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	<title>Security Debrief &#187; Counter Terrorism and Defense</title>
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		<title>Working with Homeland Students &#8211; A Grand Opportunity, A Great Relationship</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.com/2012/02/06/working-with-homeland-students-a-grand-opportunity-a-great-relationship/</link>
		<comments>http://securitydebrief.com/2012/02/06/working-with-homeland-students-a-grand-opportunity-a-great-relationship/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:06:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Bucci</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cybersecurity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Homeland Security Industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Military and Homeland Defense]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I spoke to students at the Naval Postgraduate School Center for Homeland Defense and Security. The school helps military officers get their master’s degrees, but mine was not a military audience at all - many were homeland leaders from throughout the public and private sectors. To be sure, America has gained a lot since the 9/11 attacks, part of which is a brotherhood shared by all homeland professionals..]]></description>
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		<title>Former top-ranking DEA official links narcotics trade to terror groups</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.com/2012/02/03/former-top-ranking-dea-official-links-narcotics-trade-to-terror-groups/</link>
		<comments>http://securitydebrief.com/2012/02/03/former-top-ranking-dea-official-links-narcotics-trade-to-terror-groups/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:50:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Media Watch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Congress and Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Counter Terrorism and Defense]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Law Enforcement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Media Watch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Smuggling and Trafficking]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[CQ Homeland Security If the United States wants to erode the power of Iran&#8217;s militant groups, Congress needs to pump more money into operations that combine efforts to stifle the international drug trade with countering terrorism, a former Drug Enforcement Administration official told lawmakers Thursday. After the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, militant Islamic group [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Intelligence Led Policing &#8211; What&#8217;s in a Name?</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.com/2012/02/02/intelligence-led-policing-whats-in-a-name/</link>
		<comments>http://securitydebrief.com/2012/02/02/intelligence-led-policing-whats-in-a-name/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:20:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Serrao</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Intelligence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Law Enforcement]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I had the privilege of recently attending a two-day seminar on Intelligence Led Policing (ILP). Law enforcement officials and academics educated participants on the tenets of ILP and how to better equip officers to begin to use ILP in their police departments. Regardless of what it’s called – be it ILP, smart policing or predictive analytics – the best practice comes down to this: Police gather information, they evaluate and analyze that information, and they create a threat assessment. That information and resulting analysis drive the agency’s strategy and its actions.]]></description>
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		<title>Obama&#8217;s Kill Sheet &#8211; He&#8217;s Not a Wimp</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.com/2012/01/25/obamas-kill-sheet-hes-not-a-wimp/</link>
		<comments>http://securitydebrief.com/2012/01/25/obamas-kill-sheet-hes-not-a-wimp/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:08:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Cooper</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Counter Terrorism and Defense]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Management and Administration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Military and Homeland Defense]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[President Obama’s critics (of which I have been one) have tried to infer he is many things. He’s been called a socialist, a far-left liberal and other names. People will use all sorts of facts and inferences to back their words up but one word and invective that will never stick is “wimp.” Through the use of drones, Special Forces, Navy SEALS and all of the other military resources at his disposal, the President has scored a kill sheet that no one could have imagined. The inspirational orator that many thought was weak-kneed has become remarkably effective and efficient at getting rid of some of the world’s most pungent trash.  ]]></description>
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		<title>Risks abound at home and abroad</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.com/2012/01/19/risks-abound-at-home-and-abroad/</link>
		<comments>http://securitydebrief.com/2012/01/19/risks-abound-at-home-and-abroad/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:13:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Kaniewski</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Emergency Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A recent report by the UK-based think tank Chatham House describes the challenges associated with preparing for high-impact, low-probability events as well as potential global impacts. On the latter point, the report highlights how impacts will be felt well beyond an immediate disaster area, with the effects reverberating around the world because of our interconnected, global economy. In short, the best we can do is  allocate resources based on risk assessments, and have a robust all-hazards plan to address the Black Swans that we could not have anticipated.]]></description>
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		<title>Congressional hearing investigates jihadist use of social media</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.com/2012/01/19/congressional-hearing-investigates-jihadist-use-of-social-media/</link>
		<comments>http://securitydebrief.com/2012/01/19/congressional-hearing-investigates-jihadist-use-of-social-media/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:19:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Media Watch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Counter Terrorism and Defense]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Media Watch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PR, Social Media and Govt 2.0]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Subcommittee Hearing: Jihadist Use of Social Media &#8211; How to Prevent Terrorism and Preserve Innovation &#124; The House Committee on Homeland Security On Tuesday, December 6, 2011 the Committee on Homeland Security&#8217;s Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence will hold a hearing entitled &#8220;Jihadist Use of Social Media &#8211; How to Prevent Terrorism and Preserve Innovation.&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hizballah Poised to Strike in Southeast Asia</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.com/2012/01/18/hizballah-poised-to-strike-in-southeast-asia/</link>
