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<blockquote data-quote="wkmac" data-source="post: 834195" data-attributes="member: 2189"><p>CBS New York ran <span style="color: red"><a href="http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2011/05/03/expert-security-checkpoints-near-soft-targets-may-soon-become-the-norm/" target="_blank">this story</a></span> on their website yesterday and like most would do, you read it and the dire warnings of the security and counter-terrorism experts by many are just accepted as our new way of life without much further thought. But just who is counter-terrorism expert Juval Aviv and Security expert David Boehm? </p><p></p><p>First let's consider Aviv. A few years back an email circulated that a so-called terrorism expert predicted the London Subway bombing on FoxNews a week before it happened and then issued all kinds of dire warnings as a result. Good ole Snopes checked out this email and a bit more about Mr. Aviv was uncovered as was the falsehood of the email itself.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.snopes.com/rumors/soapbox/juvalaviv.asp" target="_blank">http://www.snopes.com/rumors/soapbox/juvalaviv.asp</a></p><p></p><p>Mr. Boehm has not been as bold (that I can find) but his prediction of checkpoints into malls are a bit dire. However, the CBS piece linked above failed to disclose that <a href="http://www.securityusainc.com/Gallery/" target="_blank">Mr. David Boehm</a> is COO of the security firm <a href="http://www.securityandbodyguards.com/default.html" target="_blank">Security USA </a>and that among it's services are security guards (a must for checkpoints right?) and closed security camera systems. <a href="http://www.securityandbodyguards.com/profile.htm" target="_blank">http://www.securityandbodyguards.com/profile.htm</a> </p><p></p><p>In such a security situation, most likely so big as it would be a quasi gov't/private venture, I wonder how much a company like SecurityUSA would stand to make if they were in on this piece of pie? Was Boehm performing a moral duty and warning us of impending peril or was he just greasing the company skids for some good ole corp. welfare? Hmmm! Nice move too when so many need jobs.<img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/FeltTip/surprised.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":surprised:" title="Surprised :surprised:" data-shortname=":surprised:" /></p><p></p><p>And in the case of CBS, so much for truth in advertising glossed over as news IMO! When I read a piece like the one from CBS, I so often think of the film maker John Pilger and his <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130518144222/http://original.antiwar.com/pilger/2010/09/01/flying-the-flag-faking-the-news/" target="_blank">"Flying the Flag and Faking the News"</a> piece.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wkmac, post: 834195, member: 2189"] CBS New York ran [COLOR=red][URL='http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2011/05/03/expert-security-checkpoints-near-soft-targets-may-soon-become-the-norm/']this story[/URL][/COLOR] on their website yesterday and like most would do, you read it and the dire warnings of the security and counter-terrorism experts by many are just accepted as our new way of life without much further thought. But just who is counter-terrorism expert Juval Aviv and Security expert David Boehm? First let's consider Aviv. A few years back an email circulated that a so-called terrorism expert predicted the London Subway bombing on FoxNews a week before it happened and then issued all kinds of dire warnings as a result. Good ole Snopes checked out this email and a bit more about Mr. Aviv was uncovered as was the falsehood of the email itself. [url]http://www.snopes.com/rumors/soapbox/juvalaviv.asp[/url] Mr. Boehm has not been as bold (that I can find) but his prediction of checkpoints into malls are a bit dire. However, the CBS piece linked above failed to disclose that [URL='http://www.securityusainc.com/Gallery/']Mr. David Boehm[/URL] is COO of the security firm [URL='http://www.securityandbodyguards.com/default.html']Security USA [/URL]and that among it's services are security guards (a must for checkpoints right?) and closed security camera systems. [url]http://www.securityandbodyguards.com/profile.htm[/url] In such a security situation, most likely so big as it would be a quasi gov't/private venture, I wonder how much a company like SecurityUSA would stand to make if they were in on this piece of pie? Was Boehm performing a moral duty and warning us of impending peril or was he just greasing the company skids for some good ole corp. welfare? Hmmm! Nice move too when so many need jobs.:surprised: And in the case of CBS, so much for truth in advertising glossed over as news IMO! When I read a piece like the one from CBS, I so often think of the film maker John Pilger and his [URL='https://web.archive.org/web/20130518144222/http://original.antiwar.com/pilger/2010/09/01/flying-the-flag-faking-the-news/']"Flying the Flag and Faking the News"[/URL] piece. [/QUOTE]
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