(U//FOUO) The Terrorist Explosive Device Analytical Center (TEDAC) conducted a preliminary analysis of the approximately 30 pieces of evidence recovered after the 25 December 2009 attempted bombing of Northwest Airlines flight 253. The evidence consisted of a plastic syringe initiator with traces of Ethyl Glycol, a main charge of 76 grams of Pentaerythritol Tetranitrate (PETN) wrapped in a container made of thin soft “plastic” film-like material and tape and clothing worn by the bomber. The underwear worn by the bomber was modified to provide storage of the main charge which was anatomically congruent, possibly to avoid detection during screening. The underwear sustained thermal damage. Blue jeans worn by the bomber also sustained thermal damage (scorching) on the inside with small spots of melted plastic on the outside surface.
Author Archive for Public Intelligence
Department of Homeland Security
DHS Senior Leadership Brief 7.0 Earthquake Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Current Situation
* US Army 82nd Airborne sending personnel to provide security.
* FAA reports airport operational 24/7 for humanitarian/military flights under visual flying rules (VFR) only.
o SOUTHCOM en route to establish air traffic control service and security; ETA 2100 EST 14 Jan.
o US personnel control airport with Haitian controllers providing air traffic support; runway lights fully operational; half of terminal lights working.
* A 14-member United Nations (UN) team with the UN Assistant Secretary General scheduled to arrive 15 Jan.
* Open source reports UN Mission Chief and his deputy are deceased (unconfirmed).
o Chilean General Service Unit to assume UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti.
* FEMA reports main prison collapsed; 4,000 prisoners escaped; no requests for U.S. public safety assistance or guidance.
* Two US citizens (embassy personnel) still unaccounted for.
* Two USCG C-130s, with capacity to evacuate 140 individuals, scheduled to depart Port-au-Prince for Santo Domingo at 1000 EST 14 Jan; may be able to conduct two additional evacuations throughout the day.
New York
NYPD Law Enforcement Sensitive Mumbai Attack Analysis
On the evening of November 26, 2008, ten (10) terrorists executed multiple coordinated attacks using automatic weapons and hand grenades on various “soft targets”, such as hotels and restaurants, in Mumbai, India. The operational modus operandi of this terrorist attack constitutes a major shift in the traditional terrorist tactics of using suicide operatives and planted explosive devices, to the execution of a well planned “commando” type military assault using automatic weapons, hand grenades and urban combat tactics, intended to inflict the maximum number of casualties.
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI (U//FOUO/LES) Criminals Using FBI Techniques to Steal Money
(U//FOUO/LES) On November 21, 2008, subject was pulled over by members of the Miami-Dade Police Department (MDPD) for traffic violations and other suspicious activity. After giving officers consent to search his vehicle, Subject was found to be in
possession of multiple items suggestive of his participation in health care fraud. These items included: multiple pre-signed blank checks from medical companies, a fake driver’s license, and credit cards for medical companies in other individual’s names.
European Union
EU Port-Au-Prince International Airport Haiti Damage Assessment
This briefing note covers Toussaint L´Ouverture, Port-au-Prince International Airport in Haiti and provides image analysis of the status, activity and facilities of the airfield with particular regard to any observed damage due to the recent earthquake. The note has been produced using a GeoEye multispectral image, dated 13 January 2010 which has been combined with open source collateral information. The information cut-off date of this briefing note is 22 January 2010.
Defense Intelligence Agency
DIA (U//FOUO) Haiti: Health Risks and Health System Impacts Associated With Large-Scale Earthquake
(U) NCMI assesses with high confidence that health care in Haiti is by far the poorest in the Western Hemisphere and on par with that of the less developed African countries. Furthermore, health care availability and accessibility, trauma care, and medical logistics are inadequate to respond to and mitigate the current disaster. Port-au-Prince inpatient and trauma capacity is already overburdened. Haiti is still recovering from the 2008 hurricane season, and the 12 January earthquake only worsened the already poor health situation and damaged the country’s already degraded health care system, which will require years to rebuild. Although major outbreaks of infectious diseases are unlikely as a result of the earthquake, incidences of diarrhea, respiratory diseases, and other infectious diseases likely will increase among local populations. Fires and explosions at facilities storing petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) are the greatest industrial chemical health threats. Chemicals released from damaged POL facilities are expected to cause localized contamination of soil and surface water.
