Are You a Potential Terrorist?

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Terrorist DoS?

Terrorist DoS? 10/30/2003 11:31 AM
Someone posted this as a comment on my skeptical blogging of a reported denial of service attack on a group that "outs" what it thinks are terrorist sites. This arabic site looks like it is planning a DoS against Internet Hagannah to me. It is a list of ip addresses. That page has been removed for "administrative purposes."...

Suspected Terrorist

Suspected Terrorist 02/10/2004 02:35 AM
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Suspected Terrorist

Suspected Terrorist 01/18/2004 06:00 PM

What's Your Terrorist Quotient?

What's Your Terrorist Quotient? 05/20/2004 02:45 PM
Earlier this year there was a lot of talk about the "MATRIX" (Multistate Anti-Terrorism Information Exchange) that would link up a variety of databases for law enforcement officials to get faster access to data about possible criminals and criminal activity. There has been a loud backlash against the system by privacy activists - and while that's made some states back off, others have moved forward. Defenders of the system insist that since all they're doing is making use of information that is already available to them, there are no privacy questions. All they've really done is made it faster to get useful information for investigations. However, now a story has come out that the original system went well beyond that to give people a "terrorist quotient" suggesting how likely they were to be a terrorist. The article also notes that the initial test of the system came up with 120,000 potential terrorists - and helped trigger a number of law enforcement actions. If it really is just analyzing data that is already available, and simply flagging individuals for further investigation, is that really such a big deal? It's just a more data intensive version of profiling. The real risk with such a system is that it would allow people who shouldn't have access to get data on people they shouldn't have data on. However, if it's actually being used to track down criminals, what's the problem? Obviously, if law enforcement relies to strongly on the "terrorist quotient" as an indicator of guilt, that would be a problem. But, if it's just used to alert them to potential problems, and is using data they already have available, the privacy issue doesn't seem to be as big a deal. If the system is used properly, it's not that problematic. The real issue is having some openness about what data is being included, who has access to the system, and how the data is being used.

Brown = Terrorist - Part II

Brown = Terrorist - Part II 07/19/2004 03:06 PM
Brown = Terrorist - Part II With Bush running about the country telling us how much safer we are, it's fun to look at some of the so-called terrorists we're being protected from: "Five Mexican citizens who stole cans of baby formula from store shelves throughout Iowa and sold them to a man of Arab descent for later resale."

America's Internet terrorist

America's Internet terrorist 04/15/2004 10:29 PM
Straits Times Apr 16 2004 2:13AM GMT

"Brown Equals Terrorist"

"Brown Equals Terrorist" 07/11/2004 04:41 AM

Read any good terrorist books lately?

Read any good terrorist books lately? 09/21/2004 01:05 PM
Among many other unfortunate provisions in the Patriot Act, passed in haste and hysteria in the immediate aftermath of 9/11, there's one that's especially loathsome to American values: It gives the government an unprecedented and scary carte blanche to paw through library and bookstore records to see what you've been reading. If you believe that such records might actually help the government nail the next wave of al-Qaida terrorists, then you don't have to do anything. But if you believe, as I do, that this particular power is useless for that goal -- but might prove handy for John Ashcroft and successors should they decide that, for example, citizens who read too many books about subject X might warrant close surveillance -- then you should go here and sign the petition by the Campaign for Reader Privacy, a coalition of booksellers, librarians and writers, to push Congress to change this un-American law.

This particular part of the Patriot Act is one of those stealth provisions that simply invites government abuse. Consider: "The FBI may request the records secretly; it is not required to prove that there is 'probable cause' to believe the person whose records are being sought has committed a crime; and the bookseller or librarian who receives an order is prohibited from revealing it to anyone except those whose help is needed to produce the records."

This isn't the sort of power we should trust in any government's hands; given the current administration's record, it's even scarier.

Al-Qaeda cyber terrorist panics US

Al-Qaeda cyber terrorist panics US 08/02/2004 12:17 PM
Weapons of mass inconvenience

Terrorist Alert Level: Red Herring!

Terrorist Alert Level: Red Herring! 08/03/2004 04:13 AM
Terrorist Alert Level: Red Herring! The New York Times reported today that much of the information that led to the heightened alert in New York and Washington D.C. is actually three or four years old and that authorities have no evidence or recent communications indicating an upcoming terrorist attack. George Pataki and Michael Bloomberg, who are both speaking at the upcoming Republican convention, are making political hay off of people's fears of another 9/11. Some New Yorkers are worrie d about the enormous cost of the alert to the local economy, as bridge traffic snarls to a crawl.
Who needs foriegn terrorism when we can just make our own! Are we scared yet?!

