Attack on the Homeland by Mariano Nick

Author:Mariano, Nick [Mariano, Nick]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2016-01-19T16:00:00+00:00

THE BUREAU OF DIPLOMATIC SECURITY

Nick Howard was a Special Agent with the Bureau of Diplomatic Security (DSS) for over twenty years before he retired, or at least thought he retired. He had been assigned to protect the Secretary of State and foreign dignitaries before being assigned overseas as a Regional Security Officer. His tours took him to Istanbul, Turkey; The Hague, The Netherlands; Copenhagen, Denmark, New Delhi, India; Kathmandu, Nepal; Colombo, Sri Lanka and finally Rome, Italy and the Island of Malta. He also served as the Chief of Domestic Operations and his last assignment before retirement had him in charge of the physical security of all US Diplomatic facilities in the world. He had seen bombings overseas, assassinations of Americans, terrorist threats and attacks and he knew that the terrorists usually had the upper hand when planning their attacks. The World Trade Center attack was a classic example of how resourceful terrorists had become. He and his colleagues also agreed that sooner or later the terrorists would resort to a chemical or biological attack greater than what had been already seen overseas. It was just a matter of time before it happened.

When Nick joined DS, then the Office of Security, he was assigned to the Protective Intelligence Unit and ran a program called “Operation Boulder” which screened persons of Middle Eastern origin who were entering the United States. The program was used to determine if the people were possible terrorists and consisted of running numerous record checks to determine their bona fides. The program lasted for many years but was gradually phased out by the Department of State. After retiring, Nick would return to the Department as a consultant and “Operation Boulder” would be resurrected in order to screen people who might be associated with various terrorist organizations, ISIS in particular. Nick and his staff would begin screening persons based on a number of criteria to see if they were or had recently traveled to or from the United States to attend training at an ISIS facility overseas. The program focused on all nationalities. Students in particular, were given additional scrutiny because of recent recruitments of students in the United Kingdom and the United States. Once persons were identified as being associated with ISIS, law enforcement agencies would track and surveil them to determine if they were plotting an attack on the Homeland. State Department Security would coordinate and work closely with Homeland Security to determine what steps were necessary to neutralize the threat.

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