India says all terror groups on radar for Mumbai blasts

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NEW DELHI, July 14 (Xinhua) -- India Thursday said that all terror groups operating from the country or abroad are on the radar for the serial blasts that rocked Mumbai Wednesday which claimed the lives of at least 17 people and injured over 70 others.

Meanwhile, Indian security agencies are focusing attention upon the home-grown terror group Indian Mujahedeen (IM) as the perpetrator of the blasts.

"We do not want to proceed with any kind of pre-supposition and speculate. All groups who have the capacity are suspected. All angles will be explored, leads will be followed without any predetermination of the cause," Indian Home Minister P. Chidambaram told the media in Mumbai. The Indian Home Minister also admitted there was no intelligence inputs related to Wednesday's blasts.

"There have been no inputs from the central and state agencies. This cannot be referred to as an intelligence failure since we keep talking to each other every hour. The group has worked in a clandestine manner and so could not be tracked," he said.

Chidambaram, however, said that preliminary investigation suggested that the blasts were not executed with the help of a remote trigger. "Ammonium nitrate has been used with a timer device. The three blasts were separated by an eight to 10 minute interval that shows it was a coordinated terror attack," he said.

The Indian government Thursday put all its metropolitan cities, including the national capital, on high alert following the serial blasts that rocked Mumbai. "The Indian capital, the southern cities of Hyderabad, Chennai and Bangalore, and the eastern city of Kolkata have been put on high alert. All the local governments have been asked to step up security," a senior government official said.

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress chairperson Sonia Gandhi are due to visit the blast sites Thursday evening.

Meanwhile, the Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) of Mumbai said the home-grown terror group, Indian Mujahedeen’s (IM) Bhatkal brothers are behind Wednesday's blasts.

The IM is also blamed for other terror attacks across India, including the Jan. 2010 attack against a German restaurant in Pune, western India, which killed a dozen people, including foreigners.

The terror group also has the penchant to stage attacks on the date 13th and 26th, as most of the past attacks, including the 2008 Mumbai attacks, took place on these two dates, according to local experts.

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FBI Probes How Stun Gun Got on Plane

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PASSAIC COUNTY, N.J. -- A stun gun that looked like a cellphone was found aboard an empty JetBlue airplane that had landed at Newark Liberty International Airport on Friday night, raising questions about how the concealed weapon made it past security checkpoints.

The FBI is investigating the apparent security lapse, authorities said Monday. The thin, rectangular device was found in a seat pocket by a worker cleaning the airplane after it arrived from Boston's Logan International Airport. Authorities said it was likely left behind by a passenger.

The passenger assigned to the seat where the stun gun was found said Monday during a brief phone interview that it was not hers.

Kara Kearney, an auditor at Boston University, said she moved from her assigned seat, 10B, because a nearby television monitor showing the in-flight movie, "Troy," was not working. The stun gun was found in the pocket in front of 10B, authorities said.

"It's not mine, but I really don't want to talk about it," the 31-year-old from Lincroft said before hanging up.

Authorities said the stun gun was likely not intended as an in-flight weapon.

"We know who the passengers were, and based on preliminary information, it does not appear that an attack was imminent," said Bryan Travers, spokesman for the Newark FBI office. "This was more of a case of someone bringing something on a plane that they shouldn't have brought."

Travers declined further comment.

"This incident is the latest in a troubling pattern of breaches in our aviation security system," said Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg, vice chairman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security. "TSA and the FBI need to quickly determine how this stun gun made it onto a plane, and we need assurances that steps are being taken to make sure this doesn't happen again."

The stun gun, identified by authorities as a "Striker 1800KV," was found on Flight 1179. There were 96 passengers and four crew members on the flight, according to a JetBlue statement. The stun gun was in a black case and resembled a cellular telephone, Port Authority spokesman Steve Coleman said.

Similar stun guns offered on the Internet sell for about $20. The Striker is "one of the highest voltage compact models on the market," according to onlinestunguns.com, a website advertising the stun gun. The site says the 1.8-million-volt shocking device measures a little over 4 inches long and 2 inches wide.

It is illegal in New Jersey to carry a stun gun, which can momentarily incapacitate a person. They are also prohibited as carry-on items but may be transported in checked luggage, according to the TSA website.

