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Commentary: The Impact of Security Negligence on the Decision to try 9/11 Terrorists in Manhattan. “Deja Va All Over Again.”
After the death and destruction of 9/11 in lower Manhattan, litigation on liability for negligent security followed quickly in the federal courts.
Charles Slepian
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Commentary: The Lengthening Shadow of 9/11
I didn’t know my father well but what I knew made me proud. I remember his visits to our little apartment in the Bronx when I was in nursery school; his visits were short but I have retained the memories of his stories of how he left his home in Russia and walked across Poland and onto Germany with his older sister, brother and brother-in-law to eventually board ship to America.
Charles Slepian
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Revisiting the use of Private Security Contractors for Military Training and Public Protection in Active Combat Zones
Recent events in Iraq involving armed intervention by American security contractor has resulted in the death of an estimated twenty-eight civilians killed by employees of the American private security contractor, Black Water USA.
Charles Slepian
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An Airborne Attack on America: Can Our Economy Survive Another?
In the United States there is no shortage of potential terrorism targets to attack to cause a cataclysm.
Charles Slepian
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“If Not Me Who, If Not Now When?” (Why America Must Manage its Seaports)
Updated on Sunday, March 5, 2006 at 07:19PM by
Charles Slepian
The Associated Press today quoted President Bush as saying: "people don’t need to worry about security;" his words were spoken in the context of the awarding of a U.S. ports management contract to a company owned by our "ally", United Arab Emirates.
Charles Slepian
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Registered Traveler Lists
Some of us are of the opinion that in a free society it is generally not a good thing to have your name on a government established list. And when you have to pay annually to keep your name on the list, it adds insult to injury.
Charles Slepian
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Airport Profiling Should Be Conducted by Trained and Trusted Profilers
It is not very often that government has an opportunity to quickly and efficiently respond to a critical national security need without engaging in prolonged controversy these days.
TSA’s Revised Prohibited Items List
Earlier in the week, the Transportation Security Administration leaked the contents of its revised prohibited items list for carriage in commercial airliner cabins.