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		<title>Resiliency and the Great Central U.S. Shakeout</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.com/2012/01/31/resiliency-and-the-great-central-u-s-shakeout/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guest Contributor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Jay Alan

At some point during my day I can usually see the scaffolding atop the landmark National Cathedral here in Washington, D.C. -- a reminder of damage from the August earthquake.  And a reminder that disaster can strike anywhere at anytime. We all know and preach the doctrine of preparedness, but building resiliency and knowledge takes time. This effort takes another great step forward on Feb. 7.  The Great Central U.S. Shakeout will occur at 10:15am CST, with (as of this writing) 1.7 million people in nine states practicing the ‘duck, cover and hold’ earthquake drill.]]></description>
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		<title>Supreme Court Rules on GPS Surveillance</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.com/2012/01/25/supreme-court-rules-on-gps-surveillance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 22:34:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Security Debrief</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Seth Stodder
This week, the Supreme Court dipped its toes into the muddy waters of how modern surveillance technologies – in this case, GPS tracking – fit within the 200-year-old confines of the Fourth Amendment. In United States v. Jones, the Court ruled that the DC Police and the FBI violated the Fourth Amendment when they placed a GPS tracker on a Jeep Cherokee driven by criminal suspect Antoine Jones, and then tracked it for 28 days – all without a valid search warrant. ]]></description>
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		<title>No Magic Weapon for Crowd Management</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.com/2012/01/13/no-magic-weapon-for-crowd-management/</link>
		<comments>http://securitydebrief.com/2012/01/13/no-magic-weapon-for-crowd-management/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 13:40:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Rosenfeld</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The makers of Long Range Acoustic Device (LRAD) have reported significant increases in sales following the Occupy Movement’s first phase of activity last year. Some, I suspect, think they’re buying a magic crowd management weapon. Yet, the best deterrent to truly criminal behavior is to identify criminals, such as those committing or inciting violence, gathering evidence against them, and successfully arresting and prosecuting them. ]]></description>
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		<title>A Stark Reminder – Cyber Threats Are Real</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.com/2011/11/23/cyber-threats-real/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 14:52:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>L. Vance Taylor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ As happy/relieved as I am to know that the Russians aren’t out to disrupt our water services, it is important to note that a water system in South Houston was the victim of a real cyber attack. (You’ll recall it occurred in direct response to DHS downplaying of the reported situation in Illinois).The would-be attack, and the actual one, are stark reminders that the threat of cyber attacks are real.]]></description>
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		<title>NYPD&#8217;s Raymond Kelly: Can&#8217;t Wait Around for the FBI</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.com/2011/11/21/nypds-raymond-kelly-cant-wait-around-for-the-fbi/</link>
		<comments>http://securitydebrief.com/2011/11/21/nypds-raymond-kelly-cant-wait-around-for-the-fbi/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 02:48:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Media Watch</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[NYPD Commissioner Raymond Kelly: No time to wait&#160;for FBI in terror arrest &#8211; NY Daily News Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said the NYPD busted a lone-wolf terror suspect without the FBI because it didn&#8217;t want to waste any time. Related articles, courtesy of Zemanta: FBI Declined to Pursue NYC Bomber, NYPD Went at it Alone [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Newest Hardline Protestor Threat to Police</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.com/2011/11/21/the-newest-hardline-protestor-threat-to-police/</link>
		<comments>http://securitydebrief.com/2011/11/21/the-newest-hardline-protestor-threat-to-police/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 13:17:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Rosenfeld</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The newest threat to police from hardline protestors is “doxing” – the photographing of police and publishing their personal details, and sometimes that of their families, to the Internet. This tactic has been used to attempt to intimidate officers during events with protestors calling out officers’ names as they film and telling them they will be “doxed.” This tactic is an import from the hardline protest movements in Britain and should be of significant concern to police at all levels of operations and command, although it does have a very simple remedy.]]></description>
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		<title>Tom Ridge and Penn State Potential</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.com/2011/11/10/tom-ridge-and-penn-state-potential/</link>
		<comments>http://securitydebrief.com/2011/11/10/tom-ridge-and-penn-state-potential/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 14:24:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Cooper</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When the news broke yesterday with rumors and news reports that former DHS Secretary Tom Ridge could be in the running to be the next President of Penn State, I have to admit to some very mixed feelings. They weren’t negative mixed feelings but rather selfish ones. As one of the people fortunate enough to serve under Ridge in the early days of DHS, I got to observe one of the most dynamic individuals I’ve ever met in my life. If his move to Penn State should come to pass, the institution will gain someone who not only can navigate the most dangerous of seas but bring people together in service in ways never done before. ]]></description>
