Trapwire Stratfor Email 12

Date 	2011-07-01 16:28:44
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Subject: REP. TREY GOWDY HOLDS A HEARING ON D.C. METRO SAFETY AND SECURITY
Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2011 10:24:17 -0400
From: Michael Maness
To: Fred Burton

Additional press on TrapWire.



http://findarticles.com/p/news-articles/political-transcript-wire/mi_8167/is_20110627/rep-trey-gowdy-holds-hearing/ai_n57743703/pg_5



"......Recognizing that information sharing is critical in both preempting
and responding to an attack, the MPD maintains daily contact not only with
Metro Transit and the Amtrak Police in our (fusion) center through the
intelligence analysts that are co-located with other partners around the
region. In addition to tracking operational law enforcement activity and
identifying emerging threats in the (fusion) center, MPD is also engaged
in the Department of Homeland Security's pilot project of the TrapWire,
the predictive software system. This system supports the use of our
suspicious activity reporting to detect patterns of pre-attack
surveillance and logistical planning......."