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		<title>Crises Come from Choices</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Learning occurs when we recognize opportunities to learn. BP, Toyota, even Johnson &#38; Johnson, haven&#8217;t seemed to learn key lessons of crisis management – first, do everything you can through sound management to avoid a crisis. Then, if one occurs anyway, have a plan to deal with it promptly and credibly.
Steve Lasky, the Publisher/Editor in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.barrierbriefs.probarrier.com/?p=1200</link>
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		<title>College Courses on Terrorism Gaining Vogue</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Courses on terrorism and homeland security are becoming part of college offerings across the U.S.
Along with the awareness among educators and students that it&#8217;s an increasingly dangerous world, the courses are being prompted by  a dozen Centers of Excellence at universities and research centers that were established in the Homeland Security Act of 2002.
&#8220;The centers [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.barrierbriefs.probarrier.com/?p=1196</link>
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		<title>Body Scanners Getting Bruised</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has spent more than $80 million on about 500 body scanning machines and plans to install 1,000 of them at airports by the end of next year. But they&#8217;re not getting great reviews.
USA Today reports that the full body scanners are being hit for slowing the movement of passengers through [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.barrierbriefs.probarrier.com/?p=1192</link>
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		<title>Security Vigilance Pays at JFK</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A JetBlue passenger ran off barefooted as a TSA officer spotted a gun in his carry-on bag at JFK Airport. The screening process worked, although investigators don&#8217;t think a hijacking of the plane was in view.
The would-have-been passenger, Junior Almonte, 30, was charged with gun possession and possession of stolen property after he was apprehended [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.barrierbriefs.probarrier.com/?p=1188</link>
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		<title>Al Qaeda Plotting on a Trans-Atlantic Basis</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A failed New York subways bomb plot last year  has been tied to an Al Qaeda terrorist conspiracy that planned a similar attack in England, U.S. prosecutors say.
Attorney General Eric Holder has called the New York subway plot  one of the most dangerous since 9/11.
In an indictment unsealed earlier this month, U.S. prosecutors said the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.barrierbriefs.probarrier.com/?p=1186</link>
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		<title>&#8216;See Something, Say Something&#8217;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;See Something, Say Something&#8221; has properly caught DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano&#8217;s favor and is about to become emphasized in homeland security tactics.  The public will need to be alert to suspicious packages and other signs of potential terrorism, to &#8220;Say Something&#8221; in a timely manner. There likely will be far more false alarms than actual [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.barrierbriefs.probarrier.com/?p=1174</link>
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		<title>Pertinent Insights Into the &#8216;Toronto 18&#8242;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bruce Schneier tips us to a lengthy series of articles in the Toronto  Star on how a terrorist plot four years ago to set off bombs in Toronto was uncovered and broken up. Thank you, Bruce, for this lead on the &#8220;motley crew&#8221; that comprised the Toronto 18.
It&#8217;s got to be a great series, for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.barrierbriefs.probarrier.com/?p=1170</link>
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		<title>Security Officials On-the-Go</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Washington Post ran a fascinating July 4 story and photo gallery on how U.S. security officials &#8220;work around the clock to protect the nation.&#8221;  Security officers anywhere will identify with the strains of the work.
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		<link>http://www.barrierbriefs.probarrier.com/?p=1166</link>
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		<title>Security Communities</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Want to do some reading and thinking about security? How about the notion of creating security through a community of involvement – practitioners joining together to figure out what can make their buildings or systems safer?
Philip J. Palin, a research fellow with the Pace University graduate program in Management for Public Safety and Homeland Security [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.barrierbriefs.probarrier.com/?p=1159</link>
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		<title>Cameras Providing Blanket Security Coverage of Midtown Manhattan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[People on the streets of midtown Manhattan &#8211; and into the city&#8217;s uptown and downtown districts as well – are going to be routinely &#8220;on camera&#8221; in this age of security-centered anti-terrorist measures.
New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly told the Association for a Better New York this week that about 450 of a planned network [...]]]></description>
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