The U.S. federal government’s terrorist database is severely hampered by technology issues and the estimated half a billion dollars in taxpayer funding to upgrade the system is on the brink of collapse, according to a congressional committee.The "Railhead" program was created to improve the terrorist watch list and enhance the integration of U.S. terrorist intelligence from the nations 16 separate intelligence agencies. The majority of more than 800 private contractors from dozens of companies working on Railhead have been laid off.
Senator Asks YouTube To Remove Terrorist Clips
In an open letter sent earlier today to Eric Schmidt, Senator Joe Lieberman brought up the issue of terrorist-produced videos appearing on YouTube. On the YouTube Blog, corporate representatives have now responded.
Terrorist Sharks Still In The News
It’s wonderful that someone at the Wall Street Journal, or an interviewee for this blog post on the undersea cables that were cut in the Middle East, reads Murdok. (Poking my chin up in the air so you can pin a ribbon on it, the New York Times does too, sometimes.) And it’s also fun to think I started a small Internet joke meme that made it from Lexington all the way to New York.
Terrorist Better At Targeting Online Audience
Islamist militants are getting better at gearing their message online to specific audiences including women and children according to a meeting hosted by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.