Threat Matrix: Daily Terror Threat

Threat Matrix: Daily Terror Threat

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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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841 posted on 12/30/2004 10:14:46 PM PST by JustPiper (NoE-the Enemy !!!)

To: nw_arizona_granny

The first that I read of the hurting pilots eyes was about 10 years ago, when the Russians used them on one of our pilots who was checking out a Russian ship.

There were two people injured by the Russian laser incident. The one name I recall is Jack Daly.

842 posted on 12/30/2004 11:14:02 PM PST by Myrddin

The "photo gray" lenses that you can buy at the optometric shop were originally developed to protect our nuclear bomber crews from the flash of a nuclear detonation.

Most modern jet aircraft have a cockpit that includes lots of "virtual" instruments. Just pretty pictures on a small computer screen. Trying to wear proper laser safety glasses could make those "instruments" unreadable.

843 posted on 12/30/2004 11:17:31 PM PST by Myrddin

To: Calpernia; Old Sarge; backhoe; piasa; JohnathanRGalt; All

UPDATE...

http://news.ft.com/cms/s/d6517cee-5afa-11d9-9ad3-00000e2511c8.html

"Fire in Buenos Aires nightclub kills 149"
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, Dec 31 (Reuters)

ARTICLE NOTE: "360 injured"

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Local media reported that as many as 5,000 to 6,000 people may have been inside the club listening to a band play when the blaze broke out an hour before midnight on Thursday.

Witnesses told Reuters reporters on the scene that a flare was shot into the club’s ceiling, which was covered with foam. There was a stampede and many people fainted from inhaling smoke.

“There are versions that flares caused the fire, but I cannot confirm this until we have more information from the fire department,” Mayor Anibal Ibarra told TN television.

It was not immediately clear if fire exits and doors were unblocked."

844 posted on 12/30/2004 11:37:35 PM PST by Cindy

http://www.officer.com/article/article.jsp?id=19794&siteSection=2

Updated: December 30th, 2004 09:58:44 AM

"Georgia Police Officer Shot To Death During Routine Traffic Stop"

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MATT WEEKS
Courtesy of The Gainesville Times

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "A Pendergrass police officer died Wednesday night, shortly after he was shot during an attempted traffic stop in Jackson County.

Officer Chris Ruse died at Northeast Georgia Medical Center, said Shannon Garner, administrative supervisor at the hospital."

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http://www.newsday.com/news/local/state/ny-bc-ct-brf--officershot1231dec30,0,7409220.story?coll=ny-region-apconnecticut

Friday, December 31, 2004

"Newington police officer shot while responding to domestic call"

December 31, 2004, 2:02 AM EST

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "NEWINGTON, Conn. -- A town police officer who was shot while responding to a domestic call was being held hostage early Friday as state troopers and police from surrounding towns swarmed the scene.

Mayor Thomas McBride identified the injured officer was Peter Lavery, a 19-year veteran of the force. The extent of the officer's injuries were not released."

845 posted on 12/30/2004 11:48:40 PM PST by Cindy

December 31, 2004

http://www.wfsb.com/Global/story.asp?S=2747158

"Identity theft a component of DMV drivers' license fraud"

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "HARTFORD (AP) -- Law enforcement officials say they have uncovered troubling allegations that state workers and others were stealing licensed Connecticut drivers' identities as part of a broad conspiracy to sell bogus licenses to illegal immigrants."

846 posted on 12/30/2004 11:56:38 PM PST by Cindy

To: Myrddin; Domestic Church; Calpernia; Velveeta; DAVEY CROCKETT; Revel

I should have known that clinton would be the reason it went bad and was not prosecuted. Your Jack Daly is the man I was thinking of. I had read of the weapons maybe 10 years earlier. I think they were to be used to take out the satellites. Topic in misc.survivalism (Google Groups) Trial begins in Russian-laser case Only 1 message in topic Ray Keller Oct 10 2002, 9:26 pm show options Newsgroups: misc.survivalism From: "Ray Keller" - Find messages by this author Date: 11 Oct 2002 04:26:50 GMT Local: Thurs, Oct 10 2002 9:26 pm Subject: Trial begins in Russian-laser case Trial begins in Russian-laser case Attorneys for U.S. Navy officer say 1997 attack was intentional

