Professional Counter-Surveillance Services

Recommended Handguns for Security

There are many types of handguns or weapons used by Security forces throughout the world. There is one handgun that I recommend for many reasons. They began it's development and design in 1906 and finally submitted to the U.S. Army in 1911. It was developed and design by a fellow named John M. Browning. In fact most modern handguns are based on his designs. In the early 1900's the U.S. Government had a campaign in the Philippines against a group of guerrillas called the Moros. In those days the U.S. Army's favorite side arm was a .38 revolver. But the .38 lack the ability to stop the Moro attackers.

A Col. John T. Thompson (inventor of the Thompson sub-machine-gun) and a Col. Louis A. La Garde, reached a agreement that the Army needed the .45 caliber cartridge to provide the adequate stopping power they needed against the Moros. When the decision was made to go to the .45 caliber cartridge Browning had just recently designed an auto loading pistol for the .38 Super cartridge. When Browning found out about the Army's new cartridge, he re-engineered the .38 Super Auto Loader to use the favorite U.S. Army Colt .45 cartridge. He also re-engineered the .45 caliber cartridge to today's 230 gr. Full Metal Jacket (FMJ). In 1906, the U.S. Army began reviewing submitted firearms. In 1911 they appointed a selection committee. The Browning .45 Pistol along with others were submitted to torture tests. The Browning .45 caliber Pistol fired 6000 rounds continuously, it was put in acid, it was buried in sand and mud, it was rusted with chemicals. After every 1000 rounds it was it cleaned and oiled. The Browning .45 pistol, passed all tests with flying colors. Later that year Browning introduced a recoil-operated machine gun that fired 40,000 rounds and broke all records. On March 29th, 1911, the Browning-designed, Colt-manufactured .45 Automatic pistol was selected as the official sidearm of the Armed Forces of U.S.A., and named Model 1911.

I recommend that Security officers carry the .45 Automatic pistol, it will stop immediately anyone on slight impact. Any drugged crazed individual that comes across your fire zone will be stopped. It will not go through walls to kill innocent individuals in other areas. It will not result in a lawsuit because of someone getting shot through walls. The .45 caliber is reliable and is always ready to function in any condition or weather. The pistol is easy to disassemble and easy to repair.

In 1968 Viet Nam, I witnessed U.S. Air Force security detachments attempted to stop suicide attackers from destroying Phantom Jet aircraft parked out on the runway black top. They (the Air force ) fired their .38 pistols ineffectively at the Viet Cong. The attack was finally repelled by Marines, coming out of their perimeter lines, who used their Colt .45 Pistols.

The lesson to be learned here is;

Use a handgun that stops intruders not one that is the latest on the Gun magazines.

Rely on stopping power not penetration.

Safe Rooms

Safe Room

A Safe Room is a room in your home (or house)where you know you and or your family will be secure and safe until law enforcement arrives to protect you.      The Safe Room should you protect for a least a 24 hour period.

In that room you must have the ability to communicate with the outside world. You should be able to contact the police, your neighbors and those who care about you. Your recommended communication line is a cellular telephone.

A good Safe Room can be a bedroom or a walk in closet. There must be only one access to it, I mean one door. I recommend doors that open inward with the door hinges inside the room. For Safe Rooms I always recommend the second floor.

I recommend two deadbolt locks on the door at least 3 foot from each other. The deadbolt locks should only lock from the inside.I also recommend two cross beams, the first cross beam to be placed two (2) feet from the floor upward and the second cross beam two feet from the first. If you can afford it place a third cross beam one foot higher. It is preferable that the door is a solid core door with a metal covering frame.

Install on your door a 180 degree peephole. You must be able to recognize the intruder. I also recommend an exterior CCTV camera with a vcr recorder inside the Safe Room.

The room exterior walls should be solid plywood preferably ½ inch plywood with 5/8 the sheet rock over the plywood. The sheetrock will give and extended safetime in case of fire.

By placing plywood on surrounding walls it will keep intruders from coming into your safe room by kicking in sheet rock to get to you.

The lesson learned here is:

Be Prepared be the survivor.

Comments Recieved

Recently a blog reader wrote an angry comment about my blog.

He claimed that I was a poor Security Consultant that I offered bad advice and that my blog was poor. I was also accused of being a spammer.

This comment got me to thinking maybe I am wasting my time but after considerable thought I realized that good, simple to understand and direct information can help to those who need the information.

