| | The Counter Terrorist
Your bi-monthly update on Homeland Security | May 2007 |
| Alleged Terror Leader Arrested In Queens  A senior leader of the Sri Lankan terrorist group Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) was arrested Wednesday in Queens, New York, where he had been quietly living for the past several years while funneling money to fund an ongoing guerrilla war that has claimed over 62,000 lives, federal prosecutors said.___________________________________________________________________ 
This conference will cover a wide range of topics taught by highly qualified nstructors that will provide the most current and comprehensive information that won't want to miss. Featuring Guest Speaker Joe Arpaio
Sheriff of Maricopa County, AZ |
Execute bin Laden? Americans, Mexicans say yes; other countries no
by Alan Fram - AP WASHINGTON -The bulk of Americans and a slim majority in Mexico want Osama bin Laden executed if caught, but most people in seven other countries would rather he spend life or many years in prison, an AP-Ipsos poll says. In all nine nations surveyed, markedly more people would choose the death penalty for the al-Qaida leader than for run-of-the-mill murderers, even in nations with little taste for capital punishment... ___________________________________________________________________ |
Feds: Accuracy of Face Recognition Software Skyrockets
By Lamont Wood-Special to LiveScience  After months of testing, federal investigators interested in gauging its usefulness in national security applications say face recognition software has improved by a factor of 20 in the last five years. At least that's the recently reported results of the latest Face Recognition Vendor Test (FRVT) conducted during the past year by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to determine which algorithms did the best job of verifying a person's identity by examining his or her face. ...
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Building Safety and the Terror Threat
a two-day seminar This two-day program combines understanding the terror threat and the modus operandi of terrorists with the benefit of a second day that covers the main CPTED (Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design) know-how that will help you protect your building.
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Counter Terrorism Training Week
Saint Leo University  Security Solutions International (SSI) signs alliance with Saint Leo University to provide Homeland Security training in the US and Israel. Security Solutions International (SSI) has been chosen by prestigious Saint Leo University to provide a week-long special program of training in Saint Leo, Fla., May 14 - 18, 2007. Graduate and Undergraduate credits are available for this program through Saint Leo University.
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Is War on Terror over?
by Victor Davis Hanson Do we still need to fight a war on terror?
The answer seems to be no for an increasing number in the West who are weary over Afghanistan and Iraq or complacent from the absence of a major attack on the scale of 9/11.
The British Foreign Office has scrapped the phrase "war on terror" as inexact, inflammatory and counterproductive. U.S. Central Command has just dropped the term "long war" to describe the fight against radical Islam....
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Mall Shootings Leave Three Dead
by John Shultz, Linda Man, Mike Rice and Tony Rizzo-The Kansas City Star  The sounds were short and sharp and in quick succession. Cathy Crist put down her late lunch and tried to figure out what was going on outside the McAlister's Deli on the West Side of the Ward Parkway mall. But the windows were covered and she couldn't see out into the parking lot. Crist heard more pops, then a woman's scream: "He's killing us!"...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- According to the victim's step-daughter, the man who drove a dead woman's car to a Kansas City mall yesterday and killed two people was a neighbor who talked about "shooting up people."
Pam Reed says the man once asked to borrow her stepmother's gun, but the woman refused. Reed also says the man talked about "Vietnam stuff" for many years. Read on... ________________________________________________________________ |
| Shoes Offer Drink Smuggling Compartment Flip-flop holds one ounce of liquid by Elizabeth Miller  Many University students have experienced the feeling of panic and fear on game days that police may find the Ziploc bag of lukewarm whiskey taped to their thigh as they enter Tiger Stadium. But flip-flops that hold one ounce of liquid in each shoe are now available, easing the smuggle for determined drinkers... ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________
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'Good old-fashioned police work' yields man believed to be 'Bishop'
by Mark Morris and Tony Rizzo - The Kansas City Star A clue buried in a huge pile of financial records led to an Iowa man's arrest Wednesday in a mail-bomb intimidation scheme involving threatening letters from "The Bishop." That shadowy figure led a 21-month campaign of terror and intimidation against investment companies and corporate officials in an effort to manipulate the price of two publicly traded stocks.... |
 The Child Project The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children estimates that, on average, more than 2,000 children are reported missing every day across the nation. Today, there is no national registry of biometric identification information that could help locate and positively identify these missing children and adults. The Children's Identification and Location Database (CHILD) Project has been created to help fill this critical need by creating a secure national database through the use of Iris Recognition Biometric Technology... |
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