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BOMB WATCH N.Y. SECURITY BIGS HEAR NEW INTEL November 17, 2006 -- New York City private-sector security companies were given a terrorism briefing by the NYPD yesterday and told to learn from newly obtained intelligence data gleaned from England's top terror suspect. Several hundred corporate officials responsible for safeguarding New York were given an inside peek into the playbook of Dhiren Barot - who had plans to blow up the New York Stock Exchange and other key financial buildings. Barot, 34, also known as Abu Esa al-Hindi, was busted in August 2004 after British officials uncovered several plots to attack high-profile targets in London as well as New York and Washington. The tactics included using new vendors or panhandlers in an area to carry out terror attacks and detonating bombs on parked vehicles with no company phone numbers listed. After he was arrested, authorities gained access to his notes, which detailed his reconnaissance efforts in New York during 2000 and 2001 and revealed the special attention he paid to security measures taken to protect individual buildings. "The most obvious technique to utilize that comes to mind . . . would be a limousine in the VIP underground[parking lot]," Barot wrote in a memo about the Prudential Building in Newark. Barot also suggested that "arson may be the best choice" and advised "ramming trucks (oil tankers, etc.) straight through the glass front entrance into the lobby area." Barot, a Muslim convert, pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit mass murder in England and was sentenced to life in prison last week. It is unclear if and when he will be extradited back to the United States to face charges of conspiracy and providing support to terrorists. Among other topics discussed during yesterday's confab was the trend toward the use of women bombers. "The threat posed by women is real and should not be overlooked," NYPD Intelligence Research Specialist Rebecca Weiner said. Yesterday's meeting was part of an initiative dubbed NYPD Shield that is designed to make sure corporate security heads are alert for unusual activities and possible ploys terrorists use to carry out their atrocities. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
