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Morning Security Brief: FAMS Short Haul Flights, Underwear Bomber Says the Cleric Made Him Do It, IE6 Flaw, U.S. Jihadism
By Matthew Harwood
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♦ Federal air marshals tell CNN that they are assigned "short-haul flights" rather than international high-risk flights [1] to make the Federal Air Marshal Service look more productive on paper. 


♦ The 23-year-old jihadist that tried to blow up a Detroit-bound airliner on Christmas has told federal investigators that a radical American cleric in Yemen [2], also linked to the Fort Hood shooting rampage, directed him to conduct the attack. 


♦ If you're one of the 45 million Americans still using Microsoft's Internet Explorer version 6 [3], it's time to upgrade to version 8. 


♦ During the down economy, Frost & Sullivan says there's one market that has seen muscular growth: homeland security [4]. 


♦ Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair told lawmakers that more and more American Muslims are radicalizing but that their attention is directed overseas [5]. 


♦ Federal air marshals tell CNN that they are assigned "short-haul flights" rather than international high-risk flights [1] to make the Federal Air Marshal Service look more productive on paper.


♦ The 23-year-old jihadist that tried to blow up a Detroit-bound airliner on Christmas has told federal investigators that a radical American cleric in Yemen [2], also linked to the Fort Hood shooting rampage, directed him to conduct the attack.


♦ If you're one of the 45 million Americans still using Microsoft's Internet Explorer version 6 [3], it's time to upgrade to version 8.


♦ During the down economy, Frost & Sullivan says there's one market that has seen muscular growth: homeland security [4].


♦ Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair told lawmakers that more and more American Muslims are radicalizing but that their attention is directed overseas [5].


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[1] http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/02/04/air.marshals.program/?hpt=T2

[2] http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/02/04/national/main6174780.shtml

[3] http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35219388/ns/technology_and_science-security/

[4] http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/homeland-security-industry-shows-impressive-growth-says-frost--sullivan-83610367.html

[5] http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2010/0204/Homegrown-terrorism-a-growing-concern-for-US-intelligence