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Posts Tagged FBI
UK Police Intercepting Cell Traffic
From: Threat Level
Britain’s largest police force has been using covert surveillance technology that can masquerade as a mobile phone network to intercept communications and unique IDs from phones or even transmit a signal to shut off phones remotely, according to the Guardian.
The system, made by Datong in the United Kingdom, was purchased by the London Metropolitan police, which paid $230,000 to Datong for “ICT hardware” in 2008 and 2009.
The portable device, which is the size of a suitcase, pretends to be a legitimate cell phone tower that emits a signal to dupe thousands of mobile phones in a targeted area. Authorities can then intercept SMS messages, phone calls and phone data, such as unique IMSI and IMEI identity codes that allow authorities to track phone users’ movements in real-time, without having to request location data from a mobile phone carrier.
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A spokesman for the U.S. Secret Service verified to CNET that the agency has done business with Datong, but would not say what sort of technology it bought from the company.
The FBI is known to use a similar technology called Triggerfish, which also pretends to be a legitimate cell tower base station to trick mobile phones into connecting to it. The Triggerfish system, however, collects only location and other identifying information, and does not intercept phone calls, text messages, and other data.
FBI’s new program, “Communities Against Terrorism” — would you be considered “suspicious”?
Posted by Jack Sinclair in Law, News, Threat Watch on 19/Aug/2011 18:53
Recently, the FBI started sending copies of a letter to military surplus stores in Colorado under the premise of a new program called “Communities Against Terrorism.”
Their intent is to have Americans report on fellow law-abiding citizens if they suspect them of any terrorist activities.
But here’s the catch: Guess who they want to be viewed as “suspicious”?
People who “insist on paying in cash”;
People who buy “Meals Ready to Eat”;
People who buy “weatherproofed ammunition containers”;
People who buy “high capacity magazines”;
And even people who buy “night flashlights.”
The Feds are going after a group of Americans known as “preppers.”
Those who want to be prepared for emergencies and possible disasters.
People who don’t want to rely on the government for every possible need – the same type of people who I respect – and feel that they are their own “first responder.”
And now, that kind of attitude is worthy of getting you put on a terrorist watch list.
The Seattle Plot: Jihadists Shifting Away From Civilian Targets?
Posted by Brian in News, Threat Watch on 30/Jun/2011 15:53
The Seattle Plot: Jihadists Shifting Away From Civilian Targets? is republished with permission of STRATFOR.
By Scott Stewart
On June 22 in a Seattle warehouse, Abu Khalid Abdul-Latif pulled an unloaded M16 rifle to his shoulder, aimed it, and pulled the trigger repeatedly as he imagined himself gunning down young U.S. military recruits. His longtime friend Walli Mujahidh did likewise with an identical rifle, assuming a kneeling position as he engaged his notional targets. The two men had come to the warehouse with another man to inspect the firearms the latter had purchased with money Abdul-Latif had provided him. The rifles and a small number of hand grenades were to be used in an upcoming mission: an attack on a U.S. Military Entrance Processing Station (MEPS) in an industrial area south of downtown Seattle.
After confirming that the rifles were capable of automatic fire and discussing the capacity of the magazines they had purchased, the men placed the rifles back into a storage bag intending to transport them to a temporary cache location. As they prepared to leave the warehouse, they were suddenly swarmed by a large number of FBI agents and other law enforcement officers and quickly arrested. Their plan to conduct a terrorist attack inside the United States had been discovered when the man they had invited to join their plot (the man who had allegedly purchased the weapons for them) reported the plot to the Seattle Police Department, which in turn reported it to the FBI. According to the federal criminal complaint filed in the case, the third unidentified man had an extensive criminal record and had known Abdul-Latif for several years, but he had not been willing to undertake such a terrorist attack. Read the rest of this entry »
EFF Demands Answers About Secret Surveillance Law Memo
From: EFF
EFF Demands Answers About Secret Surveillance Law Memo
EFF has filed a Freedom of Information Act suit against the Department of Justice (DOJ), demanding the release of a secret legal memo used to justify FBI access to Americans’ telephone records without any legal process or oversight. This suit stems from a report released last year by the DOJ’s own Inspector General that revealed how the FBI had come up with a new legal argument to justify secret, unchecked access to private telephone records. According to the report, the DOJ’s Office of the Legal Counsel had issued a legal opinion agreeing with the FBI’s theory. EFF’s lawsuit is seeking that legal opinion, which is a crucial piece of the puzzle in understanding the government’s efforts to expand and overreach their surveillance powers.
Portland Bomb Plot Thwarted
Posted by Brian in News, Threat Watch on 27/Nov/2010 01:40
From OregonLive.com:
Mohamed Osman Mohamud, 19, a Somali-born U.S. citizen, was arrested at 5:42 p.m., 18 minutes before the tree lighting was to occur, on an accusation of attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction. The felony charge carries a maximum sentence of life in prison and a $250,000 fine.
