9 August 2013
Congress
has labeled the
Fort Hood attack an act of terrorism. In the wake of the attack, an
independent report commissioned by the FBI looked at ways to improve
counterterrorism measures. Even the president said the attack was
inspired by “larger notions of violent jihad.” -- Terrorism
at Fort Hood:
The News Tribune, 9 August 2013.
8 August 2013
In
the context of the Global War on Terrorism, International Bar
Association attorneys are reviewing the importance of an "enemy
combatant" designation:
An “enemy combatant” is an individual who, under the laws and customs
of war, may be detained for the duration of an armed conflict. In the
current conflict with al Qaida and the Taliban, the term includes a
member, agent, or associate of al Qaida or the Taliban. In applying
this definition, the United States government has acted consistently
with the observation of the Supreme Court of the United States in Ex
parte Quirin, 317 U.S. 1, 37-38 (1942): “Citizens who associate
themselves with the military arm of the enemy government, and with its
aid, guidance and direction enter this country bent on hostile acts are
enemy belligerents within the meaning of the Hague Convention and the
law of war.” -- Enemy
Combatants: Council on Foreign Relations, December 12, 2002.
7 August 2013
Contact:
Stephen M. Apatow
Founder,
Director of Research & Development
Humanitarian
Resource Institute (UN:NGO:DESA)
Humanitarian University
Consortium Graduate Studies
Center
for Medicine, Veterinary Medicine & Law
Phone:
203-668-0282
Email:
s.m.apatow@humanitarian.net
Internet:
www.humanitarian.net
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Hasan - Mujahedeen in U.S. Military - Uses Trial to
Rally Global Jihadist Movement
Referring
to himself as part of the Mujahedeen, Maj. Nidal Hasan, charged in the
shootings at Fort Hood, told a court Tuesday that war has brought much
death and destruction, and he found himself “on the wrong side.” -- In
opening remarks, Hasan says he was 'on the wrong side' in US Army
uniform:
Stars and Stripes, 6 August 2013.
Background
Discussions:
Terrorist
Hasan uses trial, opportunity to represent himself in court and
international media to support global terrorist groups, jihadist hearts
and minds. Provides reference point for highest levels of infiltration
in U.S. military, government and civilian organizations.
Intelligence
focus moves to any interconnection (internet,
telecommunication) with NCTC terrorist groups. Global direct
tracking from extremist communication networks to individuals,
corporations, religious groups, the basis for counterterrorism
operations (Fusion
Task Force: Interpol).
Snowden,
Manning classified disclosures viewed as direct instruments to
disrupt/destroy global counterterrorism operations, intelligence and
surveillance. Instead, the call has been advanced to strengthen every
level of the global defense infrastructure, Interpol law enforcement
fusion capabilities and local law enforcement levels (the first and
last line of defense) in 222 countries.
International
Bar Association called to establish international
guidelines for terrorist trials, to prevent exploitation of
proceedings, support of global terrorist groups, coordinated terrorist
operations.
U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency in the Spotlight
Interpol
Terrorism Fusion support to prevent WMD transfer through drug
trafficking routes
As the
NSA scoops up phone records and other forms of electronic evidence
while investigating national security and terrorism leads, they turn
over "tips" to a division of the Drug Enforcement Agency ("DEA") known
as the Special Operations Division ("SOD"). -- DEA
and NSA Team Up to Share Intelligence, Leading to Secret Use of
Surveillance in Ordinary Investigations: EFF, 6 August 2013.
Preventing
a WMD 911
Convergence may be thought of as the dark side of
globalization. It is the merger of a wide variety of mobile human
activities, each of which is individually dangerous and whose sum
represents a far greater threat.
The most obvious example of this kind of convergence is
narco-terrorism. Drug cartels use sophisticated trafficking routes to
move huge amounts of heroin, cocaine and methamphetamines. Terrorists
can in effect “rent” these routes by co-opting the drug cartels through
money, coercion or ideological persuasion. These organizations can then
move personnel, cash or arms — possibly even a weapon of mass
destruction— clandestinely to the United States. -- The
dark side of globalization: Washington Post, 31
May 2013. Adm. James Stavridis
was supreme allied commander at NATO from 2009 to 2013 and head of U.S.
Southern Command in Miami from 2006 to 2009. He is to become dean of
the Fletcher School at Tufts University this summer.
Syria
The
Central Intelligence Agency's second-in-command warned that Syria's
volatile mix of al Qaeda extremism and civil war now poses the greatest
threat to U.S. national security. -- CIA
Official Calls Syria Top Threat to U.S. Security: Wall Street
Journal, 6 August 2013.
The inability for the
UN Security Council to uphold it's Chapter 7
responsibilities has contributed to the Middle East and Continental
Europe transition into an international emergency. Extremists groups
have taken over government prison complexes in Iraq, Libya and
Pakistan, to free insurgents captured during
couterterrorism/counterinsurgency operations (during this last decade).
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