FBI's terrorism search goes undersea

They search the ocean depths hunting for evidence left by predators deadlier than great white sharks.
They are members of the FBI's Technical Dive Team, an elite group of special agents tracking terrorism underwater.
Starting next year, this 10-member team could be called on to search for evidence left behind by international terrorists in water contaminated by chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear waste.
"There have been enough scenarios recently," says team member Supervisory Special Agent James Tullbane, citing the 2008 attacks in Mumbai, India, which began when terrorists entered the port city by boat.
"If you look at Mumbai and you look at various international incidents that occurred where there's attacks on American civilians or attacks on American interests where water has been involved, ... we determined that we really do need to expand our capabilities."
A year ago, the FBI created the Technical Dive Team with a primary mission of gathering evidence after a terrorist attack to help find and prosecute those responsible.
The team's ability to operate in contaminated water and to dive at extreme depths sets these divers apart from the FBI's existing Underwater Search and Evidence Response Teams.
A large part of the Technical Dive Team's training is focused on diving in hazardous materials, Tullbane says. Instead of air tanks, the divers use a hose connected to a surface supply system.
"It not only provides the air, it collects the air that you exhale and brings it back to the surface," says Michael Tyms, the team's program manager.
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Bombers target home of Pakistani paramilitary official, kill 23

Two suicide bombers targeted the home of a senior officer with Pakistan's paramilitary force Wednesday, killing at least 23 people and wounding 52.
The attacks took place in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta.
Brigadier Farrukh Shehzad, believed to be the target of the attacks, was injured in the blasts, said Tariq Manzoor, a senior Quetta police officials. Shehzad is a senior official in the Frontier Corps paramilitary force.
Among the dead were Shehzad's wife and six security personnel, he said. None of Shehzad's children were home at the time, as they had left for school before the incident, he said.
The first bomber rammed his explosives-laden car into security vehicles cars parked outside Shehzad's home, officials said. The second attacker, who was on foot, managed to enter the house, said Abdullah Afridi, a senior Quetta police official. When a security officer fired on him, the attacker blew himself up, Afridi said.
The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the attacks. A spokesman for Tehrik-e-Taliban, Ihsanullah Ihsan, said Shahzad was the target of the attack and expressed regret at the death of his wife. Ihsan said the attacks were retaliation for Shahzad's involvement in an operation against the group on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border last year.
Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan has been described as a "Taliban-inspired alliance of Pakistan-based Sunni tribal militants."
An Afghan refugee card was found at the site, and a picture on the card matches the description of one of the suicide bombers, said an official in the paramilitary force who asked not to be identified. The card identifies a 21-year-old man from Afghanistan's Kunduz province who was living in Peshawar, Pakistan.
About 60 kilograms of explosive material was used in the explosions, Manzoor said.
Quetta is the capital of Balochistan province, which has been a hotbed for militancy.
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Snoop discusses status of Dre’s delayed ‘Detox’

Where is Dr. Dre’s new album? Fans have been waiting for his Detox record for years now and there’s really no word on what the hold up is. But, a frequent Dre collaborator, spoke with BBC Radio’s Tim Westwood this week and had some thoughts on the delay.
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“It’s a formula, when we made records in the past it was always girls, it was always party, it was always the right atmosphere to create that type of album that sounds like the albums you have heard in the past,” Snoop said. “If there’s not that atmosphere you can’t create that kind of album. So that’s what’s happening right now– the songs don’t match the atmosphere and the atmosphere don’t match the songs.”
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It’s not exactly clear what that means, but more directly Snoop said part of the delay may be that due to the fact that Dre is continuing to tweak the tracks — feeling a lot of pressure to make them exactly right. “What we’re accustomed to hearing from Dr Dre is the brand new next best everything, and right now people are not getting that,” Snoop said. “He knows that… he’s a perfectionist, until he gets that he’s not going to release it because he doesn’t want the scrutiny of people saying ‘ah I waited this long for that?’”
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Snoop went to add, “He’s got a strong work ethic, but I’mma say this and I don’t know if it’s gonna ruffle any feathers. I just think the wrong people are in the environment. When he made records that were hit records in the past, D.O.C., Snoop Dogg, RBX, Kurupt — it’s like it’s pieces that’s not there that need to be there. And I’ll say D.O.C. and Snoop Dogg is the backbone. When you take those two out of the equation it’s not gonna work. You need to put them two back into the situation and let us mastermind and the project like we did Chronic and  That’s what’s missing.”
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So will the record be out this year? It’s unclear. You can watch Snoop’s full interview below

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