Department of Homeland Security, United Nations
UN/USAID Hospital and Field Medical Locations – Port Au Prince, Haiti
UN/USAID Hospital and Field Medical Locations in Port Au Prince, Haiti as of January 26, 2010.
Department of Homeland Security, United Nations
UN/USAID Damage Assessment and Field Medical Locations – Port Au Prince, Haiti
UN/USAID Damage Assessment and Field Medical Locations in Port Au Prince, Haiti as of January 26, 2010.
Department of State
U.S. State Department: Terrorist Tactics – Attack on Indian Embassy Kabul, Afghanistan
(SBU) In the early-morning hours of July 7, a suicide vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (SVBIED) detonated outside the Indian Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan. The explosion killed 60 people and injured over 100. This was the deadliest terrorist attack in Kabul since the Taliban government was ousted from power in 2001. This issue of Terrorist Tactics describes how this well-planned attack was carried out and how it possibly could have been avoided if host-country security personnel manning the checkpoint near the embassy were more aggressive in their vehicle inspections. As of this report, no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
Documents
Adam Gadahn December 12, 2009 Video with Transcript
As-Sahab video released December 12, 2009 and featuring Adam Gadahn, who claims that the mujahideen is not responsible for attacks on civilians in Afghanistan.
U.S. Secret Service
U.S. Secret Service Network Intrusion Responder Program (NITRO) Course
The Network Intrusion Responder Program (NITRO) was designed by the U.S. Secret Service’s National Computer Forensics Institute to introduce law enforcement officers to basic network intrusion investigation techniques.
U.S. Air Force
Comparative U.S.-Israeli Homeland Security
This report compares United States and Israeli homeland security practices. Its purpose is to determine whether there are lessons from Israeli experience that might enhance U.S. homeland security efforts. The research for this study included a literature review as well as field interviews with American and Israeli elites in Washington, D.C., and Israel during the summer of 2005. The principle investigator met with key Israeli homeland security and counterterrorism experts in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Ramla, and Hertzilya.
Documents
Osama bin Laden September 7, 2007 Video with Transcript
Originally appeared in a banner ad on an Islamic militant website regularly used by Al-Qaeda on September 6, 2007. The ad carried a picture of Osama bin Laden and the logo of Al-Qaeda’s media production company As-Sahab. An accompanying translated message read “Soon, with the permission of God, a new visual tape, the Sheikh, the Lion, Osama bin Laden. May God protect him.”
Documents
Osama Bin Laden December 13, 2001 Video with Transcript
Purportedly discovered December 9, 2001 by U.S. military forces in Jalalabad. On December 13, 2001, the United States State Department released the video tape apparently showing Osama bin Laden speaking with Khaled al-Harbi and other associates, somewhere in Afghanistan, before the U.S. invasion had driven the Taliban regime from Kandahar. The State Department stated that the tape was captured by U.S. forces in Afghanistan during a raid on a house in Jalalabad. The tape was aired with an accompanying English translation.
Israel Military Industries
Israeli Galil 5.56mm Assault Rifle Operator’s Manual
Israel Military Industries Galil 5.56mm Assault Rifle Operator’s Manual.
Vermont
Vermont Multi-Year Training and Exercise Plan
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (USDHS) National Preparedness Directorate requires that every State and Urban Area conduct a Multiyear Training and Exercise Plan Workshop (TEPW) annually. As a result, Vermont recently conducted its 2009-2011 Multiyear TEPW and has since produced this Multiyear Training and Exercise Plan (TEP). The Vermont Multiyear TEP is the roadmap for Vermont to accomplish the priorities described in their Homeland Security Strategy. The State of Vermont has pursued a coordinated homeland security strategy that combines enhanced planning, new equipment purchases, innovative training, and realistic exercises to strengthen the State’s emergency prevention and response capabilities. Training and exercises play a crucial role in this strategy, providing the State with a means of attaining, practicing, validating, and improving new capabilities.
