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March (crime) madness

This is the first installment of two parts.
The month of March is better-known for the beginning of spring, the celebrations of Easter and St. Patrick's Day- and even the flurry of activity surrounding the battle between college basketball's best teams. But this March 2005 was especially eventful in the world of law and order.
Let's revisit last month's "A Profiler's Perspective" for an update on the cases studied, and for additional lessons learned.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7393316/

March (crime) madness
Convicted sex offenders and school shootings remind us that children are the most tragic victims
This is the final installment of two parts.
We continue reviewing last month's "Profiler's Perspective" for an update on the cases studied.
The month of March continued to keep crime and criminals in the headlines. Young Jessica Lunsford was kidnapped, sexually assaulted, and murdered; while a school shooting rampage in Red Lake High School in Minnesota brought back painful memories of Columbine.
How much more is at stake when children are at risk, and what as a nation are we willing to do?
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7439929/

Two Arrested in Zotob Probe
Authorities make arrests in Morocco and Turkey in connection with the Internet worm that struck business computer systems last week. The FBI said Friday authorities arrested an 18-year-old Moroccan man and
http://www.redherring.com/Article.aspx?a=13350&hed=Two+Arrested+in+Zotob+Probe&sector=Industries&subsector=Computing

Army criminal DNA results in question
Civilian worker said to admit falsifying results in one case; probe under way
The Army is investigating allegations that a civilian forensic examiner at the Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory at Fort Gillem, Ga., falsified DNA test results.
The allegations, if true, would throw into doubt hundreds of criminal cases dating back at least a decade.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9089283/

Millennium bomber's sentence draws flak
Prosecutors say 22 years is too short for Los Angeles airport plot
Federal prosecutors said Friday they will appeal the 22-year prison sentence imposed on Ahmed Ressam, an Algerian convicted of plotting to bomb Los Angeles International Airport on the eve of the millennium.
The sentence that a judge handed down last month was significantly lower than the 35 years prosecutors had recommended.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9089457/

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The Invasion Of The Chinese
Cyberspies (And the Man Who Tried to Stop Them)
It was another routine night for Shawn Carpenter. After a long day analyzing computer-network security for Sandia National Laboratories, where much of the U.S. nuclear arsenal is designed, Carpenter, 36, retreated to his ranch house in the hills overlooking Albuquerque, N.M., for a quick dinner and an early bedtime. He set his alarm for 2 a.m. Waking in the dark, he took a thermos of coffee and a pack of Nicorette gum to the cluster of computer terminals in his home office. As he had almost every night for the previous four months, he worked at his secret volunteer job until dawn, not as Shawn Carpenter, mid-level analyst, but as Spiderman-the apt nickname his military-intelligence handlers gave him-tirelessly pursuing a group of suspected Chinese cyberspies all over the world. Inside the machines, on a mission he believed the U.S. government supported, he clung unseen to the walls of their chat rooms and servers, secretly recording every move the snoopers made, passing the information to the Army and later to the FBI.
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1098906,00.html

Abu Sayyaf bombs ferry boat; 30 hurt
At least 30 people, including several children, were wounded yesterday in a bomb attack on a ferry believed to have been carried out by the terrorist Abu Sayyaf Group, officials said. http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/?page=news01_aug29_2005

Alleged terror financier operates in plain sight
Bush vowed to freeze his assets years ago, so why is he still in business?
In a rustic stadium in Nigeria, polo players gathered for an annual tournament known as the Nasco Cup. Local officials praised the event's sponsor.
"We are so proud of the contributions of Nasco," said the commissioner of information for Nigeria's plateau state.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8421366/

The Fallout: The Things They Carry
The psychological toll of war-and how the military has learned to treat stress disorders since the Vietnam era.
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) doesn't leave a visible battle scar. That may be one reason it's hard to quantify just how many soldiers suffer from it. In July 2004, a report in The New England Journal of Medicine estimated that 17 percent of soldiers returning from Operation Iraqi Freedom had PTSD-related symptoms. But Alfonso Batres, who heads the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) Readjustment Counseling Service, believes the rate is now higher-and growing. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9024783/site/newsweek/

The Military: Walking Among the Dead
A Marine won acclaim for one of war's toughest tasks. But did he try to add to the body count?
On the roof of an old airplane hangar outside Fallujah, spelled out in sandbags arranged as crude letters, is the Marine Corps credo, NO ONE LEFT BEHIND. In all wars, U.S. Marines take extraordinary risks to get their dead and wounded off the battlefield. Inside the hangar, the mortuary unit tries to honor that spirit as they carefully reassemble the bodies of dead Marines ripped apart by roadside bombs or shot up in fire fights.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9024782/site/newsweek/

FRANKS REVIEW

Tactical Equipment Review:

3rd Annual 90MPH WMHOF Counter-Terrorism Conference

I had the great pleasure this past week of attending the 3rd Annual 90MPH With My Hair On Fire Counter-Terrorism Conference along with the Neil Roberts Awards Banquet. For this week's review I want to tell you a little about the Conference, a fair amount about the Awards Banquet, and give you some ideas of the manufacturers that were there whose products we'll see in upcoming reviews.