Port Authority police were notified of the stun gun about 10:20 p.m., after a worker preparing the plane for another flight found the gun. Police swept the plane with K-9 units but found nothing suspicious, and the plane was cleared to board passengers for the next flight out of Terminal A. Coleman said the FBI and TSA were notified and have taken over the investigation.

A TSA representative issued a statement Monday but would not say whether the agency's screening measures would detect a stun gun.

"TSA employs multiple layers of security to minimize risk, deter future attacks and protect the traveling public," the TSA said in a statement. "Those layers include checkpoint screening technology, federal air marshals, fortified cockpit doors and armed pilots, among others both seen and unseen."

Travers said the investigation was being handled by the FBI's Boston office. A spokesman from the Boston office did not reply to a message seeking comment.

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-Passenger Profiling
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-Dealing with unruly passengers
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SOME THOUGHTS ON THE DEMISE OF BIN LADEN

SOME THOUGHTS ON THE DEMISE OF BIN LADEN.

THE END OF AL QAEDA?

Montreal, July 6, 2011

Recent events in Pakistan have raised questions on the future of terrorism, what the death of Bin Laden means and where this all may take us in the near and mid-range future. 

We asked Mr. Ronald Myles, former RCMP (Royal Canadian Mounted Police) and CSIS (Canadian Security Intelligence Service) investigator with a profound knowledge of terrorists and terrorism from around the world to give us a few comments on the latest developments.

Mr. Myles is retired from active duty but has agreed to assist and is presently on the Board of Advisors of the Canadian Tactical Training Academy (CTTA). He works closely with the CTTA in following world events and providing his unique insight and comments on events related to security matters.  CTTA specializes in teaching anti- terrorist training and methods of protection and self-protection for people traveling in dangerous regions. 

Mr. Myles commented on the major security event of the year.  The following are his comments.

Bin Laden is dead. Shot by American Navy SEALS and subsequently buried at sea. Does this mean that Al Qaeda is dead and that there will be no more terrorism?

Sorry, but it doesn’t work that way. Al Qaeda is a successful terrorist organization and they will continue their ‘work’. Part of the reason that it is successful is also one of the aspects that make it difficult to stop. That is compartmentalization.  In intelligence agencies this is called “The need to know principle” As head of Al Qaeda, Bin Laden was the apparent leader of a massive organization stretching all through the third world. Indeed, intelligence reports state that there are “Al Qaeda” cells in Great Britain and North America. But the idea that he was an actual ‘leader’ is more wishful thinking on his part than reality.  Bin Laden could release his video-taped declarations to the world but his influence was limited by a number of facts.

Directives are given by the leadership.  There is a certain amount of communication between the parties and it would be easy to think that with the passing of Bin Laden, the terrorism and terrorist acts would die with him. After all, he’s not there anymore to organize and order terrorist acts. Unfortunately, and despite the above, an organization like this is not really centrally administered or controlled.  Communication is short and brief, sometimes using the public air waves to pass coded messages.

Directives given by the leaders are more suggestions, an attempt to co-ordinate efforts and create the perception of unification, but the receiving body is not obliged to follow these orders and indeed oftentimes doesn’t.  As well there are often philosophical differences between the leaders.

One of the aspects of successful terrorist organizations throughout the world is the ‘cell’.   According to the theory, a cell is made up of anywhere between 3 and 6 people who are willing to work for a common goal, usually political in nature and who are willing to use violence or deadly force to achieve their objectives. More than 6 people in any one cell is considered a security risk.  Only one person in any particular cell knows any one person in another cell.    This type of structure is in place for security reasons.  If one person is caught by the authorities, he can only give up the people in his own cell.  In a worst case scenario, if the leader of the cell was caught, he could only give up one other cell. The other cells would be safe.  Whereas this does have certain security advantages, it makes the organization difficult if not impossible to control.

Al Qaeda is made up this way. There are ‘branches’ of Al Qaeda throughout the middle east. They will continue bombing, sending young people on suicide missions and generally trying to take control of their particular piece of real estate. So in that sense, terrorism in general is not dead, it is not going away and we can look forward to many more years of this kind of conflict.  So the death of the leader is not going to stop Al Qaeda.  There are others in place to carry on his work.

