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Voting Opens for the Inaugural Counter Terrorism and Specialist Security Awards
10 Feb 2011• The Counter Terrorism and Specialist Security (“CTSS”) Awards will celebrate the achievements of innovative companies working in this field from around the world • Industry professionals can show their support by voting online via the event website for any company they wish to nominate for one of the 12 awards • The winners will [...]
American Science & Eng Gets US DHS General Aviation Aircraft Screening Contract
10 Feb 2011FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security Awards Contract to AS&E to Develop General Aviation Aircraft Z Backscatter Screening System AS&E Receives Phase II Follow-on Award under SBIR Program after Successful Phase I Study BILLERICA, Mass. – February 3, 2011 – American Science and Engineering, Inc. (“AS&E”) (NASDAQ: ASEI) a leading worldwide supplier of [...]
Group Profile: Lashkar-e-Taiba
09 Feb 2011History and Motivation: Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) translates as the Army of the Good (sometimes transliterated as Army of the Pure / Army of the Righteous). It was founded in the early 1990s in Pakistan by its current leader, Hafiz Muhammed Saeed, with the aim of gaining control of Kashmir from India and establishing an Islamic state across South Asia. Saeed, a former Islamic Studies professor at a university in Lahore is also the head of Jammat-ud-Da’waa, formed in 1985, which is considered by the United Nations and by Western security forces to be an alias of LeT. LeT is an Islamist Fundamentalist militant group designated as a terrorist organisation in the UK, US, Australia, India and Pakistan.
Case Study: Animals & Counter Terrorism / Terrorism
09 Feb 2011Counter Terrorism: Guard dogs have long been used to secure sensitive sites from crime and terrorism. But now explosives and firearms detection dogs are playing an important frontline role in CT. They are often deployed shortly ahead of high-profile events, deemed to be terrorist targets, to literally sniff out threats using their well-developed olfactory senses. They are also deployed when required at airports to detect explosives and weapons in luggage. The US Transport and Security Administration (TSA) deploys around 600 canines to spot check cargo and mail before it is loaded onto commercial passenger-carrying aircraft. Traditionally ‘operated’ by the military, police and customs authorities, and often referred to as K-9 units (after the robotic canine in Doctor Who), pressure on public resources in recent years, with the increased global terrorism threat, has led to the growth of private-sector canine security services internationally. Spaniels, Labradors, Malinois and German Shepherds are breeds commonly used for this work. A dog’s temperament is important; it must be outgoing and playful with a good hunting instinct.
The Threat to the Nordic Countries
09 Feb 2011The Nordic region is generally regarded as peace-loving, tolerant and a champion of freedom and transparency – Norway is home to the Nobel Peace Prize, Sweden aims to remain neutral in proximate wars. There have, however, been serious threats from Islamist extremism, particularly to Norway and Denmark in recent years, stemming mainly from cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed.
European Intelligence Sharing
09 Feb 2011The plot to launch multiple attacks across European cities, ‘Mumbai 2008 style’, uncovered by Western intelligence agencies – those of several European countries as well as the CIA – in September, reinforces just how critical intelligence sharing among nations is. But despite having a Common Foreign and Security Policy, the European Union (EU) has no official, federal intelligence service. As the European Community and European Economic Area expanded from the 1990s onwards, and following the Maastricht Treaty which created the EU, in 1992, there was consensus among member states
Terrorist Typologies: a review
09 Feb 2011Even before 9/11, terrorism had been studied by psychologists seeking to discover who turns to terrorism, why and how. But since the 9/11 attacks, a wealth of research on why people become terrorists has been conducted and published. Psychiatry professor Walter Reich has stated that terrorism cannot be understood exclusively in psychological terms; one must also give weight to socio-political conditions and religious beliefs. However, any human behaviour, be it commerce, politics or terrorism stems, at its heart, from psychology. The nature of terrorism does not always allow for comprehensive analysis of personality types involved, early life experience, motivations and pre-meditating factors. With suicide terrorists, one must rely on testimony and anecdotal evidence from family and friends as to who that person was and why they sacrificed their life in the name of a cause.
Threat Level High in run up to Counter Terror Expo 2011
08 Feb 2011Counter Terror Expo 2011, the world beating annual event for professionals tasked with the complex role of addressing the challenging terrorist menace, takes place against the backdrop of an increasingly potent threat to public safety. With the intelligence community signalling an intent or desire amongst extremist groups to target crowded places as well as the [...]
Royal Military Police Enlists British Forensic Technology from Radio Tactics for Frontline Mobile Phone Examinations
08 Feb 2011• Radio Tactics is the leading provider of mobile device forensics equipment for the UK Ministry of Defence • Aceso enables users to examine and interrogate digital mobile devices quickly and accurately without the need for in depth forensic knowledge • Aceso Field is a lightweight, rugged terminal that offers accurate reporting of data acquired [...]