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<!--Generated by Squarespace Site Server v5.9.2 (http://www.squarespace.com/) on Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:10:40 GMT--><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><title>Foreseeable Risks of Crime and Terrorism</title><subtitle>Foreseeable Risks of Crime and Terrorism</subtitle><id>http://www.frac.com/blog/</id><link rel="alternate" type="application/xhtml+xml" href="http://www.frac.com/blog/"/><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.frac.com/blog/atom.xml"/><updated>2009-12-11T05:03:36Z</updated><generator uri="http://www.squarespace.com/" version="Squarespace Site Server v5.9.2 (http://www.squarespace.com/)">Squarespace</generator><entry><title>Commentary: The Impact of Security Negligence on the Decision to try 9/11 Terrorists in Manhattan. “Deja Va All Over Again.”</title><id>http://www.frac.com/blog/2009/12/10/commentary-the-impact-of-security-negligence-on-the-decision.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.frac.com/blog/2009/12/10/commentary-the-impact-of-security-negligence-on-the-decision.html"/><author><name>Charles Slepian</name></author><published>2009-12-11T04:59:06Z</published><updated>2009-12-11T04:59:06Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[After the death and destruction of 9/11 in lower Manhattan, litigation on liability for negligent security followed quickly in the federal courts.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Commentary: The Lengthening Shadow of 9/11</title><id>http://www.frac.com/blog/2009/9/12/commentary-the-lengthening-shadow-of-911.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.frac.com/blog/2009/9/12/commentary-the-lengthening-shadow-of-911.html"/><author><name>Charles Slepian</name></author><published>2009-09-13T03:53:00Z</published><updated>2009-09-13T03:53:00Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[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.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Revisiting the use of Private Security Contractors for Military Training and Public Protection in Active Combat Zones</title><id>http://www.frac.com/blog/2007/9/27/revisiting-the-use-of-private-security-contractors-for-milit.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.frac.com/blog/2007/9/27/revisiting-the-use-of-private-security-contractors-for-milit.html"/><author><name>Charles Slepian</name></author><published>2007-09-27T03:26:09Z</published><updated>2007-09-27T03:26:09Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[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.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>An Airborne Attack on America: Can Our Economy Survive Another?</title><id>http://www.frac.com/blog/2006/4/25/an-airborne-attack-on-america-can-our-economy-survive-another.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.frac.com/blog/2006/4/25/an-airborne-attack-on-america-can-our-economy-survive-another.html"/><author><name>Charles Slepian</name></author><published>2006-04-26T02:05:24Z</published><updated>2006-04-26T02:05:24Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[In the United States there is no shortage of potential terrorism targets to attack to cause a cataclysm.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>“If Not Me Who, If Not Now When?” (Why America Must Manage its Seaports)</title><id>http://www.frac.com/blog/2006/2/28/if-not-me-who-if-not-now-when-why-america-must-manage-its-seaports.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.frac.com/blog/2006/2/28/if-not-me-who-if-not-now-when-why-america-must-manage-its-seaports.html"/><author><name>Charles Slepian</name></author><published>2006-03-01T02:18:12Z</published><updated>2006-03-01T02:18:12Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[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.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Registered Traveler Lists</title><id>http://www.frac.com/blog/2006/2/7/registered-traveler-lists.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.frac.com/blog/2006/2/7/registered-traveler-lists.html"/><author><name>Charles Slepian</name></author><published>2006-02-08T01:53:20Z</published><updated>2006-02-08T01:53:20Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[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.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Airport Profiling Should Be Conducted by Trained and Trusted Profilers</title><id>http://www.frac.com/blog/2006/2/1/airport-profiling-should-be-conducted-by-trained-and-trusted-profilers.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.frac.com/blog/2006/2/1/airport-profiling-should-be-conducted-by-trained-and-trusted-profilers.html"/><author><name>Charles Slepian</name></author><published>2006-02-01T05:23:55Z</published><updated>2006-02-01T05:23:55Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[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.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>TSA’s Revised Prohibited Items List</title><id>http://www.frac.com/blog/2005/12/16/tsas-revised-prohibited-items-list.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.frac.com/blog/2005/12/16/tsas-revised-prohibited-items-list.html"/><author><name>Charles Slepian</name></author><published>2005-12-16T06:27:44Z</published><updated>2005-12-16T06:27:44Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[Earlier in the week, the Transportation Security Administration leaked the contents of its revised prohibited items list for carriage in commercial airliner cabins.]]></summary></entry></feed>