2009年10月30日星期五

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism


Pakistanis confront Clinton over drone attacks (AP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2009 05:15 PM PDT

In this image taken from Pakistan's Geo TV shows visiting U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton during an interview broadcast live in Islamabad, Pakistan on Friday, Oct. 30, 2009,  with several prominent female TV anchors, before a predominantly female audience of several hundred.  One member of the audience said the Predator attacks amount to 'executions without trial' for those killed.(AP Photo/Geo Tv) NO SALESAP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton faced sharp rebukes from Pakistani audiences Friday, including one woman who accused the U.S. of conducting "executions without trial" in aerial drone strikes. Slapping back, Clinton questioned Pakistan's commitment to fighting terrorists.


New papers detail FBI, CIA wrangle over detainees (AP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2009 05:04 PM PDT

AP - Newly released documents show the FBI interviewed a naked, chained terror suspect back in 2002 as the bureau struggled with the CIA over how to treat high-value prisoners.

US cyber center opens to battle computer attacks (AP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2009 04:38 PM PDT

AP - The United States is well behind the curve in the fight against computer criminals, Sen. Joe Lieberman said Friday, as Homeland Security officials opened a $9 million operations center to better coordinate the government's response to cyberattacks.

US boots up new unified cybersecurity center (AFP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2009 02:17 PM PDT

US Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano joins staff members and members of the US Congress at the ribbon-cutting ceremony of the new US Computer Emergency Readiness Team/National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center facility in Arlington, Virginia.(AFP/Getty Images/Win Mcnamee)AFP - US Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano cut the ribbon on Friday on a state-of-the-art unified command center for government cybersecurity efforts.


UN says police, NATO slow to respond to attack (AP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2009 03:37 PM PDT

An Afghan boy walks by a guarded entrance of a guest house for U.N. staff, which was attacked Wednesday in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Friday, Oct. 30, 2009. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appealed for more security personnel to protect U.N. staff and facilities in Afghanistan, especially in the run-up to next week's election. (AP Photo/Farzana Wahidy)AP - The United Nations demanded to know Friday why it took an hour for Afghan police and NATO troops to respond to a Taliban attack on a guest house filled with U.N. staff in Kabul.


Lieberman Signs Onto GOP's Focused Renewal of Patriot Act Provisions (CQPolitics.com)

Posted: 30 Oct 2009 10:31 AM PDT

CQPolitics.com - The chairman of the Senate Homeland Security Committee joined two top Republicans on Thursday in introducing a bill to reauthorize expiring anti-terrorism authorities.
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