New York
NYPD Threat Analysis September 17, 2008 U.S. Embassy Attack in Yemen
Summary
•The U.S. Embassy in Yemen was attacked on the morning of September 17th, 2008
•Six attackers in two vehicles, both of which were VBIEDs, attacked the front gate of the embassy
•The attack resulted in 16 deaths, a toll that includes all six attackers
•No Americans were killed, and there was no reported damage to the embassy buildings
•A group calling itself Islamic Jihad in Yemen claimed responsibility for the attack
•This is the largest attack in Yemen in the last few years, as al-Qaeda is reportedly undergoing a resurgence in that country
United States
National Retail Federation Emergency Response Protocols to Active Shooters
According to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, an Active Shooter is an individual actively engaged in killing or attempting to kill people in a confined and populated area; in most cases, active shooters use firearms(s) and there is no pattern or method to their selection of victims. Active shooter situations are unpredictable and evolve quickly. Typically, the immediate deployment of law enforcement is required to stop the shooting and mitigate harm to victims. Because active shooter situations are often over within 10 to 15 minutes, before law enforcement arrives on the scene, individuals must be prepared both mentally and physically to deal with an active shooter situation.
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Joint Publication 3-07.2 Antiterrorism
This publication has been prepared under the direction of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It sets forth joint doctrine to govern the activities and performance of the Armed Forces of the United States in operations and provides the doctrinal basis for interagency coordination and for US military involvement in multinational operations. It provides military guidance for the exercise of authority by combatant commanders and other joint force commanders (JFCs) and prescribes joint doctrine for operations and training. It provides military guidance for use by the Armed Forces in preparing their appropriate plans.
Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives
ATF Assessment: Use of Natural Gas as a Terrorist Weapon in Apartment Buildings
At a June 2004 press conference, then Deputy Attorney General James Comey outlined the case against Jose Padilla, the so-called “dirty bomber” suspect, and his connections to al-Qaeda.1 Jose Padilla gained notoriety for the alleged plan to use a radiological dispersal device (RDD). However Padilla’s plot to utilize natural gas to blow up apartment buildings in the United States did not seem to draw as much attention as the plan to utilize a RDD. There has been very little discussion pertaining to his plot to cause a catastrophic fire/explosion event at apartment buildings using natural gas.
Multi-National Corps Iraq, National Defense University
MNF-Iraq Detainee Aspects of Transition
The goal is to isolate irreconcilable insurgents, increase # of moderates, and minimize impacts of detention policy on alienating population (i.e., creating insurgent supporters and recruits).
U.S. Secret Service
U.S. Secret Service First Responder Computer Forensics
THE U.S. SECRET SERVICE
Investigates . . .
Counterfeit currency
Fraud involving U.S. financial obligations and securities
Crimes affecting other federally insured financial institutions
Threats against the President & other government officials
Telecommunications fraud
Access Device fraud
Identity fraud
Computer fraud
International Council of Chemical Associations
International Council of Chemical Associations: Global Voice of the Chemical Industry
Global Voice of the chemical industry – International Council of Chemical Associations
* ICCA promotes and co-ordinates Responsible Care and other voluntary chemical industry initiatives.
* ICCA is an active partner in transforming the SAICM, CSD, POP, PIC and CWC activities from concept to reality
* ICCA enables and encourages its members to:
* Exchange information, knowledge and share best practices
* Promote the spirit, principles and practice of Responsible Care
* Present a united chemical industry view to -and interact with -key international organisations
* Support international free trade and the World Trade Organization (WTO).
Indian Health Service
Indian Health Service Emergency Management Plan for the National Patient Information Reporting System
The National Patient Information Reporting System (NPIRS) Emergency Management Plan (EMP) establishes procedures to recover NPIRS after a disruption. The following objectives have been established for this plan:
• Maximize the effectiveness of contingency operations through an established plan that consists of the following phases:
− Notification/Activation phase to detect and assess damage and to activate the plan
− Recovery phase to restore temporary NPIRS operations and recover damage done to the original system
− Reconstitution phase to restore NPIRS system processing capabilities to normal operations
• Identify the activities, resources, and procedures needed to carry out NPIRS processing requirements during prolonged interruptions to normal operations.
• Assign responsibilities to designated OIT/NPIRS personnel and provide guidance for recovering NPIRS during prolonged periods of interruption to normal operations.
• Ensure coordination with other OIT/NPIRS staff who will participate in the contingency planning strategies; ensure coordination with external points of contact and vendors who will participate in the contingency planning strategies.
Department of Defense
Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) Vehicle Safety
• The concern: Theater tactical vehicle mishaps
• CENTCOM vehicle accident data Jan 2003 – Aug 2008
• 246 fatalities
• 900 serious injuries
• MNC-I data for CY05
• 384 rollovers
• 71 fatalities