Threat Matrix: Daily Terror Threat

Threat Matrix: Daily Terror Threat

Thread Twenty-Three (Index)

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The Threat Matrix

The title refers to a daily report given to the president of the United States detailing the most serious terrorist threats against the country. To tackle those threats, the government has formed a top-notch task force to infiltrate the terror cells and cut off the danger.

"Every morning, the president receives a list of the top ten terrorist threats - this list is known as the threat matrix."

We here at FR are trying to be in conjunction with the daily reports around the world that involve threats. We try to provide a storehouse of information that takes hours of research.

YOU be the judge and get informed!

LNG ship attack a potential disaster
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WASHINGTON - A terrorist attack on a tanker loaded with liquefied natural gas could cause massive damage a third of a mile away and could send a vapor cloud billowing more than 1.5 miles, government scientists say.

With the the nation clamoring for more natural gas, policy-makers are trying to figure out how to safely import large quantities of liquefied natural gas or LNG.

"I will never cower before any master nor bend to any threat."

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To: nw_arizona_granny

What is stopping you now? In other words, is it lack of speakers or some other type of equipment.

3,641 posted on 01/21/2005 9:54:37 PM PST by cibco (Xin Loi... Saddam)

3,643 posted on 01/21/2005 9:56:18 PM PST by cibco (Xin Loi... Saddam)

To: nw_arizona_granny

You're welcome.

I notice there are so many stations now carrying her program, so one of them may have have an online program for you granny.

3,644 posted on 01/21/2005 11:25:48 PM PST by Cindy

http://www.wtop.com/index.php?nid=25&sid=396544

"Bronze Swords Stolen from Gettysburg Monuments"
Updated: Friday, Jan. 21, 2005 - 1:18 PM

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "HARRISBURG, Pa. - The National Park Service is looking for two bronze swords stolen from monuments at Gettysburg National Military Park, officials said Friday.

The first sword was reported missing Sept. 15 from the bronze Alexander Hays sculpture and the latest was believed to have been stolen between Monday and Wednesday from the stone 8th Pennsylvania Cavalry monument, the service said.

Both were pried or broken off the monuments, Park Service spokeswoman Katie Lawhon said."

3,645 posted on 01/21/2005 11:46:53 PM PST by Cindy

To: tmp02; Godzilla; MamaDearest; all4one; All

US-CERT.gov
http://www.us-cert.gov
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http://kusa.com/acm_news.aspx?OSGNAME=KUSA&IKOBJECTID=958a3d28-0abe-421a-01a0-9730363106b8&TEMPLATEID=0c76dce6-ac1f-02d8-0047-c589c01ca7bf

"Missing UNC hard drive has authorities worried about identity theft"
posted by: Dan Viens (Web Producer) and Paola Farer (Web Producer)
Created: 1/21/2005 6:50 AM MST - Updated: 1/21/2005 9:29 PM MST

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "GREELEY - More than 15,000 University of Northern Colorado employees are at risk for identity theft after the disappearance of a computer hard drive.

The hard drive contains personal information, including social security numbers, bank accounts and dates of birth for employees, according to UNC President Kay Norton."

3,646 posted on 01/21/2005 11:53:23 PM PST by Cindy

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1325993/posts

"Should Hugo Chavez Be On The List Of Terrorism Sponsors?
The Wall Street Journal ^ | 1/21/05 | Mary Anastasia O'Grady"

Posted on 01/22/2005 12:13:01 AM PST by MplsSteve

"Should Chavez Be on the List Of Terrorism Sponsors? By Mary Anastasia O'Grady | The Wall Street Journal The Wall Street Journal - January 21, 2005; Page A9 |"

3,647 posted on 01/22/2005 12:21:10 AM PST by Cindy

To: backhoe; All

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=42499
"Who made VW suicide-bomber ad?
Professional 'viral commercial'
spreads like wildfire on Internet"

Posted: January 22, 2005
1:00 a.m. Eastern

3,648 posted on 01/22/2005 12:34:33 AM PST by Cindy

I tend to think this was leaked out intentionallhy. Thanks for posting this! Funny and disturbing.

3,649 posted on 01/22/2005 12:44:20 AM PST by Pro-Bush

Yep, I agree -- I think it was intentional, too.

3,650 posted on 01/22/2005 1:01:03 AM PST by Cindy

UPDATE...

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2005/01/22/fbi_explores_theories_for_boston_terror_tip/

"FBI explores theories for Boston terror tip"

By Denise Lavoie, Associated Press Writer | January 22, 2005

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "BOSTON -- Gov. Mitt Romney said he has become "less concerned, not more concerned" about a potential terrorist threat against the city of Boston. The FBI, meanwhile, is exploring possible theories for the reports -- including a possible revenge motive."