I am not a spammer I don't send out e-mails to get readers but I do not offer free information. May be, the blog post does not have all the information you seek. If a posting, doesn't give you the needed information, make a comment and request more extensive information about your question. If you need a more professional answer ask for the answer but don't do it just to play games and wasting my time.

I promise I will attempt to answer you as quick as possible.

Again, Please make the comments and I will attempt to answer all questions correctly and in plain English.

“Y Que Dios Los Bendiga”

“May G^d Bless You”.

House Dogs

House Dogs

Dogs have watched over man and his property for over ten thousand years.

Man has always sought out those large breeds for the job but I now inform you that in a dog size makes no difference. The difference is in sex, female dogs have always been the best protection for man and his valuables. Female dogs tend to bond with their human masters. The females considered themselves part of the family and protector of the master.

The size of the dog is not important it's the dog bark and persistence to chase off intruders or attackers. Chihuahua dogs are short and noise but they guard well,especially if the dog is female. She will take care of your home and property. There is no need for a fully-trained attack dog. Why pay $5000 dollars or more? When a good mixed breed pound dog can serve just as good and not kill your kids while at home. In fact I was told by a vet that mixed breeds are more even tempered.

Remember a good mongrel can do a great job. When your dog barks at strangers praise the dog. Tell him or her that is was a great job done. Give them a treat for such a good job. Don't forget trained pure breeds are vicious with everybody but the master. For travel, Get a dog that loves the car. That doesn't get carsick. Get him or her to ride along on short drives, get him prepared for that long ride.

The lesson learned here is:

Get a good house dog to protect your home.

Swine Flu and National Security

There are Dangers and National Security Issues related to the Swine Flu.

The story now is the great swine flu epidemic. You are daily told about the deaths and its dangers to health.

We are never told how to prevent the Swine Flu from getting to you.

I believe that such an epidemic could be used to change laws for the sake of national security. The problem with laws and taxes is that once they are in place, they are never removed.

Laws and taxes grow but are never removed or allowed to die off.

An epidemic, what a great way to take over a country.

For the sake of national security and health, they (Government) can restrict travel or organizing into large groups such as protest demonstrations.

Let's get to preventing swine flu, it is very easy.

Here are your tactics on how to;

1.Wash your hands often, more often than usual.

2.Teach your kids to repeatedly wash their hands.

3.Carry anti-bacterial liquids in your purse and

share it with others.

4.Carry such liquids in your car, share with your kids.

5.Use the anti-bacterial liquid after shaking other people's hands. Buy anti-bacterial soaps for the bath rooms.

6.Use painters paper face-masks when out in public. Face-masks can be bought at Lowe's or at the local pharmacy. The pharmacist sell some masks that are anti-bacterial or anti-viral.

7.Don't travel to Mexico until it's over with the Swine flu.

The lesson to be learned here is:

Remember anti-bacterial liquids and paper masks prevent contact with the Swine Flu. Keep your individual rights, keep your health.

Document, Document.

I knew the Marine Corps Officer responsible for security around Embassy properties and the Marine Corps barracks in Beirut when the barracks was destroyed and all those Marines died, Shortly after the explosion he was recalled back to Washington D.C. to answer to the Command staff and the Marine Corps Commandant as to why Security was so poor and why it failed.

Some years before the Officer had worked in Washington D.C. with Senator John Tower who had taught the Officer to document everything.

The Senator told him everyday,

“Get it in writing, have them sign all your requests and rejections”.

When he went before the Chief of Staff at Department of Defense he was informed that his answers were valuable in preventing a court marshal.

The Officer spoke a few words and laid on the desk before the Chief of Staff copies of request letters for required security changes and upgrades. In those letters were many repeated requests for equipment with all the rejections and signatures of the Senior Civilian embassy officer. In one page the Civilian Officer wrote "We are guests of this country, not it's occupiers." "there is no need for a fortress". The officer was requested to wait in the hallway while the Staff read the letters. Some two hours later he was ordered back into the room. They immediately requested the original letters.

He requested a letter releasing him from responsibility for the event before he would give them the originals.

The lesson to be learned here is:

Get it in writing if possible or write it out. Document, document every event or request.

Ignored by the Know It All's

I had a client in Southern Mexico who was a Cacique, a local leader of campesinos (farmers and workers). He was also a former Federal officer with Mexico's old Direcion Federal de Seguridad (DFS) a former Mexican government intelligence agency. This client always played the game that he knew it all. He called me down into Southern Vera Cruz to help him set up a personal bodyguard team for himself.

