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Current security levels Origin unknown, but there's enough here to offend everyone: The English are feeling the pinch in relation to recent terrorist threats and have raised their security level from "Miffed" to "Peeved." Soon, though, security levels may be raised yet again to "Irritated" or even "A Bit Cross." The English have not been "A Bit Cross" since the blitz in 1940 when tea supplies all but ran out. Terrorists have been re-categorised from "Tiresome" to a "Bloody Nuisance." The last time the British issued a "Bloody Nuisance" warning level was during the great fire of 1666. The Scots raised their threat level from "Pissed Off" to "Let's get the Bastards" They don't have any other levels. This is the reason they have been used on the front line in the British army for the last 300 years. The French government announced yesterday that it has raised its terror alert level from "Run" to "Hide". The only two higher levels in France are "Collaborate" and "Surrender." The rise was precipitated by a recent fire that destroyed France 's white flag factory, effectively paralysing the country's military capability. It's not only the French who are on a heightened level of alert. Italy has increased the alert level from "Shout loudly and excitedly" to "Elaborate Military Posturing." Two more levels remain: "Ineffective Combat Operations" and "Change Sides." The Germans also increased their alert state from "Disdainful Arrogance" to "Dress in Uniform and Sing Marching Songs." They also have two higher levels: "Invade a Neighbour" and "Lose". Belgians, on the other hand, are all on holiday as usual, and the only threat they are worried about is NATO pulling out of Brussels . The Spanish are all excited to see their new submarines ready to deploy. These beautifully designed subs have glass bottoms so the new Spanish navy can get a really good look at the old Spanish navy. Americans meanwhile are carrying out pre-emptive strikes on all of their allies, just in case. New Zealand has also raised its security levels - from "baaa" to "BAAAA!". Due to continuing defence cutbacks (the air force being a squadron of spotty teenagers flying paper aeroplanes and the navy some toy boats in the Prime Minister's bath), New Zealand only has one more level of escalation, which is "Shit, I hope Australia will come and rescue us". Australia , meanwhile, has raised its security level from "No worries" to "She'll be alright, mate". Three more escalation levels remain, "Crikey!', "I think we'll need to cancel the barbie this weekend" and "The barbie is cancelled". So far no situation has ever warranted use of the final escalation level. Counter Terror Gazette The magazine Aviation Security International is getting ready to launch a sister publication called Counter Terror Gazette. Here's a preview of the Gazette:
Registered subscribers of Aviation Security International will receive a copy of Counter Terror Gazette in the Aug/Sep 2010 issue of ASI. High tech airport security An interesting piece in InformationWeek: IBM Patenting Airport Security Profiling Technology IBM, it seems, is very interested in computer-based airport security and has applied for a number of patents to claim invention of the methods: A dozen "secret" patent applications define a sophisticated scheme for airport terminal and perimeter protection, incorporating potential support for computer implementation of passenger behavioral profiling to detect security threats. What we have is a grid of networked computers that receive data from a collection of sensors: ?video, motion, chemical, and biometric.? The data is analyzed real-time and presented to security personnel. According to Robert Angell, one of the inventors, "If it's done right, we could do passive profiling [and] passive detection and do it without a whole lot of fanfare." This technology is pretty interesting: Attributes may include an individual's age, make and/or model of a vehicle, color of a hat, breed of a dog, sound of an engine, a medical diagnosis, a date of birth, a color, item of clothing, walking, talking, running, a type of food eaten, an identification of an item purchased. The individual patents are fascinating, and the article describes a few: Detecting Behavioral Deviations By Measuring Eye Movements Unique Cohort Discovery From Multimodal Sensory Devices Detecting Behavioral Deviations by Measuring Respiratory Patterns in Cohort Groups We have found Big Brother and he is Big Blue! Somehow digitally automated profiling leaves more of a bad taste in my mouth than profiling by trained humans. I know that?s not entirely logical. Will we acquiesce to this as the price we pay for security? I don?t know. Maybe it?s too late anyway. More threats, more security Amid reports of new threats from al-Qaeda in Yemen, security requirements are increasing. From CBN News: A U.S. counterterrorism official said American intelligence agencies are intensely examining all information about the threats, including potential plots and specific individuals. Air travelers can look for increased screening at the airport, including random checks, and more armed air marshals on flights. No doubt, the size of the watch and no fly lists have been growing, so increased numbers of "false positives" are likely. What are the odds that you have the same name as someone else? |
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