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[Homeland Security Digital Library Weblog - Emergency Preparedness & Response] Committee on Homeland Security Releases Staff Report on Security ...: Thompson of the House Committee on Homeland Security charged the Democratic Majority staff to examine and observe a number of different mass gathering events to identify areas where additional homeland security resources might help to ensure public health and safety at these events. "Ensuring the public health, safety, and security of the public at mass gatherings can be especially challenging.
[Press Release Depot] Thompson Releases Report on Security for Mass Gatherings: The report shows that mass gatherings such as the Super Bowl, NASCAR races, concerts, and political conventions could be terrorist targets. While the public health, first responder, law enforcement, and intelligence communities are doing the best they can with what they have —
[Open Source Intelligence] [osint] FBI/DHS: No Credible Terrorist Threat to Attractive Target ...: causalities. But Thompson, chairman of the House committee that wrote the report, said in a statement Monday, "Without increased federal support and guidance, mass gatherings will remain vulnerable." .
[~/~elia's~\~ Blog] Hmm.....I wonder if I made this list.....: A veteran CIA intelligence analyst who maintains active high-level clearances and serves as an advisor to the Department of Defense in the field of emerging technology tells Radar that during the 2004 hospital room drama, James Comey expressed concern over how this secret database was being used "to accumulate otherwise private data on non-targeted U.S. citizens for use at a future time." Though not specifically familiar with the name Main Core, he adds, "What was being requested of Comey for legal approval was exactly what a Main Core story would be." A source regularly briefed by people inside the intelligence community adds: "Comey had discovered that President Bush had authorized NSA to use a highly classified and compartmentalized Continuity of Government database on Americans in computerized searches of its domestic intercepts. [Comey] had concluded that the use of that 'Main Core' database compromised the legality of the overall NSA domestic surveillance project."
[Vanguard News Network Forum] Eric Thomson: Letters to Shappa: saw all the customers at the counter melt into shapeless blobs which ran down the stools, onto the floor. One fellow saw that at a Thanksgiving dinner, which amused him no end, for he took LSD on purpose to make the family gathering more ‘interesting.’
[Fans Of Emma Thompson] Emma at World Economic Forum, Davos: This was a decidedly different crowd for the 48-year-old Brit, who won Best Actress in 1992 for her performance in "Howard's End" and claimed another Oscar four years later for her screenplay of "Sense and Sensibility." The Forum recognized Thompson for her work in helping people suffering from AIDS in Africa and raising awareness around the world. "I love getting awards and haven't had one for ages," she joked, absolutely captivating a stargazing audience of presidents, prime ministers and some of the richest CEOs in the world.
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[Gun accessories and Rifle Stocks] Mag Catch: “The NASCAR event is just one date, but after that they will be doing a number of things,” said Thompson, adding that the World Series and Super Bowl are two other mass gatherings that are going to be researched for readiness.
[Hook's Center Sports Blog] Feds say terrorist threat to Indianapolis 500 is low.: For the report, congressional staffers went to the Talladega SuperSpeedway in Alabama and Lowe’s Motor Speedway in North Carolina last October to observe how NASCAR managed security. The congressional investigators also met with members of Major League Baseball, the NCAA, the NFL and presidential nominating convention security officials in Colorado and Minnesota.
[olyecology weblog] 338 - Earth's Tree News: 18) Turkey's paper sector representatives, who used effective lobbying to benefit from the incentive law , are working hard to open forests to the private sector following rapid increases in imports last year. Paper sector representatives came together at the end of 2007 and submitted a report to Prime Minister Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan, Forestry Minister Veysel EroÄŸlu and Forestry General Directorate.
[Aislins Blog] Niger’s Tuareg Rebels Could Impact World’s Fourth Largest Uranium ...: Thompson also wrote in his travel advisory, “The combination of widespread Tuareg discontent, a highly motivated and increasingly capable Tuareg insurgent group, and the Niger government’s entrenched political position suggests that a protracted, and possibly bloody, conflict in northern Niger is now highly likely, and may even spread to neighbouring countries.” The MNJ has been active for the past six months, as the spot uranium price reached a historic high.
[Tactical Flashlights form Surefire] Rifle Scopes: “The NASCAR event is just one date, but after that they will be doing a number of things,” said Thompson, adding that the World Series and Super Bowl are two other mass gatherings that are going to be researched for readiness.
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