Morning Security Brief: Nukes and NYC, Drone Terrorism, NSA-Google Partnership, Terrorist Interrogations, U.S. Cyberattack

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By Matthew Harwood

Created 02/04/2010 - 10:20

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♦ Mayor Michael Bloomberg presses Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano for more money to defend New York City from nuclear terrorism [1].

♦ A Pakistani newspaper calls the United States use of aerial drones over Pakistani soil terrorism [2].

♦ The National Security Agency will partner with Google to investigate a recent cyberattack [3]that the company alleges originated in China.

♦ TIME magazine wants to know: Where was the High-Value Detainee Interrogation Group (HIG) when the Underwear Bomber was arrested on Christmas [4]?

♦ A cyberattack could deliver a crippling blow [5] to the United States, Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair told the House Intelligence Committee yesterday.

♦ Mayor Michael Bloomberg presses Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano for more money to defend New York City from nuclear terrorism [1].

♦ A Pakistani newspaper calls the United States use of aerial drones over Pakistani soil "terrorism [2]."

♦ The National Security Agency will partner with Google to investigate a recent cyberattack [3]that the company alleges originated in China.

♦ TIME magazine wants to know: Where was the High-Value Detainee Interrogation Group (HIG) when the Underwear Bomber was arrested on Christmas [4]?

♦ A cyberattack could deliver a crippling blow [5] to the United States, Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair told the House Intelligence Committee yesterday.

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Links:
[1] http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2010/02/04/2010-02-04_but_what_about_mexico_mike.html
[2] http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/Opinions/Editorials/04-Feb-2010/US-drone-terrorism
[3] http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/03/AR2010020304057.html?hpid=topnews
[4] http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1958997,00.html?xid=rss-topstories
[5] http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/02/03/intel-chief-risk-crippling-cyber-attack/?test=latestnews