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...smart bomb that goes where the Israelis are, knows when to abort a mission and is far harder to spot than a booby-trapped briefcase. Notes Israeli Internal Security Minister Uzi Landau: "A suicide bomber is a two-legged missile. Once it's launched, it's very difficult to intercept...
...Washington took the possibility that al-Qaeda could regroup in Somalia seriously enough to start patrolling the sea lanes a month ago. Forces from an allied flotilla stop and search 30 to 40 ships a day to make sure no fugitive terrorists are sneaking across. Naval vessels that can intercept communications hover in the Arabian Sea to cut off al-Qaeda messages and disrupt possible supply shipments...
CANADA The Canadian Security Intelligence Service has close U.S. ties (its intercept helped trigger last week's terrorism warning). But Canada's open-immigration policy has led some to suggest the place is a haven for al-Qaeda sympathizers who then cross the U.S. border...
...intelligence organizations about terrorists on the move, so the agencies conclude that something must be up, though they don't know what. Intelligence officials also admit that sophisticated organizations like bin Laden's often will have operatives intentionally create noise - like making cellphone calls they know spy satellites will intercept - just to flush out what the spy agencies have arrayed against them...
...Nationwide enforcement of search warrants and surveillance orders, which may now intercept or monitor e-mail messages and Internet usage...