“This defendant’s chilling determination is a stark reminder that there are people — even here in Oregon — who are determined to kill Americans,” said Oregon U.S. Attorney Dwight Holton. “The good work of law enforcement protected Oregonians in this case — and we have no reason to believe there is any continuing threat arising from this case.”
Since the perpetrator was naturalized I would like him stripped of his citizenship.
Would-be Terrorist Arrested in Hawaii
Posted by Gary in Law, News, Threat Watch on 27/Oct/2010 01:24
From: FBI
According to the complaint, in early 2008, Shehadeh, at the time a resident of Staten Island, New York, devised a plan to travel to Pakistan in order to join the Taliban or a similar fighting group. In furtherance of his plan, on June 13, 2008, Shehadeh flew on a one-way airline ticket from John F. Kennedy International Airport in Queens, New York, to Islamabad, Pakistan. Upon landing in Pakistan, Shehadeh was denied entry into the country by Pakistani officials, and he returned to the United States. He was questioned by FBI agents and NYPD detectives on multiple occasions about the purpose of his trip to Pakistan, and he told them that he had traveled to Pakistan in order to visit an Islamic university and to attend a friend’s wedding. The complaint alleges that Shehadeh subsequently admitted to FBI agents in Hawaii that the true purpose of his trip to Pakistan was to join a fighting group such as the Taliban. The complaint also alleges that Shehadeh attempted to recruit another individual to join him for this purpose immediately after the two discussed a sermon by the cleric Anwar al-Awlaki.
According to the complaint, several weeks after Shehadeh was denied entry to Pakistan, he attempted to enlist in the United States Army at the Times Square recruiting station in New York City. Shehadeh’s application was denied when it was discovered that he had concealed his prior trip to Pakistan. Although Shehadeh claimed that he attempted to enlist for career opportunities and benefits, the complaint alleges that his true motive was to deploy to Iraq, where he intended to desert and fight against the United States military alongside Iraqi insurgent forces.
In addition, the complaint alleges that Shehadeh created and administered multiple websites dedicated to spreading violent jihadist ideology. The content of these websites included, among other things, speeches from known al Qaeda leaders such as Abu Yahya al-Libi and Ayman al-Zawahiri.
Using powerful technology, U.S. authorities intercept telephone calls in Mexico resulting in spectacular arrests
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News on 20/Oct/2010 17:14
“Washington, D.C. – Investigations by United States federal authorities included the monitoring of telephone calls of Mexican drug cartels, according to The Washington Post.
Using powerful, modern technology, U.S. authorities have been able to intercept telephone calls in Mexico that resulted in spectacular arrests such as that of Jesus Quinonez Marquez, Prosecutor General of Baja California, who was an operative in a narcotics ring. Quinonez was known as “El Rinon,” and he was arrested by the FBI last July in San Diego, California in an investigation that resulted in criminal charges against 42 more people.
Besides Quinonez, 34 other suspects were detained in the United States and 8 more are fugitives.”
Anti-drug raid in East Texas; suspect links with Mexican cartel
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News on 28/Sep/2010 20:20
Dallas, Texas (Notimex) – Dozens of FBI agents burst into a ranch in East Texas to question residents of the place about the exchange of arms for drugs with a Mexican cartel.
US war protesters cry foul over FBI terrorism raids
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News on 25/Sep/2010 16:45
CHICAGO: Anti-war protesters have claimed their homes and offices were raided by the FBI on Friday in an attempt to silence dissent in the US.
An FBI spokesman confirmed agents searched six locations in Minneapolis and two in Chicago as part of an investigation into ”activities concerning the material support of terrorism”.
Special Agent Steve Warfield of the Minneapolis branch of the FBI declined to confirm who was raided, saying only that the warrants remained sealed. ”There’s no imminent threat to the community,” Warfield said. ”We did not plan on making any arrests and we did not make any arrests.”
Activist Mick Kelly, an organizer of a huge anti-war rally on the opening day of the 2008 Republican National Convention, said the FBI had kicked down his door about 7am on Friday after he had already left for work.
”To me this is harassment of anti-war activists and leaders who have spoken against US intervention in Latin America and the Middle East,” Kelly said. He insisted he had ”absolutely not” been involved in any illegal activities.
”I am angry,” she said. ”I want people to know that the government is targeting people for our ideas.”
http://www.smh.com.au/world/us-war-protesters-cry-foul-over-fbi-terrorism-raids-20100925-15rkr.html
$100K Reward for EDUARDO RAVELO – FBI Most Wanted
Posted by Gary in Threat Watch on 6/Sep/2010 17:41
From: FBI
Eduardo Ravelo
Photograph taken in 1998
Ravelo is known to be a Captain (Capo) within the Barrio Azteca criminal enterprise and is allegedly responsible for issuing orders to the Barrio Azteca members residing in Juarez, Mexico. Allegedly, Ravelo and the Barrio Azteca members act as “hitmen” for the Vicente Carrillo Fuentes Drug Trafficking Organization and are responsible for numerous murders. Ravelo has ties to Mexico and El Paso, Texas. He may have had plastic surgery and altered his fingerprints.
