(U//FOUO) Terrorists and violent extremists could use unsuspecting civilians to transport improvised explosive devices (IEDs) artfully concealed in seemingly harmless items for use in attacks in the Homeland. Overseas attacks demonstrate that violent extremists have successfully used unsuspecting individuals to carry items containing IEDs to specific targets where [...]

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The following exhibits were released May 21, 2013 by the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee .

U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 142 pages May 21, 2013 4.4 MB

On May 21, 2013, the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (PSI) of the U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee will [...]

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The following special report was released May 7, 2013 by the Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Statistics .

Bureau of Justice Statistics 28 pages May 2013

In 2011, a total of 478,400 fatal and nonfatal violent crimes were committed with a firearm. Homicides made up about 2% of all firearm-related crimes. There were 11,101 firearm homicides in 2011, down by 39% [...]

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This handbook provides the tactical operator, commander, and battle staff with information on planning, executing, assessing, and sustaining information operations (IO). The handbook is based on observations collected in Iraq during July and August 2004 by an IO collection and analysis team (CAAT). [...]

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The United States has long been committed to upholding the Law of Armed Conflict (LOAC) and minimizing collateral damage, which includes civilian casualties (CIVCAS) and unintended damage to civilian objects (facilities, equipment, or other property that is not a military objective). In support of these goals, the [...]

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DSS Supports national security and the warfighter, secures the nation’s technological base, and oversees the protection of U.S. and foreign classified information in the hands of Industry CI Mission DSS CI identifies unlawful penetrators of cleared U.S. defense industry and articulates the threat for industry and [...]

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The following bulletins were released May 6, 2013 by the National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center and FBI in anticipation of the OpUSA campaign.  A DHS bulletin on the campaign was released May 2, 2013 by computer security journalist Brian Krebs .

National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center OpUSA: Potential Tools May 6, 2013 4 pages Download FBI Liaison Alert System #C-000007-DD May 6, [...]

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The following report was released by the UNODC May 5, 2013 .

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Afghanistan Opium Survey 2012 112 pages May 2013

Afghanistan cultivates, produces and process narcotics that are a threat to the region and worldwide. However, the international community also needs to understand that Afghanistan itself is a victim of this phenomenon. The existence of hundreds [...]

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(U//FOUO) Websites and emails referencing the Boston Marathon bombing should be viewed with caution, as malicious actors are using the incident to disseminate malware and conduct fraud. While other agencies investigate the frauds, the NJ ROIC provides this [...]

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The following notice was published in the May issue of the Illinois Air National Guard 183rd Fighter Wing monthly newsletter Falcon View.  Despite the spelling mistake in the first paragraph, the notice is apparently authentic.

Notice to Airman 2013-080-001: (U//FOUO) EXECUTIVE SUMMERY: Nation-state adversaries regularly use accounts on popular social networking sites to facilitate social engineering against DoD [...]

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The Connecticut Intelligence Center (CTIC) along with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is providing this information for awareness of Active Shooter Incidents and your individual response, should you become involved in an Active Shooter situation. Please note: These are individual measures and should not be used in [...]

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Approximately fifty million students attend nearly 100,000 public elementary and secondary schools throughout the Nation. Elementary and secondary schools are relatively open-access, limited egress congregation points for children, and have been successfully targeted by terrorists in the past. Potential Indicators of Terrorist Activity Terrorists have a [...]

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(U//FOUO) A facilitated brainstorming session was convened to identify and examine the most common misconceptions about conventional Homeland plotting. These misconceptions stemmed from inquiries received from Federal, state, local, tribal, and private-sector consumers and from articles published by outside experts and in the media. Analysts identified [...]

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The following report was released on May 2, 2013 by the Department of Defense .

Military and Security Developments Involving the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea 2012 26 pages May 2, 2013

The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) remains one of the United States’ most critical security challenges in Northeast Asia. North Korea remains a security threat because of its willingness [...]

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The following bulletins were released in February 2013 by the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) on a limited basis to "confirmed members of the cybersecurity community of practice, which may include critical infrastructure owners and operators, systems administrators, and information security practitioners." Both versions of the bulletin were found to be available on a number of [...]

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The following IMF report was obtained from the website of the largest newspaper in Cyprus Ὁ Φιλελεύθερος ( Phileleftheros).

IMF Fiscal Affairs Department Cyprus Options for Short-Term Expenditure Rationalization 56 pages March 2013

Increasing public spending had contributed to a substantial deterioration of public finances in Cyprus over recent years. To address fiscal imbalances, the government introduced an initial set of fiscal reform's in [...]

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The CERP was formally established by the Coalition Provisional Authority in July 2003 to provide U.S. military commanders in Iraq with a stabilization tool that benefitted the Iraqi people. The program supported urgent, small-scale projects that local governments could sustain, that [...]

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