The 11 March 2004 Madrid train bombings (also known as 3/11 and in Spanish as 11-M) consisted of a series of coordinated bombings against the Cercanías (commuter train) system of Madrid, Spain on the morning of 11 March 2004 (three days before Spain’s general elections), killing 191 people and wounding 1,800. The official investigation by the Spanish Judiciary determined the attacks were directed by a Muslim al-Qaeda-inspired terrorist cell although no direct al-Qaeda participation (only “inspiration”) has been established. Spanish Muslims who did not carry out the attacks but who sold the explosives to the terrorists were also arrested. (Source:…
Author: John Greenewald
The Office of the Inspector General (IG) for NASA initiated certain investigations regarding terrorist activities shortly after the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. Below you will find the records currently released: Documents relating to terrorist threats shortly after 9/11 [14 Pages, 2.5mb]
Soon after the terrorist attacks of 9/11, letters laced with anthrax began appearing in the U.S. mail. Five Americans were killed and 17 were sickened in what became the worst biological attacks in U.S. history. The ensuing investigation by the FBI and its partners—code-named “Amerithrax”—has been one of the largest and most complex in the history of law enforcement. In August 2008, Department of Justice and FBI officials announced a breakthrough in the case and released documents and information showing that charges were about to be brought against Dr. Bruce Ivins, who took his own life before those charges could…
Background The exercise broke down into multiple phases, which began on September 5, 2001. Each phase was to determine the preparedness of the NRO to various emergencies. The first phase included a NRO employee going into the workplace with a handgun and shooting his supervisor, and another co-worker before dropping the gun and leaving the building. Simulation personnel along with local police officers overlooked how the NRO structure responded to the scenario. They looked for response times of security officers, how fast a cordoned off area could be established, and they focused on multiple other key details to help the…
The Savannah River Site (SRS) is a nuclear reservation in the United States in the state of South Carolina, located on land in Aiken, Allendale and Barnwell Counties adjacent to the Savannah River, 25 miles (40 km) southeast of Augusta, Georgia. The site was built during the 1950s to refine nuclear materials for deployment in nuclear weapons. It covers 310 square miles (800 km2) and employs more than 10,000 people. In 2005, there was an Anthrax hoax at the facility. Below, you will find documents relating to the incident. Anthrax Threat, Savannah River Site, Aiken, S.C. [13 Pages, 724kb] Documents…