Wanted for engaging in the affairs of an enterprise, through a pattern of racketeering activities; conspiracy to conduct the affairs of an enterprise, through a pattern of racketeering activities; conspiracy to launder monetary instruments; conspiracy to possess heroin, cocaine and marijuana with the intent to distribute.
CAUTION
Eduardo Ravelo was indicted in Texas in 2008 for his involvement in racketeering activities, conspiracy to launder monetary instruments, and conspiracy to possess heroin, cocaine and marijuana with the intent to distribute. His alleged criminal activities began in 2003.
Shaheed Hussain: FBI informant, key in catching “homegrown” Muslim terrorists
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News, Opinion on 22/Aug/2010 12:56
FILE - In this May 21, 2009 file photo, David Williams, center, is led by police officers from a federal building in New York after being arrested for plotting to bomb New York synagogues and shoot down military aircraft. Four Muslim men charged with trying to blow up New York synagogues and shoot down military planes will be reunited at their trial with someone who was in on the plot every step of the way_a wire-wearing FBI informant named Shaheed Hussain. (AP Photo/Robert Mecea, File)
NEW YORK — Four Muslim men charged with trying to blow up New York synagogues and shoot down military planes will be reunited at their trial with someone who was in on the plot every step of the way: a wire-wearing FBI informant named Shaheed Hussain.
The government credits Hussain with rooting out radical Muslims at a mosque in Newburgh, a small town north of New York.
Authorities last year called the case a “chilling plot” involving “extremely violent men” who represented a growing, dire homegrown terrorism threat.
http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/22/4949402-informant-is-key-to-ny-synagogues-bomb-plot-case
Homegrown Muslim terrorists, eh? Huh. I wonder where they grew…in a Lutheran church? Where’d they learn to be terrorists, who taught them this was a good thing? Maybe they picked it up from Sesame Street. Or maybe they learned it at a MOSQUE.
People are letting themselves get distracted by the diversionary tactic of, “We’re a religion, we’re a religion! A Mosque is just like a church, so let us build more.”
No, a mosque is not just like a church – because most churches don’t train terrorists to do all they can to destroy America.
Some of the very same people who rant about a Nativity scene threatening their liberty, or freak out because they think that a copy of the 10 commandments is a gross intrusion of religion into government, are calling for us all to be perfectly OK with building mosques and are completely blind, have no idea, what they are letting in the door with Sharia Law.
You think Baptists are pushy because they want to discourage the killing of unborn babies? You think Evangelicals saying “Homosexuality is a Sin” is oppressive?
Brother, you ain’t seen nothing yet.
Wait until dedicated Muslims start doing Allah’s work in the US, when they start killing gays because they don’t follow the Koran. And that’s just the beginning of how a growing Muslim influence could impact you. Do a little research on “dhimmi”, find out what a “dhimmi” is (hint: it’s you under Sharia Law)
If you think this is wild paranoia, then you need to look more closely at Europe and the UK, see how Islam is working out for them.
FBI Most-Wanted Muslim Terrorist suspects – from Minnesota?
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News, Threat Watch on 12/Aug/2010 18:46
New Al-Qaida Leader Knows US Well
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News, Threat Watch on 7/Aug/2010 22:32
Adnan Shukrijumah, 35, is shown in these undated images provided by the FBI. The suspected al-Qaida... Expand Adnan Shukrijumah, 35, is shown in these undated images provided by the FBI. (AP Photo/FBI) Collapse (AP)
“A suspected al-Qaida operative who lived for more than 15 years in the U.S. has become chief of the terror network’s global operations, the FBI says, marking the first time a leader so intimately familiar with American society has been placed in charge of planning attacks.”
Escalating Violence From the Animal Liberation Front
Posted by Brian in News, Threat Watch on 29/Jul/2010 23:54
This report is republished with permission of STRATFOR
By Scott Stewart
On July 22, special agents of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and the FBI arrested Walter Bond in Denver and charged him with conducting the April 30 arson that destroyed a Glendale, Colo., business, the Sheepskin Factory, which sold a variety of sheepskin products. According to an affidavit completed by a special agent assigned to the Denver ATF field office, Bond used the nom de guerre, “ALF Lone Wolf” and boasted to a confidential informant that he not only torched the Sheepskin Factory but also was responsible for a June 5 fire at a leather factory in Salt Lake City and a July 3 fire at a restaurant in Sandy, Utah.
The Bond case serves as a reminder that activists with organizations such as the Animal Liberation Front (ALF) are still very active — indeed, there have been several firebombing attacks by such activists in the United States this year, not only at businesses but also at the homes of animal researchers. And there have been scores of animal rights-related attacks in other countries, with Mexico being among the most active. The Bond case also provides an opportunity to examine the manner in which the animal liberation movement conducts its leaderless resistance campaign, to draw lessons from the case and to assess the trajectory of the animal rights movement. Read the rest of this entry »
Most Wanted Terrorists
Posted by Brian in Threat Watch on 24/Jul/2010 20:23
