Senate Report on Homegrown Terrorism and the Internet Generates Criticism – May 28, 2008 Vol. 9, No. 11 – OMB Watch On May 8, staff for Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC) Chair Joe…
Letter – Terror and the Internet – Senator Lieberman Responds – Letter – NYTimes.com: “Terror and the Internet: Senator Lieberman Responds
Editorial – Joe Lieberman, Would-Be Censor – Editorial – NYTimes.com: “Joe Lieberman, Would-Be Censor The Internet is simply a means of communication, like the telephone, but that has not prevented attempts to demonize it —…
Download al Qaeda manuals from the DoJ, go to prison?: In the UK it’s all down to your motivation Analysis If you download ‘the al Qaeda manual,’ never share it, even if you’re a scholar-in-training…
The New Order: When reading is a crime: “ Download a book, get arrested Is this what it is going to be like? When simple possession of a proscribed document will be enough to see…
Student researching al-Qaida tactics held for six days, EducationGuardian.co.uk · Lecturers fear threat to academic freedom · Manual downloaded from US government website Polly Curtis and Martin Hodgson, Saturday May 24, 2008, The Guardian A…
Police go slow with encryption key terror powers: “ Is the threat enough? New powers to force terror suspects to hand over encryption keys have been used in only eight criminal investigations, prompting fears that…
‘Arrogant’ Islamist activists jailed for inciting terror – Times Online: “From The Times April 19, 2008: ‘Arrogant’ Islamist activists jailed for inciting terror (Sean O’Neill) An Islamist extremist jailed yesterday for terrorist fundraising and inciting…
I did report this in an earlier posting, but here is some further official information about the EU announcement. Amendment of the Framework Decision on combating terrorism: “(RAPID) The Council reached a common approach on…
With regards to the Internet related terrorism activity, the European Union’s May 2006 revised Action Plan on Terrorism included the development of policies and measures to detect misuse of the Internet by extremist websites, and…