3,651 posted on 01/22/2005 1:02:39 AM PST by Cindy

To: Godzilla; All

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http://www.dea.gov/pubs/pressrel/pr011905.html

News Release [printer friendly page]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 19, 2005
Contact: DEA Public Affairs
202-307-7977

DEA Finds Significant Nationwide Impact as a Result of International Ecstasy Investigation

JAN 18— WASHINGTON, D.C. - DEA Administrator Karen P. Tandy announced today the extradition of DEA Priority Target Ze Wai Wong from Canada to the United States and DEA findings of a significant aftershock in the U.S. Ecstasy market caused by the dismantlement of the Ze Wai Wong international drug trafficking organization.

Ze Wai Wong -- alleged to be the leader of an international Ecstasy (MDMA) ring that supplied 15 % of the U.S. ecstasy market -- now faces charges in the United States for drug trafficking and conspiracy charges stemming from an indictment in the Southern District of New York. If convicted, Wong faces a maximum of 40 years in prison on all charges. Ze Wai Wong was arrested in Canada on March 31, 2004, along with more than 130 defendants in 16 cities across the United States, as part of an investigation dubbed Operation Candy Box. These arrests marked the culmination of a two-year multi-jurisdictional and international Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force investigation that was coordinated by the multi-agency Special Operations Division targeting a significant MDMA and marijuana trafficking organization in both the United States and Canada.

“The extradition of Ze Wai Wong to stand trial in the U.S. is a fitting conclusion to Wong’s reign of preying on the U.S. with this dangerous drug that is primarily peddled to our youth,” said DEA Administrator Karen P. Tandy. “For the first time in all law enforcement, DEA has measured the impact of this operation, revealing that Operation Candy Box decimated the US MDMA market – dramatically reducing MDMA availability, slashing its purity, and raising its price,” she said.

The DEA findings coincide with the findings of the December 2004 Monitoring the Future Survey that MDMA use by high school seniors plummeted 57% over the past three years. The Survey also reports a 24% decline in perceived availability of MDMA by high school seniors.

Operation Candy Box revealed that bulk quantities of MDMA tablets were being produced in clandestine labs in Canada and smuggled into the United States. This operation spanned 16 U.S. cities while Canadian authorities conducted related investigations in the cities of Ottawa, Toronto, and Montreal. In August 2003, three fully operational tableting laboratories were discovered and dismantled by Canadian officials as a result of Operation Candy Box. According to information developed during the investigation, the organization was capable of distributing up to one million MDMA tablets per month in the U.S. and Canada. This organization utilized a sophisticated money laundering network of money remitters and travel agencies in both the U.S. and Canada to launder millions of dollars in drug proceeds. Seizures in Operation Candy Box totaled 407,000 MDMA tablets, 1,370 pounds of marijuana, 6.5 pounds of methamphetamine, and $8.9 million in currency.

As a result of Operation Candy Box, the nationwide MDMA market was crippled. Data from four cities (Los Angeles, California; Houston, Texas; New Orleans Louisiana; and Jacksonville, Florida) where the targeted organization operated revealed the following MDMA market impact by DEA and its law enforcement partners:

Nationwide, the average price of a tablet of MDMA increased 8 per cent, reversing a three year MDMA declining price trend where the average price of a MDMA tablet had decreased 65%.

Following Operation Candy Box, the nationwide average purity of a tablet of MDMA decreased 10.8 % to the lowest purity level measured since 1996.

The seizure of $8.9 million in U.S. currency prevented the additional distribution of 17-34 million MDMA tablets.

In Jacksonville, there were no MDMA-related deaths during the six months following Operation Candy Box — compared to four MDMA-related deaths during the three months prior to Operation Candy Box.

In Miami, the price for DEA undercover purchases of MDMA immediately increased 110 % from an average of $5.52 per MDMA tablet prior to Operation Candy Box to $11.62 per tablet the month following the Operation. When DEA measured price again, six months after Operation Candy Box, the MDMA tablet price increase remained high ($10.69) reflecting an overall sustained MDMA price increase of 93 %.

In New Orleans, the price for DEA undercover purchases of MDMA increased 66 % from an average of $10.50 per MDMA pill prior to the culmination of Operation Candy Box, to $17.50 one month following the Operation.

In Los Angeles, the price for DEA undercover purchases of MDMA increased 147 % from an average of $7.04 per MDMA pill prior to the conclusion of Operation Candy Box, to $17.41 in the two months following the Operation.

In Houston, there were 48 seized exhibits of MDMA during the three month period preceding the takedown of Operation Candy Box, and only 9 seized MDMA exhibits during the three months following Operation Candy Box – an 81 % decrease in MDMA seizures.

