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Nine member agenies of the United States Intelligence Community (IC) are holding a "Virtual Career Fair" on Tuesday, March 16 from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
To explore career opportunities, and to learn more and register for the Virtual Career Fair, visit www.intelligence.gov or www.icvirtualfair.com.
Posted by: Chef on Mar. 10, 2010 (2:51 pm EST)
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Yesterday (3/9) a federal indictment was unsealed charging Colleen R. LaRose, aka "Fatima LaRose," aka "Jihad Jane," with conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists, conspiracy to kill in a foreign country, making false statements to a government official and attempted identity theft. The Pennsylvania resident was arrested in October 2009.
According to the DOJ news release, among other charges, LaRose and five unindicted co-conspirators located in South Asia, Eastern Europe, Western Europe and the United States are accused of using the Internet to recruit men "to wage violent jihad in South Asia and Europe", and recruit women "who had passports and the ability to travel to and around Europe in support of violent jihad."
While U.S. authorities have not publicly confirmed this, it is believed that LaRose was plotting to kill Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks, whose infamous 2007 cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed with the body of a dog angered Muslims worldwide. Furthermore it seems likely that the timing of the indictment is tied to the arrest earlier this week of seven people in Ireland who allegedly are also involved in a plan to kill Vilks.
Posted by: Chef on Mar. 10, 2010 (9:41 am EST)
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Indonesian authorities confirmed that one of the three suspected terrorists killed in a police raid Tuesday is in fact Dulmatin "Joko" Pitono, an explosives expert who played a critical role in the 2002 Bali nightclub bombings which claimed 202 lives.
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono made the announcement while he was in Australia on Wednesday (3/10). Now there is speculation that the recent anti-terror operation in Aceh province, combined with police finally killing Dulmatin is connected to U.S. President Barack Obama's planned visit to Indonesia later this month.
Posted by: Chef on Mar. 10, 2010 (9:12 am EST)
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David Kimche, a former top Mossad operative described as one of the intelligence agency's "founding fathers" died on Monday at the age of 82.
From the article:
Haaretz.com - "Kimche joined the Mossad spy agency in the early 1950s, and was in essence one of the organization's founding fathers, among those who designed its doctrine and modus operandi."
Posted by: Chef on Mar. 9, 2010 (2:41 pm EST)
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An international investigation has led Irish police to arrest seven foreign nationals suspected of plotting to kill Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks, whose infamous 2007 cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed with the body of a dog angered Muslims worldwide.
From the article:
The Irish Times - "The Irish Times understands most of those arrested are from Algeria, Croatia, Libya, the United States and Palestinian, and that they are legally resident in Ireland."
Posted by: Chef on Mar. 9, 2010 (1:10 pm EST)
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Mohammad Ali Ramin, Iran's deputy culture and Islamic guidance minister, has warned 17 publications that they have violated the country's media regulations.
The linked AFP story about this warning does not indicate what if any penalties or sanctions have been levied against the publications.
Posted by: Chef on Mar. 9, 2010 (11:30 am EST)
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Turkish daily Hurriyet reports that emails accessed by an anonymous hacker implicate officials working for Turkey's Secretariat General for European Union Affairs in the so-called Ergenekon gang, the secular group allegedly plotting to overthrow Turkey's government.
It is not clear how the hacker accessed the incriminating emails, but he apparently emailed evidence of his find to the country's Prime Ministry.
Posted by: Chef on Mar. 9, 2010 (11:00 am EST)
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The U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Monday announced it has eased restrictions on the export of certain personal Internet-based communications services – such as instant messaging, chat and email, and social networking - to Iran, Sudan and Cuba.
The Treasury department said it took this step "to ensure that individuals in these countries can exercise their universal right to free speech and information to the greatest extent possible."
Posted by: Chef on Mar. 9, 2010 (10:41 am EST)

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