From ACD: U.S. CyberSpace Vulnerabilities - Rachel Ehrenfeld - Cisco Systems’ CEO John Chambers’s letter asking President Obama to personally intervene to stop the National Security Agency from intercepting and planting surveillance software in the … [Read more...] about Weekly Briefing – May 18 – 23, 2014
Terrorist Financing
Lessons Learned from 6 Big Terrorist Windfalls
Terror finance trials over the last ten years have frequently involved transfers by individuals of a few thousand dollars to terrorist organizations abroad. Sometimes those cases get as much attention from the news media and law enforcement as … [Read more...] about Lessons Learned from 6 Big Terrorist Windfalls
Ins and Outs of the Hamas-PA Negotiations & J. D. Halevi
Left: Khaled Meshal and Mahmoud Abbas Once again, a lifeline has been thrown to the Muslim Brotherhood's Palestinian branch, Hamas. That lifeline was reportedly initiated by the head of Qatar’s intelligence service Ghanem al-Kubeissi with Hamas … [Read more...] about Ins and Outs of the Hamas-PA Negotiations & J. D. Halevi
ACD Weekly Briefing, February 28-March 7, 2014
Quantum Cryptography: Has the White House Heard of It? by Rachel Ehrenfeld At long last there's good news on the cybersecurity front. As cyberattacks have continued to mount exponentially over the past five years, the government has been glacially … [Read more...] about ACD Weekly Briefing, February 28-March 7, 2014
Terrorism and Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs): A Growing Menace
The fake currency trade has been haunting Indian security establishments as well as economic intelligence agencies for quite a long time. Most recently in February 2014, the finance minster of India informed the Upper House of Parliament (Rajya … [Read more...] about Terrorism and Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs): A Growing Menace
The Ideology of Militant Islamism in Southeastern Europe
Since the fall of communism two and a half decades ago, militant Islamism has been planting seeds and spreading roots in various parts of southeastern Europe, particularly the former Yugoslavia. With the help of local allies, militant Islamists have … [Read more...] about The Ideology of Militant Islamism in Southeastern Europe
“Our Goal is Jerusalem” – Militant Islamists in Southeast Europe
Over the past several years, the Balkans has emerged as a new battleground for militant Islamism. [i] In June 2010, Islamist extremists bombed a police station in the central Bosnian town of Bugojno, killing one police officer and wounding six … [Read more...] about “Our Goal is Jerusalem” – Militant Islamists in Southeast Europe
Syria – Training Ground for Western Jihadists
Western governments are increasingly voicing their concern that growing numbers of their Muslim citizens who volunteered to fight the jihad in Syria, are becoming “battle-hardened extremists,” who are “exporting terrorism” to their home … [Read more...] about Syria – Training Ground for Western Jihadists
Erdogan’s Russia Problem and Vice Versa
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's growing Islamist tendencies, his crackdown on the military and the media have upset many in Turkey. Revelations of the gold-for-oil raid and the extent of his and his associates' corruption, bribes to members of … [Read more...] about Erdogan’s Russia Problem and Vice Versa
Al Rajhi Bank Links to al Qaeda in Syria
A bankcard and a credit card issued by the Saudi Al Rajhi bank, as well as other possessions of an al-Qaeda operative who was killed in Syria last week, were shown on the Syrian official TV station and posted on YouTube* on December 12, 2013. This … [Read more...] about Al Rajhi Bank Links to al Qaeda in Syria