Wednesday, January 21, 2009

OSAC and the Terrorism Risk for US Business

Source: Security Director
Terrorism loomed as one of the top security concerns of 2008 for U.S. businesses, nongovernmental organizations and academic institutions operating overseas, according to private sector constituents of the Overseas Security Advisory Council. Terrorist attack against the United States and other Western interests in northern Africa, the Arabian peninsula, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Turkey have targeted not only U.S. government facilities and personnel, but in some cases U.S.-based businesses and non-governmental organizations, said Todd Brown, OSAC executive director and U.S. State Department Bureau of Diplomatic Security special agent.

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