All Blog Posts from Investigative Round-Up

Reuters:

FBI Director Robert Mueller said on Wednesday there was no imminent security threat related to an investigation that included raids of New York homes this week in an apparent search for homemade explosives. (read the article)

The Washington Times:

At least 20 U.N. outposts in dangerous corners of the world suffer from inadequate security despite rising threats to the organization, the U.N. director of security says. (read the article)

Washington Post :
Threats against the nation's judges and prosecutors have sharply increased, prompting hundreds to get 24-hour protection from armed U.S. marshals. Many federal judges are altering their routes to work, installing security systems at home, shielding their addresses by paying bills at the courthouse or refraining from registering to vote. Some even pack weapons on the bench.
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The Observer:
The scandal engulfing the Royal Bank of Scotland reaches new heights today with serious allegations from a senior Labour politician that at least three of its former non-executive directors may have been intimidated and threatened with the sack for asking searching questions about its financial affairs.
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El Khabar:
Algerian security services have warned security companies operating in oil plants in southern Algeria against potential terror attacks on oil installations and foreign staff members working in oil companies, the Algerian el Khabar daily reported today.

According to the report, the 4th Military Region Commandment and Regional Brigade at National Gendarmerie in Ourgla southern province asked security companies to prepare a list of potential targets and advised them to step up security around the premises.
(Read the article in Arabic)

AP:
The U.S. Embassy in Abu Dhabi has announced that its consulate in the neighboring city of Dubai will be closed Wednesday due to security information provided by authorities.
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Business Week:
Sustained cyber espionage attacks are being waged on companies that play a key role in the UK national infrastructure, a UK cyber defence chief has warned.
(read the article

Reuters:
Al Qaeda has shown no signs it plans to attack the United States during the presidential election, but the government must keep guard during the 2-1/2-month transition to a new president, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said on Thursday.
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Voice of America:
The United States is warning Americans in Sudan that they could be targets for a group with potential links to al Qaeda.
(read the article)

AFP:
Investigators now believe the bombing Sep. 21 that killed dozens and left massive damage at the Islamabad Marriott, including a gaping hole in the ground in front of the building, was a crude form of a device that intensifies and enhances an explosive – a thermobaric bomb, according to a report from Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin.
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