 |  | | January 2007 | The Counter Terrorist SSI Newsletter |
| It is a privilege for me to assume the editor's job of The Counter Terrorist for Security Solutions International. I hope I'll be able to send you all informative and intriguing news items and announcements, twice a month, for a good time to come. Best wishes,
Eagle Solomon | |
 | Terrorist intelligence now available to bomb squads | |
| Blake Farmer - The City Paper | | It is real-time intelligence  Metro Nashville’s five-member bomb squad can now access up-to-the-minute information on the latest improvised explosive devices (IED) used by terrorists in every corner of the globe. A new Department of Homeland Security Program called TRIPwire (Technical Resource for Incident Prevention) made its way into Tennessee on Tuesday. The state’s 16 bomb squads received two days of training and are now privy to formerly off- limits intelligence through a secure Web site. “It is real-time intelligence,” said state Homeland Security director David Mitchell at a press conference Tuesday. “We get some general, unclassified information at the local and state level of law enforcement, but many times we’re not privileged to some of the sensitive information.” |
| MS-13 gang called terrorist threat | |
| Sara A. Carter - Daily Bulletin | | Gangs truly are a terrorist threat to our nation  Mara Salvatrucha is a global syndicate of murder, extortion and rape with members believed to number in the tens of thousands. The gang, which has been linked to a plot to assassinate U.S. Border Patrol agents, has more than 30 gang subsets in Los Angeles County alone. Worldwide, it has between 20,000 and 30,000 members and in Southern California, its members stretch as far east as San Bernardino, according to the FBI. A confidential Department of Homeland Security memo obtained by the Daily Bulletin on Monday stated that Mexican human and drug traffickers plan to smuggle members of the Mara Salvatrucha gang into the United States and pay them to kill Border Patrol agents. |
| Is Chicago safe from a terrorist attack? | |
| Fran Spielman, Chicago City Hall reporter | | Chicago's emergency chief Cortez Trotter discusses city's shaky state of preparedness  Is Chicago truly prepared for a natural disaster or terrorist attack -- a question central to Mayor Daley's bid to host the 2016 Summer Olympic Games? You can't help but wonder after Chief Emergency Officer Cortez Trotter's defensive response to last week's federal report suggesting that first responders in Chicago and Cook County are ill-prepared to communicate when the Big One hits. Now Trotter is openly saying there's a lot more Chicago can do to prepare for an event that would even remotely resemble the Sept. 11, 2001, attack that killed nearly 2,800 at New York's World Trade Center. |
| Real Progress in Reforming Intelligence | |
| Office of the Director of National Intelligence | | Our actions must befit the highest traditions of civil liberty and privacy  The Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 did more than create the Office of the Director of National Intelligence – it charged the Office with significantly reforming and strengthening America’s Intelligence Community. Under the leadership of Director John D. Negroponte, the ODNI has revitalized, reformed, and led the Community to better protect our nation by: - Ensuring that we collect the right intelligence in the best ways to most accurately and objectively guide.
- Focusing and strengthening our analytic work, better ensuring that our policymakers receive the highestquality.
- Providing a clear direction to guarantee timely and meaningful results.
- Directly answering the specific needs of our intelligence customers.
- Dismantling the “stovepipe” mentality that said agencies could produce, and limit within its walls, vital.
- Moving the Intelligence Community forward to adopt a Community-wide technology architecture.
- Working to share intelligence with affected parties outside the Intelligence Community.
- Making significant investments in building a strong IC workforce.
- Leading the way with the latest technologies.
- Always being mindful that our actions must befit the highest traditions of civil liberty and privacy.
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| Why they fight? And what it means for us. | |
| Peter Wehner - Opinion Journal | | All of us would prefer years of repose to years of conflict, but history will not allow it.  President Bush has said that the war against global jihadism is more than a military conflict; it is the decisive ideological struggle of the 21st century. We are still in the early years of the struggle. The civilized world will either rise to the challenge and prevail against this latest form of barbarism, or grief and death will visit us and other innocents on a massive scale. Given the stakes involved in this war and how little is known, even now, about what is at the core of this conflict, it is worth reviewing in some detail the nature of our enemy--including disaggregating who they are (Shia and Sunni extremists), what they believe and why they believe it, and the implications of that for America and the West. |
| Terrorist bombing | |
| Ami Mayo and Yoram Kluger - World Journal | | Understanding detonation and blast dynamics is crucial  Bombings and explosion incidents directed against innocent civilians are the primary instrument of global terror. In the present review we highlight the major observations and lessons learned from these events. Five mechanisms of blast injury are outlined and the different type of injury that they cause is described. Indeed, the consequences of terror bombings differ from those of nonterrorism trauma in severity and complexity of injury, and constitute a new class of casualties that differ from those of conventional trauma. The clinical implications of terror bombing, in treatment dilemmas in the multidimensional injury, ancillary evaluation and handling of terror bombing mass casualty event are highlighted. All this leads to the conclusion that thorough medical preparedness to cope with this new epidemic is required, and that understanding of detonation and blast dynamics and how they correlate with the injury patterns is pivotal for revision of current mass casualty protocols. |
| Protecting Buildings Against Terror | |
| March 15th and 16th, 2007 Boston - April 24th and 25th - Washington DC | | Will be held in Boston Massachusetts and Washington DC  This two day seminar is designed to provide:
- Architects and Engineers
- EMS Personnel
- Law Enforcement
- Building managers
- Building Security
- Hotel and Resorts
- Hospital managers
With a very good understanding of terrorism and its potential effect on any building or facility.
This is a two-day program.
The first day's modules will be an extensive overview of the terror threat, particularly as it effects buildings and public safety.
The second day will be dedicated to providing a very detailed overview of measures to be taken to ensure that buildings are safe.
SSI is proud for this course to team up with one of the leading experts in the US today, The first day will be presented by SSI's Israeli presentation team and include extensive case studies and video footage.
After getting a through grounding in the modus operandi of terrorists, the emphasis on the second day will shift to carefully cover the basics of building safety and procedures that should be followed.
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER This event is hosted by the MBTA Police Academy of Quincy, Massachusetts, and sponsored by Paulson and Universal Detection Technology. |
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