Timothy J. Healy has been named director of the FBI’s Terrorist Screening Center (TSC). FBI Director Robert S. Mueller, III appointed him to this position to replace Director Leonard Boyle, who recently left the FBI for a position in the private sector. Most recently, Mr. Healy served acting director of the TSC.

“The TSC strives to ensure the proper balance between protecting our national security and the need for accurate, efficient, and streamlined watchlisting processes. Tim’s experience in the TSC from its earliest days will be an invaluable asset to his service as its director,” said Director Mueller.

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A new strategy for countering international terrorism was announced by the UK Home Secretary on 24 March 2009. UK’s ‘CONTEST’ strategy builds on the successes of the existing policy and provides the basis for a coordinated approach to counter terrorism.

For the first time, the UK sets out a full and as open an account as possible. The strategy provides a detailed account of the history of the terrorist threat to the UK and UK interests and the underlying factors which have led to the emergence of the terrorist threat we face today. It indicates how the threat may evolve in the next few years.

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As terrorism remains a main concern around the world, constant vigilance of homeland defence and security, despite the economic downturn, is imperative. In recognition, Singapore will be hosting and bringing together international ministerial and governmental delegations, including experts, academia, researchers from over 20 countries to its shores in March at the Global Security Asia (GSA) 2009 conference. They will address evolving issues and concerns of Homeland Security and share the latest counter-terrorism expertise and technologies during GSA 2009, an event hosted by the Ministry of Home Affairs, Singapore.

Global Security Asia (GSA) 2009 is Asia-Pacific’s largest and most comprehensive homeland security and counter terrorism Conference and Exhibition, which will be held from the 17th to 19th of March. The event will showcase the latest thinking and state-of-the-art technologies that are being developed to counter the sophistication of the ever increasing number of threats around the world.

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