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If there is a light on the horizon, it comes from short off-handed statements made by US Government officials when they were making their press releases, describing the raid on the Bin Laden compound and what the SEALS took away with them besides the terrorist’s body.  Computers, documents and video tapes that were seized after the shootout with Bin Laden all may contain information on Bin Laden’s associates, plans etc.  What it boils down to is how much data did Bin Laden kept in any form other than his personal memory. If it is on a computer, we can be sure that the Americans will break any code or password or whatever and extract the info.  If it is written down and coded, someone in the US intelligence system will break that code and if it is on video tape, then the US now has photos of the enemy.

So in a sense, Al Qaeda may be brought to its knees by the actions of the same man who built it up. If there is a lot of good intelligence on these media, then we’ll see the result in the next few weeks and months as the US closes in on more and more Al Qaeda operatives. If Bin Laden didn’t keep notes like we hope he did, then its business as usual.  Only time will tell. 

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CTTA Executive Will be a Featured Speaker at CJSC Institute Seminar

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Angelo Marino - "Islamic Mythology for Law Enforcement & Security Personnel" Seminar 

MONTREAL, Jul 6, 2011 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) -- The Canadian Tactical Training Academy (CTTA) CTTG 0.00% , a leader in the worldwide training of peace and law enforcement officers, is pleased to announce that Angelo Marino, its Vice President of Operations, has been invited to address an important and timely seminar entitled "Islamic Mythology for Law Enforcement & Security Personnel" to be hosted by the Criminal Justice Security Career Institute.

The Criminal Justice Security Career Institute (CJSC Institute) under the direction and leadership of the President/CEO Jorge Reyes Jr. (former U.S. OIG, Sr. Special Agent) and in partnership with the Florida Technical College (FTC) will host the seminar on Thursday, July 7, 2011 at the CJSC Institute/ FTC facilities located in Orlando Florida. 

The seminar is open to law enforcement executives, criminal justice educators, security experts, intelligence analysts, legal representatives, public officials, and others.

Featured Special Speakers 

Angelo Marino, Vice President of the Canadian Tactical Training Academy (CTTA).

Educated and certified in various North American institutions, Angelo Marino completed a Master of Science in Policing and Social Conflict and a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice Administration.

Mr. Marino was awarded the `Citizenship Achievement Award` for outstanding service to community and country, by the Canadian House of Commons and is a distinguished coach and educator for National Security Alliance, Kid-Safe Network.

Mr. Marino, who also serves as the Chief Instructor for CTTA, is considered to be one of Canada's most renowned specialist and master instructor. Mr. Marino has worked in over 43 countries as an instructor, operator, and security consultant. Mr. Marino has personally trained the Presidential Security Details of two countries. 

Bassem Chaaban, Director of Operations, Center for Peace, Islamic Society of Central Florida.

The Islamic Society of Central Florida (ISCF) is an organization which strives to serve the greater Central Florida community by catering to the social, religious, and economic needs of its Muslim inhabitants. By integrating a diverse, and talented, rich Muslim populace with the greater Central Florida community based upon a foundation built upon mutual respect and understanding, ISCF is focused on developing a model American Muslim community. 

The Center for Peace is a non-profit, volunteer, outreach arm of the Islamic Society of Central Florida that works to dispel stereotypes and misconceptions about Islam and Muslims. With the mission in mind that education builds tolerance and understanding, the Center for Peace continues to bond people for unity and peace. The objective of the Center is to facilitate and coordinate outreach efforts in the Central Florida community by promoting understanding and acceptance among people of all faiths and backgrounds about Islam. 

By establishing the Seminar Initiative, the CJSC Institute hopes to make a difference by creating awareness and understanding in support of all personnel involved in homeland security.

CTTA Updates the Market

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MONTREAL, June 21, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Canadian Tactical Training Academy (CTTA) (Pink Sheets: CTTG), a leader in the worldwide training of peace and law enforcement officers, is pleased to provide this update of its current activities.
Mine-Site Security Teams
CTTA has been approached by consultants working for TSX listed mining companies with operations in South America and west Africa. With the increase in value of gold and diamonds, mine-site security has become an evident and important part of many mining operations. Mine sites are increasingly dependent on armed personnel in order to ensure economic viability.
In view of this opportunity, CTTA is developing multiple teams which will be comprised of experienced operatives including ex-Rangers, former Special Forces, and former UN personnel.



