By Steve Coll and Susan B. Glasser
Washington Post Staff Writers
Sunday, August 7, 2005; Page A01
In the snow-draped mountains near Jalalabad in November 2001, as the Taliban collapsed and al Qaeda lost its Afghan sanctuary, Osama bin Laden biographer Hamid Mir watched "every second al Qaeda member carrying a laptop computer along with a Kalashnikov" as they prepared to scatter into hiding and exile. On the screens were photographs of Sept. 11 hijacker Mohamed Atta....
All
Things Considered, July
15, 2005 · Terrorism experts now see the
Internet as a virtual training camp for international
jihad, as well as a possible command and control
mechanism. Several significant postings since last year
pointed to attacks in London, like those last week. One,
"Iraqi Jihad -- Hopes and Dreams," anticipated
attacks in Madrid and London. It also suggests the
strategy of expanding violence in Western Europe in an
effort to separate the United States and its allies....
SAN FRANCISCO — Internet media company
Yahoo Inc. (YHOO)
Tuesday posted a jump in quarterly profit fueled by online
advertising revenue and the gain from the sale of an
investment.
Results beat Wall Street estimates, and Yahoo shares rose
in after-hours trading.
Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Yahoo saw its profit rise to $373
million, or 25 cents a share, on the sale of an investment.
Excluding that gain its net profit was $187 million, or 13
cents per share, up from $75 million, or 5 cents, last year
...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon (news - web sites) is
poised to award defense contracts valued at over $25 billion
in the next few months, including a $6 billion deal to build
the Army's next spy plane expected in early May.
Top U.S. defense firms are vying for major military jobs
such as building a new U.S. Navy (news - web sites) ship, a
joint missile and a satellite communications system -- all
of which focus on joint use by military services,
communications and intelligence operations.
LONDON (Talon News) -- When American forces in
Afghanistan shut down al Qaeda terrorist training camps,
experts say the terror group moved its base of operations to
the Internet. The Internet has become a valuable tool for
the terrorist organization, not just to coordinate
operations and launch attacks, but also to promote its
message worldwide.
Israeli terror analyst Reuven Paz told CNN he believes
the Internet has become the primary communication tool for
al Qaeda. ...
Tuesday, April 06, 2004 LONDON — British and U.S.
intelligence agencies and police foiled a plot to create a
chemical vapor bomb in Britain, the British Broadcasting
Corp. said on Tuesday...
The Baltimore Sun With the world focused on the war in
Iraq, it is easy to forget about al-Qaida. But al-Qaida has
not forgotten about the war.
Even before the first U.S. missiles hit Baghdad, the
terrorist network and its sympathizers were posting calls
for vengeance on Web sites that have taken the anti-American
jihad into cyberspace.
"The main way al-Qaida recruits new members now is
the Web," says Rita Katz, director of the SITE
Institute, a nonprofit group in Washington that tracks
terrorism-related Web sites. ...
The following is a transcript of remarks
given by CIA Director George Tenet (search), on Feb. 5, 2004
at Georgetown University:
GEORGE TENET, DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL
INTELLIGENCE: I have come here today to talk to you and to
the American people about something important to our nation
and central to our future: how the United States
intelligence community evaluated Iraq's weapons of mass
destruction programs over the past decade, leading to a
national intelligence estimate in October of 2002. I want to
tell you about our information and how we reached our
judgments. I want to tell you what I think, honestly and
directly.
CALVERTON, N.Y., May 29, 2003 (PRIMEZONE)
-- AdZone Research, Inc. (OTC BB:ADZR.OB
- News),
a pioneering Internet surveillance technology solutions
provider, today said in a Form 8-K filed with the
Securities & Exchange Commission that it has won its
first revenue-generating contract from a major defense
contractor. It said the contract's stated goal is to
integrate AdZone's NetGet(tm) Internet monitoring
technology with the unidentified contractor's range of
products and services to develop a prototype system. The
system's mission would be to better help identify
clandestine communications posted on the World Wide Web on
behalf of federal intelligence agencies. Because of
security considerations, AdZone said it was unable to
further discuss the scope or nature of activities related
to today's announced agreement.
