Former Transportation Security Administrator And HSPI Release Commentary On Mass Transit Security

March 31, 2010 - PRLog -- Today, The George Washington University Homeland Security Policy Institute (HSPI) released a Commentary on the Moscow subway bombings. Authored by Kip Hawley, Former Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration, together with HSPI Director Frank J. Cilluffo and Associate Director Sharon L. Cardash, the piece surveys the threat posed to mass transit and the response that is needed. As the authors observe:

This week’s tragic and devastating metro bombings in Moscow and car bombings in the Dagestan region were shocking – but in some ways they shouldn’t be.  With so many minds and dollars focused on aviation security, surface transportation (including subways, trains and buses) has long been an easier target.  Equally, female suicide bombers like the two that authorities identified in Russia this week continue to give us pause since they jar our expectations about perpetrators of such heinous acts.  A quick look back at history, however, reveals that there is continuity on this count as well.

For more, visit: http://www.gwumc.edu/hspi/policy/Commentary11_TransitSecu...

See HSPI’s Mass Transit Security Hot Topic Page: http://www.gwumc.edu/hspi/policy/issue_massTransit.cfm

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About the GW Homeland Security Policy Institute:

Founded in 2003, The George Washington University Homeland Security Policy Institute (HSPI) is a nonpartisan “think and do” tank whose mission is to build bridges between theory and practice to advance homeland security through an interdisciplinary approach. By convening domestic and international policymakers and practitioners at all levels of government, the private and non-profit sectors, and academia, HSPI creates innovative strategies and solutions to current and future threats to the nation. For additional information about HSPI, please visit http://www.gwumc.edu/hspi/