Copyright 2012 The Investigative Project on Terrorism Wed, 23 May 2012 13:49:03 -0400 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss For The Record - The IPT Blog http://www.investigativeproject.org/blog webmaster@investigativeproject.org (The Investigative Project on Terrorism) webmaster@investigativeproject.org en-us http://www.investigativeproject.org/3590/turkey-to-indict-israeli-commanders-over-ship-raid Wed, 23 May 2012 13:48:00 EST A Turkish prosecutor is preparing to indict four former Israeli commanders over Israel's May 2010 raid on ships violating the Gaza blockade. The move, first reported by Turkish newspaper Sabah and the Jerusalem Post on Wednesday, is likely to further http://www.investigativeproject.org/3589/huffington-post-hires-controversial-british Tue, 22 May 2012 18:11:40 EST The Huffington Post UK has hired Mehdi Hasan, a controversial Islamist and former senior editor of the leftist outlet The New Statesman, the Guardian reports. It's a step-down, writes the Washington Free Beacon's Adam Kredo, perhaps due to Hasan's http://www.investigativeproject.org/3588/yemeni-jewish-community-leader-murdered Tue, 22 May 2012 15:35:00 EST A leader of the Yemeni Jewish community was stabbed to death in that nation's capital after a Muslim man accused him of witchcraft, the Jerusalem Post reports. The incident is the latest in a series of incidents around the Arab world which have http://www.investigativeproject.org/3586/ohio-man-gets-over-six-years-for-hizballah-support Mon, 21 May 2012 16:47:00 EST A Toledo man was sentenced to more than six years in prison for providing material support to Hizballah, a U.S.-designated Foreign Terrorist Organization. Hor Akl and his wife Amera Akl, who hold dual American and Lebanese citizenships, pleaded guilty http://www.investigativeproject.org/3585/shifting-un-language-threatens-us-free-speech Mon, 21 May 2012 12:49:32 EST The body representing the world's Muslim nations, the Organization of the Islamic Cooperation (OIC), has shifted its strategy for limiting free speech about Islam before the United Nations Human Rights Council. A move away from language about limiting http://www.investigativeproject.org/3583/american-shabaab-leader-showing-signs-of-life Thu, 17 May 2012 18:00:26 EST Two months after a frenzied appearance on YouTube warning that his life was in danger at the hands of fellow jihadists, American-born designated terrorist Omar Hammami has launched a media blitz to prove he is indeed alive and well in Somalia. This, http://www.investigativeproject.org/3582/treasury-designates-taliban-and-haqqani-network Thu, 17 May 2012 17:04:30 EST Two men connected to the Haqqani Network, a key faction of the Afghan Taliban that operates in the troubled tribal belt along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, were designated as terrorists Thursday by the U.S. Treasury Department. Bakht Gul, a key http://www.investigativeproject.org/3580/tehran-west-caving-on-iranian-nuclear-program Wed, 16 May 2012 11:06:48 EST Iranian and United Nations officials claimed to have made progress in negotiations over Tehran's nuclear program on Tuesday. But initial reports have provided little substantive information beyond an announcement that representatives of the Iranian http://www.investigativeproject.org/3579/similar-to-fbi-cutoff-doj-urged-to-sever-ties Tue, 15 May 2012 18:56:22 EST At a May 10th House of Representatives meeting, the Department of Justice (DOJ) was urged to officially sever ties with the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR), as reported by The Daily Caller. Citing CAIR's designation as unindicted http://www.investigativeproject.org/3578/samir-khan-releases-advice-for-mujahideen Tue, 15 May 2012 16:57:46 EST Jihadi forums have released a new guide with practical advice for aspiring mujahideen, posthumously attributed to former al-Qaida propagandist Samir Khan. In "Expectations Full," Khan recommends carrying out attacks at home, but provides advice about how http://www.investigativeproject.org/3577/cair-officials-demonize-america-on-iranian-tv Tue, 15 May 2012 14:02:55 EST Two officials representing the Council on American-Islamic Relations' New York chapter (CAIR-NY) turned to an Iranian television station this week in order to propagate the dangerous and oft-repeated narrative that the U.S. is at war with Islam and http://www.investigativeproject.org/3575/isna-to-host-ghannouchi Fri, 11 May 2012 16:38:21 EST A major American Islamist organization close to the Obama administration will host Tunisian Islamist Rachid Ghannouchi at its national conference in late August. The invitation is one of the Islamic Society of North America's (ISNA) most visible http://www.investigativeproject.org/3574/egypt-presidential-hopefuls-declare-israel Fri, 11 May 2012 14:18:00 EST In an unprecedented televised debate for Egyptian presidential candidates, the two frontrunners aggressively attacked each others' credentials but found common ground in their opposition to Israel, which both called an "enemy." "Israel is an enemy," said http://www.investigativeproject.org/3573/islamist-extortion-and-the-media Thu, 10 May 2012 17:37:38 EST It's always interesting when an accepted fact becomes acknowledged. "Media outlets tiptoeing around Islam" is an example, Islamist Watch research fellow David Rusin writes this week at PJ Media. Those who follow the BBC have known for years that it http://www.investigativeproject.org/3572/pelosi-hires-editor-of-tarnished-liberal-blog Thu, 10 May 2012 17:13:14 EST House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., has hired the leader of a controversial liberal blog accused of promoting anti-Semitic and anti-Israel positions, the Free Beacon reports. Faiz Shakir will move from editor in chief of the Center for American