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The Secret Service received a tip about a threat to shoot Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on 1/6 but they sat on it for an hour and did nothing.

John P. Scott has been named as the new Chief of School Safety and Security within the Texas Education Agency, Gov. Greg Abbott announced Monday.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott named John P. Scott – a former Assistant Special Agent in Charge for the U.S. Secret Service – as new state school security chief after the Uvalde shooting.

Governor Greg Abbott today announced John P. Scott as the new Chief of School Safety and Security within the Texas Education Agency (TEA), starting today, Monday, October 3. 

Newly obtained records leading up to January 6 reveal just how explicit the threat of violence was—a threat the Secret Service downplayed.

“We memorized them and if they were in the crowd they were brought to everyone’s attention.”  – Former U.S. Secret Service agent Jerry Blaine, The LANCER (JFK) Detail (email exchange on January 29, 2021) Author’s Note: Special thanks to Scott Stewart and Mike Parks, protective intelligence professionals who were with me in the trenches from… The post Personal Observations on the Evolution of Protective Intelligence appeared first on Ontic.

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Security Like any major event in any big city, people can expect to see an increase in security as well as first responders on standby.  The Denver Fire Department says theyre implementing planning that theyve used in the past.  Typically they have about 200 firefighters on duty in the city, with 35 more at Denver International Airport, but will have about 250 on duty for this event.  The Denver Police Department, while unable to go into specific details, said in a statement that theyve been...

The failed AWS plot highlights ongoing rise in physical threat activity accompanying the pandemic and social unrest. This relatively chaotic period has made data center operators increasingly worried about their facilities’ physical security. This had been true even before FBI announced the AWS data center bombing plot it foiled by arresting the alleged bomber-to-be. Whether their current sense of unease is leading operators to action of some sort is unclear. Most of the ones we’ve ta...

The attack on the US Capitol prompted unprecedented action from Twitter and Facebook, amid criticism that the president was using their platforms to foment an insurrection. Tens of thousands of accounts, pages and groups tied to the more extreme parts of the pro-Trump movement have been suspended and banned following the attack - as have One alternative platform, Parler, was removed from Apple and Googles app stores over the weekend - with Amazon kicking Parlers website off its hosting infras...