This Conference and Awards Banquet is the brainchild of "Chief" Steven C. Bronson, USN retired, owner of Tactical Waterborne Operations. I attended the first 90MPHWMHOF Conference and had the pleasure (in '03) of listening to LtCol Dave Grossman give his presentation. The Awards Banquet was emotionally stirring and I didn't see how it could be repeated. I missed last year's, but made sure to be on hand for this year's. Remembering how fantastic the first one had been, I was looking forward to a good three days, but I wasn't really expecting the same emotional impact that I got in '03. Little did I know..

For the rest of the story: http://www.borelliconsulting.com/evals/other/90mph05.htm<

Recreational Equipment Review:

The Marlin 94 .30-.30 Lever Action Rifle

Like most boys my age (of course I'm not a boy anymore) I grew up enchanted with cowboys and Indians, cops and robbers, the old west and mountain men. Television heroes like The Lone Ranger, and movie heroes like John Wayne brightened my days. And it seemed to me like every one of those cowboys had a lever-action rifle of some kind. So, throughout most of my childhood I pictured myself on horseback, single-handedly slinging the rifle down and back up by the lever to feed in the next cartridge - because I had to hold the horse's reins with the other. As I got older reality set in, but my fascination with the lever-action didn't dwindle. Just after I turned 18 I went out and bought my first Marlin 94.

Now in all those movies I had never once seen a cowboy or mountain man rub his shoulder after shooting the rifle. In fact, it almost looked like he could do it one handed. So you can imagine my (uneducated) surprise when I fired that first .30-.30 round. I was all of five feet ten inches tall and weighed (soaking wet) maybe 140 pounds. The butt plate on the rifle was a thin strip of plastic. No padding. Ouch. Those days are a few years past and I've a little more organic padding of my own (can you say, "fat" and some muscle?). I've learned more about firearms and improved my shooting techniques so I'm not getting hit quite so hard. And I still have a Marlin 94 .30-.30 lever-action rifle in my gun safe. Since it's the only weapon I have that I consider usable for hunting anything other than squirrel and rabbit, I thought I'd take a look at it for this week's review.

For the rest of the story: http://www.borelliconsulting.com/recevals/huntfish/marlin94.htm
Frank Borelli

CHAPLAINS CORNER

TO AND FOR PEACE KEEPERS OF THE MILITARY AND ALL LAW ENFORCEMENT
AT ALL LEVELS AND ALL OF THOSE IN THEIR SUPPORT SYSTEMS AND ALL
WHO CARE ABOUT THEM AND THEIR WELFARE.

LIFE IS ARBITRARY AND CANNOT BE AVOIDED..OUR COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF IS MERCIFUL TO US, HE MAKES PROVISION WHEN WE REQUEST IT AS WE ARE INSTRUCTED TO DO!

I had the opportunity to open The TwoBoatGuy  COUNTER-TERRORISM
CONFERENCE here in Virginia Beach with the above prayer.  For three days I
was in the company and presence of some of the most  useful and powerful
people in this world.  Most of them battle seasoned Peace Keepers of both
the military and law enforcement.  I was privileged to be among them for three
nights and two days.  The only available adjective to describe this experience is
awesome.  Included among them were several authors of well known books on
warriors and military history. 

Much very useful information was made available to us.. Information that we can
use in the war on terror on both the home front and foreign fields.  As valuable as
the information was and is.. it was also awesome to converse with and listen to
other Peace Keepers and gain from their experiences.  It was even more awesome
to renew old acquaintances from times past.

This was one of the most rewarding weeks I have ever journeyed through.. and
also one of the most taxing on stamina and energy.  Long days.. long nights..
little sleep.. and some exhilarating surprises.

Can you imagine a church where only one person shows up for Sunday services?

http://www.blackwaterusa.com/btw2005/articles/082905chaplain.html

Be Blessed(a condition to be envied by the world).
Be Successful. Be SAFE.
VSP ALUMNI 757-431-2190
Chaplain D.R.Staton, VBPD (Don, C1)
chpln1@verizon.net

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