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Competitive Research- Freakonomics Style
Yesterday the blog Freakonomics.com, by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner authors of the wildly popular book of the same name, moved to a new home at the New York Times. Unless you've been living in a cardboard box in Siberia the last few years, you know that the...
Tags: Security, Attack, Terrorist, Jessica Stillman
Blog posts 2007-08-08
On U.S. Homeland Security and Database Technology
Given the enormous consequences of a repeat of the September 11 attacks, all non-terrorists have been subjected to security measures. One of the ways to reduce costs is to make terrorist-related intelligence more precise and accurate, so that efforts to track arrest and deter terrorists, their supporters and movements of...
Tags: Enterprise Software, Hardware, Storage, Terrorist, Software, Databases, Data Management
White papers 2005-03-01
Gun Control and Terrorism: FBI Could Better Manage Firearm-Related Background Checks Involving Terrorist Watch List Records
Membership in a terrorist organization does not prohibit a person from owning a gun under current law. Thus, during presale screening of prospective firearms purchasers, the National Instant Criminal Background Check System historically did not utilize terrorist watch list records. The paper determines how many checks have resulted in valid...
Tags: Check, Terrorist, FBI, Terrorism, General Accounting Office, Federal Government, Homeland Security, Government
White papers 2005-01-01
Terrorist Risk: Insurance Market Failures and Capital Market Solutions
The apparent market failure is primarily the result of two factors: the reinsurance industry not fully recapitalizing after losses stemming from a series of extraordinary, catastrophic events and the difficulties inherent in evaluating or "pricing" terrorist risk. Whether the temporary Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 needs to be supplemented,...
Tags: Capital Market, Terrorist, Securities Industry Association, Market Failure, Insurance, Homeland Security, Regulations, Strategy, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Government, Management
White papers 2004-01-31
Terrorism Beyond 2000 Trends And Threat Issues
The article asserts that the country is faced with a growing threat - terrorism. The security of the country's infrastructure is a key concern of the White House. This introductory paper focuses on identifying current issues, introducing key elements for an effective analysis of current trends and issues surrounding the...
Tags: Terrorist, Article, Terrorism, Homeland Security, Government
White papers 2003-01-01
2002 Legislative Forecast: Canada
This article is on the terrorism reinsurance legislation in Canada. The proposed terrorism reinsurance legislation could include a definition of terrorist acts that would not only define the scope of the act, but also clarify the distinction between terrorist acts and war risk. Legislation would also determine whether or not...
Tags: Terrorist, Reinsurance, Terrorism, Property Insurance, Homeland Security, Insurance, Government, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance
White papers

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Portraits from the horn of Africa Camp Lemonier, Djibouti, 4/18/08
While Marines from around the globe continue their fight in the streets of Iraq and harsh terrain of Afghanistan, a different kind of mission carries on in the Horn of Africa. Considered by some experts to be the next front in the Global War on Terrorism, the region is rife...
Articles 2008-09-01
Nation's dams safer since 9/11
The country's dams have become significantly safer since Sept. 11, 2001, but the gates holding back the nation's largest reservoirs, including Glen Canyon Dam, remain vulnerable to terrorist attack, a new federally commissioned study said. Nationwide, water managers at the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation who monitor water...
Articles 2008-08-21
US condemns Algeria terrorist attacks
ORLANDO, Florida AFP — The United States on Wednesday condemned terrorist attacks in Algeria, saying they were the work of "criminals and thugs" and vowing to support counter-terrorism efforts. "The United States condemns the recent terrorist attacks in Algeria, the most recent ones today and yesterday," White House...
Articles 2008-08-20
Pa. couple sue federal agencies over no-fly list
Seeking to have their names stricken from the U.S. government's antiterrorist watch list, a Schuylkill County Muslim man and his wife filed suit yesterday against a host of federal agencies. Erich Scherfen, 37, and his wife, Rubina Tareen, 50, say they were unfairly added to the million-name Terrorist Screening Database...
Articles 2008-08-20
Worldview: Pakistan's uncertain future
Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf, the longtime military dictator who resigned Monday, was an ambivalent ally in the fight against radical Islamists. Although the Pakistani leader did arrest some key al-Qaeda operatives, he let militants take over whole areas of his country along the Afghan border - where al-Qaeda's leadership is...
Articles 2008-08-20
Blast underscores challenges facing Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan {ndash} A suicide attack on a hospital Tuesday in northern Pakistan killed more than two dozen people, a reminder of the challenges facing the country's untested democratic government after Pervez Musharraf resigned as president. The blast occurred in Dera Ismail Khan, in Pakistan's troubled northwest. Despite...
Articles 2008-08-20
Jail for jihadist Briton who recruited terrorists online
A FORMER burger bar worker who recruited Islamist extremists online, including Britain's youngest terrorism convict, to stage a global "holy war" was jailed for 12 years yesterday. Aabid Khan, 23, built up a computer "encyclopaedia" of extremist material including a file on the Royal Family, Blackfriars Crown...
Articles 2008-08-20
Dissidents use Semtex as new weapon of choice
DISSIDENT republican terrorists in Northern Ireland used Semtex for the first time during an attack on police officers in County Fermanagh on Saturday. One officer was hurt and another treated for shock after the device failed to leave an improvised rocket-propelled grenade launcher in the village of...
Articles 2008-08-19
I am resigning to give my country the chance to heal
Podium Nine years ago, Pakistan was about to be branded a failed and terrorist state. I assumed charge with the aim of rescuing the country. Since then I have tried to serve to the best of my ability during confrontations with India, 9/11 and its aftermath,...
Articles 2008-08-19
Pakistan's transition could be rocky
The Bush administration and key members of Congress praised Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf's decision to resign Monday, even as experts on the nuclear-armed, terrorist-infested nation warned of possible short-term political instability. U.S. government officials predicted Pakistan's new democratically elected government, which had threatened to impeach Musharraf, would continue...
Articles 2008-08-19
UK's youngest terrorist convicted of bomb plot
Schoolboy from a respected Muslim family was part of cell that plotted to make explosives and napalm. Jonathan Brown and Michael Savage report A schoolboy who possessed a guide to making napalm on his computer and had notes on martyrdom under his bed became Britain's youngest...
Articles 2008-08-19
Warrants issued for anti-whalers
Home News IN BRIEF *Japan has issued arrest warrants against three anti-whaling campaigners, including a Briton, Daniel Bebawi, over alleged damage to the country's whaling fleet. Darren Collis, a spokesman for the conservation group Sea Shepherd's UK, said he believed the warrants were issued in retaliation...
Articles 2008-08-19
Schools roll out terrorism rule book
SCHOOLS HAVE become the new battleground in the police's fight to combat terrorism among Britain's youth. Measures designed to stamp out Islamic extremism at the earliest opportunity have been agreed by senior officers and are now being rolled out across the country. They include...
Articles 2008-08-19
Technology Review Reveals the 2008 TR35 List of the Year's Top Young Innovators
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Technology Review today announced the 2008 TR35, its annual list of 35 outstanding men and women under the age of 35 who exemplify the spirit of innovation in business and technology. Doing ground-breaking work in energy, nanotechnology, biotechnology, and computing, these inspiring young individuals are transforming the...
Articles 2008-08-19
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