Dr.
Hamid
Dr. Tawfik Hamid, is an Islamic thinker and reformer, and one time
Islamic extremist from Egypt. He was a member of a terrorist Islamic
organization JI with Dr. Ayman Al-Zawaherri who became later on
the second in command of Al-Qaeda.
Some twenty-five years ago, he recognized the threat of Radical
Islam and the need for a reformation based upon modern peaceful
interpretations of classical Islamic core texts. Dr. Hamid provided
a fresh and theologically valid interpretation for the Quran
to counterbalance the radical teaching. As the Daily Express
(UK) mentioned “Dr. Hamid has predicted the attacks on
the twin towers, Madrid and London”. After September 11,
Dr. Hamid boldly decided to speak out through western broadcast
and print media. He has appeared on shows spanning the spectrum
from CNN to Fox News, and his articles and op-ed pieces have
appeared in publications such as the Wall Street Journal, the
New York Daily News, and the Jerusalem Post. Dr. Hamid’s
exceptional knowledge of the jihadi mindset has led him to be
a guest speaker at many reputable private and governmental forums – both
within the US and internationally such as the US Congress, Director
of National Intelligence DNI, the Pentagon, United States Special
Operations Command (USSOCOM), National Prayer breakfast, JINSA
(Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs), Defense Academy
of the United Kingdom, NY Academy of Science and the European
Parliament. Dr. Hamid also appeared on ABC News 20/20 program
and was quoted by the Associated Press, the Washington Post,
and several others reputable media. He also received Speaker
of the Truth award of the Endowment of Middle East truth .
Dr. Hamid testified before the US Congress and Senate committees.
These included Home Land Security, Armed Service, and Intelligence
committees, discussed issues related to Radical Islam and the
Middle East Voice of America VOA, National Journal, and C-Span
(the Washington Journal) and many other reputable media outlets.
He was invited by President Shimon Peres to speak at the Israeli
Presidential Conference 2009 (Tomorrow): http://www.mfa.gov.il He also spoke at the XIX Economic form in (Poland), was invited
to meet in person with Nobel Prize winner and President Ahtisaaren
(Fenland).
Major Articles about Dr. Hamid have appeared in foreign languages
such as Hebrew Haartz (Israel), Hamburger Abendblat newspaper
(Germany), NewsWeek-Poland (Poland) and others.
Dr. Hamid publishes a Newsletter “Just a View” and
has a Blog section at http://www.newsmax.com: Inside Islam http://www.newsmax.com Dr. Hamid appearance on Israel National News has elicited nearly
half million hits on You tube http://www.youtube.com
Currently Dr. Hamid is a Senior Fellow and Chair for the Study
of Islamic Radicalism at the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies.
He is also a consultant for some of the leading world defense
companies such as Burdeshaw associated http://www.burdeshaw.com and a Professor at The CI Centre (a leading company in counterintelligence
training and education for intelligence both in US and overseas:
http://cicentre.com).
· Dr. Hamid was recently invited to lecture at the George
C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies in Germany:
http://www.marshallcenter.org
· Dr. Hamid is also the author of Inside Jihad: Understanding
and Confronting Radical Islam.
More information about Dr. Hamid is available at: http://www.tawfikhamid.com
Mike
Cutler
Immigration is not a single issue but is a major factor in nearly
every challenge that confronts our nation. Simply stated, you
cannot win a "War on Terror" and a "War on Drugs" with
borders that, for all intents and purposes, exist only on maps
and with an immigration benefits program that provides identity
documents and confers lawful status and even United States citizenship
upon aliens, but lacks integrity.
These failures hammer everything
from national security and criminal justice to the economy, the
environment, healthcare and education- to enumerate the most
significant of these challenges. For approximately 30 years
Michael Cutler worked for the former INS. He began his career
as an immigration Inspector at JFK International Airport in October,
1971 and became a special agent in August, 1975 and rotated through
all of the squads within the investigations branch at the New
York District Office and was the first INS special agent assigned
to the Unified Intelligence Division of the DEA and then was
promoted to the position of Senior Special Agent and was assigned
to the Organized Crime, Drug Enforcement Task Force. In conjunction
with these two assignments he worked in close cooperation with
local and state police and nearly every federal law enforcement
agency including the FBI, DEA, ATF, US Customs, US Marshal Service
and State Department. He also worked with foreign governments
including Israel, Great Britain, Canada and Japan.
