While stumping for the Republican presidential nomination, Orrin Hatch invoked the specter of Olympic terrorism with assertions that draw skepticism from security experts. The senior Utah senator said …
Industry, feds play at cyberterror
On Wednesday in Washington, D.C., a group of about 50 government policy workers and industry executives were recast as cyberterrorists in a simulated war game, bent on destroying an IRS-like …
Editorial – Too Much Power for the FBI
One of the more disturbing developments in recent law enforcement history is the FBI's decision to set up a division devoted solely to investigating domestic terrorism. Full Story …
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U.S. warns Afghanistan of possible sanctions
The Clinton administration warned Afghanistan that if the ruling Taliban fails to help bring Osama bin Laden to trial on terrorism charges, the United Nations would impose sanctions this weekend. Full …
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U.N. finalises treaty on terrorist funding
The U.N. aims to hit terrorists where it hurts the most: in their financial war chests. A U.N. working group has just finalised a new international convention aimed at cutting off all legal and …
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U.S. spending questioned
Unnerved by the deadly gas attack on the Tokyo subway and stories from high-level defectors about the size of the Soviet germ warfare program, government officials flood Capitol Hill with requests for …
FBI Restructuring to Emphasize Crime Prevention
In its most dramatic organizational overhaul in decades, the FBI is changing its structure to address internal problems with the handling of information and put a greater emphasis on preventing …
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Legal Aspects of Information Warfare
There has been a lot of discussion in the Washington Post regarding the legalities of information warfare. We also recommend the following document entitled "An Assessment of International Legal …
Officials ask for donations to finish memorial
Politicians and relatives of victims of the Oklahoma City bombing pleaded Thursday for donations they said are needed to finish a memorial being built at the site of the blast. At the beginning of a …
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U.S. vulnerable to cyber attacks, White House official says
Reliance on the Internet has made the nation vulnerable to attacks by terrorists who strike through computers rather than with bombs or bullets, a White House security adviser said Thursday. "We …
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