8/29 Email To Tal Global ; Questions Pertaining To Current Events ; No Response As Of Posting

I recently sent an email to an organization named TAL Global. From their website, they are: an "International security consulting, investigations & risk management firm, specializing in expert protection, prevention & security services around the world". As with the email I sent to HSAC Los Angeles, I decided to pursue other organizations as well. And …

LOCAL UNI GETS NATO GRANT ; $380K TO STRENGTHEN CYBER SECURITY ; INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION TO BOLSTER WEAKNESSES OR NEW WAVE OF FUTURE OFFENSIVE TECHNOLOGIES?

A local university in the Los Angeles area recently received a grant worth $380,000 from NATO. California State University Los Angeles received that grant which is a part of a program that NATO spearheads. Dubbed SPS: Science for Peace and Security, NATO seeks contributions from it's member states, as well as partner states, in strengthening …

TERRORIST ATTACK IN SPAIN ; VEHICLE USED TO EXTREME EFFECT ; MULTIPLE FATALITIES, DOZENS WOUNDED

In Spain, jihadists used a rental van to drive through a pedestrian heavy street in the Las Ramblas area of Barcelona. As of this writing, 13 people have been killed and nearly 80 people are injured. The attack happened in the Las Ramblas area, where a van rented by a “Driss Oubakir”, but officials have …

PROLIFERATION OF TECHNOLOGIES TO FIGHT TERROR ; BLOATED BUDGETS OR VIGILANT DEFENDERS? ; LOS ANGELES HONES IN TO FIGHT CRIME AND TERRORISTS

Update 8/19: I sent an email to HSAC at 4/5am on Thursday morning, asking them what they thought of the trial run going on at Union Station. I also included a set of 5 questions related to terrorism. They since have not responded to my email. At this article's end i will post the email …

YOU ME AND THE MUSLIM EXTREME……OR ARE THEY ; AMERICAN MUSLIMS TURNED EXTREME BY THE GOVERNMENT ; WHAT THEY DO AND HOW THEY DO IT

In the 21st century, the word of the (past couple) decades is “terrorism”. From the attacks on the USS Cole, the WTC Bombing, the OKC bombing, 9/11, and the multiple attacks in Paris and the United Kingdom. On the homefront, the United States is using every available resource to prevent terrorist actions from happening on …

TERRORIST ATTACK IN CHARLOTTESVILLE ; AN ANALYSIS OF THE ATTACK ; WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES

Featured image source Today, this afternoon, in Charlottesville, Virginia, an unknown (at time of posting of the article) drove a car into protesters. The protests were against out of town protesters. All politics notwithstanding, the fact of the matter (and focus of this article) is that an attack upon innocent people had occurred. All the …

Homeland Security Advisory Council of Los Angeles: White Paper on Parisian 2016 Attacks ; Criticisms, Faults and Dialogue Part 2

Part 2 TWP follows with “Incident Command”. TWP gives “props” to French authorities in two particular noteworthy choices: not telling the people inside the stadium what had happened (suicide bombing) and a policeman at the Bataclan directly engaging an active shooter (thereby killing him). However, TWP addresses certain concerns with communication and unit cohesion. Having …

Homeland Security Advisory Council of Los Angeles: White Paper on Parisian 2016 Attacks ; Criticisms, Faults and Dialogue Part 1

This is the first part of what is to be two segments. So, the HSAC is an NPO based in Los Angeles whose main task is that their organization assists in terror related attacks in the southland (Los Angeles county mostly). They give tips on how to formulate command centers, assistance in teaching law enforcement …

COINCIDENCES ABOUND ; GEOSPATIAL INTEL ON US CITIZENS ; FUTURE OPS ON US POPULATION? OR TESTING FOR NEW URBAN WARFARE IN FOREIGN ZONES?

image above (RUSSELL HILL- SABIAN404 AT FLICKR) Pictures of the aircraft in this blog post can be seen at the following link, provided by the Drive: http://picssr.com/photos/woodysaeroimages/page10?nsid=126170853@N05 If you've read my past posts, one of them was about the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency, and about how they operate and the geospatial intel community as a whole. …

OC Resident Involved In Weapons Smuggling To Syria

An immediate release press note from the US Attorney’s Office in the Central District of California, informed the public that an arrest had been made on one Rasheed Al Jijakli, 56, of Walnut. He was charged with an indictment that listed him and 2 other suspects in supplying Syrian rebels with export controlled items. These …