| | The Counter Terrorist
Your bi-monthly update on Homeland Security | February 2007 |
| Local Islamic charity loses federal appeal
by Jacob Luecke - Columbia Tribune A federal appeals court has ruled that the assets of the Islamic American Relief Agency, the Columbia-based charity raided by federal agents in 2004, should remain frozen. The federal government has labeled the group as the American branch of the Islamic African Relief Agency in Khartoum, Sudan, which was branded a supporter of global terrorist organizations. ___________________________________________________________________ |
Judge orders deportation of driving student
By Tom Mooney - Rhode Island news  BOSTON - A federal judge yesterday ordered an Indian national whose behavior at a Smithfield trucking school spawned a nationwide antiterrorism investigation be deported. Mohammed Yousuf Mullawala la "is not the person who he claims to be," said U.S. Immigration Judge Matthew J. D'Angelo, as a shackled Mullawala listened a few feet away at the court room's defense table. ___________________________________________________________________ |
Expansion of local intelligence-sharing centers sparks controversy
b y Shane Harris, National Journal To bolster homeland security, Democratic lawmakers want state and local governments to expand their intelligence-gathering, a goal supported by the Bush administration but one that some civil libertarians and privacy advocates say borders on domestic spying. ___________________________________________________________________
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Mall evacuation a sign of Spokane's vulnerability?
by Jeff Humphrey - KXLY.com Spokane police and firefighters are still trying to decide what - a gas or a chemical irritant - prompted the evacuation of NorthTown mall that sent more than forty people to local hospitals but at least one terrorism expert is worried about what it could really mean.
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FBI tracks secret 'wiretaps' with multilevel security
by Wilson P. Dizard III - GCN |
6 minutes of horror
By Pat Reavy and Ben Winslow - Deseret Morning News  In just six minutes, 18-year-old Sulejman Talovic left a tragic path of destruction that forever changed the lives of dozens of people. "His intent was to shoot as many people as he possibly could," said Salt Lake City Police Chief Chris Burbank.________________________________________________________________ |
Salt Lake Jihad?
by Robert Spencer - FrontPageMagazine.com  When Sulejmen Talovic entered the Trolley Square mall in Salt Lake City Monday night with a shotgun, a pistol, and a backpack full of ammunition, he intended to "kill a large number of people," according to Salt Lake City Police Chief Chris Burbank. Talovic killed five people and wounded four before he himself was killed by an off-duty Ogden police officer who happened to be in the mall. ________________________________________________________________
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FBI rules out terrorism in Utah shooting
Editor's note - SSI Newsletter  If it is unexplainable according to an FBI agent and the family, how can the Bureau rule out terrorism or a religious motive without a thorough investigation? Sounds like a "rush to judgment" given Al Qaeda calls for precisely this kind of "lone wolf" attack. SSI has been warning the US about lone wolf attacks and was the first to identify Taher Azari as a Terrorist in the North Carolina attack, and has called for identification of other ideologically motivated, radical Islam inspired attacks as terror attacks. |
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About SSI 
The FBI has launched an application that monitors the preparation of requests for secret wiretaps under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act by using several levels of classification, ranked by the security level of the user. 
