Tag - counterterrorism

 
 

COUNTERTERRORISM

Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 10, 2019
U.S. arrests counterterrorism analyst over leaks to journalists
A counterterrorism analyst with the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency was arrested on Wednesday over charges he had leaked classified materials about a foreign country's weapons system to two journalists, in 2018 and 2019, the U.S. Justice Department said in federal court filings on Wednesday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 29, 2018
China plans to develop top-class anti-terrorism force to protect its overseas interests: intelligence official
China is working to develop a first-class, crack anti-terrorism force that can operate at home and abroad and protect the country's overseas interests, a senior Chinese officer said in comments carried by state media Saturday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 6, 2017
Sniper's firing down from high, crowded venue stymied Las Vegas police's well-drilled counterterrorism plan
Las Vegas had spent years planning for the worst: training its police force according to an anti-terrorism protocol it adopted in 2009 to respond to mass shootings, chemical attacks, suicide bombings and planes flying into buildings, according to city officials and security professionals.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 22, 2017
Democratic senators question if White House aide Gorka being probed over Hungary neo-Nazi links
Three Democratic U.S. senators wrote to senior administration officials on Monday seeking confirmation on whether White House counterterrorism adviser Sebastian Gorka is under criminal investigation for failing to disclose his membership in a Hungarian neo-Nazi organization.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 26, 2016
Polyglot U.S.-born comic sheds cloak, dagger for shtick
For Reina Saiki, 28, the world is her oyster.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Apr 9, 2016
Are Japan's counterterrorism forces really ready?
When an escaped zebra was chased down by police in Gifu Prefecture last month and died after being shot with a tranquilizer and falling into a pool, I couldn't help but think of the drills Tokyo's Ueno Zoo has conducted depicting the escape scenario.
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Mar 19, 2016
The pretext of counterterrorism covers many sins
The Japanese government's track record on respecting civil liberties and the rule of law is suspect, as I detailed in last week's Counterpoint.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Mar 12, 2016
Counterterrorism and liberties on collision course
The continuing standoff between Apple and the FBI over data stored on an iPhone that belonged to the alleged perpetrators of the San Bernadino terrorist attacks highlights the frictions between protecting civil liberties and maintaining security. The USA Patriot Act has drawn widespread condemnation...
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Mar 5, 2016
Japan's counterterrorism efforts falling short
The Foreign Ministry invited ridicule toward the end of 2015 after it advertised job openings for part-time counterterrorism analysts. While the expansion of the exploited precariat of non-regular workers to nearly 40 percent of the workforce is lamentable in itself, who would have thought some of them...
EDITORIALS
Sep 22, 2014
To defeat and destroy Islamic State
Islamic State forces in Iraq and Syria can be defeated, but doing so will require a serious and thoughtful strategy, not a knee-jerk, emotional reaction to its brutality.
WORLD
Aug 22, 2013
NSA email collection violated law: court
For several years, the National Security Agency unlawfully gathered tens of thousands of emails and other electronic communications between Americans as part of a now-revised collection method, according to a 2011 secret court opinion.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 1, 2013
'Help us defend the country:' NSA chief
It doesn't get much stranger than this, even in Vegas.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 24, 2013
U.S. admits drones killed four Americans
The White House admits it killed four Americans in overseas counterterrorism operations since 2009, the first time it has publicly taken responsibility for the deaths.

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