005]

Email traffic doubled after London bomb blasts

News An unknown group dubbed 'the Secret Group of al Qaeda's Jihad in Europe' is reported to have posted a message on a website claiming responsibility for the attacks. Email traffic has doubled in Europe today after four bombs exploded in central London.

[07 Jul 2005]

Terrorist CBRN: Materials and Effects

whitepaper Al-Qaeda and associated extremist groups have a wide variety of potential agents and delivery means to choose from for chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) attacks. Al-Qaeda's end goal is the use of CBRN to cause mass casualties...

Tags: border security, delivery, casualties, qaeda

[21 Feb 2005]

Information Warfare: An Analysis of the Threat of Cyberterrorism Towards the US Critical Infrastructure

whitepaper This paper examines the current trends of terrorist groups and focuses on their information warfare capabilities to see if it is possible for a group like Hammas, Hezbolla, or al- Qaeda to commit to an all out information warfare attack aimed at...

Tags: network security, attack, cyber, terrorist

[16 Feb 2005]

Al Qaeda, Trends in Terrorism and Future Potentialities: An Assessment

whitepaper It examines first the presumed state of Al-Qaeda today with particular reference to its likely agenda in a post-Iraq war world. This paper assesses current trends in terrorism and future potentialities.

Tags: border security, terrorism, al qaeda, terms

[14 Feb 2005]

Countering: Al Qaeda

whitepaper Removing the Taliban government in Afghanistan, thereby eliminating Al-Qaeda's sanctuary and training camps, has broken an important link in the process that once provided Al-Qaeda's leadership with a continuing flow of recruits.

Tags: border security, qaeda, al qaeda, taliban

[14 Feb 2005]

Deterrence Influence in Counterterrorism: A Component in the War on Al Qaeda

whitepaper It may not be possible to deter fanatical terrorists, but members of terrorist systems may be amenable to influence. The U.S.counterterrorism strategy should therefore include political warfare, placing at risk things the terrorists hold dear, a...

Tags: border security, terrorists, states, war

[14 Feb 2005]

Remarks Before the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States

whitepaper While their attention understandably is focused on the war in Iraq, the worldwide war against al Qaeda and affiliated terrorist enterprises continues. Since then, they have made considerable progress in destroying al Qaeda's base in Afghanistan and...

Tags: border security, progress, war, terrorist

[14 Feb 2005]

Terrorism: 2000/2001

whitepaper On October 7, 2001, the United States initiated military action against the Taliban regime in Afghanistan, which had provided safe haven to Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and his followers. By year's end, U.S.forces were working with anti-Taliban...

Tags: physical infrastructure protection, terrorist, afghanistan, qaeda

[14 Feb 2005]

Homeland Security: "Welfare, Not Warfare"

whitepaper This article puts in the picture that despite the fact that nearly two-thirds of Al-Qaeda's senior leaders have been killed or captured by 2003, polls show that most Americans feel less secure than they did in the immediate aftermath of Sept.

Tags: physical infrastructure protection, al qaeda, picture, leaders

[07 Feb 2005]

Promise and Progress: Homeland Security One Year Post-9/11

whitepaper Despite significant success against al-Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan, experts suggest that a new wave of terrorism involving new-and perhaps even more powerful-weapons looms in the nation's future.

Tags: physical infrastructure protection, nation, terrorism, weapons

[07 Feb 2005]

Intelligence Reform and the Safety of America: Have We Succeeded?

whitepaper It wasn't able to penetrate the al Qaeda terrorist organization and they paid a high price for this failure. Creating the DNI and the NCTC were extremely important decisions. However, they only mark the beginning of a long process, not the end.

Tags: physical infrastructure protection, failed, attack, decisions

[07 Feb 2005]

The Art of Terror

whitepaper This article provides a brief introduction and some explanation on the al-Qaeda's "Art-of-Terror". Al-Qaeda's training manuals document in chilling language 'The Art of Terror'. The attack on 9/11 had the hallmark of a judo throw by a black-belt...

Tags: border security, art, terror, qaeda

[01 Feb 2005]

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