Intelligence
GSN's reporting on intelligence matters includes espionage techniques used by the CIA and its overseas adversaries, identity theft in the U.S., GPS and mapping technologies promoted by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and other government organizations and privacy issues surrounding innovative forms of surveillance.
Estonia takes large step towards admission to U.S. Visa Waiver Program
October 2nd, 2008
The U.S. Government and Estonia have signed an agreement to share fingerprint records and criminal history information, as a big step toward Estonia being admitted to the U.S. Visa Waiver Program, under which Estonian citizens could travel to the U.S. without obtaining a visa.
NRC denies petition calling for stepped-up anti-terrorist preparations
September 24th, 2008
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has tossed out a petition submitted by two nonprofit government-oversight groups that would have required the nation’s nuclear power plants to demonstrate periodically that they’re prepared to withstand severe forms of radiological sabotage inflicted on their facilities by terrorists.
Honeywell develops agricultural fertilizer that won’t detonate
September 23rd, 2008
Honeywell International has introduced a new ammonium-
nitrate-based agricultural fertilizer that can help cabbage, tomatoes, strawberries and oranges grow, but does not detonate when mixed with fuel oil.
Russian "hacktivists" used Turkish botnets to attack Georgia
September 23rd, 2008
Many of the cyber attacks that were launched against government computers in the nation of Georgia -- which coincided with the real-world military attacks by Russia against that country last month – were actually carried out by computers sitting in Turkey that had been captured by Russian "hacktivists" and drafted into huge, unwitting botnet armies.
FBI launches "eGuardian" info sharing system for state and local law enforcement
September 22nd, 2008
The FBI expects that by the end of 2008, it will begin rolling out nationwide to 18,000 state, local and tribal law enforcement agencies the same kind of "connecting-the-dots" counter-terrorism intelligence information that it has previously restricted to federal FBI field offices and legal attaché offices overseas.
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Can Osama bin Laden strike in the U.S. again?
August 28th, 2008
With another 9/11 anniversary imminent, the question rises again: Is another al-Qaeda attack inside the U.S. likely?
Expert testimony at a recent hearing of the Intelligence, Information Sharing and Terrorism Risk Assessment Subcommittee of the House Committee on Homeland Security was a mix of good news and bad.
ICE investigators plan to "read" typewriter ribbons
July 22nd, 2008
It may seem a bit archaic, but the Immigration and Customs (ICE) unit of DHS is planning to purchase a piece of forensic equipment, known as a Ribbon Analysis Workstation, which will enable its investigators to capture, download to a computer and print out the contents of single-strike carbon typewriter ribbon.
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