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Detectives are picking over the murdered British spy’s private life hoping they can identify his killer. Codes expert, 30 year old Gareth Williams’ decomposing body was found in his London government flat in a bag in the bath. He was on a one-year secondment to the headquarters of MI6 from his job at national “listening [...]
Planning ahead to avoid potential threats is the cornerstone of any security operation. It has been graphically demonstrated with the news that David Cameron almost came under attack from the Taliban during a recent trip to Afghanistan. During a visit earlier this year an RAF Chinook transporting the PM was forced into a last minute [...]
This report cites attacks by US-based or financed Jewish, Muslim and Irish-nationalism terrorists. Wikileaks whistle-blowing website has published a CIA memo examining the implications of the US being perceived as an “exporter of terrorism”. The February 2010 three page report says the participation of US-based individuals in terrorism is “not a recent phenomenon”. It cites [...]
Situational awareness is a vital asset that all Close protection Officers and Surveillance Operators should posses and something that all Training Providers should exercise their students in and anyone who is managing a long term contract should drill their employees in so that skills and senses remain sharp! We conduct various exercise of this nature [...]
Fortunately it doesn’t happen very often but the plight of two British nationals in the Philippines hostage drama highlights just what can go wrong when travelling abroad. The ordeal on a bus in Manila which lasted 12 hours ended with the deaths of eight Hong Kong tourists along with their Filipino hostage-taker after negotiations failed. [...]
Elijah Shaw, CEO of Icon Services talks about the need for female BG’s within the industry. Although ICON are based in the US Elijah speaks some wise words that apply across the board! http://www.youtube.com/user/Sunsear777#p/u/3/5kQGb625lOI
This question is often asked on many of the internet forums that peopel visit and often provides heated statements from various parties! Commercially there is always going to be a trade-off between time and profit margins and anyone who says otherwise is simply not telling the truth! Is 10 days long enough given the current [...]
Do you have a digital photocopier at your office location? Have you ever taken some paperwork to be photocopied at a publicly available one? Ever wondered if your local authorities handle the disposal of their photocopiers correctly? If so, watch this and try not to think about what sort of data is out there about [...]
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Defense attorneys in the Anna Nicole Smith drug conspiracy trial attempted to weaken the credibility of a key prosecution witness by questioning him about schemes to profit from his association with the former Playboy model. Bodyguard Maurice Brighthaupt told Monday of *signing contracts with “Access Hollywood” for a total of $50,000 [...]
An under-car booby-trap bomb has been found in the driveway of an Army major’s home in Bangor, County Down. It is understood the device fell off the vehicle on Wednesday morning and was found by the soldier. Dissident republicans are being blamed for the attack. Between 20 and 30 houses in the Chatsworth area of [...]
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