Snowden Documents Reveal AT&T’s “Extreme Willingness to Help” NSA Domestic Spy Program

Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Documents from NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden have exposed how extensively the NSA relied on telecommunications giant AT&T for its vast spying operations. Records described by The New York Times and ProPublica laud AT&T’s “extreme willingness to help” the NSA’s spying efforts. According to the piece, the […]

Stage play on domestic violence to debut in Cleveland

The stage play, “Mama, Why Me” will debut on September 26, 2015 in Cleveland, Ohio. “Mama, Why Me,” is the story of a woman’s remarkable journey to find love, which has her looking in all the wrong places. As a result, she can no longer hide from the traps the devil has set for her. […]

An Open Letter to the Bodyguard Community on Domestic Violence Prevention

An open letter to the Close Protection Community:   October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Here’s a sobering fact: there are 145 incidents PER HOUR in the United States. I have always had an opinion that every Protector should have a cause, and to me this is a natural one given the nature of our […]

SAIC wins FEMA domestic preparedness contract

Top Priority Sector:  disaster_preparedness_emergency_response Image Caption:  SAIC Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) was awarded a prime contract by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) on Oct. 8 to provide training delivery services in support of the Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP).  The single-award, cost-plus award-fee and fixed price contract has a one-year base period of […]

NC domestic terror cell leader, another member sentenced to prison

Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector:  law_enforcement_first_responders Image Caption:  Anes Subasic The purported leader of a North Carolina domestic terror cell and one of its members were sentenced to long prison terms on Aug. 24 for their roles in a plot to support foreign terrorists and murder overseas. Daniel Patrick Boyd, 43, had pleaded guilty 18 […]

Two Georgia men in domestic terror plot sentenced to five years

Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector:  law_enforcement_first_responders Image Caption:  Rifle with silencer Two of the group of elderly men who plotted to buy explosives and silencers to use in a domestic terror plot aimed at federal and state government officials and buildings, were sentenced to five years in prison on Aug. 22. Frederick Thomas, 73, of […]

New DIA director says domestic and private sector partners important

Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector:  infrastructure_protection Image Caption:  Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn The newly-appointed director of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) told employees to be responsive, timely and relevant not only to its military services customers, but also to the domestic and private-sector. In an open letter to the men and women of DIA, director […]