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	<title>Security Debrief - a blog of homeland security news and analysis &#187; Sam Rosenfeld</title>
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		<title>Connecticut Active Shooter Hammers Home Lessons for Companies and Law Enforcement</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.adfero.com/2010/08/04/connecticut-active-shooter-hammers-home-lessons-for-companies-and-law-enforcement/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 18:47:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Rosenfeld</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The active shooter who killed eight people in Manchester, Conn., revives sentiments among the employers and co-workers that come with every active shooter: how could this happen and why couldn’t we foresee it? It concerns me just as much that such questions within the community are joined by a predictable refrain from the likes of me: Now that there has been one, expect others. An active shooter incident lowers the emotional burden for others to do the same, and both employers and law enforcement must be proactive in managing this low probability, high impact risk.]]></description>
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		<title>Thailand Shows the Incredible Cost of Inadequate Crowd Management Tactics</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.adfero.com/2010/05/17/thailand-shows-the-incredible-cost-of-inadequate-crowd-management-tactics/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 13:26:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Rosenfeld</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The endgame appears to have begun for the protests in Bangkok, as security forces take an increasingly hard line and casualties are mounting. There is no doubt that the government had to take action, as the impact of the protests has started to cause real damage to the Thai economy. But the appropriate use of vehicles, faster, more dynamic tactics, and better use of their water cannon could have prevented most of the injuries and deaths we have seen and many of those that are still to occur. The lessons here are that the training and tactics for dealing with disorder must be designed to suit the type of threat you face in your country or city.]]></description>
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		<title>Prompt Global Strike A Step in the Right Direction</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.adfero.com/2010/04/26/prompt-global-strike-a-step-in-the-right-direction/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 13:56:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Rosenfeld</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The determination to proceed with the Prompt Global Strike (PGS) weapon system by the Obama Administration, as reported by the New York Times, raises interesting questions about the long-term future of nuclear weapons. PGS is effectively a tactical nuclear weapon without the messy nuclear after-effects. The system definitely has its advocates and detractors, its good points and bad. However, in a world the President is determined to make nuclear free, it is a step in the right direction.]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Riot&#8221; Provokes Long Overdue Discussion on Appropriate Use of Force</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.adfero.com/2010/04/16/riot-provokes-long-overdue-discussion-on-appropriate-use-of-force/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 19:43:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Rosenfeld</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are instances in crowd management situations where force is appropriate, but simply because it’s a crowd management situation doesn’t mean that force is automatically appropriate. The University of Maryland incident last month wasn’t a riot; it was a celebration, but a college student was severely beaten by police officers nevertheless. The long-term implications of the ongoing investigation must be a rethink of crowd management in the United States, because the current systems predispose police officers towards violence and the abrogation of First Amendment rights where neither is appropriate. The most urgent capability gap is an understanding of, and means to manage, people who are non-violent and non-compliant.]]></description>
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		<title>Could Goldman Sachs be the Next &#8220;Major Threat to Homeland Security?&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.adfero.com/2010/02/18/could-goldman-sachs-be-the-next-major-threat-to-homeland-security/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 18:54:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Rosenfeld</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have Goldman Sachs focused on their operational risks to the exclusion of all else, to the extent that their destruction is now politically convenient in the current US climate, and what tools could be used to achieve that end? I began, two weeks ago, by writing a blog entitled “Has Goldman Sachs caught the Blackwater Disease?” However, the more I explored the issue, the more I believe that the implications stretch wider.  While I am not a fan of the concept of the “Perfect Storm,” I do believe Goldman Sachs has ignored non-financial risks at their peril. This blog is not a reflection on whether Goldman Sachs are good, bad or indifferent; it is a reflection upon how disregarding all risks can create the conditions to destroy a company, just when that company appears to be at the top of its game.]]></description>
