Four American Muslims have been convicted of a plot to blow up synagogues in New York and shoot down cargo planes with portable missiles. Vowing to appeal, lawyers for the defendants said they were entrapped by a Pakistan-born FBI informant, who had infiltrated the mosque they attended. But the prosecution said the four were dangerous men who had believed the fake explosives and missiles the FBI provided were real and intended to use them.
The British government has for the first time identified cyber warfare as one of the major threats to the country. In a new national security strategy, it lists the danger of attacks on Britain's computer infrastructure, alongside international terrorism, conflicts between states and natural disasters. The Foreign Secretary William Hague said it was crucial that the country was able to protect itself against cyber attacks.
"It does mean that this country needs an increased capability to protect ourselves, not only against cyber attacks on the government but on businesses, on individuals. Such attacks can become in the future a major threat to our economic operations in this country and to our economic welfare, but also to national infrastructure, such as electricity grids and so on."
British Foreign Secretary William Hague.
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The founder of the Wikileaks website, Julian Assange, has been denied residency in Sweden. Mr Assange had hoped to create a base for Wikileaks there due to its law protecting whistle-blowers. He is currently being investigated by Swedish prosecutors for allegations of rape and sexual molestation. Mr Assange denies the charges.