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Checklist: Questions to Ask During a Bomb Threat Call

Arson and explosives are among the weaponized options in the arsenal of terrorists, criminals, anarchists, and the mentally unstable.

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ISIS and other terrorist entities continue to issue chilling calls for violence, urging radicalized supporters to use improvised explosive devices (IED), and/or set fire, to cause mayhem and damage churches and synagogues around the world.

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Regular propaganda communication to extremists includes bomb-making instructions and complex attack plans using multiple methods, such as fire, IEDs, firearms, and vehicle ramming.

USCIRF 2026 Annual Report: Key Nations Continue Religious Persecution

China arrests underground church members, mob violence is on the rise in India and Pakistan leading to attacks on religious minorities and the destruction of their homes, Burma’s military bombs houses of worship, and Tajikistan denies parents the right to teach their children about faith, according to the US Commission on International Religious Freedom‘s (USCIRF) 2026 Annual Report.

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“As USCIRF’s Annual Report shows, far too many people in key nations are denied religious freedom through unjust laws, discrimination, harassment, violence, and even crimes against humanity,” says USCIRF Chair Vicky Hartzler.

CIA: Studies in AI and Human Intelligence

Among the articles in the unclassified version of the CIA’s journal, Studies in Intelligence (Vol. 70, No. 1, March 2026) is one titled, “Espionage in Our AI Future: Why Human Intelligence Still Matters.”

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In it, the author, a former CIA case officer (CO) in Latin America, says, “While AI [artificial intelligence] will transform HUMINT [human intelligence] (along with most everything else), this, our oldest form of intelligence collection, will in fact grow in importance. For one thing, as AI makes high-quality technical collection cheaper and more accessible, it thereby boosts HUMINT’s value on the margin. AI will supercharge disinformation and fabrication—and that makes HUMINT’s ability to build and test source reliability over time, and corroborate technical collection, more important than ever. And as AI undermines the security of electronic communications, tradecraft techniques which COs have used for millennia—such as dead drops and brush passes—will find new relevance…”

By semperverus
Posted on 03/27/202603/28/2026

2026 Annual Threat Assessment of the US Intelligence Community

The 2026 Annual Threat Assessment is the US Intelligence Community’s official, coordinated evaluation of an array of threats to US citizens, the Homeland, and US interests in the world.

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This report reflects the collective insights of the Intelligence Community, which is comprised of Air Force Intelligence, Army Intelligence and Security Command, Central Intelligence Agency, Defense Intelligence Agency, Dept. of Energy Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence, Dept. of Homeland Security Office of Intelligence and Analysis, Dept. of State Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Dept. of Treasury Office of Intelligence & Analysis, Drug Enforcement Administration Intelligence Program, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Marine Corps Intelligence, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, National Reconnaissance Office, National Security Agency, Office of Naval Intelligence, Office of the Director of National Intelligence, US Coast Guard Intelligence, and US Space Force.

By semperverus
Posted on 03/21/202604/08/2026

Checklist: Terrorist Preoperational Surveillance Tactics

18,000 known or suspected terrorists are in America. That’s the current estimate from Joseph Kent, former director of the National Counterterrorism Center, in his testimony before the Congressional House Committee On Homeland Security. (Watch his testimony on YouTube.)

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Kent says most of these military-aged fighters are from the Middle East, Africa, and Indonesia, from war-torn countries such as Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Mali, and Somalia, according to this Law Enforcement Today (LET) article.

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“Former CIA analyst Sarah Adams says over 8,000 are Al Qaeda trained. ISIS fighters, along with other various Islamic terror groups, make up the other 10,000 killer-force estimate. A video smuggled from a Taliban training camp, shows combat drills with skill sets comparable to US Tier 1 operators, such as Navy Seals, Green Beret, and Delta force.”