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		<title>ATF chief, Arizona prosecutor resign amid gun inquiries</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.com/2011/08/30/atf-chief-arizona-prosecutor-resign-amid-gun-inquiries/</link>
		<comments>http://securitydebrief.com/2011/08/30/atf-chief-arizona-prosecutor-resign-amid-gun-inquiries/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 19:18:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Media Watch</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ATF chief, Arizona prosecutor resign amid gun inquiries &#8211; USATODAY.com The acting director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and Arizona&#8217;s top federal prosecutor resigned Tuesday in the midst of congressional and Justice Department inquiries into a controversial gun trafficking investigation that allowed hundreds of firearms to fall into the hands of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>After Earthquake, DC Government Needs Lesson in Social Media</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.com/2011/08/24/dc-government-and-social-media/</link>
		<comments>http://securitydebrief.com/2011/08/24/dc-government-and-social-media/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 19:38:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Battle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ever tried to get on Twitter only to find that frustrating white whale floating in a sea of blue with the message that the network is overcrowded and you should come back later? In the social media world, this is known as the Fail Whale. During yesterday's mini emergency in Washington, when a 5.8 earthquake shook the city and sent scared and confused folks fleeing from buildings, we experienced a Fail Whale on the part of the Washington DC, government. Increasingly, citizens aren't turning to government officials for disaster management but to one another. And they're doing it through social media. ]]></description>
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		<title>Homeland Security Advisory Council: Empowering Critical Infrastructure and National Resilience</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.com/2011/06/28/homeland-security-advisory-council-empowering-critical-infrastructure-and-national-resilience/</link>
		<comments>http://securitydebrief.com/2011/06/28/homeland-security-advisory-council-empowering-critical-infrastructure-and-national-resilience/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 18:36:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Gaynor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, the Homeland Security Advisory Council (HSAC) released the recommendations of its Community Resilience Task Force (CRTF), which argue that it is impossible to build a resilient nation upon protected yet aged, overstressed, exploitable and consequence-amplifying infrastructure foundations. ]]></description>
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		<title>Disharmony in the Home Team</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.com/2011/06/28/disharmony-in-the-home-team/</link>
		<comments>http://securitydebrief.com/2011/06/28/disharmony-in-the-home-team/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 12:13:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Carafano</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://securitydebrief.com/?p=11452</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It is hard to argue that local, state, and federal counterterrorism operations are not still a work in progress. While working together, law enforcement agencies at all levels have combined to thwart a number of plots since 9/11, many challenges that frustrate cooperation still perplex the national counterterrorism enterprise. The remedy is a new organizational culture that places a premium on building trust and confidence between federal, state, and local counterterrorism efforts.]]></description>
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		<title>Will San Francisco Ever Get It?</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.com/2011/06/17/will-san-francisco-ever-get-it/</link>
		<comments>http://securitydebrief.com/2011/06/17/will-san-francisco-ever-get-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2011 16:42:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marty Ficke</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[San Francisco is beautiful, historic and diverse. But as nice as that city is, I remain disturbed by its anti-military reputation. The SF Police and Human Rights Commission held hearings on Joint Terrorism Task Force operations in San Francisco. The hearings specifically addressed the FBI Domestic Investigations and Operations Guidelines that allow the JTTF to commence an investigation/surveillance without a direct nexus to criminal activity. I wonder if residents of San Francisco and the SFPD will ever "get it."]]></description>
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		<title>Attorney General Guideline Changes Impacting FBI Intelligence Collection Operations</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.com/2011/06/15/attorney-general-guideline-changes-impacting-fbi-intelligence-collection-operations/</link>
		<comments>http://securitydebrief.com/2011/06/15/attorney-general-guideline-changes-impacting-fbi-intelligence-collection-operations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2011 15:07:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Blitzer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The media is reporting changes to the Attorney General Guidelines. it looks like expanded authority to conduct physical surveillances, polygraphs of informants and limited attendance at public functions is not much change in terms of intrusion into the civil liberties of our population. I understand that some people may be alarmed; however, I know that the FBI’s agents charged with collecting intelligence within the United States are closely supervised - I was one of them.]]></description>
