15/09/21
US Intelligence chief warns that countries besides Afghanistan pose a greater terror threat.
Afghanistan is not the most pressing terrorism threat for the United States, even after the takeover by the Taliban, the Biden administration’s top intelligence official said Monday. The withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan and the collapse of the U.S.-backed government has created challenges for .....
15/09/21
MET COMMISSIONER CALLS FOR ‘GLOBAL COALITION’ TO TACKLE CT THREAT POSED BY ONLINE PLATFORMS
The Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police has urged tech companies to take a more active role in protecting people against terrorism and other forms of online harm. Delivering the keynote speech to the International Institute of Counter Terrorism’s World Summit this morning, Monday 13 September, Cressida Dick .....
14/09/21
TINYg in action: Senior Appointment | Membership announcement.
The TINYg team are delighted to announce that Deputy Assistant Commissioner Matt Twist | Metropolitan Police Counter Terrorism Command is joining our International Advisory Board with immediate effect. Deputy Assistant Commissioner Matt Twist joined the Met in 1996 as a Police Constable. The vast .....
14/09/21
UK-Northern Ireland Dungiven: Viable pipe bomb found during security alert
Homes were evacuated after a suspicious object was discovered in Ard Na Smoll in Dungiven on Sunday. Police said the alert was now over and residents have returned to their homes. Inspector Stephen McCafferty said it was a "completely reckless" act to leave a device in a residential area, and it showed "no regard" .....
13/09/21
FBI releases first declassified 9/11 document after Biden order
(Reuters) - The FBI on Saturday released a newly declassified document related to its investigation of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States and allegations of Saudi government support for the hijackers, following an executive order by President Joe Biden. The partially redacted 16-page document released by .....
09/09/21
ESSEX MAN CONVICTED FOR LEADING FAR RIGHT TERROR GROUP
An 18-year-old man from Essex has been found guilty of two terror offences, after heading up the UK sect of an online far-right group. Matthew Cronjager (11/04/2003) was found guilty at the Central Criminal Court of one count of engaging in the preparation of an act of terrorism and one count of disseminating a .....
07/09/21
UK’s Troubles amnesty plan goes further than Pinochet’s, study says
The UK government’s plan to end all Troubles-era prosecutions in Northern Ireland would create an amnesty wider than the one Augusto Pinochet introduced to shield human rights violators in Chile, according to a study. Downing Street’s plan would offer a level of impunity more sweeping than almost 300 other .....
07/09/21
Close to home: how US far-right terror flourished in post-9/11 focus on Islam
The far right and white supremacists are responsible for the vast majority of extremist-related fatalities but only a fraction of counter-terrorism resources are devoted to them The US government acted quickly after 9/11 to prevent further attacks by Islamic extremists in the US. Billions of dollars were spent on .....
03/09/21
Critical Infrastructure Daily Brief 3rd Sept
Statewide Terrorism & Intelligence Center Critical Infrastructure Daily Brief September 3, 2021 **UNCLASSIFIED ** (U) STIC is providing this information to our partner agencies for situational awareness. This document contains information obtained from open source information. While STIC .....
03/09/21
UK - Reading stabbings: Bravery awards for police who tackled terrorist
Four police officers who captured a terrorist after he killed three men in a park are to receive bravery awards. James Furlong, 36, David Wails, 49, and Joe Ritchie-Bennett, 39, were stabbed to death on the afternoon of 20 June 2020 in Reading's Forbury Gardens. PC James Packman, Sgt Iain Watkinson, PC Liam Steele .....