Boston, MA 02/10/2014 (wallstreetpr) – Many U.S. companies are at the top of their game in the global arena, and if you to talk about technology in communication, you can hardly construct a sentence about Internet communication and social networking without mentioning Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL), Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) and Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB), just to mention a few.
But when it comes to dealing with terror, things can sometime be very challenging for superpower in a free world. The U.S. government is faced with reduced options on how to deal with a problem touching on the security of its citizens. In the latest case, Pentagon is not quite sure at the moment with how to deal with a U.S, citizen and member of the al-Qaida who is actively planning attacks against his fellow citizens in foreign countries.
The problem number one is that the said entwined citizen is based in a country that routinely refuses U.S. military actions; this makes it hard for normal talks around such issues to deal with the threat. The remote location of terror suspect is also an added disadvantage to the Pentagon. Yet the chief problem is the new targeting policy that makes it hard for Pentagon to launch drone strikes on such suspects, until a Justice Department is able to build a strong case against the suspect.
And that is exactly what is happening now. The Justice Department is working to create case that would lead to deciding the fate of the man. The issues that are causing challenges are that the new stricter targeting policy makes it hard for CIA to deal with such a suspect. Moreover, launching drone attacks in an unfriendly country can cause unprecedented global reactions and even at home, a backlash has to be prevented.
Sensitive matters
The issues around this suspected U.S. terrorist working for al-Qaida to inflict pain or kill U.S. citizens oversees are closely guarded. The officials are not disclosing the name of the country in which the suspect is living or planning attacks. And not even the name of the suspect is being issued to press.
Can the U.S, technology catch up with the suspect?
Well, as concerns technology, U.S. has the drones to deal with such threats. As of January this year, Pentagon announced changes in its mobile communication platform. It stated that about 80,000 mobile devices on its secure network would be supported by BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY). And a small portion of its communication devices would run on the platforms provided by Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) and Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) which offer Android and iOS mobile communication platforms.
