Country Intelligence and Analysis
INSIDE STORY: THE CAPTURE OF NEW YORK TIMES SQUARE BOMBER Officials in the United States and Pakistan sought to determine the origins and scope of the plot. The young woman in Bridgeport who last month sold Mr. Shahzad the rusting 1993 Nissan Pathfinder prosecutors say he used in the failed attack did not remember his…
Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden – the world’s most wanted man – is alive and well and living in Iran, according to a documentary. HE has given up the caves of Afghanistan or – as more recently believed – Pakistan, and is now living under the protection of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, it is claimed….
Richard Clarke served as a counterterrorism adviser to Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush. He spent much of 2001 warning members of the Bush administration about the possibility of an impending al-Qaida attack. Clarke has now turned his attention to another potential security catastrophe: computer-based terrorism attacks. In his new book, Cyberwar: The Next…
soldiers who took part in the sinking were publicly treated as national heroes in North Korea.
Who’s Behind WikiLeaks? 2010 Listen to the Story Talk of the Nation Guest: Clint Hendler, staff writer, Columbia Journalism Review April 8, 2010 A 2007 classified U.S. military video showing a U.S. Army helicopter crew shooting civilians on a Baghdad street was released on Monday. The organization that publicized the video is called The Sunshine…
THE BOOK OF SPIES is the opening book in Gayle’s first spy series and stars two brand-new, fascinating characters – intelligence officer Judd Ryder and rare books curator Eva Blake. Keep visiting Gayle’s website for more information, or to receive news first, sign up for her periodic newsletter. To whet your reading appetite, here’s a…
By Jon Donnison In a busy internet cafe in the centre of Gaza City, lots of people, mostly young, are typing and clicking away. Some of them are engrossed in the world of Facebook. “I use it 10 hours a day,” says Mohammed who owns the shop. “I have over 200 Facebook friends.” But Hamas,…
An American charged with helping plan the 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India, moved effortlessly between the United States, Pakistan and India for nearly seven years, training at a militant camp in Pakistan on five occasions, according to a plea agreement released by the Justice Department last week. The odyssey of David C. Headley, 49,…
Story Highlights Bin Laden threatens Americans Al-Qaeda leader says any captured Americans to be killed if 9/11 “mastermind” is executed. Bin Laden warns US of more attacks Bin Laden deplores climate change Bin Laden claims plane bombing News CENTRAL/S. ASIA Bin Laden threatens Americans Osama bin Laden has in a new audio recording threatened to…