He has testified before more than a dozen Congressional hearings
in both houses of Congress and was called by both political parties.
He also furnished testimony to the 9/11 Commission and has testified
before state legislative hearings in New York, Maryland, Texas
and Indiana and assisted the law firm retained by the Governor
of Arizona to defend her and her state against the lawsuit filed
by the DOJ in an effort to block the implementation of Arizona's
immigration law.
Mike Cutler has also served as an expert witness in a number
of federal trials where immigration was at issue.
Finally, he has appeared on countless television and radio
programs to discuss various aspects of the immigration crisis
that confronts our country today. Among those programs were Lou
Dobbs Tonight, Your World With Neil Cavuto, Fox and Friends and
news broadcasts on CNN, Fox News and MSNBC as well as local television
news programs
For additional information: http://michaelcutler.net
Jack
Thomas Tomarchio
Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy Research Institute Center on Terrorism,
Counter-Terrorism, and Homeland Security. Jack Thomas Tomarchio,
a Senior Fellow in FPRI’s Center on Terrorism, Counterterrorism,
and Homeland Security, is the President of Agoge Group, LLC.
In 2005 he was appointed the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary
of Homeland Security for Intelligence and Analysis; in 2007 he
was promoted to Deputy Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis
Operations.
In his work at the U.S. Department of Homeland
Security Mr. Tomarchio was the primary senior official in charge
of the intelligence directorate’s partnership with state
and local governments to build a domestic intelligence sharing
network. He also worked closely with other components of the
federal intelligence community. He resigned from the department
in August 2008 to return to the private sector. Prior to joining
DHS, Mr. Tomarchio was a partner at Buchanan Ingersoll, P.C.,
where he was co-chair of the firm’s government relations
department and national security law group. Before joining Buchanan
Ingersoll, Mr. Tomarchio was a founding partner of Hill Solutions,
LLC and Homeland Solutions, LLC. From 1993 until 2005 he also
served as general counsel to Aloe Investment Corporation, a venture
capital firm.
Mr. Tomarchio holds a B.A. in history cum laude from the Pennsylvania
State University, a J.D. from Vermont Law School, a master’s
of Governmental Administration from the Fels Center of Government
of the University of Pennsylvania and a Masters of Strategic
Studies from the U.S. Army War College.
He began his career as
an attorney in the U.S. Army, where he served as a paratrooper
with the 82d Airborne Division. He served in the Grenada invasion
in 1983 and also served as counsel to a multinational peacekeeping
force in the Sinai, Arab Republic of Egypt. Leaving active duty
in 1985, Mr. Tomarchio became a litigator for two national law
firms in Philadelphia. In 1991, Mr. Tomarchio was recalled to
active duty and served in the Persian Gulf War in Saudi Arabia
and Kuwait.
He currently serves as a colonel in the U.S. Army
Reserve. Tomarchio is a television commentator, writer and speaker
on national security issues and has testified before both houses
of Congress on homeland security and intelligence matters. He
was an adjunct professor at the Fels Center of Government of
the University of Pennsylvania from 2001-05 and is currently
an adjunct lecturer at the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School in
Monterey, California. He is a Senior Fellow at the George Washington
University Homeland Security Policy Institute and FPRI. Mr. Tomarchio
is also a senior adviser to Berwyn Capital Interests and serves
on the Boards of the Hoxie Harrison Smith Foundation and ATS
Corporation.
Mr. Tomarchio joined the Institute of Terrorism Research and
Response on March 1, 2011. He can be reached at tomarchio@itrrintel.org
Captain
Jeffrey L Kuhlman
Captain Jeffrey L. Kuhlman developed the Castle Shipboard Security
Program which entails the fused training of multi-cultural classes
in shipboard security and vessel defense. Captain Kuhlman trains
maritime Professionals, law enforcement, maritime security operatives,
and veterans in all facets of maritime security and defensive
techniques. His maritime security and defense training includes
anti-piracy, counterterrorism, civil threat and civil unrest
considerations. He is a competent marksman and effective small
arms trainer.
