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September 2008 |
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Your bi-monthly update on Homeland Security
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BOEING TO HOST SSI'S ACCLAIMED
PROTECTING AVIATION
in Tukwila, WA - November 10-11 2008
Although much has been done since 9/11 in an effort to make Aviation safer, we are still very vulnerable. At the present time, any attack against aviation, even a foiled plot such as the August 2006 plot that English Authorities stopped, would be a disaster to an industry already suffering from high fuel costs.
This issue of the Counter Terrrorist newsletter is dedicated to the subject of Protecting Aviation. To learn more about our Protecting Aviation training course, to be held in northwest Washington, November 10th and 11th, pleasevisit our website.
A full day is being dedicated to this subject at the 3rd Annual Sarasota Sheriffs Gulf Coast Terrorism Prevention conference in Sarasota from the 15th to the 19th of September.
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Former Boeing Worker Charged with Bomb Threats
SEATTLE - Federal authorities say they found more than 100 guns at the home of a former Boeing Co. worker charged with sending bomb threats to some of the company's top executives.
A grand jury returned a 16-count indictment Thursday against 46-year-old Gino Augustus Turrella, charging him with making threats and identity theft. He was arrested Tuesday.
Turrella worked as a flexible machine operator in Auburn from August 1987 to August 2005, Boeing spokeswoman Kelly Donaghy said. Turrella was scheduled for a detention hearing Friday in U.S. District Court. On May 2 and 4, Turrella sent e-mails to a Boeing server threatening to shoot up a Boeing building in Auburn or, alternatively, strap himself with explosives, FBI Special Agent Chad Piontek wrote in a federal complaint.
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"TRIPwire, the Technical Resource for Incident Prevention (www.tripwire-dhs.net), is DHS's online, collaborative, information-sharing network for bomb squad, law enforcement, first responders and other emergency services personnel to learn about current terrorist improvised explosive device (IED) tactics, techniques, and procedures, including design and emplacement considerations. By combining expert analyses and reports with relevant documents, images, and videos gathered directly from terrorist sources, TRIPwire helps law enforcement anticipate, identify, and prevent IED incidents. TRIPwire integrates information gathered directly from terrorist groups with analysis and collaboration tools to help first responders and law enforcement anticipate, identify, and prevent bombing incidents."
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Airport Policing - Training Issues and Options
 By Robert T. Raffel
Airports are expanding and growing to unprecedented levels due to more afford- Aable airfares and increasing public acceptance of air travel. In fact, some airports have become small cities, complete with banks, hotels, gas stations, and car rental agencies. 1 Today, most major airports boast several banks, scores of businesses, millions of passengers, and a commensurate rise in criminal activities, some of which are common in airports or specific to them (e.g., airline ticket fraud, narcotic smuggling, and distraction theft).
Against this background, law enforcement officers seldom receive training on how to operate in the airport environment.2 Police assigned to an airport have basic training skills, tuned almost exclusively to urban and rural environments. Agencies place little effort on training officers in the investigation of airport-specific crimes or in tailoring enforcement plans to meet the growing demands that airports present today. Existing training usually concentrates on specific tasks or legal areas. For example, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), historically has provided training for airport police officers.
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TSA Launches 'Self-Select Lanes' at Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl Airport
PHOENIX - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) today announced the expansion of its popular "Self-Select Lanes" program to Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport.
"The opening of these new lanes is the result of a lot of hard work and truly demonstrates the commitment to partnership by Sky Harbor, its tenant airlines and the TSA," said Verdi White, TSA's Phoenix federal security director. "Since initial rollout, these self-select lanes have already increased throughput and helped thousands of passengers as they pass through the checkpoint."
Salt Lake City International and Denver International airports instituted the self-select lane program earlier this year and have seen an overall increase in throughput and customer satisfaction. Sky Harbor's self-select lanes are currently operational at the Terminal 4D security checkpoint, with plans to expand to other checkpoints in the near future. Sky Harbor is the 36th airport nationwide to implement the "Self-Select Lanes."
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Sarasota FL-- September 15-19, 2008
LAST FEW SPACES REMAINING! CALL NOW: 866-573-3999
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2 Hijackers of Darfur Plane Surrender in Libya
 By Khaled El-Deeb
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) - Two hijackers who commandeered a jetliner from Sudan's Darfur region and diverted it to a remote desert airstrip in southern Libya surrendered Wednesday after a 22-hour standoff, an airline official said.
Sun Air Executive Director Murtada Hassan said officials at the airport in Kufra, Libya, informed him of the surrender. He said there were only two hijackers but that others may have slipped out with the 87 passengers who were released earlier.
The number and identities of the hijackers, who demanded maps and fuel to fly to Paris, has been unclear. Officials at the airport in Libya had said they were Darfur rebels, but Hassan said their motives were personal and that they had no connection with any political or rebel groups. Due to security reasons, he said he could not reveal what the personal matters were. Read on...
