DHS Secretary Napolitano: Project Global Shield

DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano - U.S. Department of Homeland Security - participated to a conference organized by the European Policy Centre in Brussels, on 6 January 2011: "That system (the global supply chain) is a powerful engine of commerce, jobs, and prosperity. Yet a range of increasingly unpredictable and potentially catastrophic threats - from terrorist acts to natural disasters - presents substantial danger to this system. (...) Regardless of where a potential event might occur, the ripple effect of a significant disruption to this critical global system could potentially impact not just the United States, but the international community at large. (...) While we work to make sure that precursor chemicals aren't illegally trafficked, we also need to strengthen the critical infrastructure of the global supply chain across all modes of transport — air, land, and sea — from attack or disruption."

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"Our first focus is to prevent terrorists from using the supply chain to illegally transport or gain access to materials such as the precursor chemicals that are used in improvised explosive devices, or other potentially dangerous materials that could be used in an attack. Governments across the globe can and must work together more closely to track the movements of products and technologies that can be used to make weapons and to track it across international borders. This means improved international standards, expanding joint investigations and interdiction efforts, and strengthening how we target and screen potentially dangerous shipments around the globe. In 2010, the international community made significant progress on this front through something known as Project Global Shield, which was in fact launched by DHS with the WCO, as well as the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, and with Interpol. Now as part of Global Shield, since the past November, more than 60 participating countries have been sharing information with each other about the export of 14 precursor chemicals used in IEDs. This notification helps countries across the world ensure that chemicals entering their borders are being used in safe and legal ways. And it helps customs agencies detect whether any chemical shipments are missing. Global Shield has already been successful in both interdicting a number of suspicious shipments as well as providing investigative leads on the smuggling of precursor chemicals into Afghanistan and Pakistan. In 2011, DHS, the WCO, Interpol, and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, and other countries will continue to work together to build on the success of Project Global Shield and expand this model to more countries across the world. (...) Last week I was in Afghanistan, where I met with Afghan leadership on ways to build the capacity of civilian Afghan law enforcement to control dangerous precursor chemicals crossing their borders. Over the past year, the Department of Homeland Security has in fact quintupled the number of U.S. customs and border agents in Afghanistan, providing training and assistance to local security officials. And over the next year, we will more than double that number."

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[bennyworldwide]

If they want to end the war, just have this whale strip down on the front lines.

[bennyworldwide]

Can you imagine the look on the poor son of a bitch who uses the shitter after she gets done. That poor asshole!! I bet he has to meet with an ENT doctor once a week for a good six months!!! Holy shit.

[HoneySiegalSurvivor]

We The People Against Corruption in the Campaign to Remove & Indict Bogus Barry, DHS Janet et al. Day 376 July 11/2011. Freedom of speech YT please. My post just evaporated as I was writing it. Janet Napolitano is nothing more than a crooked attorney engaged in bank fraud. Partnered with the real mastermind of 911 who has been muzzling me with fraud & theft agst my person & prop. I am NOT deceased. Please help me save the USA. Enforce basic laws. Honey Robin Siegal (see my Website & LiveVideo )