Tag Archives: terrorism

The UK Times Online tested some of the new electronic passports and discovered that they can be hacked and cloned in under ten minutes. In the tests, a computer researcher cloned the chips on two British passports and implanted digital images of Osama bin Laden and a suicide bomber. The altered chips were then passed as genuine by passport reader …

With his newest ad, Barack Obama continues to stress his willingness and ability to be a strong military leader and hypes his relationship with Republican Senator Dick Lugar, the long-time Bush-lackey war hawk who last year broke ranks and called for an end to the war. Still, this ad proves that when it comes to electioneering, terrorism continues to sell.

McCain can pick ’em, can’t he? A top adviser to John McCain said another terrorist attack on U.S. soil would be a “big advantage” for the Republican presidential candidate, drawing a sharp rebuke Monday from both the presumed GOP nominee and Democrat Barack Obama. Charlie Black, already in the spotlight for his past lobbying work, is quoted in the upcoming …

From the NY Times: New York City police officers and firefighters cordoned off much of Times Square for more than two hours after a small explosion — apparently set off by a manmade device — damaged the front of the Armed Forces Career Center on the traffic island bounded by 43rd and 44th Streets, Seventh Avenue and Broadway around 4 …

Bertrand Delanoe, the openly gay mayor of Paris, has been given extra security after U.S. intelligence services informed the French that al-Qaeda may be targeting him for assassination. American sources monitoring internet traffic picked up references to Delanoe listing him as a target. Delanoe is running for a second term as mayor of Paris and is considered a contender for …

U.S. troops in Iraq stopped a wedding party at a security checkpoint. When the groom refused to lift his bride’s veil, they did it for him. No, it didn’t turn out to be an undercover gay wedding, just a couple of wanted terrorists. A pity, he’s lovely in lace.

The day before London Pride, today British police were tipped off about a suspicious car parked on Haymarket Street (in London’s West End) along the route of the gay Pride parade. Inside a Mercedes they found gas containers and a large number of nails, unnerving Londoners who plan to attend tomorrow’s event. Police described the bomb as similar to those …