The Secret World Of Us Terrorist Prisons

The Secret World Of Us Terrorist Prisons 06/14/2004 12:30 AM
Free Internet Press Jun 14 2004 4:13AM GMT

Jordan 'thwarts terrorist attack'

Jordan 'thwarts terrorist attack' 04/13/2004 11:47 PM
King Abdullah praises intelligence officers for foiling an attack he said could have killed thousands of people.

Stanford: My So-Called Terrorist Life

Stanford: My So-Called Terrorist Life 03/26/2005 07:55 PM
March 1 Written for a class assignment. The email arrived Thursday afternoon. “The terrorist cell simulation has begun”, it read….

"RACHID: Inside The Mind Of A
"Terrorist""

"RACHID: Inside The Mind Of A
"Terrorist"" 08/09/2004 08:37 PM

Hezbollah TV on US Terrorist Exclusion
List

Hezbollah TV on US Terrorist Exclusion
List 03/14/2005 05:53 PM

One of the things I'm going to talk about on the panel today is the addition of al-Manar, the satellite TV station of Lebanon-based Hezbollah to the Terrorist Exclusion List on December 17, 2004. The TEL limits immigration for foreigners associated with organizations on the list. This is not the worst of the various lists to be on, but according to Jack Shafer, they are the first media company to be added to this list. My understanding is that al-Manar represents the Hezbollah party in Lebanon. It is an official party with democratically elected politicians. While the content of al-Manar may be objectionable to many people, stifling the voice of a democratically elected party in a foreign country by calling them terrorists goes against the spirit of freedom of expression. The US constitution's First Amendment rights only cover Americans, but I believe that in a democracy the competition of ideas and free speech should combat beliefs that it does not agree with - more speech and debate, not censorship.

Another issue is the chilling effect that this has. Although talking about or talking to people from al-Manar might not land you on the Terrorist Exclusion List, it could easily land you on the no-fly or similar list and cause you to be perpetually harassed when traveling in the US. I imagine that people from al-Manar will have a very difficult time finding anyone to talk to or have lunch with. I feel a chill running down my spine just writing this post.

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FDA Warns of Terrorist Drug Tampering
(AP)

FDA Warns of Terrorist Drug Tampering
(AP) 08/12/2004 04:16 AM
AP - "Cues from chatter" gathered around the world are raising concerns that terrorists might try to attack the domestic food and drug supply, particularly illegally imported prescription drugs, acting Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Lester M. Crawford says.

IRA offshoot designated as terrorist
group

IRA offshoot designated as terrorist
group 07/13/2004 03:28 PM

Database Tagged 120,000 as Possible
Terrorist Suspects

Database Tagged 120,000 as Possible
Terrorist Suspects 05/21/2004 02:31 AM
The "high terrorism factor" scoring system was also a critical selling point for the involvement of the database company, Seisint Inc., in another criminal information project.

New Cooperation and New Tensions in
Terrorist Hunt

New Cooperation and New Tensions in
Terrorist Hunt 08/17/2004 11:18 AM
The apprehension of Muhammad Naeem Noor Khan was wrapped up with almost no notice, but it would have enormous global repercussions.

Britain Charges Eight Terrorist Suspects
(AP)

Britain Charges Eight Terrorist Suspects
(AP) 08/17/2004 09:35 PM
AP - British police charged eight terrorist suspects Tuesday with conspiring to commit murder and use radioactive materials, toxic gases, chemicals or explosives to cause "fear or injury" in a case involving an alleged top al-Qaida operative at the center of a U.S. terror alert this month.

Britain Charges 8 Terrorist Suspects
(AP)

Britain Charges 8 Terrorist Suspects
(AP) 08/17/2004 03:27 PM
AP - British police charged eight terrorist suspects Tuesday of conspiring to commit murder and use radioactive materials, toxic gases, chemicals or explosives to cause "fear or injury" in a case involving an alleged top al-Qaida operative at the center of a U.S. terror alert this month.

terrorist in Mecca escaping from the
Sauds

terrorist in Mecca escaping from the
Sauds 11/05/2003 08:41 AM
"Terrorists Escape Saudis." .. pattern .. botched

guardian.co.uk/saudi/story/0,11599,1077242,00.html
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Terrorist jitters: responders weigh in

Terrorist jitters: responders weigh in 02/14/2003 05:40 PM
Wollstein's guide isn't the only one of its kind – although, judging from its prominence on a Google search, it is one of the more popular.