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		<title>Homeland Security Department curtails home-grown terror analysis</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.com/2011/06/07/homeland-security-department-curtails-home-grown-terror-analysis/</link>
		<comments>http://securitydebrief.com/2011/06/07/homeland-security-department-curtails-home-grown-terror-analysis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 19:17:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Media Watch</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Homeland Security Department curtails home-grown terror analysis - Washington Post
The Department of Homeland Security has stepped back for the past two years from conducting its own intelligence and analysis of home-grown extremism, according to current and former department officials, even though law enforcement and civil rights experts have warned of rising extremist threats.]]></description>
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		<title>Supreme Court Ruling Opens Floodgate to More State Immigration Regulation, Stronger Federal Preemption Statute Needed</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.com/2011/06/06/supreme-court-ruling-opens-floodgate-to-more-state-immigration-regulation-stronger-federal-preemption-statute-needed/</link>
		<comments>http://securitydebrief.com/2011/06/06/supreme-court-ruling-opens-floodgate-to-more-state-immigration-regulation-stronger-federal-preemption-statute-needed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2011 14:44:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Shen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After much anticipation and speculation, the Supreme Court decided that, in essence, states may enact their own employment eligibility and employer sanction laws. The name of the case is Chamber of Commerce of the United States v. Whiting, and we have to expect more states joining the ranks of Arizona and others already with verification laws on the books]]></description>
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		<title>Black Swan in MA: How Elected Officials Can Contribute to Community Resilience</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.com/2011/06/03/black-swan-in-ma-how-elected-officials-can-contribute-to-community-resilience/</link>
		<comments>http://securitydebrief.com/2011/06/03/black-swan-in-ma-how-elected-officials-can-contribute-to-community-resilience/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2011 20:16:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guest Contributor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Keith Stefanelli
Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick has experience working through emergencies - on Wednesday, he was again guiding emergency response, this time to a fatal tornado outbreak in Central and Western Massachusetts. This made me wonder: What if Governor Patrick had lost the 2010 Gubernatorial Election, and Massachusetts had a new Governor, less experienced in emergency response? What if the next Black Swan event of statewide or national significance occurs on the Inauguration Day of a new Governor or President?]]></description>
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		<title>Senate Demands National Disaster Recovery Plan From FEMA</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.com/2011/06/03/senate-demands-national-disaster-recovery-plan-from-fema/</link>
		<comments>http://securitydebrief.com/2011/06/03/senate-demands-national-disaster-recovery-plan-from-fema/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2011 13:21:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Media Watch</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Senate Demands National Disaster Recovery Plan From FEMA - Disaster Zone
Hmm, this is not an easy answer for the Senate.  FEMA is on the hook for delivering a National Disaster Recovery Framework and they are still in DRAFT mode.  I see the challenging word being "National" and not Federal.]]></description>
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		<title>Is Preparedness Pointless?</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.com/2011/05/26/is-preparedness-pointless/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 16:47:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Media Watch</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is Preparedness Pointless? - Homeland Security Watch
Watching coverage of the devastation wrought by the EF5 tornado that struck Joplin, Missouri over the weekend, I have been pondering the theme of the Washington State Emergency Management Association's conference scheduled for later this year: "Preparedness: It's Not a Mystery." As catchy as that may sound, I find it hard to accept.]]></description>
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		<title>Public-safety network tees up House, Senate showdown</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.com/2011/05/26/public-safety-network-tees-up-house-senate-showdown/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 16:20:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Public-safety network tees up House, Senate showdown - Hillicon Valley
Lawmakers are laying the groundwork for a showdown between the chambers on the question of how to build a communications network for police and firefighters, a key recommendation of the 9/11 Commission that has not been realized.]]></description>
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		<title>FEMA aid bill advances as tornado response continues</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.com/2011/05/25/fema-aid-bill-advances-as-tornado-response-continues/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2011 13:33:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[FEMA aid bill advances as tornado response continues - Federal Eye
Lawmakers are pushing a $1 billion aid package for the Federal Emergency Management Agency in the wake of the deadly Joplin, Mo., tornado — even as the agency is already stretched thin by other twisters and floods one week before hurricane season begins.]]></description>
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