TerrorismArgentina: 1994 AMIA Jewish Center Bombing Still Shrouded in Mystery By Andreas Kobloch Published 23 December 2020 It has been 26 years since the bloody attack on the Argentine Israelite Mutual Association in Buenos Aires which left 85 people dead. So far, nobody has been convicted of the truck bombing — but that could soon change.

TerrorismTerrorist Groups Using COVID-19 to Reinforce Power and Influence: INTERPOL Published 23 December 2020 A new report issued by INTERPOL assesses the impact of COVID-19 on global terrorism, trends and potential risks related to attacks on vulnerable targets and bioterrorism is the focus of. As COVID-19 cases subside in some regions and surge in others,

Election securityElection security It’s Official: The Election Was Secure Published 23 December 2020 Election officials and election security experts have long been clear: voter fraud is extraordinarily rare and the U.S. system has strong checks in place to protect the integrity of our voting process. “These are the facts,” says the Brennan Center for Justice.

PrivacyOnline Users Manipulated into Sharing Private Information Online Published 23 December 2020 Online users are more likely to reveal private information based on how website forms are structured to elicit data, BGU researchers have determined. Online users are more likely to reveal private information based on how website forms are structured to elicit data, Ben Gurion

ARGUMENT: Criminal sedition Invoking Martial Law to Reverse the 2020 Election Could be Criminal Sedition Published 23 December 2020 In his increasingly desperate bid to hang on to the White House, President Trump is reportedly contemplating invoking martial law to force the invalidation of the results of the election in four swing states, apparently inspired

Nuclear safetyAnalyzing Forensic Signatures of Nuclear Materials to Prevent Smuggling Published 23 December 2020 A scientific exercise scenario involved seized nuclear materials for which law enforcement requested nuclear forensic analysis to help discern whether the process histories of the two seized materials were consistent with one another and related to similar materials seized previously by

Nuclear safetyNuclear Waste Storage Canisters to Be Tested Published 23 December 2020 Three 22.5-ton, 16.5-feet-long stainless-steel storage canisters, with heaters and instrumentation to simulate nuclear waste so researchers can study their durability, will be tested at Sandia National Lab. The three canisters have never contained any nuclear materials. They will be used to study how

Nuclear safetyAnalyzing Forensic Signatures of Nuclear Materials to Prevent Smuggling Published 23 December 2020 A scientific exercise scenario involved seized nuclear materials for which law enforcement requested nuclear forensic analysis to help discern whether the process histories of the two seized materials were consistent with one another and related to similar materials seized previously by

WildfiresWildfire Risk Rising as Scientists Determine Which Conditions Beget Blazes Published 23 December 2020 As wildfires burn more often across the Western United States, researchers are working to understand how extensively blazes burn. Their investigation not only reveals that the risk of wildfire is rising, but also spells out the role moisture plays in estimating

WildfiresFire Science Critical for Combating Wildfires Out West Published 23 December 2020 In 2020, wildfire activity in California and the Pacific Northwest has been extreme, with more than 45,700 wildfires raging across 8.3 million acres (as of October 15, 2020). This puts the 2020 Fire Year on pace for being the most extensive of the