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September 23, 2006

Quoted but unnamed

None of this is confirmed but here's what I'm seeing in the IG report:

Michael A. Westphal

Welcome to Special Operations and Combating Terrorism web site

Michael A. Westphal
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense,
Special Operations and Combating Terrorism

Prior to coming to SO & CT, Michael A. Wesphal was the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for African Affairs, the senior political appointment in the Department of Defense with responsibility for sub-Saharan Africa strategy and policy. Mr. Westphal served as Congressional Staff, on the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, with lead for sub-Saharan Africa, the Caucasus and Central Asian regional areas. His areas of responsibility also included embassy security and international peacekeeping Mr. Wesphal also served as a Senate staffer for Pete Domenici, and as a Congressional Fellow, Senate Budget Committee.

As a former United State Marine, Mr. Westphal served in numerous command and staff positions including tours at 3rd Landing Support Battalion, Okinawa, Japan; Weapons Training Battalion, and Headquarters and Service Battalion, Quantico, Virginia.

Mr. Westphal is a 1989 graduate of the Citadel, Military College of South Carolina with a Bachelor of Arts degree in History.

Mr. Westphal is married to Kristine and lives in Washington, DC area.

Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for African Affairs Michael Westphal answers reporters' questions during a media roundtable in the Pentagon on April 2, 2002. DoD photo by R. D. Ward. (Released)

Bruce D. Tefft

CRA Key Staff: Dr. Bruce Tefft, Director of CRA's Terrorism Assessment Center

WHO WE ARE - CRA Staff

DR. BRUCE TEFFT (CIA Ret.) - Director, Terrorism Assessment Center (TAC)

Dr. Bruce Tefft served 21 years in the CIA, including 17 years abroad, many as a CIA Chief of Station; and was a founding member of the CIA’s Counter Terrorism Center in 1985. He has more than 30 years experience in foreign affairs, intelligence and security operations and counter-terrorism. In addition to extensive research and teaching of counter-terrorism methods and techniques, he has also developed course material for Bachelor and Master-level degree programs in Homeland Security and Counter-terrorism.

Dr. Tefft has been certified as an “expert witness” on terrorism issues for the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. and has testified in eight cases.

Dr. Tefft has traveled more than 300,000 miles, training more than twelve thousand law enforcement officers and first responders in the U.S., Canada, Europe, and Mexico. After 9/11 he served as the New York Police Department’s Counter-Terrorism and Intelligence advisor. Dr. Tefft runs an international open source (OSINT) collection network which reviews more than 1,000 articles and messages per day from law enforcement, intelligence, military, academic and media sources and disseminates approximately 10% of these to 15,000 clients with appropriate commentary. Dr. Tefft is CRA’s Director of Terrorism Assessment Center and assists the company in providing world-wide terrorism prevention and emergency response training to first responders, law enforcement and security agencies and civil servants.

Bruce Tefft has his Master’s degree in History and Doctorate in International Law from the University of Denver.

To arrange for media interviews with Dr. Tefft or to have Dr. Tefft provide Terrorism Awareness Training, please contact Tom Irwin at tirwin@cra-usa.net or
(212) 402-5500 x 6704.

CRA's Terrorism Assessment Center for Incisive Analysis, Targeted Reports and the Latest in Terrorism News

WHAT WE DO

Terrorism Assessment Center (TAC)

CRA's Terrorism Assessment Center (TAC) collects, analyzes, disseminates, and archives large amounts of open-source intelligence (OSINT) on potential threats to our clients’ holdings and interests.

Relied upon by Police and Intelligence departments across the nation, CRA's Terrorism News Daily Brief brings the latest news articles and information relating to terrorism. Click here for a free subscription. CRA’s established OSINT network has contributed significantly to liaison efforts between intelligence and law enforcement personnel in the Counter-Terrorism arenas worldwide. All of the OSINT received and disseminated by CRA is retained in a searchable database for use in current and future analysis and research. To review earlier Daily Briefs, please go to Terrorism News ARCHIVE 2006.

The TAC provides customized research articles and incisive, detailed terrorism analysis to meet our clients needs. To find out more about our subscription service to our customized reports, contact Lenny Lemer at (212) 402-5500 ext. 6710.

News Releases

Speakers Action Group and FRIENDS OF SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER Present "Global Terrorism”: Inside The Mind Of The Jihadist

TORONTO, Canada -- November 15, 2004

Global Terrorism: Inside the Mind of the Jihadist features dynamic keynote speaker, Dr. Bruce Tefft, prestigious panelists David Harris, John Thompson, Tom Kaye, Leo Adler and Moderator Marni Soupcoff. This timely and critical discussion will explore the nature and impact of the Jihadist and how it relates to Canada. Presented by the Speakers Action Group and Friends of The Simon Wiesenthal Center, this town hall meeting will be held on Thursday, November 25, 2004 at 7:00 pm at the Isabel Bader Theatre located at 93 Charles St. (corner Queen’s Park Crescent across from the ROM). Seating is on a first-come, first-serve basis. Free admission.

Dr. Bruce Tefft is a counter-terrorism and intelligence advisor to the New York Police Department (NYPD), as well as a Senior Associate with Orion Scientific Systems and a former counter-terrorism expert for the Directorate of Operations of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Dr. Tefft has over 29 years of experience in the field and is an articulate and experienced speaker in the field of counterterrorism.

Yossef Bodansky

107th Congress Congressional Member Organizations (CMOs)

Task Force on Terrorism and Unconventional Warfare
Rep. Eric Cantor
Rep. James Saxton (Yosef Bodansky - 54765)
Rep. Duncan Hunter

Islam and the National Interest

Page 2

Although written on the letterhead of the Task Force, with all the names of its members affixed thereto, the Report was signed by only two staffers, Yossef Bodansky & Vaughn S. Forrest. Their views, they noted, while not necessarily reflecting those of the other Task Force Members, were primarily intended "to provoke discussion and debate."4

Jerusalem Summit

Yossef Bodansky is the Director of the Congressional Task Force on Terrorism and Unconventional Warfare at the US House of Representatives. He is also the Director of Research at the International Strategic Studies Association, as well as a Senior Editor for the Defense & Foreign Affairs group of publications. Additionally, he is a Member of the Prague Society for International Cooperation.

Yossef Bodansky: Some Writings

Yossef Bodansky is director of research for the International Strategic Studies Association, where he is also a senior editor for their Defense and Foreign Affairs publications. He is director of the Congressional Task Force on Terrorism and Unconventional Warfare for the U.S. House of Representatives. In addition, Bodansky has served as a consultant on terrorism for the U.S. government and other organizations....

Article archives and other relevant sites:

Yossef Bodansky--at the Freeman Center for Strategic Studies.
Articles by Yossef Bodansky--at Kashmiri Pandits web site.
Writings of Yossef Bodansky--at the Conference for Middle East Peace.
International Strategic Studies Association--where Bodansky is director of research.

Posted by Mike at September 23, 2006 03:24 PM

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