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Why Some Terrorist Attacks Succeed and Others Fail

2008-02-28 06:25:13 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...Terrorist Attacks: Selected Case Studies " (Homeland Security Institute, June 2007), the authors examine eight recent terrorist plots against commercial aviation and passenger rail, and come to some interesting conclusions From the "Executive Summary": The analytic results indicated that the most influential factors determining the success or...
 
Tags: vigilant security services, vigilant, recent terrorist plots, terrorist plots, information fits, information, intelligence information, security services, law enforcement
 
 
 
 
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Latest linking of Senator Obama to a '70's terrorist may damage his reputation.

2008-05-12 00:12:00 by John Sexton in The Bullet Proof Blog
 
...terrorist group: Weather Underground Organization (WUO). WUO were opposed to the Vietnam war and pledged to bomb the Capitol, The Pentagon and Police Stations after issuing a "declaration of a state of war" against the United States Government in 1970 These days, Ayers is a professor at UIC. Apparently, Ayers and the Senator have served...
 
Tags: senator, senator obama, william, william ayers, ayers, weather underground, weather underground organization, vietnam war, terrorism
 
 
 
 
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Communications During Terrorist Attacks are Not Bad

2008-12-01 12:02:50 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...terrorists via Twitter Another link : I can't stress enough: people can and will use these devices and apps in a terrorist attack, so it is imperative that officials start telling us what kind of information would be relevant from Twitter, Flickr, etc. (and, BTW, what shouldn't be spread: one Twitter user in Mumbai tweeted me that people were...
 
Tags: attacks, people, calms people, twitter user, twitter, helps people, terrorist attacks, twitter users, exchange information
 
 
 
 
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Congratulations to our Millionth Terrorist!

2008-07-16 06:08:37 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...terrorist watch list has hit one million names . I sure hope we're giving our millionth terrorist a prize of some sort. Who knew that a million people are terrorists. Why, there are only twice as many burglars in the U.S. And fifteen times more terrorists than arsonists . Is this idiotic, or what? Some people are saying fix it , but there...
 
Tags: millionth terrorist, terrorist, million people, people, system, list, career, career incentives, judicial system
 
 
 
 
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Terrorist Fear Mongering Seems to be Working Less Well, Part II

2008-10-22 06:44:42 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...terrorist fear mongering is working less well. Here's another story, this one from Canada: two pipeline bombings in Northern British Columbia: Investigators are treating the explosions as acts of vandalism, not terrorism, Shields said Under the Criminal Code, it would be characterized as mischief, which is an intentional vandalism. We don't...
 
Tags: terrorist, terrorists, terrorist fear, dangerous terrorists, people, kill people, cab, stop terrorists, train cab
 
 
 
 
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Understanding Terrorist Behavior

2008-11-03 06:57:40 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
Two items, one short and one long The short one: " A Look at Terrorist Behavior: How They Prepare, Where They Strike ," by Brent Smith, National Institute of Justice Journal , No. 260, 2008 The long one: How Terrorist Groups End: Lessons for Countering al Qa'ida , by Seth G. Jones and Martin C. Libicki, RAND Corporation, 2008
 
Tags: terrorist, terrorist behavior, short, national institute, justice journal, rand corporation, brent smith, strike, lessons
 
 
 
 
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Lessons from the Ft. Dix Terrorist Plotters

2008-01-04 06:53:07 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
Good article about the Ft. Dix terrorist plotters: the challenges of going after terrorism more proactively, and the risks of using informants I wrote about some of these issues here
 
Tags: dix terrorist plotters, issues, risks, challenges, informants, article, proactively, terrorism
 
 
 
 
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Terrorist Baseball Cards

2007-12-16 23:44:00 by NGO Security in NGO Security
 
Collecting baseball cards used to be a popular pastime of boys growing up in the United States. And in keeping with that tradition, the U.S. Department of Defense has issued a collection of Terrorist Recognition Cards . Click on a region to see who's who (complete with stats) and who's wanted
 
Tags: baseball cards, terrorist recognition cards, popular pastime, department, defense, stats, region, collection, tradition
 
 
 
 
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YouTube declines request to remove terrorist-produced videos

2008-05-22 00:00:00 by HASH0x8b1af3c in Network World on Security
 
YouTube has refused a request from U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman (ID-Conn.) to remove all videos sponsored by terrorist organizations like Al-Qaeda, contending that most of them don't violate its community guidelines
 
Tags: videos, remove, youtube, joe lieberman, terrorist organizations, community guidelines, al-qaeda, id-conn
 
 
 
 
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Security Matters: The Seven Habits of Highly Ineffective Terrorists

2008-10-02 04:00:00 by Bruce Schneier in Wired Security