Top Stories, Tuesday, March 22

Early reviews of the "Arab Spring" found that Al Qaeda was refreshingly irrelevant to the wave of secular protests that started in Tunsia and Egypt. Today, the story is looking a bit more grim. The Al Qaeda movement doesn't need to seize power in Middle Eastern countries to make gains. What it thrives on is failed states. And there are plenty of those on the horizon.

Yemen: Saleh offers to step down later, opposition balks

Coalition seeks to shore up wavering support for Libyan NFZ

Families of Islamist detainees in Egypt demand general pardon

On the home front, we're seeing a lot of domestic terrorism and related activities from the racist sector.

Wife of Aryan Brotherhood of Texas "general" arrested on tampering charges

FBI joins probe of California cross burning

Spokane backpack bomb case before grand jury

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Site News: Updated Pages

I've updated the Web site for my book, "Jihad Joe: Americans Who Go to War in the Name of Islam," which can now be found at http://jihadjoebook.com/. The new site has been cleaned up a bit, and I've added some early praise for the book, which will be updated with new material between now and the release.

Separately, I'm trying out a new format for the Intelwire Daily Brief, which is now being powered by Scoop.it. The tradeoff here is that the old version, which used paper.li, automatically updated from tagged stories on my Twitter feed.

The new page lets me customize headlines and promote stories so that the lead story is always what I think is most important, as opposed to the old page which prioritized stories automatically.

The downside is that it will be more difficult for me to keep the new page updated when traveling or otherwise busy, so we'll see how it goes. For now, at least, I'm trying to keep it updated throughout the day, given how much is going on in the news. Later, I'll probably settle on fairly predictable morning and evening editions.

I know the old page appealed to many folks, so it will continue, and you can click here to read it or follow it. It's now set to publish twice a day, so the news will be fresher. Since it's automatically generated, I don't see any downside in keeping it up and running indefinitely. I suspect the new page will ultimately work out for the best, but I'll let you know how I like it after a few weeks.

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Intelwire Daily Brief

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The Brief is presented through paper.li, which is still in alpha testing, so the system will be improved over time.

Drawn primarily from headlines selected daily by INTELWIRE's J.M. Berger, the Daily Brief offers a look at key stories from the war on terror and other international and domestic security issues from news outlets around the world. It publishes between 10 and 11 a.m. Eastern time most days.

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Don't forget you can pre-order J.M. Berger's new book, "Jihad Joe: Americans Who Go To War In The Name Of Islam," the first comprehensive look at the phenomenon of American jihadists and American terrorists. It's a story that starts in 1979 with never-before-revealed details of the Americans who took part in the Siege of Mecca, and continues through the present day, covering Anwar Awlaki, Nidal Hassan, Zach Chesser and many more. The scope of Americans taking part in jihad -- how many and for how many years -- has never been fully explored until now.

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