Captain Kuhlman writes for a number of industry
and counterterrorism and security magazines. He is an experienced
public speaker concerning maritime safety, security, and defense
issues. He speaks before maritime industrial organizations, government
organizations, security and defense associations, and civic organizations
and writes for several major maritime and security magazines.
He is also a consulting developer and writer of curriculum for
security and safety training for several organizations including
Nova Southeastern University Center for Bio-terrorism and All
Hazards Preparedness He has seventeen additional years in contract
and consulting engineering in support of various industries with
emphasis on environmental remediation and training. Primary clients
included DOD, DOE, and NRC projects and their supporting contractors. His background also includes three years as a teacher of History
in New Jersey and English in the Republic of South Korea. He
is a Vietnam combat veteran and is proud to have worn the uniforms
of the US Navy, US Marine Corps, and US Army
Eamon Doherty, Ph.D.
Dr. Eamon Doherty is the Cybercrime Training Lab Director as
well as an assistant professor in the Petrocelli College of Continuing
Studies in Fairleigh Dickinson University (FDU). Dr. Doherty
has a certificate in PDA Forensics as well as a certificate in
Computer Security and Forensic Administration. He has also
written a book with coauthors who are investigators and security
practitioners. The book is titled, “eForensics and Signal
Intelligence for Everyone”. Dr. Doherty has also created
three new ½ day classes for law enforcement officers and
security practitioners and published a variety of those class
materials made during a Department of Justice grant.
These classes
are “PDA Forensics”, “Cell Phone Forensics”,
and “Introduction Electronic Eavesdropping Device and
Wiretap Detection.”Dr. Doherty has also created 3 semester
long online classes for the National Guard and the university
through
a grant to develop classes for the certificate in Computer
Security and Forensic Administration. The classes MADS
6638 Computer
Security Administration, MADS 6637 Computer Seizure and Examination,
MADS 6611 Current Issues in Cybercrime, are available online
to both National Guard personnel as well as FDU. Dr. Doherty
is also a member of the National Military Intelligence Association.
John
E. O’Rourke, CPP
John is a former New Jersey State Trooper with 26 years of
law enforcement and security experience. Mr. O’Rourke’s
career has brought him to urban settings such as Newark, Paterson
and Jersey City as well as a whole host of other locations within
New Jersey. During his distinguished career, O’Rourke has
worked closely with town officials, local police departments
and religious leaders to mitigate crime and increase security.
O'Rourke's approach to policing has always been community based
and focused heavily towards relationship building. Mr. O’Rourke
is extremely skilled in Security, Leadership and Crisis/Emergency
Management. He was the lead designer of the Disaster Recovery
Plan for the Garden State Parkway’s Troop E State Police
Headquarters and Sub-Station. O’Rourke's security expertise
was instrumental in designing security into state police facilities.
His breadth of knowledge in Risk and Vulnerability Assessments
helped to implement appropriate security policies ensuring a
high degree of protection for the state police.
O’Rourke’s
credentials include a master’s degree from Seton Hall University
and a Certified Protection Professional (CPP) certification from
ASIS International. O’Rourke’s leadership ability
during his tenure with the state police was unequaled. O’Rourke
and his squad’s performance equated to 55 percent of the
total productivity for the entire station. When asked about his
success, O’Rourke said, "I firmly believe that empowerment
comes from education and training...as such, I pursue a multi-prong
approach to leadership and encourage innovation." This approached
resulted in a more educated staff, with increased morale and
productivity.
In 2010, ASIS President Robert "Bob" Granger
asked Mr. O’Rourke to head ASIS International’s Crime
and Loss Prevention Council. During his tenure with the council
O’Rourke spearheaded their Small Business Initiative which
consisted of leading 50 security surveys throughout several states.
In light of the councils continued success, Mr. O'Rourke has
been asked to remain in the Chairman position.
In May of 2010, the History Press Publishing Company out
of Charleston, S.C. published O’Rourke’s first
book, Jersey Troopers: Sacrifice at the Altar of Public Service.
The book has proven to be a great success for the History Press
and is now in its second printing. “Jersey Troopers” was
one of their top ten best sellers for 2010.
Presently, Mr. John O’Rourke is the Director of Security
for the Montclair Golf Club in West Orange, New Jersey.