Defensive Tactics Training
In order to respond to actual and anticipated customer needs CTTA is currently training twelve experienced industry individuals who will become instructors in order to execute current contracts in the United States and overseas. The increase in the number of instructors will be required for projected contracts in the Middle East as a result of intensive business development activities in the region. The comprehensive "train-the-trainer" course will be completed on June 23.

Montreal Airports Airport Patrol Certification Program
The Canadian Tactical Training Academy's Training Facility in Montreal was the site of the recently concluded annual re-certification of security officers who comprise the Airport Patrol and are assigned to protecting the Montreal Pierre Elliot Trudeau International Airport (YUL) and the Montreal Mirabel International Airport (YMX). More than 200 certificates were awarded to the successful participants.
There are two certification programs, each of which is valid for a two year period. Participants are re-certified in each program on alternate years.
The mission of the Airport Patrol is to protect passengers, personnel and facilities against all threats to civil aviation at Montreal–Trudeau and Montreal–Mirabel airports. The patrol has approximately 250 members, divided into a number of specialized teams, including drugs and explosives detection and investigations.

CTTA Hires Cornwallis MacKenzie for Business Development in the UK
CTTA is pleased to announce that it is in discussion with Business Activity parties with contacts in the UK to develop relationships with Police Departments. Cornwallis MacKenzie, with offices in the United States, Canada, and Europe, is assisting CTTA in the process of accessing and responding to public tenders in the UK.

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The Canadian Tactical Training Academy (CTTA) is an organization devoted to the training of law enforcement, security, investigation, protection officers and all those who dedicate themselves to maintaining peace. The Academy also provides tailored security and safety-oriented civilian training at both the individual and corporate levels.
CTTA offers recognized tactical training programs of the highest level, as well as specialized programs for the fields of Intelligence and Investigation, Executive Protection and both Public and Private Security and Safety.
Above and beyond the quality of its training programs, the strength of an academy resides in the competency and capabilities of its instructors. CTTA`s instructors are carefully selected and have proven their superior skills in both the field and the classroom before they are entrusted with providing guidance and professional development to its students.
CTTA`s Mission is to facilitate professional training and operational objectives by offering the tools and guidance required to enhance careers and ensure survival!
CTTA offers specialized programs such as: Executive Protection, Investigation and Surveillance, Rapid Integrated Survival Kombat (RISK) System, Tactical Firearms, Handcuffing, Airport and Airline Security (IATA and ICAO standards), Ports Facilities and Maritime Security (ISPS Code), Basic SWAT Techniques, Corporate Safety Awareness, and much more.
CTTA`s civilian training programs are recognized by numerous notable corporations, and its instructors are proud members of several prestigious law enforcement and security associations.

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Cameras Reduce Crime Rate to Zero in New Yory City Area

The Park Is Elevated. Its Crime Rate Is Anything But.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/11/nyregion/the-high-line-park-is-elevated-its-crime-rate-is-not.html?ref=crimescene

By MICHAEL WILSON

Published: June 10, 2011

The images on Christine C. Quinn’s television a few years ago would seem to have been a worst nightmare for everyone — including her — involved in a highly anticipated new attraction for tourists and locals.

The cameras were filming up on the elevated train line in Chelsea, which was soon to be called a “park in the sky,” and showed the sprawled body of a woman, murdered and dumped there.

Ms. Quinn, the City Council speaker, recalled the scene this week, not with a shudder, but with a broad grin.

“ ‘Law & Order: S.V.U.,’ ” she said. “My favorite!” On Tuesday, She stood somewhere in the vicinity of the spot on what is now the High Line, at the ribbon-cutting of its new extension. “The body was up here,” she said with pride. That is when she knew: “We had made it.”

The High Line park turned two years old this month, commemorating the occasion by doubling its length to about a mile, from Gansevoort Street to West 30th Street. Among the many facts and figures people keep track of in this much-studied park, essentially found space on a crowded island, are statistics that tell whether crime has found it, too, and the numbers are in.

