Newswise — Looking ahead on the fifth anniversary of 9/11 suggests future homeland security needs that require planning and attention now. These University of Maryland experts are available to discuss future needs, as well as the current status of homeland security and the effects of national security reorganization.
Among future security needs:
--Training of intelligence analysts to meet expected shortages and to create a culture that encourages inter-agency sharing of intelligence (see Nolte, Gansler);
--Developing new technology to improve port security (see Lucyshyn, Gabriel, Mahmassani)
--Developing a better understanding of terrorist psychology and organization (see LaFree and Kruglanski)
--Controlling nuclear and bioterrror threats (see Steinbruner, Gallagher, Leitenberg)
Direct contact information for these experts is available online: http://www.newsdesk.umd.edu/experts/hottopic.cfm?hotlist_id=42.
Experts (alphabetically):
Linda Aldoory (health and terror risk-communication)I. M. Destler (homeland security agency reorganization; international security)Kenneth Gabriel (port security technology; integrated logistics for defense and security)Nancy Gallagher (nuclear policy and arms control)Jacques Gansler (advanced homeland security and defense technology)Arie Kruglanski (psychology of terrorism)Steven Kull (U.S. and international public opinion)Gary LaFree (trends in terrorism)Milton Leitenberg (bioterrorism; arms control)William Lucyshyn (logistics for homeland security and military; information security)Hani Mahmassani (real-time tech. to monitor/control freight security and evacuations)Aaron Mannes (terrorism, homeland security and Middle East politics)Susan Moeller (media coverage; impact of images of war)William Nolte (intelligence training; intelligence communityJohn Steinbruner (managing bioterror risk; nuclear weapons proliferation)
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