Now being called an "Evil Genius" by various U.S. intelligence agencies, master bomb maker Ibrahim Hassan al-Asiri has become the focus of anti-terror efforts now that Usama bin Laden is dead. Besides having created the infamous and failed Underwear Bomb, al-Asiri also turned his own brother into walking bomb by surgically implanting explosives in his body. And now his most recent creation, although uncovered and thwarted before it could be put into action, is a bomb that uses high-grade military explosives, uses no metal parts and can be detonated in two ways. This is a bomb design that some officials say could not be detected by current technologies used in airports.

FBI Director Robert S. Mueller, III has named Andrew G. McCabe assistant director of the FBI’s Counterterrorism Division. Mr. McCabe most recently served as the deputy assistant director of the Counterterrorism Division.

Government Security News has announced that it is accepting entries for its 2012 Homeland Security Awards Program. The 2012 program includes 45 awards in three broad categories including: Best Vendors of IT Security Products and Solutions; Best Vendors of Physical Security Products and Solutions; and Most Notable Initiatives by Government Agencies.

With the anniversary of the death of Usama bin Laden upon us, security officials around the world are stepping-up their efforts at all transportation hubs, especially airports in and around the New York City area. Although officials say there are no known threats at this time, the new fear is that terrorists will soon be targeting U.S. air carriers with what are being called "body bombs." These diabolical devices are surgically implanted explosives, placed in and amongst a bomber's internal organs. Authorities have warned that master bomb-maker, Ibrahim al-Asiri, a member of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) has been working on these devices with no metal parts so they pass through airport security.

As a result of an FBI and federal Joint Terrorism Task Force investigation five people were arrested Monday (4/30) for allegedly trying to blow-up a bridge in the Cleveland, Ohio area. Three of those arrested are self-proclaimed anarchists who had hatched a number of plots over the past months. The FBI says the public was never in danger.

Los Angeles law enforcement and officers from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) used air and marine units to locate and capture three Mexican nationals, their boat and 80 bales of marijuana off the coast of Malibu. Law enforcement was initially notified of a suspicious vessel by Los Angeles County lifeguards from the Malibu/Lost Hills Station. This is the fourth interdiction in the area involving marijuana smuggling since Saturday (04/21).

In an attempt to get all charges dismissed, WikiLeaks suspect Bradley Manning's lawyers argued the government was guilty of "prosecutional misconduct" because they had hidden information that could have helped in the defense of their client. But, a military judge has rejected the claims and request and set September 21 tentative trial date.

Celebrating the 80th anniversary of the North Korean army, Chief of General Staff, Ri Yong Ho, took the opportunity to pledge revenge on South Korea and to claim North Korea has the weapons to defeat the United States in a single attack. He further stated that the U.S. is plotting war against North Korea and threatened a "sacred war" to crush South Korea.