terrorism
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Mailman is key to post-disaster logistics
But will they have the discipline to show up for work after a disaster? Mail carriers test ability to deliver medicine in event of attack – Boston.com Postal carriers fanned out Sunday in the South End and West Roxbury, delivering some 23,000 empty cardboard boxes to homes in the neighborhood. The object of the drill…
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More sharing of DHS satellite info is nothing but good
Included in a recent story on DHS-sponsored gadgets is something about the National Applications Office, “a clearinghouse for expanded output of imagery to police, border security and other law enforcement outfits”. Despite the reservations of the House of Representatives, this could have a huge trickle-down affect on sparking innovation in private industry (i.e. the non-defense…
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Regular people can do intelligence
We need more of this. All you need is the right language skills, some rudimentary technology, and a desire to make money. S.C. mom scoops al-Qaida with its videos – Yahoo! News WASHINGTON – Once her son is off to school, Laura Mansfield settles in at her dining room table with her laptop and begins…
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State Department engaging
Finally seem to be trying to engage people where they live instead of with goofball fake programs that Karen Hughes is working. At State Dept., Blog Team Joins Muslim Debate – New York Times WASHINGTON — Walid Jawad was tired of all the chatter on Middle Eastern blogs and Internet forums in praise of gory…
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Economics in terrorism
Money trumps religion. Money fuels terrorism in South Asia, says Dhaka daily : Asia World Dhaka, Sep 17 – ‘Huge sums of money’ are being used to push youth in South Asia towards religious fundamentalism and terrorism, a Dhaka daily has said while calling for neutralising the source of terror funding. ‘Religious fundamentalist groups which…