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Friday, October 2, 2009

Law Enforcement: Montana AG Launches Probe of Town’s Jail Deal with American Police Force

   Boy, did anyone at this town think to do a background check on this clown shoe wearing marshmallow eater company, because this is scary. (By the way, check out the Hilton’s rap sheet below if you are curious).  Pfffft. –Matt

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Montana AG launches probe of town’s jail deal

By MATTHEW BROWN

October 2, 2009

BILLINGS, Mont. — Montana’s attorney general has launched an investigation into a California company’s plan to take over the city of Hardin’s $27 million jail, following revelations that the company’s lead figure is a convicted felon with a history of fraud.

Michael Hilton, who formed Santa Ana, Calif.-based American Police Force in March, came to Hardin last month promising to fill the city’s never-used jail and build an adjacent military and law enforcement training center.

Hilton has a decades-long track record of fraudulent activities and spent several years in a California prison on grand theft charges. The native of Montenegro uses at least 17 aliases.

Attorney General Steve Bullock said Thursday he is asking Hardin officials for all documents related to their dealings with Hilton and American Police Force.

THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP’s earlier story is below.

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Michael Hilton showed up in Hardin, Mont., last week, presenting himself as an economic savior, the man who would take over the town’s $27 million jail — empty since it was built as a development project in 2007 — and provide 200 new jobs in the process.

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Friday, September 25, 2009

Law Enforcement: Terror Case Is Called One of the Most Serious in Years

Filed under: Crime,Law Enforcement,Military News — Tags: , , , — Matt @ 11:04 AM

   Bravo to the local law enforcement agencies and the various federal agencies involved in uncovering this plot.  This deal also highlights the importance of promoting ‘DIY counter-terrorism’.  What I mean by that, is everyone hears about the ‘lone wolf’ concept, of some nut job or group learning how to assemble an operation and the key components of an operation all on their own.  There is so much information available online to learn how to make explosives or how to correctly conduct an operation, that it can empower the individual to do whatever they want to do.  In my view, we must apply good sound police and investigative techniques to finding these guys, but also empower the citizenry with the knowledge necessary to identify these threats.  This case totally highlights the importance of that.

   This window licker named Zazi bought a ton of hydrogen peroxide at a beauty supplies store, and thanks to the store attendant, he was able to put two and two together and reported the suspicious activity to authorities. They took it from there and uncovered a massive terror plot.  That beauty store attendant is what I would define as a ‘lone sheepdog’ or the counter to the ‘lone wolf’, and good job to you sir. –Matt

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Terror Case Is Called One of the Most Serious in Years

By DAVID JOHNSTON and SCOTT SHANE

September 25, 2009

WASHINGTON — Since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, senior government officials have announced dozens of terrorism cases that on closer examination seemed to diminish as legitimate threats. The accumulating evidence against a Denver airport shuttle driver suggests he may be different, with some investigators calling his case the most serious in years.

Documents filed in Brooklyn against the driver, Najibullah Zazi, contend he bought chemicals needed to build a bomb — hydrogen peroxide, acetone and hydrochloric acid — and in doing so, Mr. Zazi took a critical step made by few other terrorism suspects.

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Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Crime: Helicopter Used in Swedish Cash Depot Raid

Filed under: Crime,Sweden — Tags: , , , — Matt @ 7:44 AM

   Thanks to Doug for sending me this.  I think what is interesting about this, is the complexity of the operation.  These are not amateurs, and reading through the little details on this thing, you can’t help but to be impressed.  The question I have, and Doug alluded to this as well, is if this is a state sponsored crime or what?  Is this the act of a state sponsored cell, a terrorist cell, or just some really organized criminal gang?.  What do they plan on doing with the cash, if this is part of  a larger plot?

   One more comment on this.  These criminals were operating within the police and bank’s OODA loop, and defeated them.  With the helicopter, they were able to accelerate the movements and maximize observational capability.  The bag with ‘bomb’ written on it, is what threw the police off operationally, and bought the criminals some time.  That is what is interesting to me about this whole thing. –Matt

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Helicopter used in Swedish cash depot raid

By Per Nyberg

09/23/2009

(CNN) — A helicopter and explosives were used in an early morning raid on a cash depot in Stockholm, Sweden, police said Wednesday.

A helicopter landed on the roof of the G4S cash depot in Vastberga, in the southern part of Stockholm, shortly after 5 a.m. (11 p.m. ET), Swedish police said.

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Thursday, September 17, 2009

Law Enforcement: Why Can’t the FBI Identify the .30-Caliber Bullets From the Nisour Square Incident?

The FBI lab reports, obtained by the Associated Press from someone not involved in the criminal case, allow for both possibilities.

Investigators recovered .30-caliber bullets from a survivor, a Blackwater truck, and around Baghdad’s Nisoor Square. Scientists could not determine whether those bullets came from .30-caliber Blackwater machine guns.

The AK-47 rifles favored by many Iraqi insurgents also fire .30-caliber bullets.

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    This story is a little old, but I wanted to bring it up again because I would like some clarity on the issue from any law enforcement folks or even the FBI.  How the hell does a FBI lab not know what kind of bullet was used?  Ballistics forensics is a science, and there are numerous ways to tell what kind of bullets these are, and what kind of rifle they came from. And it looks like they had plenty of sources for those bullets, so what gives?

   It is also important to note that DoS required that all weapons used by Blackwater,  were strictly regulated by DoS.  That means weapons used by BW fired either the 5.56 mm or the NATO 7.62 x 51 bullets.  Using weapons that fire the Russian 7.62 x 39 or 7.62 x 54 round was prohibited, and those are the rounds used in insurgent weapons like the AK-47, Dragunov sniper rifle or PKM machine gun.

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Monday, September 14, 2009

Cool Stuff: DEA FAST Teams in Afghanistan

Filed under: Afghanistan,Law Enforcement,Video — Tags: , , , , , — Matt @ 11:32 PM

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