HoustonChronicle.com - I write badly,
therefore I am a would-be terrorist

HoustonChronicle.com - I write badly,
therefore I am a would-be terrorist 07/09/2004 12:02 PM
scribbling possible dialog for your novel in the margin of your crossword .. novelist was placed on Homeland Security's watchlist .. I write badly, therefore I am a would-be terrorist .. people are detained for writing the word bomb

chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/editorial/outlook/2660471
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FBI Investigates Terrorist Teddy Bear

FBI Investigates Terrorist Teddy Bear 06/22/2004 08:44 PM
Free Internet Press Jun 23 2004 0:43AM GMT

DHS Says Cellular Outage Reporting is
Terrorist Blueprint

DHS Says Cellular Outage Reporting is
Terrorist Blueprint 07/14/2004 06:48 PM

Internet Emerges As Potent Terrorist
Tool (AP)

Internet Emerges As Potent Terrorist
Tool (AP) 09/24/2004 01:21 AM
AP - The images coming out of the latest hostage crisis in Iraq — capped by dramatic video of British captive Kenneth Bigley begging for his life — have transfixed Britons, left governments looking helpless, and revived a classic dilemma about whether to negotiate with terrorists.

Geek wristwatches are latest terrorist
fashion

Geek wristwatches are latest terrorist
fashion 01/06/2005 10:18 PM

Internet Emerges As Potent Terrorist
Tool

Internet Emerges As Potent Terrorist
Tool 09/24/2004 01:55 AM
AP via Daily Press Sep 24 2004 6:23AM GMT

Australian magazine editor given
terrorist treatment

Australian magazine editor given
terrorist treatment 12/09/2003 06:11 PM
Kevin Roderick of LA Observed summarizes an Aussie journo's humiliating ordeal at the hands of US immigration officials.

"I've had every part of me groped beyond belief...(I was) shocked more than anything, disbelief, total sense of disbelief, humiliated," she told Australia's Channel Nine. Smethurst was detained under a new reading of the law that lets tourists in on a 90-day waiver of the visa rules, but not working journalists.

Apparently, foreign journalists are percieved to be a threat to U.S. interests. Link

Testimony before the National Commission
on Terrorist Attacks

Testimony before the National Commission
on Terrorist Attacks 04/09/2004 04:08 PM
FOXNews.com - Full text of Condoleezza Rice's testimony .. Condi Rice covered her ass today .. here it is

foxnews.com/printer_friendly_story/0,3566,116563,00.html
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US Warns of Terrorist Threat in Kenyan
Capital

US Warns of Terrorist Threat in Kenyan
Capital 12/02/2003 07:41 AM
Reuters via Wired News Dec 2 2003 6:59AM ET

Pakistani Forces Attack Terrorist Lairs
(AP)

Pakistani Forces Attack Terrorist Lairs
(AP) 08/21/2004 05:33 AM
AP - Pakistani troops backed by artillery and aircraft attacked two suspected terrorist hideouts near the rugged Afghan border on Saturday, security officials said.

Firm Unwittingly Hosts Terrorist Video

Firm Unwittingly Hosts Terrorist Video 06/19/2004 06:06 PM

San Jose firm unwillingly hosts footage of kidnapped American: What a crappy thing to do to someone (to say nothing of the murder itself).

Computer hackers commandeered the Web site of a San Jose mapping and land-surveying company to post videos of American engineer Paul M. Johnson Jr. that were taken before the al-Qaeda hostage was beheaded in Saudi Arabia on Friday. [...]

"The usage at the Web hosting company went sky-high" as Internet users flocked to view the videos, Redd said Friday. "We're saddened by the events that provoked all this activity."

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Public's Help Is Sought to Prevent
Terrorist Strikes

Public's Help Is Sought to Prevent
Terrorist Strikes 05/26/2004 01:18 AM
Attorney General John Ashcroft and Director Robert S. Mueller III of the F.B.I. plan to begin a campaign warning that terrorists still hope to strike inside the United States.

Heliports warned of possible terrorist
plot (USATODAY.com)

Heliports warned of possible terrorist
plot (USATODAY.com) 08/10/2004 07:11 AM
USATODAY.com - Helicopters continued to take off and land Monday, giving tourists a bird's-eye glimpse of the Manhattan skyline, even as tour operators and city officials reacted to new warnings issued by federal officials that al-Qaeda might use helicopters in terrorist attacks.

Major Terrorist in Algeria Is Reportedly
Killed

Major Terrorist in Algeria Is Reportedly
Killed 06/20/2004 04:20 PM
The death of Nabil Sahrawi, the leader of the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat, follows earlier reports that the group's founder is dead.

Cyber Terrorist attack scheduled for
tomorrow?

Cyber Terrorist attack scheduled for
tomorrow? 08/27/2004 01:58 PM
Speculation is rampant that sometime in the next several days there will be an "electronic jihad" on the Internet which may according to one expert render much of the Internet inoperable.

Computer disks show possible terrorist
targets

Computer disks show possible terrorist
targets 08/09/2004 09:24 AM
Sydney Morning Herald Aug 9 2004 2:01PM GMT
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