AdZone
Research Files Form 8-K with SEC Announcing Signing of
Memorandum of Agreement with Unit of Boeing Co. April 1, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) --
AdZone Research, Inc. (OTC BB:ADZR.OB
- News)
today filed a Form 8-K with the Securities & Exchange
Commission in which it announced the signing of a Memorandum
of Agreement with Boeing Autometric, a unit of Boeing
Integrated Defense Systems. It said the objective of the
agreement is to integrate AdZone's NetGet(tm) Internet
monitoring technology with Boeing Autometric's range of
products and services to better help identify clandestine
communications posted on the World Wide Web on behalf of
federal intelligence agencies. Because of security
considerations, AdZone said it was unable to further discuss
the scope or nature of activities related to today's
announced agreement.
AdZone
Research Signs Pact with Sarnoff Corporation to Jointly
Market Anti-Terrorist Technologies to Government
Mar 13, 2003 AdZone Research, Inc. (OTCBB:ADZR),
a pioneering Internet surveillance technology-solutions
provider, today announced the signing of a Memorandum of
Understanding (MOU) with Princeton, N.J.-based Sarnoff Corporation
(www.sarnoff.com), creator of innovations in video, electronics,
and digital communications. The MOU calls for the two entities
to jointly market their respective expertise to agencies
of the U.S. government engaged in the global war against
terrorism.
NEW YORK, Feb 25, 2003 (PRIMEZONE via COMTEX) -- Global
research firm AdZone Research, Inc. (OTCBB:ADZR) today released
data showing continued growth in online ad spending. The
company said that after declining steadily since January
2001, it appears that the online adverting market is staging
a slow but steady recovery. AdZone's estimates show that
from April through December 2002 online advertising spending
grew by roughly 15%. Click here to see Chart!
The President's FY 2004
Budget contains a $59.3 billion request for information
technology spending, an increase of nearly 14% over the
previous year's $52.1 billion...
BUSINESS WIRE -Feb. 6, 2003-
Feb 7 (Reuters)
- A top Pentagon official on Friday unveiled a "roadmap"
to encourage more companies to do business with the U.S.
military as it reaches out to nontraditional suppliers in
its global war on terrorism.
Feb 7, 2003 (Reuters)
$2.23
trillion budget boosts defense spending, tax cuts
By RON HUTCHESON Knight Ridder
papers WASHINGTON - President Bush on Monday sent Congress
a $2.23 trillion budget proposal for fiscal 2004 that seeks
big increases for national defense and... Kansas City Star Feb 4, 2003
Bush Seeks Major Increases in U.S. Defense Spending
(Reuters)
President Bush's $379.9 billion military budget sent to
Congress on Monday seeks a modest rise in Pentagon spending
next year, but would sharply increase the U.S. defense
budget to $483.6 billion by 2009.
- Feb 03 4:53 PM ET
Homeland Security--a boon for homeland crypto?
COMMENTARY--The 'killer app' remains the computer industry's
holy grail. That's geek-speak for a feature so useful that
people will buy the product just to have it. It also carries
the stronger market ZDNet Jan. 22, 2003 2:13:00 PM GMT
Fortune
500 companies advertising online
A new study has shown that more Fortune 500 companies are advertisingonline, a trend that could portend a rebound for
the industry in 2003. In the fourth quarter of 2002, a total
of 286... ZDNet Jan 4, 2003
Online
ad agency Avenue A posts first profit Online ad agency Avenue A posts first profit Tue
February 4, 2003 02:18 PM ET SEATTLE, Feb 4 (Reuters) -
Avenue A Inc. , a provider of Internet advertising
and marketing services, said on... Reuters Jan 4, 2003
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