SP's MAI Issue No. 7 | April 01-15, 2014 - Internal Security Updates
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INTERNAL SECURITY / VIEWPOINT
Internal Security - The looming crisis
By Lt General (Retd) P.C. KatochSince last two years that China has been providing arms and communication equipment to to the Maoists through the Kachen rebels...
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INTERNAL SECURITY
TSA's behavioural detection programme questionedThe United States Transportation Security Administration has spent roughly $1 billion training thousands of “behaviour detection officers” as part of the Screening of Passengers by Observation Techniques programme.
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INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
Avatar actor Sam Worthington arrested in New YorkActor Sam Worthington was arrested in Manhattan after police say he punched a photographer in the face. It happened recently as the paparazzi were up close to the couple, breaching their security.
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INTERNAL SECURITY
BJP seeks security during electionsThe Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has urged the government to take effective steps on internal security, fearing its leaders could be targeted in the run-up to the general elections.
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INTERNAL SECURITY
Report states Pakistan is the most terror-hit countryPakistan is the most terror-hit nation in the world after Iraq, a new report has found. Also considering the severity of the incidents, Pakistan even surpassed the Middle Eastern nation...
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INTERNAL SECURITY
Iraq veteran kills three and himself at Fort HoodAs many as four people were killed and 14 were wounded after a gunman in uniform opened fire at Fort Hood on April 2, shutting down the sprawling Army base and inciting a huge police response.
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INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
Michigan terrorism case hinges on informant's testimonyMohammad Hassan Hamdan of Dearborn Heights, Michigan, was arrested on March16, 2014, at Detroit Metro Airport by the Federal Bureau of Investigation...
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INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
Teenager climbs atop Freedom Tower undetectedThe Freedom Tower, America’s top terror target, doesn’t have a single working surveillance camera inside — a stunning security lapse that let a New Jersey teen roam the top floors undetected.
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INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
Security threats from withinThreats to the US Defense Department personnel and facilities increasingly are coming from trusted insiders, and to defeat them the Pentagon must beef up security from within...