		<comments>http://securitydebrief.com/2012/01/18/hizballah-poised-to-strike-in-southeast-asia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 04:11:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Levitt</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Counter Terrorism and Defense]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Intelligence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, Thai police arrested Atris Hussein, a suspected Hizballah operative, at the Bangkok airport, while another suspect escaped. Elsewhere in the capital, authorities seized a large cache of chemical explosives composed of ammonium nitrate and urea fertilizer. These discoveries of Hizballah bombmaking in Thailand are no surprise given the group's long history of terrorist operations in Southeast Asia.]]></description>
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		<title>Loose Lips Sink Ships</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.com/2012/01/17/loose-lips-sink-ships/</link>
		<comments>http://securitydebrief.com/2012/01/17/loose-lips-sink-ships/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 13:11:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Rosenfeld</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Intelligence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Science and Technology]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In the Second World War, the iconic phrase "loose lips sink ships" summed up the need for keeping information that could be useful to the enemy to only those who need it. It’s 70 years later and the social imperative for who needs information has diametrically changed. On any social networking site, there are opportunities for our enemies to identify us and use that information to plan attacks, both physical and cyber.]]></description>
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		<title>Smart, Savvy, Insightful: Analytic Tradecraft to Enable Homeland Security</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.com/2012/01/16/smart-savvy-insightful-analytic-tradecraft-to-enable-homeland-security/</link>
		<comments>http://securitydebrief.com/2012/01/16/smart-savvy-insightful-analytic-tradecraft-to-enable-homeland-security/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:18:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>HSPI</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Counter Terrorism and Defense]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Science and Technology]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Homeland Security Policy Institute released an issue brief highlighting the value of applying analytic tradecraft techniques more widely throughout the homeland security community. Author and HSPI Senior Fellow Jon Nowick maintains that as the homeland security community faces evolving threats, it must tap every opportunity to use resources smartly.]]></description>
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		<title>DHS officially welcomed to SpyWorld</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.com/2012/01/09/dhs-officially-welcomed-to-spyworld/</link>
		<comments>http://securitydebrief.com/2012/01/09/dhs-officially-welcomed-to-spyworld/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Media Watch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Intelligence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Media Watch]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Intelligence bill makes DHS I&#38;A officially part of spook group &#8211; FierceHomelandSecurity The fiscal 2012 intelligence community authorization bill signed into law Jan. 3 by President Obama officially codifies the Homeland Security Department&#8217;s Office of Intelligence and Analysis as part of that community.]]></description>
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		<title>Cyber Attack on Israel &#8211; The Private Sector and Citizens as the &#8220;Soft Underbelly&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.com/2012/01/09/cyber-attack-on-israel-the-private-sector-and-citizens-as-the-soft-underbelly/</link>
		<comments>http://securitydebrief.com/2012/01/09/cyber-attack-on-israel-the-private-sector-and-citizens-as-the-soft-underbelly/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 13:38:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nadav Morag</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cybersecurity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://securitydebrief.com/?p=12684</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Israeli media has been awash in reports of an alleged Saudi hacker that goes by the online name of OxOmar and has posted the credit card information, national ID numbers and addresses of thousands of Israelis.  According to recent reports, that person may turn out to be nineteen-year-old Omar Habib, who resides in Mexico. Some others, though less convincingly, have alleged that the origin of the attack lies in Iran. Ultimately, the origin and motivations of the cyber attack are less interesting than the nature of the vulnerability that it exposes.]]></description>
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		<title>Security Debrief Bloggers on Homeland Challenges in 2012</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.com/2012/01/06/security-debrief-bloggers-on-homeland-challenges-in-2012/</link>
		<comments>http://securitydebrief.com/2012/01/06/security-debrief-bloggers-on-homeland-challenges-in-2012/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 15:35:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Security Debrief</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Border Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Congress and Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Counter Terrorism and Defense]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Management and Administration]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[CQ Homeland Security conducted its annual survey of security challenges last year and the road ahead in 2012. The three-part series included comments from security experts throughout government and the private sector, many of whom are contributors to Security Debrief. Below is a rundown of some of their responses. Check out each of the story links to read more about important security efforts in 2012.]]></description>
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		<title>Court has ruled Iran, Hezbollah also responsible for 9/11</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.com/2012/01/04/court-has-ruled-iran-hezbollah-also-responsible-for-911/</link>
		<comments>http://securitydebrief.com/2012/01/04/court-has-ruled-iran-hezbollah-also-responsible-for-911/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 12:07:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janice Kephart</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[International]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Rule of Law]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://securitydebrief.com/?p=12657</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A federal judge has issued a final judgment in a plaintiff's case on behalf of 9/11 victim families ruling that Iran and Hezbollah together materially supported al Qaeda in committing 9/11.  The case, Havlish v. Iran, provides overwhelming evidence in hundreds of pages of information, showing step by step Iran's direct involvement in 9/11, including holding operational meetings inside Iran with al Qaeda and Hezbollah leadership to develop the 9/11 plan.]]></description>
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		<title>The Real Dear Departed Leader</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.com/2011/12/19/the-real-dear-departed-leader/</link>