Operation Candy Box is a joint investigation involving the DEA, FBI, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), the United States Attorneys, Department of Justice Criminal Division, and various state and local law enforcement agencies, in conjunction with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), Canadian Border Services, Toronto Police Department, Ontario Provincial Police, and Ottawa Police Department.

3,652 posted on 01/22/2005 1:16:41 AM PST by Cindy

To: Marine Inspector; All

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1326011/posts

"RUTGERS LOVES A COP-KILLER"
New York Post ^ | 1/22/05

Posted on 01/22/2005 1:05:49 AM PST by kattracks

3,653 posted on 01/22/2005 1:28:24 AM PST by Cindy

Not Really OFF TOPIC...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1324867/posts

"ZIMBABWE WANTS FAT AMERICAN TOURISTS TO WORK OFF POUNDS ON PLANTATIONS"
https://www.freemarketnews.com ^ | Jan 20, 2005 | by staff reports

Posted on 01/20/2005 12:20:44 PM PST by FreeMarket1

Jan 20, 2005 - FreeMarketNews.com

by staff reports

David H. Smith, Newsbriefs Correspondent

3,654 posted on 01/22/2005 1:42:56 AM PST by Cindy

To: Marine Inspector; All

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4197021.stm

Last Updated: Saturday, 22 January, 2005, 04:06 GMT

"Mexico jails placed on high alert"

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Mexico's three top-security prisons have been placed on maximum alert after the murder of six prison officers."

3,655 posted on 01/22/2005 1:54:14 AM PST by Cindy

OFF TOPIC...

BRAINTERMINAL.com
(Evan Coyne Maloney)
http://www.brainterminal.com

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http://www.nysun.com/article/8027

January 21, 2005 Edition > Section: New York

"A Conservative Answer to Michael Moore
Profile: Evan Coyne Maloney:

BY JACOB GERSHMAN - Staff Reporter of the Sun
January 21, 2005

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Evan Coyne Maloney, 32, who dresses and looks like a college student, may very well be America's most promising conservative documentary filmmaker. Yet the Upper East Side resident hasn't completed a single film.

The hype unaccompanied by output says a lot about the room for growth in the conservative documentary community. But a number of those on the right expect Mr. Maloney's unfinished debut film, "Brainwashing 101,"to emerge as a breakout theatrical hit - or at least to make it to theaters, a feat few films of its political ilk have managed to achieve.

A sardonic attack on political correctness in higher education, Mr. Maloney's film was hailed as the "most anticipated" documentary in 2005 by the American Film Renaissance, an upstart film institute based in Dallas."

3,656 posted on 01/22/2005 2:08:32 AM PST by Cindy

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http://www.centcom.mil/CENTCOMNews/News_Release.asp?NewsRelease=20050188.txt

NEWS RELEASE
HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES CENTRAL COMMAND
7115 South Boundary Boulevard
MacDill AFB, Fla. 33621-5101
Phone: (813) 827-5894; FAX: (813) 827-2211; DSN 651-5894

January 20, 2005
Release Number: 05-01-88

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

1ST CD TROOPS DESTROY INSURGENT 'SLAUGHTERHOUSES'

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Task Force Baghdad Soldiers destroyed two buildings in the north Babil region south of the Iraqi capital, reputed to have been used by insurgents to intimidate, torture and kill members of the local populace.

“These buildings were known ‘slaughter houses,’” said Lt. Col. James Hutton, spokesman for the 1st Cavalry Division and Task Force Baghdad.

Hutton said the site of the buildings, south of the town of Mahmuhdiyah, was formerly a military communications facility under Saddam Hussein’s regime.

“This operation demonstrates to the local populace that we are committed to freeing them from the grasp of fear,” Hutton said. “The insurgent feeds off of the fear of others. But the insurgent knows his options are running out.”

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3,657 posted on 01/22/2005 2:13:59 AM PST by Cindy

AMERICA SUPPORTS YOU
Our Military Men and Women
http://www.americasupportsyou.mil/

3,658 posted on 01/22/2005 2:16:51 AM PST by Cindy

To: Calpernia; piasa; All

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1326006/posts

"UNRELIABLE SOURCES" (Seymour Hersh)
New York Post ^ | 1/22/05 | RAEL JEAN ISAAC

Posted on 01/22/2005 12:51:12 AM PST by kattracks

3,659 posted on 01/22/2005 2:20:00 AM PST by Cindy

To: Old Sarge; JohnathanRGalt; fullwave; ganeshpuri89; backhoe; penguino; All

3,660 posted on 01/22/2005 2:33:48 AM PST by Cindy

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