Posts by MCAC(Maryland Coordination and Analysis Center)
Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger juntas investigate French journalist for jihadist analysis
Prosecutors in junta-led Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have launched investigations against French journalist and researcher Wassim Nasr, accusing him of being an “apologist for terrorism” over his analysis of jihadist attacks. Nasr, who works for the broadcaster France 24, is also a security expert who regularly comments on an Islamist insurgency that took root…
Read MoreChicago terrorist loses attempt to avoid extradition to India for role in Mumbai Massacre
A convicted Chicago terrorist has lost his latest, and nearly-final, attempt to avoid extradition to India, where he faces the death penalty. Tahawwur Rana was already convicted in Chicago for his role in the 2008 Mumbai Massacre, and now the one-time Chicago travel and immigration agent has learned he will not get a final appellate…
Read MoreSheriff: Harford County student arrested after school threat made on Snapchat
The Harford County Sheriff’s Office is warning of an increase in threats made against schools, including one that resulted in an arrest overnight. The sheriff’s office said deputies became aware early Wednesday morning of a claim circulating on Snapchat about “shooting up the school, this is a threat.” At 2:20 a.m., deputies knocked on doors…
Read MoreUS And Allies Call For An Immediate 21-Day Cease-Fire Between Israel And Hezbollah
The U.S., France and other allies jointly called Wednesday for an immediate 21-day cease-fire to allow for negotiations in the escalating conflict between Israel and Hezbollah that has killed more than 600 people in Lebanon in recent days. The joint statement, negotiated on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly in New York, says the…
Read MorePolice Are Probing A Cyberattack On Wi-Fi Networks At UK Train Stations
U.K. transport officials and police said Thursday they are investigating a “cyber-security incident” that hit the public Wi-Fi networks at the country’s biggest railway stations. Passengers trying to log onto the Wi-Fi at stations including Manchester Piccadilly, Birmingham New Street and 11 London terminuses on Wednesday evening were met by a page reading “We love…
Read MoreMan Who Set Off Explosion At California Courthouse Had A Criminal Case There
A 20-year-old man tossed an explosive device into the California courthouse where he was about to be arraigned on a gun charge and the explosion left five people with minor injuries and shut down the court complex and other nearby city buildings, police said. The explosion occurred Wednesday morning in Santa Maria, a city of…
Read MoreNorway Detains A German National Suspected Of Inciting Crimes Against Humanity In Cameroon
Norwegian police said Wednesday that they had detained a German national of Cameroonian heritage for allegedly inciting crimes against humanity in war-torn Cameroon, the first time Norway was embarking on legal proceedings for such crimes. The man, who is in his 50s, lives in Norway but has not been named. He was detained because the…
Read MoreWoman sentenced to 18 years in Neo-Nazi plot to destroy Maryland’s power grid
Sarah Beth Clendaniel, who pleaded guilty to trying to attack and destroy the Baltimore reigon’s power grid was sentenced to 18-years in prison, with lifetime supervision post release. Prosecutors said Clendaniel, who is from Catonsville, planned to blow up power stations around Baltimore in order to destabilize the government in a white supremacist plot. Evidence…
Read MoreHezbollah Fires A Missile At Tel Aviv In Deepest Strike Yet After Israel Bombardment In Lebanon
Hezbollah hurled dozens of projectiles into Israel early Wednesday, including a missile aimed at Tel Aviv that was the militant group’s deepest strike yet and marked a further escalation after Israeli strikes on Lebanon killed hundreds of people. The Israeli military said it intercepted the surface-to-surface missile, which set off air-raid sirens in Tel Aviv…
Read MoreSecret Service Failures Before Trump Rally Shooting Were ‘Preventable,’ Senate Panel Finds
Multiple Secret Service failures ahead of the July rally for former President Donald Trump where a gunman opened fire were “foreseeable, preventable, and directly related to the events resulting in the assassination attempt that day,” according to a bipartisan Senate investigation released Wednesday. Similar to the agency’s own internal investigation and an ongoing bipartisan House…
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