Or more accurately, the number is in: zero. The police, the city’s Department of Parks and Recreation and the founders of the High Line all say there have been no reports of a major crime — assault, larceny, robbery, worse — since its opening.

“Are you disappointed?” Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly asked on Tuesday.

Certainly curious. Not a single stick-up? No fights? How many other mile-long sections of New York City are this safe? The questions come not long after someone opened fire Thursday on the Brighton Beach Boardwalk after what some witnesses described as a perceived dirty look toward gang members. Apples and oranges, yes

— Crips have shown little interest in the High Line, and the drinking that is said to have fueled the Boardwalk shooting is forbidden there. But the tale of two walkways suggests that what the newer one is doing to curb crime is a combination of passive and active, design and deterrence.

It is strenuously policed. Parks Enforcement Patrol officers walk the High Line all day. They have written, as of Wednesday, 362 summonses for quality-of-life infractions, roughly one every other day. A vast majority were for drinking. Others were for dogs and bicycles, also forbidden. Officers and employees in the park, who are not permitted to be quoted by name, said the total could be quite higher. Most people get off with a warning.

By comparison, officers in Central Park wrote 3,275 summonses in the past two years, nine times as many written in the High Line, but Central Park saw 19 times as many visitors last year. The police have taken two complaints at the High Line, a spokeswoman said: one in March for graffiti on a staircase and one, just Wednesday, from a man who said he had lost his wallet but did not think it had been stolen.

Other features of the High Line keep crime out with obstacles as obvious as a padlock and as subtle as the psychological effect of a nearby window. Most of all, there is the design itself, essentially a chute with a handful of entries, all closely watched.

“You see the cameras up there,” Mr. Kelly said, pointing. “This is a much more controllable space. You know who’s going in and who’s coming out.”

A thief would have to plan carefully for a getaway, using one of the staircases or elevators. “It’s not like you can jump off,” Ms. Quinn said. “Well, you can, but it’s not going to end well.”

Those access points are locked up at 11 p.m. in the summer, perhaps the greatest preventer of crime. Other city parks are “closed” at night, but that does not stop people from entering. At the High Line, trespassing, while not unheard of, is rare, usually somebody dropping in from an adjacent building.

And those buildings are extremely adjacent. The park’s designers turned to the late, great Jane Jacobs for guidance on keeping out crime, adopting her “eyes on the streets” theory, in which windows facing the street bring a feeling of security.

Several buildings, including new ones like 245 Tenth Avenue, which partially leans toward the park, seem close enough to high-five someone inside.

“Empty parks are dangerous,” said Joshua David, one of the founders of Friends of the High Line. “Busy parks are much less so. You’re virtually never alone on the High Line.”

Police officers patrol the High Line sporadically. Most of it falls in the 10th Precinct. An officer from that command strode north on the High Line Thursday afternoon. He said he was heading toward the new Section 2, which he wanted to check out in case of an emergency someday.

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Basic SWAT Course

There are still 3 places left for our Basic SWAT Course, July 7th-11th.

The Canadian Tactical Training Academy in conjunction with SACR Resources are proud to offer the BASIC SWAT COURSE July 7th - 11th.

BASIC SWAT 

This course is designed specifically for tactical officers and focuses on working in a team environment. 

Topics covered:

• Required Elements of SWAT Intervention
• Slow / Deliberate and Dynamic Clearing Techniques
• Methods of Forced Entry
• Alternative Force Tactics
• Firearm Deployment
• Use of Chemical Agents
• Less Than Lethal

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS: Full tactical equipment including body armor, gas mask, pistol holster, ballistic shield if available, gloves, foul weather gear, eye and ear protection.

This course will be held 2 days in Vermont for live-fire and practical exercises and 3 days at our Montreal Location for theory and practical simulation.

Transport, firearms, ammunition and munitions are provided. Accommodation is NOT Provided.

On the first day of class, a Cooper Fitness Test consisting of sit-ups, push-ups and a 1.5 mile run will be administered.

Those individuals who pass the test with a 60% or better will receive a tactical officer certification certificate if they complete the remainder of the course.

Those that score less than 60% will receive a participant certificate if they complete the remainder of the course.

4-day course. COST $1000.00 CAD

For more Information or to register for the course, Contact Us Today!!! Space is limited.

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