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Dutch Plane Evacuated After Highjack Threat
An aircraft belonging to the Dutch budget airline Transavia, scheduled to leave Rotterdam airport for the Turkish city of Bodrum, was evacuated late on Tuesday after the authorities received a telephone threat saying the plane was to be hijacked. It appears the threat was received just before the plane was due to take off.
Reuters news agency later reported that a spokesperson for the Public Prosecutor's office had said:
"The telephoned threat was in the nature of a hijack or a hostage-taking."
The passengers - some 114 in total - were kept on board the aircraft for around five hours before finally being requested to disembark. Transavia has since complained that the military police at the airport failed to tell the company what was going on for those five hours.
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ICAO Safety Audit Gives US High Mark
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. aviation system received a score of 91 out of 100 in a new safety audit released today by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), a United Nations agency that oversees international civil aviation.
"This audit by ICAO validates our systems approach to safety," said Robert A. Sturgell, acting administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). "The results show that our priorities are in the right place."
The U.S. score, which was well above the global average of 56, reflected U.S. compliance with over 9,500 international safety standards. The FAA led U.S. preparations for the audit, which also included the National Transportation Safety Board, the U.S. Coast Guard and the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration.
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San Antonio Airport has Terrorism Scare
 By Robert Crowe
A citizen of India caught Tuesday in the San Antonio airport carrying items "commonly associated with acts of terrorism" - including a box cutter, what officials initially described as a possible "explosive device," and fraudulent immigration papers - is being held by immigration officials on visa violations, authorities said Wednesday.
"We have an immigration hold on him based on the concern of his immigration status," said Nina Pruneda, local spokeswoman for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
According to a police report, the 36-year-old man, whose identity has not been released because he hasn't been charged, had inside his carry-on bag an orange box cutter with a "razor edged blade," and ID cards from New York and Texas, which had different dates of birth.
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September Mission: SOLD OUT!
Space limited for November 14 - 22, 2008 and February 20th - 28th, 2009!
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Post 9/11: Resilience or Denial: What's the Deal with the General Public?
The call to action was powerfully answered in the days that immediately followed 9/11- not only by First Responders (who continue to carry the torch) but by the population as a whole. As we get more distance from that terrible day there is a question that must be asked - "What on earth happened?" Is it a resilient "must go on" attitude that has made the general population indifferent to the danger around us - or a denial so stifling that they just can't get their heads out of the sand? Either way they seem to be opting out of reality and preferring the distractions that tabloids and Hollywood have to offer. How can we get people to wake up and take the proactive stand necessary to prevent slipping back into that reactionary stupor? The answer is this: Give them what they want. One way to do that is to bring reality back to the surface through fiction. Author, John Errett's new book, "The Owl and the Hawk" is an espionage thriller that brings the reality of terrorism back to the surface. Not only that, the book ends with a very real and proactive plan to stop terrorists from traversing the globe. This plan is before the State Department right now.
http://www.theowlandthehawk.com
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Corrupt File Brought Down FAA's Antiquated IT System
By Chris Preimesberger
The FAA's (Federal Aviation Administration) flight plan IT network, which went down for about 2.5 hours Aug. 26 andfouled up the takeoff plans of thousands of travelers in more than 40 airports across the country, is back up and running.But for how much longer? The antiquated system consists of two 20-year-old redundant mainframe configurations-one inGeorgia, one in Utah-that apparently are hanging on for dear life.
The Federal Aviation Administration's flight plan IT network, which went
down for about 2.5 hours Aug. 26 and fouled up the takeoff plans of thousands
of travelers in more than 40 airports across the country, was back up and
running Aug. 27.
IT staff were still troubleshooting it today in Hampton, Ga., where the agency's primary data center is located.
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Homeland Security Experiment Tests Port Security
The U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard and SRI International are testing new port security technologies and tactical procedures as part of a homeland security experiment in Tampa Bay waters through Aug. 28. The experiment began on Aug. 20.
The technologies, dubbed "Adaptive Force Package," supports local incident response under the command of the Coast Guard's port captain, with the involvement of numerous federal, state and local law enforcement agencies from Tampa Bay.
The Navy's goal for the experiment is to demonstrate the technologies' capabilities in safeguarding ports and waterways, a release said.
The Coast Guard will be responsible for incident command in the experiment. Its role is to coordinate the response and actions of private-sector maritime entities with military and civilian law enforcement actions.
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UC Berkeley Police, FBI Raid Activist Center, Seize Computers
BERKELEY, CA -- Law enforcement agencies including the FBI raided an activist center and Internet shop in Berkeley on Wednesday morning and seized 14 computers, University of California, Berkeley spokesman Robert Sanders said.
The raid, which started at around 10:30 a.m. at the Long Haul Infoshop at 3124 Shattuck Ave., was the result of an investigation initiated by UC Berkeley police, Sanders said.
Sanders said the raid was related to "threatening e-mails," but declined to provide any details on the e-mails, citing the ongoing investigation. He did say that the cafe is known as a "hangout for anarchists and other groups."
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