---- Posted: October 10, 2002 1:00 a.m. Eastern By Jon Dougherty © 2002 WorldNetDaily.com Attorneys for a decorated U.S. Navy intelligence officer have told a federal court in Seattle that the crew of a Russian vessel believed on a spying mission intentionally fired a laser at a Canadian air force helicopter sent to photograph the ship, permanently injuring the officer and the pilot. Larry Klayman, president and chief general counsel for the nonprofit legal group Judicial Watch, said Cmdr. Jack Daly, then a lieutenant, was injured when the crew of the Kapitan Man allegedly fired a laser at him as the ship laid off Puget Sound near Washington state five years ago. Daly is suing the Far Eastern Shipping Company, known by the acronym FESCO, in U.S. district court. FESCO is a Russian company headquartered in Vladivostok and owned in part by the Russian government. Two other defendants - FESCO Agencies N.A. Inc. and FESCO Intermodal Inc. - are companies wholly owned by FESCO. The company is represented by attorney Marc Warner. The April 4, 1997, incident occurred when Daly was a passenger in a Canadian military CH-124 "Sea King" helicopter piloted by Canadian Capt. Patrick Barnes. Around noon, Klayman said, the Russian vessel was in U.S. territorial waters, five nautical miles north of Port Angeles, Wash., and was proceeding east in the inbound lane of the Strait of Juan de Fuca to the Port of Tacoma. "Not coincidentally, the USS Ohio, a U.S. nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine, had left the Bangor, Wash., submarine base and was heading out to sea through the Strait of Juan de Fuca in the same vicinity as the Kapitan Man," Klayman told the jury of seven women and three men on Monday. The Russian ship passed within 1,000 yards of the surfaced submarine, he said. The Kapitan Man had a history of languishing in the narrow straits, usually when nuclear subs were traversing the area. The ship's actions raised suspicions and prompted the Navy to investigate. Daly's mission was to photograph the vessel for later inspection by intelligence teams. Daly and Barnes made several passes at the ship. Within hours after the helicopter returned to its base near Victoria, British Columbia, both men exhibited signs that their eyes had been exposed to a laser. The next morning, both awoke with blood in the whites of their eyes. The officers eventually were examined by Dr. David Scales, a now-retired Air Force ophthalmologist and retinologist, at the U.S. Army Medical Research Detachment, or USMRD, in San Antonio, Texas, the Pentagon's center of expertise in the diagnosis and treatment of laser injuries. Scales is considered an expert in the field and one of only a few doctors in the world who have studied the effect of weapons-grade laser injuries. He found lesions in the right eye of Daly but none in Barnes', though he believes the beam of the laser may have been amplified as it entered the lens of Daly's camera. While manuvering the helicopter, Barnes also looked directly at the ship, but because he was flying - and not taking photographs - the sun visor on his helmet was down, which may have blunted the laser beam. His injury was such that he said yesterday during testimony the Canadian government gave him a 15 percent increase in his pension. Tests showed the men were most likely hit with a Neodymium YAG laser, according to a USMRD analysis. In late 1998, Daly followed up with Dr. Howard Cohen, an ophthalmologist specializing in laser eye injuries. Cohen, who had previously helped found the USMRD's laser trauma center in the early 1990s in San Francisco, found six to seven threshold lesions on the retina of Daly's right eye and another two threshold lesions on the retina of his left eye. These lesions are permanent, Cohen believes, and are characteristic of laser scars. Shortly after the incident, Coast Guard teams were given two hours to search the vessel but did not locate a laser. Teams were not given full access to the ship, however, and the Clinton administration had warned the Russian government in advance the ship would be searched. FESCO's position is that regardless of what may have happened to Daly and Barnes, it wasn't the result of a laser. Klayman told WorldNetDaily he was confident of victory. "The trial is going extremely well," he said in an interview. "We're confident of success." He said the case would be a "great victory" not only for Daly, but also "for [other] servicemen and the American people." "They can't be given short shrift, particularly since they're being asked to possibly go into battle" against Iraq in coming weeks, Klayman said. U.S. District Judge John C. Coughenour is presiding in the case. The attack was first reported by The Washington Times after the paper obtained classified documents showing the State Department had sought to cover up the incident. The Clinton White House also did not publicly discuss the incident out of fear it would upset relations with Moscow, the paper said Monday. Added Klayman, "To have the United States protect a foreign power . at the expense of its own serviceman, obviously, is untenable." The Navy asked an assistant U.S. attorney to monitor the trial to ensure that no classified information is released in court. Sources from the Office of Naval Intelligence told WND that a pair of representatives were sent to the trial. The Times reported that the Office of Naval Intelligence did not support Daly and that, at one point in pretrial testimony, ONI official Raymond Elliott said naval intelligence did not even regard the laser incident as grave. "It was not considered that serious an event at the time," said Elliot, who also told Daly's attorneys that the investigation into the laser incident was "as complicated as a high-school science project." -- Ray Keller raykel...@theriver.com http://personal.riverusers.com/~raykeller/ "You don't expect governments to obey the law because of some higher moral development. You expect them to obey the law because they know that if they don't, those who aren't shot will be hanged." -Michael Shirley

847 posted on 12/30/2004 11:58:38 PM PST by nw_arizona_granny (Today, please pray for God's miracle, we are not going to make it without him.)

To: Jeff Head; judicial meanz; ExSoldier; HipShot; Travis McGee; All

A BIT OFF TOPIC...

http://www.cnsnews.com//ViewCulture.asp?Page=\Culture\archive\200412\CUL20041230a.html

"Brady Campaign: Beware 'Under-Intelligent' Gun Owners"
By David Thibault
CNSNews.com Managing Editor
December 30, 2004

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "(CNSNews.com) - Beware the lethal combination of alcohol, New Year's Eve revelry and a loaded gun, according to the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, which in its latest press release, pointed to the threat posed by "overexcited and under-intelligent" gun owners."

