We are approaching another anniversary of the infamous 9/11/ attack on the United States of America. I remember a sense of unreality on that dreadful and grim day. The horror brought home in the most painful way how much some people – a group rightly designated by the term “Islamo-fascists†– hated my country....
The Center for Empowered Living and Learning (The CELL) held a reception yesterday in Denver to introduce its inaugural exhibit, entitled “Anyone, Anytime, Anywhere: Understanding the Threat of Terrorism.” The CELL is a non-profit, non-partisan institution dedicated to educating citizens on the most important issue of our time — terrorism. The exhibit will make...
As the parliament of Georgia voted to approve closing the nation’s embassy in Moscow and severing diplomatic ties with Russia, officials in the breakaway territory of South Ossetia are stating that their ultimate goal is not independence, but to be absorbed into Russia. Znaur Gassiyev, the speaker in the parliament of South Ossetia, said...
The US Navy, US Coast Guard and SRI International — a private security firm — are deploying a suite of advanced port security technologies, trained personnel, and are executing tactical procedures as part of a homeland security experiment in the waters of Tampa Bay through the end of August. Collectively described as an “Adaptive...
Approximately 12 million pounds of cargo is transported daily on passenger aircraft. To accommodate this considerable stream of commerce, the Transportation Security Administration currently has in place a multilayered, risk-based system for securing cargo traveling on passenger aircraft. As required by applicable security programs and regulations, aircraft operators and foreign air carriers are now...
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Coalition forces picked up two suspected associates of the Kataib Hezbollah criminal network during operations this morning in Baghdad’s New Baghdad district, military officials reported during a teleconference with bloggers and Internet journalists. Acting on intelligence tips, coalition forces raided the home of a suspected Kataib Hezbollah propaganda expert who is believed to have...
On Friday, an agreement was reached stating that the all of the United States armed forces currently stationed in Iraq would be pulled out by 2011. Mohammed al-Haj Hamoud, the deputy foreign minister of Iraq, stated that the deal has to be signed by both the Iraqi and US governments. The agreement, which has...
Influencing, countering and ultimately defeating regional threat networks in the greater Middle East will require a “whole-of-many-nations’-governments approach,†a US commander said during a conference call yesterday with bloggers and online journalists. Faced with threats from Al-Qaeda and similar groups, as well as a nonspecific “malign Iranian influence,†US and allied strategic planners are...
Russia’s invasion of the sovereign nation of Georgia has pushed major news stories off the front-pages of newspapers and news magazines, and usually is the lead story on broadcast news shows. The images of Russian tanks pouring into Georgia is a reminder that Putin’s Russia is not to be ignored by US officials. During...
(The following article is based on reports and material obtained by the National Association of Chiefs of Police. The material presented herein is not classified information.) The Transportation Security Administration uses undercover, or covert, testing to approximate techniques that terrorists may use to identify vulnerabilities in and measure the performance of airport security systems....
Last week over 700 law enforcement personnel, intelligence professionals, and private sector officials attended the Terrorism and Transportation Conference convened in New York, New York, hosted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Homeland Security Department’s Transportation Security Administration. This four-day conference was held to bring together terrorism first responders, private industry security...
According to Georgian officials and scattered news reports, Russian soldiers and South Ossetian paramilitaries have marched into the Georgian city of Gori. This comes one day after a truce was made by both nations to put an end to the six-day war that has killed many and uprooted thousands. “Russia has treacherously broken its...
President Bush has announced “a humanitarian mission to the people of Georgia, headed by the United States military.” “The United States of America stands with the democratically elected government of Georgia,” the President said in a statement. “We insist that the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Georgia be respected. “In the days ahead we...
I can say that whatever moral imperatives we may have to help Georgia pales into insignificance compared to our moral obligations in 1956 when the Hungarians revolted against Russian rule. I have an old friend who had been a captain in the Hungarian national army; his unit attempted to take a movie studio in...
Since its inception in 2003, the US Department of Homeland Security has faced significant challenges related to recruiting, retaining, and managing its workforce of over 170,000 employees. The US Congress requested the Government Accountability Office to analyze DHS’s attrition, efforts to recruit and retain staff, use of external employees, and compliance with certain provisions...
Has everyone at State and in the Pentagon lost their minds? We are facing the possible beginning of World War III, as Russia invades Georgia, Georgia asks for US military help, and the US calls for a cease fire. Thank God that Georgia is not a member of NATO. NATO is an entangling alliance...
The United States Department of Energy maintains emergency response capabilities and assets to quickly respond to potential nuclear and radiological threats within the United States. These capabilities are primarily found at DOE’s two key emergency response facilities — the Remote Sensing Laboratories at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, and Andrews Air Force Base in...
In fiscal year 2005, the Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism Partnership was established to eliminate terrorist safe havens in northwest Africa by strengthening countries’ counterterrorism capabilities and inhibiting the spread of extremist ideology. Funds obligated for TSCTP in fiscal years 2005 through 2007 and committed for fiscal year 2008 by the Department of State, the U.S. Agency...
Immediately following President George W. Bush’s Iraq strategy speech, Beltway insiders knew exactly where to go for analysis of the proposed “surge” of troops in Iraq. People who wish to know the facts about defense issues would be hardpressed to find an organization more trustworthy and informative than the Foundation for Defense of Democracies....
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