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		<title>Workplace Violence Highlights Wider Relevance of Corporate Security Departments</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.adfero.com/2010/02/08/workplace-violence-highlights-wider-relevance-of-corporate-security-departments/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:38:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Rosenfeld</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Workplace violence is an important threat; it also demonstrates how much security departments can add value to the company, rather than simply be a cost.  While corporate security departments are often seen as a necessary evil cost center with little to contribute but managing the gate guards – manned by knuckle-dragging former law enforcement and military personnel without a clue about “real business” – they actually can be an important part of the company’s self perception and management and a critical source of time-sensitive information and analysis.]]></description>
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		<title>Immigration Protests Show Crowd Management Failures and Lessons</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.adfero.com/2010/01/25/immigration-protests-show-crowd-management-failures-and-lessons/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 14:29:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Rosenfeld</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An immigration protest against Sheriff Joe Arpaio was a timely reminder of an issue that while quiet at the moment, threatens to return. The protest also demonstrates the effect a few agitators can have in provoking police/crowd tension and violence. An effective crowd management and public order system would have prevented much of the confrontation.]]></description>
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		<title>On the Counter-Terrorism Debate: Where is the Discussion About an Integrated Response and Wider Failures?</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.adfero.com/2010/01/02/on-the-counter-terrorism-debate-where-is-the-discussion-about-an-integrated-response-and-wider-failures/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jan 2010 22:43:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Rosenfeld</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While we absolutely must examine the systemic failures that missed the terrorist and enabled him to board a US-bound aircraft -- including the activities in isolation at both airports -- we should also be examining exactly how this type of device wasn't predicted and counter-measures developed.]]></description>
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		<title>In India, as Anywhere Else, Information Technology is not a Panacea</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.adfero.com/2009/11/30/in-india-as-anywhere-else-information-technology-is-not-a-panacea/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:25:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Rosenfeld</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Hindustan Times recently published an article arguing that if India had only invested in IT systems with a common information pool, the Mumbai attacks could have been prevented because information had been received elsewhere that Mumbai was a target.  It's interesting to see IT portrayed as the panacea solution to countering the threat of terrorism. As with countering any human-based threat, a capability must be created. But buying the IT isn't enough.]]></description>
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		<title>The Other Threat to the Energy Industry: Environmental Protester Preparations for Copenhagen 2009</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.adfero.com/2009/10/30/the-other-threat-to-the-energy-industry-environmental-protestor-preparations-for-copenhagen-2009/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:21:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Rosenfeld</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While there has been a sustained effort to protect the energy industry, particularly nuclear facilities, from terrorist attack, in the run-up to the Global Environmental Conference in Copenhagen later this year, another threat is emerging – environmental protesters. ]]></description>
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		<title>Capabilities, Not Uniforms, Are What Matter on the Border</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.adfero.com/2009/10/08/capabilities-not-uniforms-are-what-matter-on-the-border/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 20:28:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Rosenfeld</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The pursuit of bureaucratic dominance after 9/11 gave us the divorce of counter-terror from counter-crime, creating a duopoly that is massively expensive in terms of money, manpower and effectiveness.  Illegal immigration and smuggling are becoming a major focus of manpower, and runs the risk of the same bureaucratic wrangling that sacrifices effect and efficiency in the name of departmental primacy.]]></description>
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		<title>G20 Protests – ”It won’t happen here”</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.adfero.com/2009/09/22/g20-protests-it-wont-happen-here/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:08:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Rosenfeld</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Perhaps the most compelling feature of the Pittsburgh preparations for G20 has been the apparent attitude in Pittsburgh of, “It won’t happen here.”  This attitude is dangerous - the local government can argue that it took all necessary precautions to warn people of the threat, but even with less than a month to go the warnings and preparation advice was basically to, “prepare as though it’s a snow day,” and to “have pre-drilled boards available for the windows” just in case. ]]></description>
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		<title>PITTSBURGH G20; PREPAREDNESS THROUGH THINKING REALISTICALLY</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.adfero.com/2009/08/10/pittsburgh-g20-preparedness-through-thinking-realistically/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 17:31:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Rosenfeld</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whether businesses see the G20 as welcome or not, it does present an opportunity to revise and test business continuity plans.   When information does become available, the business is ready for the worst case scenario and down-grade its planned response, rather than being forced to plan for difficult circumstances on the fly.  ]]></description>
