Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: maritime_port_security Image Caption: Carnival Fascination A woman who triggered a full-scale search of a passenger cruise ship at in the Port of Jacksonville, FL after phoning in a bomb threat to the vessel in 2010 will spend a year in jail for her actions. Linda…
NNSA dedicates new field exercise building and conducts Bangladesh ‘dirty bomb’ exercise
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: cbrne_detection Image Caption: Field exercise building In the early days of September, the National Nuclear Security Agency (NNSA) inaugurated a new 17,000-square-foot training building at its facility in Richland, WA, and completed a separate ground-breaking radiation security workshop in Bangladesh. Homepage position: 10 read more…
NNSA dedicates new field exercise building, conducts Bangladesh ‘dirty bomb’ exercise
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: cbrne_detection Image Caption: Field exercise building In the early days of September, National Nuclear Security Agency (NNSA) inaugurated a new 17,000 square foot training building at its facility in Richland, WA and completed a separate ground-breaking radiation security workshop in Bangladesh. Homepage position: 10 read…
Chicago man accused of bomb plot set for court
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: law_enforcement_first_responders A Chicago-area man arrested on charges of trying to blow up a bar in the city’s downtown area with a vehicle-borne bomb on Sept. 15 was set for an initial court appearance on Sept. 17. Eighteen-year-old Adel Doud was arrested the evening of Sept….
Three more plead guilty in Ohio bridge bomb plot
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: federal_agencies_legislative Image Caption: Rt. 82 bridge Three the five men arrested in May for planning to blow up a bridge near Cleveland, OH, pleaded guilty to conspiracy and weapons of mass destruction charges in a federal courtroom on Sept. 5. Douglas L. Wright, 26, of…
D.C. man admits bomb threats against Amtrak
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: federal_agencies_legislative Image Caption: New York Ave. bridge A 27-year-old Washington D.C. man admitted to making two bomb threats against a crucial bridge that passes over a main Amtrak rail artery in the city. The bogus threats against the New York Ave. bridge in downtown Washington…
Indictments in University of Pittsburgh bomb threats turn up alleged Scottish terrorist
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: federal_agencies_legislative Image Caption: University of Pittsburgh The pernicious string of bomb threats made against the University of Pittsburgh for weeks last winter and spring were made by the purported leader of a Scottish terror group who has made threats against public institutions in the U.K….
Indictments in University of Pittsburgh bomb threats turn up Scottish terrorist
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: federal_agencies_legislative Image Caption: University of Pittsburgh The pernicious string of bomb threats made against the University of Pittsburgh for weeks last winter and spring were made by the purported leader of a Scottish terror group who has made threats against public institutions in the U.K….
Abdo gets life for his 2011 Ft. Hood bomb plot
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: federal_agencies_legislative Image Caption: Naser Jason Abdo Naser Jason Abdo, the 22-year-old U.S. Army private who was convicted for plotting an explosives attack on fellow soldiers at a restaurant near Ft. Hood in 2011, will spend the rest of his life in federal prison, said federal…
Abdo gets life for 2011 Ft. Hood bomb plot
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: federal_agencies_legislative Image Caption: Naser Jason Abdo Naser Jason Abdo, the 22-year-old U.S. Army private who was convicted for plotting an explosives attack on fellow soldiers at a restaurant near Ft. Hood in 2011, will spend the rest of his life in federal prison, said federal…