Currently, goods driven from the interior of Mexico arrive at the border where they are transferred to another truck with driver that crosses the border and clears customs. The cargo is then transferred to a third – U.S. based – shipper and delivered to its final destination. My niece could spot the glaring inefficiencies in this current system. She’s seven.
Whether businesses see the G20 as welcome or not, it does present an opportunity to revise and test business continuity plans. When information does become available, the business is ready for the worst case scenario and down-grade its planned response, rather than being forced to plan for difficult circumstances on the fly.
Security Weekly: Paying Attention to the Grassroots Homegrown Jihadists As STRATFOR has noted for several years now, the threat from al Qaeda and its jihadist militant spawn has been changing, and in fact has devolved to pre-9/11 operational models. With al Qaeda’s structure under continual attack and no regional al Qaeda franchise groups in the […]
For as much as we all love to talk about everything under the sun, as Americans, we’re more doers than we are talkers. We just go do things and that’s how we got started in this thing we call, “homeland security.” Nearly eight years after 9/11, we are finally making time to have some long-overdue conversations and defining what it means to make the homeland secure.
Mickey McCarter of HS Today spoke with Security Debrief contributor Randy Bearsworth about his recent appointment to Secretary Napolitano’s 60-day task force regarding the current terror alert system. Breadsworth, who most recently co-chaired the Presidential Study Directive-1 (PSD-1): Organizing for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, spoke with HS Today about the goals of the system and future of notifying both the public and government partners in the case of an emergency.
Last week AT&T conducted it’s largest-ever network disaster recovery exercise at RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C. The exercise is conducted several times per year to test the communications giant’s ability to bounce back from a plethora of emergency situations — from hurricanes to wildfires to terrorist attacks. Is your company regularly conducting tests and exercises? Are you ready? According to a recent study conducted by AT&T, the answer to that question is a deafening “no!”
WSJ: Targeting Terrorists – Council on Foreign Relations Washington is embroiled in a manic swing of opinion about the efficacy of covert action, including targeted assassinations. Richard A. Clarke on the delicate balance between the rule of law and running an effective intelligence agency.
The presidential elections of June have brought to the surface, like never before, the deep rifts that exist within Iranian society and its power structure. What is really happening there? And more importantly, what should the United States do about it? The delicate and serious nature of the current situation in Iran requires a very wise approach by the Obama Administration. The stakes are very high and the opportunity is unique.
Normally, the story below would be posted in the “Homeland BlogWatch” section of Security Debrief, which links to stories pinging about in the blogosphere and online media. However, the article written below, by former CIA Middle East field officer Robert Baer, is so insightful, we thought we should post it here in our main section.
To say my trip to the UK was an eye and mind opening experience would be an understatement. Between attending two conferences and having the opportunity to meet with government, national security and public safety officials and private sector leaders as well as take in the amazing sights of London, you might say I had a bit of sensory overload – all in a positive sense. While there is no doubt about the ‘special relationship’ that exists between the UK and the US, I did leave London cognizant of how the same world can look very different from ‘across the pond.’
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