The threat of terrorism has been and will continue to be a growing epidemic on an international scale. As recorded in history as early as the 1st-century AD with the Sicarii Zealots. Consequently the acts of terrorism began to transform drastically with the help of new technology, new ideologies, and a stronger will to cause disorder having an impact on the modern world both globally and locally. With the use of transnational terrorism tactics in a post-9/11 world, countries like the United States and United Kingdom are constantly looking to develop new ways to counter such acts while using methods of collecting and analyzing applicable information. The use of transnational tactics is nothing new to the 21st century. It is a term used to describe
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The coming to know of this operation started when Ahmed Ali became a person of interest for Britain’s Security Service as he went on long length trips to Pakistan in a matter of three years. The Security Service is also known as MI5 were able to track him and connect anyone who may also be associated with the plot thru his daily interactions and his use of internet communication. After his recent trip to Pakistan, investigators thought it was time to make a move. While Ali was waiting in baggage claim his bag was secretly inspected reveling usual soft drink powders, Tang (a popular international fruit-flavored drink) and a large quantity of batteries making the inspectors feel uncomfortable and decide to increase surveillance on him. With covert surveillance by field agents and incognito sources of surveillance they were able to reveal that the group was making usual purchases. This includes luggage bags, batteries, syringes, and commonly found in homemade bombs hydrogen peroxide hinting that they were getting ready to hit soon. At this point MI5 the main organization responsible for domestic counter-intelligence was working with Scotland Yard, the Metropolitan Police and MI6 operates in a system information sharing. They discovered through …show more content…
In reaction to this the United States almost completely banned all liquids on planes almost overnight, raising the Homeland Security Advisory System level to high or orange. Today still there are limitations to having a certain amount of liquids on an airplane as well as areas that draw large crowds like sports arenas and concerts. In the United Kingdom precautions were taken higher, not allowing any hand luggage unless absolutely necessary personal items. In summery the investigations done by the UK were conducted better with the methods and amount of information through interagency collaboration. The United States would have made equal effort to match the surveillance of MI5 and Scotland Yard due to the manpower and recourses the CIA has yet; they do not have the same freedoms of their English counterparts. I believe that if this operation would have happened in the United States they would have handled it similar to the UK. They would have done it better but still would have waited to the last moments to take action. Overall the operation was seen as a failure for the insurgency, it did work with the means it struck fear in airline flyers and cost the governments to spend £175 million. This case study successfully proved three reasons: that the there are regulations that affect the well being of people every day, intelligence is a necessary
The coming to know of this operation started when Ahmed Ali became a person of interest for Britain’s Security Service as he went on long length trips to Pakistan in a matter of three years. The Security Service is also known as MI5 were able to track him and connect anyone who may also be associated with the plot thru his daily interactions and his use of internet communication. After his recent trip to Pakistan, investigators thought it was time to make a move. While Ali was waiting in baggage claim his bag was secretly inspected reveling usual soft drink powders, Tang (a popular international fruit-flavored drink) and a large quantity of batteries making the inspectors feel uncomfortable and decide to increase surveillance on him. With covert surveillance by field agents and incognito sources of surveillance they were able to reveal that the group was making usual purchases. This includes luggage bags, batteries, syringes, and commonly found in homemade bombs hydrogen peroxide hinting that they were getting ready to hit soon. At this point MI5 the main organization responsible for domestic counter-intelligence was working with Scotland Yard, the Metropolitan Police and MI6 operates in a system information sharing. They discovered through …show more content…
In reaction to this the United States almost completely banned all liquids on planes almost overnight, raising the Homeland Security Advisory System level to high or orange. Today still there are limitations to having a certain amount of liquids on an airplane as well as areas that draw large crowds like sports arenas and concerts. In the United Kingdom precautions were taken higher, not allowing any hand luggage unless absolutely necessary personal items. In summery the investigations done by the UK were conducted better with the methods and amount of information through interagency collaboration. The United States would have made equal effort to match the surveillance of MI5 and Scotland Yard due to the manpower and recourses the CIA has yet; they do not have the same freedoms of their English counterparts. I believe that if this operation would have happened in the United States they would have handled it similar to the UK. They would have done it better but still would have waited to the last moments to take action. Overall the operation was seen as a failure for the insurgency, it did work with the means it struck fear in airline flyers and cost the governments to spend £175 million. This case study successfully proved three reasons: that the there are regulations that affect the well being of people every day, intelligence is a necessary