USA
September 10, CNN – (North Carolina) 14,000 rounds of ammunition missing from Fort Bragg. Authorities are trying to locate 14,000 rounds of ammunition missing from Fort Bragg in Cumberland County, North Carolina, CNN reported September 10. The ammunition went missing from the 1st Brigade Combat Team at Fort Bragg, a staff sergeant said. The missing ammunition can be used in the M-4 and M-16 assault rifles. Someone alerted Fort Bragg leadership about the missing items September 7, he said. After the report, the 1st Brigade team, about 3,500 people, was placed on lockdown during an initial investigation, he said. The ammunition was not found and the lockdown was lifted the same day. "The incident is currently under investigation and all appropriate measures are being taken to locate the small arms ammunition that was discovered missing on September 7," a spokesman for the 82nd Airborne Division said. Source: http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/09/09/north.carolina.ammunition/index.html?hpt=us_c2
September 7, ABC News – (International) Former NASA, DOD scientist pleads guilty to attempted spying for Israel. A former government scientist who ran many highly classified projects for NASA, the Defense Department, and the Department of Energy pleaded guilty September 7 to attempted espionage for his efforts to sell classified information to Israel. The man, from Chevy Chase, Maryland, was arrested October 19, 2009, in Washington, D.C. by the FBI after he believed he was meeting with Israeli intelligence agents to pass information to them in exchange for money. The FBI began its investigation in 2002 when agents executed a search warrant at his home in a fraud investigation and discovered classified documents. The man, who established his own company, ACT, had been under criminal investigation by NASA’s Office of the Inspector General for submitting false billing records to NASA and the Defense Department as part of his contracting work. According to court records, in January 2009, as he traveled overseas, a security check of his personal bags indicated he had two computer thumb drives. However, when he returned on his trip, the drives were no longer in his possession, according to the government. The FBI used an undercover agent to approach the man in September 2009, who told the man he worked for Israeli intelligence. During a lunch meeting with the agent, the man indicated he was willing to work for Israeli intelligence and provide them data. In the next several months, the FBI lured him into using “dead drops,” where the man left envelopes with encrypted thumb drives with top secret information about key U.S. weapon and satellite systems in exchange for cash. Source: http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2011/09/former-nasa-dod-scientistpleads-guilty-to-attempted-spying-for-israel/
EUROPE
Romania, U.S.: Missile Defense Agreement Signed September 13, 2011
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Romanian Foreign Minister Teodor Baconschi signed an agreement Sept. 13 to deploy a land-based SM-3 ballistic missile defense (BMD) system at the Deveselu Air Base near Caracal, Romania, according to a U.S. State Department news release. The United States will finance the construction, operations and maintenance, but both U.S. and Romanian forces will provide security. The facility will consist of a radar deck, Aegis compound, communications suite and launch modules for the interceptors. Approximately 150-200 contractors will operate the facility on site. The deployment is expected in 2015 as an arm of the second phase of the European Phased Adaptive Approach.
ASIA
North Korea, Russia: To Hold First Joint Defense Drill September 12, 2011
North Korea and Russia are set to hold their first joint defense drill as early as this year, Asahi reported Sept.13. Members of the two neighbors’ navies and air forces will take part in a joint rescue exercise at sea, following an agreement reached last month by North Korean leader Kim Jong Il and Russian President Dmitri Medvedev
RUSSIA
Russia and Iran Improve Relations as U.S.-Turkish Alignment Grows
Russia: CTSO Will Monitor Social Networking Sites September 13, 2011
The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) will monitor social networking sites to prevent the mass riots that occurred in Tunisia and Egypt, Izvestia reported Sept. 13. A CSTO source said the sites provide an infrastructure that could create destabilizing events even in a trouble-free country. However, the source said the move will not involve censorship or a crackdown on dissent, adding that high-level CTSO experts are working to prevent a repeat of new revolutions through social media sites
IRAN
NOTHING SIGNIFICANT TO REPORT
IRAQ
NOTHING SIGNIFICANT TO REPORT
ISRAEL
Israel: FM Warns Against Palestinian U.N. Statehood Bid September 14, 2011
Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said there will be harsh and grave consequences if the Palestinians pursue their plan to seek U.N. membership as a state, warning against an unilateral decision by the United Nations, AFP reported Sept. 14. Lieberman said the details of the consequences do not yet need to be specified. His comments came during an agricultural conference in southern Israel
AFGHANISTAN
Afghanistan Weekly War Update: U.S. Embassy in Kabul Attacked as Ambassador Discusses Talks with Taliban
Taliban Strike Deep in Kabul
Taliban Attacks Seek Broader Strategic Payoff
Dispatch: Tactical Look at the Embassy Attack in Kabul
Afghanistan: Iranian Forces Cross Border, Fire Upon City September 14, 2011
Iranian border forces crossed into some areas of the southern Afghan province of Nimroz late Sept. 13 and attempted to erect a border post on Afghan soil, security officials in Nimroz Province said, independent Afghan station Tolo TV reported Sept. 14. The officials said fighting continues between Iranian and Afghan forces with Iranian border forces firing several missiles on the provincial capital of Zaranj. No casualties are reported.
MIDDLE EAST
Turkey Seeks to Reassert Its Influence As Tensions Flare Between Egypt and Israel
September 9, India Economic Times – (International) Al Qaeda stockpiling chemical weapons. The ouster of Libyan leader's has provided an opportunity for al Qa'ida and other militant groups to stockpile large amounts of weapons, including chemical and biological weapons, the U.S. President's chief counter-terrorism adviser said recently. "We have indications that individuals of various stripes are looking to Libya and seeing it as an arms bazaar," said the assistant to the President for homeland security and counter-terrorism. "We are concerned about the potential for certain weapons to get into the hands of terrorists," he said. Libya's leader is also known to have accumulated a large stockpile of mustard gas. Recently seized documents suggest that in its final hours, his regime shipped large numbers of gas masks and chemical-protection suits to bases of support, according to the Christian Science Monitor. Human Rights Watch has said there were 20,000 surface-to-air missiles in Libya, and many of those are now missing. Source: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/9925915.cms
Dispatch: Yemen's Prolonged Political Crisis
SOUTH OF THE BORDER
Mexico Security Memo: Zetas Communications Network Dismantled
MISC.
Above the Tearline: United Nations Security
CMIO.net – (National) HHS: More than 5.4M patients affected by data breaches in 2010. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ annual report to Congress reported that between January 1, 2010, and December 31, 2010, breaches involving 500 or more individuals were less than 1 percent of the breaches reported, but accounted for more than 99 percent of the more than 5.4 million individuals who were affected. The largest breaches in 2010 occurred as a result of a theft. Other breaches occurred as a result of an error or failure to adequately secure protected health information. The greatest number of incidents resulted from human or technological error, and involved the protected health information of just one individual. Compared with 2009, the number of individuals affected by the loss of electronic media or paper records containing protected health information in 2010 was greater than the number of individuals affected by unauthorized access or human error. The report said the 2010 incidents involved an additional category, improper disposal of paper records by a covered entity or business associate. The greatest number of reported incidents in 2010 resulted from small breaches involving human or technological error, with the most common incidents involving protected health information of only one or two individuals. Source: http://www.cmio.net/index.php?option=com_articles&view=article&id=29421
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