		<comments>http://securitydebrief.com/2011/12/19/the-real-dear-departed-leader/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 15:23:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Cooper</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[International]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[You could not find a greater difference between two men than Vaclav Havel and Kim Jong Il. One was a rock and roll loving playwright who led the Velvet Revolution that tossed Communist control of Czechoslovakia; the other, the heir of one of the world’s most brutal regimes that thought nothing of starving his own people to feed his vast military machine while walling his country off from contact with the outside world to create their own paradise. Somehow the cruel North Korean despot earned the moniker of “Dear Leader,” while the playwright went about his life speaking to the human spirit’s craving to be free. Both died this past weekend.]]></description>
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		<title>Iran, Hezbollah Also Responsible for 9/11, Rules Federal Judge</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.com/2011/12/16/iran-hezbollah-also-responsible-for-911-rules-federal-judge/</link>
		<comments>http://securitydebrief.com/2011/12/16/iran-hezbollah-also-responsible-for-911-rules-federal-judge/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 16:39:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janice Kephart</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Counter Terrorism and Defense]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Federal Judge George Daniels announced in open court in New York City yesterday, in a case filed by families of 9/11 victims, that he was going to be signing an order within 24 hours stating Iran, Hezbollah, and al Qaeda are responsible for the 9/11 attacks. What we do know publicly is that Iran and Hezbollah not only provided terrorist travel assistance for the 9/11 hijackers to travel through Iran to attend Afghan terror training camps, but also that Hezbollah's most senior operational leader, and chief liaison with Iran, Imad Mughniyah – and other Hezbollah operatives – traveled with the 9/11 hijackers in and out of Lebanon and in and out of Iran after these same hijackers had been issued visas to visit the United States. ]]></description>
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		<title>Christmas Thoughts from Baghdad Gone By</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.com/2011/12/15/christmas-thoughts-from-baghdad-gone-by/</link>
		<comments>http://securitydebrief.com/2011/12/15/christmas-thoughts-from-baghdad-gone-by/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 13:52:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Bucci</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Military and Homeland Defense]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I was attending my church’s Kids’ Christmas program, and the depiction of the three wise men brought back some memories for me of a Christmas I spent far from home a few years ago. It was Christmas 2003, and I was in Baghdad, Iraq. I had been sent there by Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld, leading a team of 20 senior field grade officers. No service member likes to be away during the holidays, but serving one’s country gives you a treasure trove of memories that cannot be replaced.]]></description>
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		<title>Bill Bratton on London Riots, Occupy Protests and Law Enforcement</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.com/2011/12/15/bill-bratton-on-london-riots-occupy-protests-and-law-enforcement/</link>
		<comments>http://securitydebrief.com/2011/12/15/bill-bratton-on-london-riots-occupy-protests-and-law-enforcement/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 13:27:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Cooper</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Counter Terrorism and Defense]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Law Enforcement]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In late October, I had the privilege of interviewing former NYPD and Boston Police Commissioner and LAPD Police Chief Bill Bratton. Unlike a number of people in the public eye, he actually does his homework and thinks before he speaks. Our interview touched on a range of issues - the lessons not learned after 9/11; the state of information sharing with local law enforcement agencies; and how the country’s fiscal climate will impact the overall homeland mission. ]]></description>
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		<title>The Intelligence Challenge of Cyberspace</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.com/2011/12/13/the-intelligence-challenge-of-cyberspace/</link>
		<comments>http://securitydebrief.com/2011/12/13/the-intelligence-challenge-of-cyberspace/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 14:17:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ronald Marks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cybersecurity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Intelligence]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[America’s intelligence community finds itself pressed to deal with the “Wild West” frontier of an ever-expanding cyber space. From Twitter to blogs to e-mail, the changes are coming hard and fast for governments, businesses and individuals worldwide. The challenges for the American policy maker and the intelligence community are simple and yet hugely complex. So far, by our own admission, we appear not to be passing the grade.]]></description>
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		<title>Napolitano&#8217;s DHS &#8211; Promoting Security, Trade and Travel</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.com/2011/12/12/napolitanos-dhs-promoting-security-trade-and-travel/</link>
		<comments>http://securitydebrief.com/2011/12/12/napolitanos-dhs-promoting-security-trade-and-travel/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 14:01:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Alden</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[International]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Something interesting is going on in Janet Napolitano’s Department of Homeland Security. For the first two-plus years of the Obama administration, Secretary Napolitano’s priority was to plug security vulnerabilities, real or perceived. Arguments that her department was also responsible for encouraging trade and travel, and that security measures should therefore be carefully risk-targeted, were received with minimal enthusiasm. Recent DHS efforts, however, show a new paradigm in how the United States engages foreign partners, driven by the need to increase security while also promoting economic benefits.]]></description>
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		<title>Expanding International Security Partnerships</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:33:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Heifetz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week Secretary Napolitano gave a very good address to the Council on Foreign Relations. She highlighted the critical role of international partnerships in advancing homeland security and the commendable progress that DHS has made in that regard. But it could be much better. DHS’ efforts to expand programs like the Visa Waiver Program and C-TPAT have been ad hoc, leading to less expansion of these programs than warranted]]></description>
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