Final words from EgyptAir 990 Analyzed

Teams from the United States and Egypt were back on the job Friday working to resolve differences in interpretation of the final words on the cockpit voice recorder of EgyptAir Flight 990. CNN Story

Experts: New Terrorists Harder to Track

The United States faces new terrorist threats that range from wayward nuclear weapons to increasingly organized skinhead groups, say researchers speaking at the American Society of Criminology's annual conference. Full Story

Hatch Says Utah Wears A Bull"s-Eye

While stumping for the Republican presidential nomination, Orrin Hatch invoked the specter of Olympic terrorism with assertions that draw skepticism from security experts. The senior Utah senator said he believes residents of his home state possess character traits that make them “prime targets for terrorism” during the 2002 Winter Olympics. Full Story

More on Cyberterrorism

This article provides some additional details regarding the threat of cyberterrorism. If you want to avoid the sensationalism associated with the recent Jane's conference, we recommend that you read the 1996 paper entitled Information Terrorism: Can You Trust Your Toaster?”

Data Indicates Intentional Crash for EA990

Officials at the National Transportation Safety Board said Wednesday they have completed their readout of the last three to four seconds of information from EgyptAir Flight 990's flight data recorder and it indicates a struggle for control of the plane. CNN and the Washington Post

Feds put happy face on infowar

As part of an effort to sell industry on its nascent computer crime investigation unit, the FBI has just completed an entertaining, slick video detailing how they caught three teenagers who were behind the famed February 1998 information warfare attack on at least 11 Defense Department networks as the military prepared for a renewed war on Iraq. Full Story

Industry, feds play at cyberterror

On Wednesday in Washington, D.C., a group of about 50 government policy workers and industry executives were recast as cyberterrorists in a simulated war game, bent on destroying an IRS-like organization through the use of laptop computers alone. Full Story

China and Cyberwar

Communist China is preparing to wage an “all-conquering” war in cyberspace, on a scale with conventional combat operations, by seizing “the Internet command power.” Full Story

The Washington Times also covered this topic with this story

Editorial – Too Much Power for the FBI

One of the more disturbing developments in recent law enforcement history is the FBI's decision to set up a division devoted solely to investigating domestic terrorism. Full Story

Egyptian Officials to Test U.S. Theory on Crash

Investigators awaited the arrival of Egyptian experts on Wednesday to test a U.S. theory that EgyptAir Flight 990 was deliberately flown into the sea, as debate swirled over interpretation of a crew member's remark. Full Story