Security and Alarm Systems Blog

This morning the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs is conducting a preliminary hearing into the Fort Hood attack.

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Officials from the Bureau of Prisons and the Department of Defense yesterday toured the Thomson Correctional Center in rural Illinois to evaluate whether the nearly vacant prison could safely and securely house detainees from the prison complex at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

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While most of the security-related media attention surrounding the Obama administration’s decision to try 9-11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed and four co-conspirators in federal court has focused on protecting the prison, the courthouse, and New York City itself from external threats, the Associated Press today devotes some space to the possible threat the detainees pose while in custody.

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WASHINGTON — Security professionals for U.S. companies, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), and academic institutions gathered at the State Department today for an annual briefing held by the government to share information on global threats and risks facing U.S. private interests operating overseas.

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An attempted pirate attack on the U.S. flagged ship Maersk Alabama in the Indian Ocean was thwarted by security forces aboard the vessel, according to The New York Times. It’s the same ship that was seized in April, with the captain held captive until rescued by navy snipers.

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