848 posted on 12/31/2004 12:09:58 AM PST by Cindy

US-CERT.gov: "Current Activity"
http://www.us-cert.gov/current/

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http://www.detnews.com/2004/technology/0412/31/technology-46709.htm

Friday, December 31, 2004

"Phishing, spyware and other pests continue to plague Internet"

By Anick Jesdanun / AP Internet Writer

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "NEW YORK -- Computer worms raced around the world, leaving behind tools that spread spam. Scammers sent e-mail to trick bank account holders into revealing passwords. Rogue programs known as "spyware" hijacked Web browsers and crippled computers."

849 posted on 12/31/2004 12:15:28 AM PST by Cindy

Amen to that Fullwave.

850 posted on 12/31/2004 12:18:03 AM PST by Cindy

http://www.freep.com/news/health/webmadc31e_20041231.htm

"Canada finds suspected new case of mad cow disease"

December 31, 2004

BY COLIN McCLELLAN
ASSOCIATED PRESS

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "OTTAWA -- Canada has found what may be a second case of mad cow disease, officials said Thursday, just a day after the United States said it planned to reopen its border to Canadian beef.

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U.S. stands firm on Canadian cattle imports despite suspected mad cow case

The border was closed 19 months ago when a cow in northern Alberta tested positive for mad cow disease, or bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Wednesday the border could be opened in March."

851 posted on 12/31/2004 12:20:49 AM PST by Cindy

http://tennessean.com/local/archives/04/12/63528037.shtml?Element_ID=63528037

"Arson likely in fires at Korean group's buildings in Stewart County"

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Authorities were investigating circumstances surrounding midnight fires Dec. 24 that destroyed a school, church and office in the Doalnara Restoration Society — a Korean organization in the Standing Rock community whose members travel around the area doing musical performances."

852 posted on 12/31/2004 12:27:16 AM PST by Cindy

OFF TOPIC...

http://www.kusa.com/acm_news.aspx?OSGNAME=KUSA&IKOBJECTID=2763e9a9-0abe-421a-01e4-3c59ab853662&TEMPLATEID=0c76dce6-ac1f-02d8-0047-c589c01ca7bf

"Couple killed in highway accident experts on chronic wasting disease"

posted by: Paola Farer (Web Producer)
Created: 12/30/2004 9:30 PM MST - Updated: 12/30/2004 9:58 PM MST

853 posted on 12/31/2004 12:33:40 AM PST by Cindy

To: Old Sarge; All

December 31, 2004

http://www.washtimes.com/world/20041230-111254-6665r.htm

"Terror groups call voting un-Islamic"

By Nick Wadhams
ASSOCIATED PRESS

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "BAGHDAD — The radical Ansar al-Sunnah Army and two other terrorist groups issued a statement yesterday, warning Iraqis not to vote in the Jan. 30 election because democracy is un-Islamic."

854 posted on 12/31/2004 12:43:51 AM PST by Cindy

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

855 posted on 12/31/2004 2:27:14 AM PST by Cindy

To: piasa; backhoe; Alamo-Girl; Godzilla; MamaDearest; All

856 posted on 12/31/2004 2:29:46 AM PST by Cindy

To: backhoe; All

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1311495/posts

"The Power of Nightmares: Baby It's Cold Outside (BBC says organized terror networks are delusions)"
The BBC ^ | October 19, 2004

Posted on 12/31/2004 2:27:20 AM PST by RWR8189

"Should we be worried about the threat from organised terrorism or is it simply a phantom menace being used to stop society from falling apart?"

857 posted on 12/31/2004 2:32:12 AM PST by Cindy

Note: The following text is an exact quote:
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http://www.internet-haganah.us/harchives/003376.html

December 30, 2004

Technion researchers battling Anthrax

JPost.com Staff, THE JERUSALEM POST Dec. 29, 2004:
Researchers from the Israel Institute of Technology (Technion) have developed a first of its kind "device" against the anthrax bacterium, Army Radio reported.

The substance delays the disease while attacking not only the bacterium itself, but also the poisonous protein which it releases into the bloodstream.

Dean of the chemistry faculty at the Technion, Ehud Keinan, called the invention "revolutionary, one that will have a profound impact in the war against terror," Army Radio reported.
CONTINUE...

Posted by aaron at December 30, 2004 06:52 PM

858 posted on 12/31/2004 2:37:45 AM PST by Cindy

To: Old Sarge; All

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1311498/posts

Machine guns found near Kansas creek
Topeka Capital-Journal ^ | 31 dec 2004 | AP

Posted on 12/31/2004 3:00:06 AM PST by csvset

"Machine guns found near Kansas creek"

The Associated Press

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "MILFORD -- A fisherman found a heavy machine gun on the ice of a creek near Fort Riley, and Geary County sheriff's deputies later found two more."

859 posted on 12/31/2004 3:07:01 AM PST by Cindy

To: Domestic Church

What? I would just like to report that I live in the SJ/Milpitas area and havent lost power yet during this storm.

Happy New Years to All!

860 posted on 12/31/2004 7:10:37 AM PST by ßuddaßudd (7 days - 7 ways ( but you must follow the instructions carefully))

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