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Media war: ISIS insights from former Mideast correspondent

By Rebecca Phillips, University Communications PULLMAN, Wash. – The beheading of American freelance journalist James Foley. YouTube videos flaunting a Jordanian pilot’s fiery death. Mass beheadings and other barbaric images tweeted and posted on Facebook. Week-by-week the Islamic State, known as ISIS, ratchets up atrocity and serves it to news outlets around the globe.

Understanding cargo data to track threatening shipments

      Algorithm to help soldiers identify safe, enemy shipments   In another project supported by the U.S. Department of Defense, Holder is working to analyze relationships in war zones to try to help the military better identify its friends and enemies. Much intelligence collection is done by word of mouth, he said. Officers conduct […]

Homeland Security requires chemical list

        The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has issued a new regulation as part of its antiterrorism mission to identify, assess and ensure effective security in facilities where more than 300 chemicals of interest are used, stored or distributed.  This new regulation first requires that chemical facilities, including colleges and universities, locate […]

Those killed in war on terrorism honored

The Global War on Terrorism in the past two years has claimed the lives of three Washington State University students and alumni. Due to the limited size of WSU Pullman’s veterans memorial, there is nowhere to inscribe their names and permanently recognize their sacrifice. Recently, the university designated $15,000-$20,000 to have the memorial (located east […]