Admiral Thad Allen, commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, has been on a mission for going on three years now: To raise awareness of the security vulnerabilities presented by small boats on America’s largely unregulated and unrestricted waterways.
Exclusive Interview: Pirate on When to Negotiate, Kill Hostages | Danger Room | Wired.com For his story on the economics of Somali piracy, WIRED contributing editor Scott Carney interviewed one of the ocean-going hijackers. They talked about how to negotiate a ransom, when to kill a hostage, and how to avoid the Navy.
U.S. Chamber of Commerce – Finding the Balance: Shared Border of the Future Executive Summary Canada and the United States share a special relationship that is built on common values based on a long history of cooperation, family ties, and friendship. In addition to this strong friendship, our shared border facilitates the largest bilateral trading […]
DoD Buzz | New Weapons Busting Scanner | Air European aerospace giant EADS has begun production of a system intended to thwart terrorists carrying chemical or explosive weapons, a technology that also promises to be a boon to air travelers long grown frustrated with lines, delays, pat-downs and moving shoeless through airports. And then there […]
Recently, I spoke with Francis Rose on Federal News Radio’s In Depth With Francis Rose, to discuss TSA’s new use of millimeter wave technology for the American rail system. Millimeter wave technology is a creative solution to keeping people safe with little to no distruption to travelers.
It is great to see that the continued myth that the government is set in its ways does not apply to TSA. Securing one of our old faithful resources, our rail system, is clearly high on the TSA to do list. Further, it is great to see the government using state of the art equipment to secure one of our nation’s oldest forms of transportation.
Governor Crist Signs Bill to Streamline Port Security Requirements | The Jacksonville Observer Legislation aimed at reducing some of the cumbersome security requirements at ports as a way to spur international trade was signed Monday by Gov. Charlie Crist. The governor, signing the bill at Port Everglades, said the measure wouldn’t mean the ports would […]
San Francisco City Tours: Air cargo explosives screening program to be piloted at San Francisco International Airport A pilot program to screen passenger aircraft cargo for explosives will be launched later this summer at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS).Known as the Air Cargo Explosives Detection Pilot Program, […]
Ted Alden of the Council on Foreign Relations offers an excellent analysis of what’s wrong with our immigration process – or at least, one of the things that is wrong with our broken immigration process. In a nutshell, his is an argument – a desperate plea really – for a return to risk-based security procedures that use intelligence and information to prioritize threats rather than the hopelessly ineffective but increasingly popular notion on Capitol Hill that we can prevent 100 percent of all threats we may face.
Federal and industry stakeholders have completed a range of actions to assess risks to freight rail since September 2001, and TSA has developed a security strategy; however, TSA’s efforts have primarily focused on one threat, and its strategy does not fully address federal guidance or key characteristics of a successful national strategy. Specifically, TSA’s efforts […]
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