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		<title>PITTSBURGH G-20 – GETTING WHAT EVERYONE WANTS</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.adfero.com/2009/08/01/pittsburgh-g-20-getting-what-everyone-wants/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 14:01:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Rosenfeld</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Global political and financial summits are held in the name of open dialogue and mutual collaboration.  Those who attend but are outside the summit are, for the most part, here for the same reason, to project their message to those at the meeting, and to the wider world.  ]]></description>
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		<title>Protestors Who Know No Boundaries</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.adfero.com/2009/07/18/protestors-who-know-no-boundaries/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 13:13:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Rosenfeld</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The G-20 will not just affect Pittsburgh. This has significant implications for corporations and government alike, for whom the time to identify this issue as a posing a threat, and finding a solution, is rapidly running out.]]></description>
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		<title>What must Pittsburgh learn from Tehran</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.adfero.com/2009/06/20/what-must-pittsburgh-learn-from-tehran/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 15:16:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Rosenfeld</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tehran is currently running a master class in how not to manage a disaffected crowd; Pittsburgh would do well to learn from Tehran’s mistakes.  Many will reject this, on the grounds that law enforcement in the West would never treat a crowd as the Iranian security forces, and particularly the baseej, have done.  However, the indiscriminate use of force by police officers at incidents like the most recent RNC, the Poll Tax Riots in London or during the incident in Boston that cost Victoria Snedgrove her life, would suggest otherwise.]]></description>
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		<title>Pittsburgh To Host G20 In September</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.adfero.com/2009/06/08/pittsburgh-to-host-g20-september/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 13:20:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Rosenfeld</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pittsburgh will host the G20 Summit in September; only by realizing that policing, reporting and protesting itself is not a zero-sum game can the City of Pittsburgh realise the opportunities the G20 presents.  If the police understand the participants and media and work with them, then the protests and reporting can be effective, while those who have ill-intent can be targeted and punished. ]]></description>
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		<title>A Tea Party for All</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.adfero.com/2009/04/20/a-tea-party-for-all/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 18:34:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Rosenfeld</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The tea parties on April 15 are an important warning sign - they demonstrate the growing discontent of those middle Americans who have never demonstrated before.  Demonstrations are an important means of expression.  However, if those in shirt and ties are now willing to demonstrate, it is simply a matter of time and citizen frustration that will drive more serious and police-challenging protests. ]]></description>
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		<title>When Is a Riot a Riot?</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.adfero.com/2009/04/07/when-is-a-riot-a-riot/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 17:49:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Rosenfeld</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A riot is not a riot because the media says so, and a crowd is not well controlled because the media say so.  However, those distinctions look awfully thin when the bank or the local PD are being roundly criticised for being unable to handle a protest that gets out of hand, particularly if it was mishandled and the police either were, or were not but allow themselves to be portrayed as, an incendiary rather than de-escalatory influence.  ]]></description>
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		<title>G20: The Controlled Phase is Over, Now Comes the More Confrontational Events.</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.adfero.com/2009/03/30/g20-the-controlled-phase-is-over-now-comes-the-more-confrontational-events/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 15:46:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Rosenfeld</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The first phase of the G20 protests passed off peacefully on Saturday, not least because the organisers, the British Trade Unions Council (TUC), does not permit violence or anarchy in any form.  In their desire to have their message heard in a manner that is respectful of others, they do not block major arterial routes, they hold their protests in very visible areas that do not interfere with the activities of others, and they actively disavow violence, tasking the police to effect arrests of groups that gather with the clear intention of violence. ]]></description>
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