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Daily Report: Public Safety

Senate report savages terrorism 'fusion centers' as useless

October 2, 2012, 7:05 PM
The nation’s vast network of anti-terrorism “fusion centers” for law enforcement have produced shoddy, untimely and often useless intelligence reports that have done little to keep the U.S. safer, a scathing U.S. Senate report concludes. The 141-page report, a copy of... + read more
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More Americans support torture to fight terrorism, poll finds

October 2, 2012, 12:05 AM
A surprising number of Americans are supportive of controversial Bush-era tactics used to undermine terrorism, and are even open to more extreme measures like using nuclear weapons. That's what professor Amy Zegart discovered when she asked the research firm YouGov... + read more
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Calif. fire agency tests bomb recipe in terror magazine

July 17, 2012, 12:05 AM
When a publication that advocates terrorism instructed readers earlier this year to use so-called "ember bombs" for setting off destructive wildfires, officials from the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection decided to test the attack strategy. It's not all that... + read more
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Terrorist court unused 16 years after creation

April 12, 2012, 12:05 AM
More than 15 years since its creation – and a decade after 9/11 – a special court for deporting suspected foreign terrorists has never been used. Since 1996, five federal judges have been regularly appointed to sit on the Alien Terrorist Removal Court, a court most people have... + read more
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SF officials urged to bring terror task force under local control

March 6, 2012, 12:05 AM
Muslim community members and other residents are urging San Francisco officials to pass a proposed ordinance that would restore local control over a terrorism task force made up of police and the FBI. Speakers turned up for a City Hall hearing on the matter last week and recounted what... + read more
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Stanford grad continues fight to get off no-fly list

February 14, 2012, 12:05 AM
The federal appeals court ruling last week on gay marriage in California overshadowed other potentially big news in the legal community.  A quieter decision Wednesday by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has enabled Stanford University Ph.D. graduate Rahinah Ibrahim to clear another... + read more
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SF official wants to restrict police role in terrorism probes

January 31, 2012, 12:05 AM
A San Francisco politician wants tougher oversight of local police and the role they play in terrorism investigations following complaints from residents that they were unnecessarily targeted for questioning and surveillance by Joint Terrorism Task Forces. Dozens of new task forces... + read more
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