When I got down there, he began by giving me directions and ruling out my requests. He selected the people and followed by selecting the assignments.

I asked what he wanted me for? “I need you, Quero” he replied.

This crap went on for several months. One day I was training a bodyguard and drivers detail for his wife and daughters. He appeared and said “No” “the problems are with me, not with my family”.

I said to him, “Your enemies will attack anyone to get to you, even your wife and daughters”. He replied that the enemies had more honor than shit. I demanded that I be allowed to set up security for his family and I was refused. I normally, do not give up that easy but this client had repeatedly during those several months blocked every attempt at building the required security details. I packed up my stuff and left for Mexico City.

About seven months later early one morning as his wife took his daughters to school. She was attacked by men in three Chevrolet Suburbans. The attackers took her and the girls hostage. They called my former client and demanded that he surrender himself to them. My former client showed up to the exchange location with his bodyguard fools and were all murdered. His wife and daughters were also murdered.

When serving as a Security Consultant, you will always run into those who believe that they know more than you. They will always make things difficult. They recognize your expertise and experience but their stupidity will override their common sense. You must leave that situation behind as quickly as possible. You have to realize that these fools will get you killed, murdered or they will ruin your reputation as a professional.

The lesson to be learned here is :

Your words will often be ignored, there are others who think they know more than you do.

Breaking and Entry

Breaking and Entry Prevention Points

In order to provide outstanding security to a property. One must follow the thinking of burglars and thief. Look for the points the burglar looks for.

Breaking and entry involves two major points in its process. Breaking and entry requires a technique and tactics, a way of doing the work.

Every project in this world requires such a process.

Tactically we must outline and learn the steps of doing the work, the operation for entry.

Methods used for entry.

Methods for Bypassing Locks

Methods for Doors

Methods for Video Cameras

Methods for Alarm Systems

Methods for Avoiding Detection or Capture

Most importantly there are factors about the target that must be determined.

Protection Factors:

Location of sentry's or guards?

Number of sentry's or guards?

Are they roving or fixed sentry's or guards?

Guard Schedule?

Guard equipment and armament (weapons)?

Details and types of alarm or controlled-entry systems?

Building Layout Factor:

Number of entry ways?

Number of exits?

Where are these locations? What are fastest ways to get to them?

Where are possible exits such as windows, hallways, garbage chutes, etc, etc?

Location of important offices, rooms, storage, valuable targets or safes?

Methods of smuggling entry team(s) with equipment?

Areas where the building power supply box, transmitter box's, telephone box and alarm box's can be disabled?

Personnel Factor:

Number of people, types of people, during normal business hours or after business hours?

Where are these people on property and at what times?

Time Factors:

What Time is it when the target can accessed or removed?

What are the Outside factors that prevent the entry operation?

It is vital for entry to keep a strong vigilance on all property guards. Realize that all guards are individuals with separate thought in simple words. They do things differently. Majority of people feel or start getting sleepy about 1:30 am and are asleep the next two to three hours.

Remember civilian buildings are routine nothing changes unless it comes down from corporate headquarters. In government buildings you could wind up with a herd of inspectors any time of a twenty four day.

Remember that most maintenance work takes place out side of normal working hours and most often by contractors.

Review and research the common areas of properties within the vicinity or neighborhood. Burglars must fine suitable entry and escape routes. A large entry team may create an outer perimeter team that watches everything around the property. Such a team will observe and report all foot traffic or vehicle traffic. Reports will take place by coded radio messages.

Remember a good Breaking and Entry team will be totally prepared. Once a B&E team leaves with its target in hand. It only fears discovery because a team member spoke too much at the wrong time and location.

Remember, you got a question? I will answer it.

Surviving Gunfire

Surviving Gunfire If you are the intended target of gunfire. Get away get far away as soon as possible without being hit. Always remember most civilians are not target shooters. Most handgun shooters can not hit you at the twenty yard line. So go run as fast as possible to get out of the line of sight.

If you must be a target become a moving target run and do a mental look for a safe area. When running move like a Marine zig zag, move in a weave move left to right or right to left as you run. Become a difficult target.

Most civilians do not hit moving targets at distance. So let's get distance between the shooter and yourself. If the shooter is using a rifle or assault weapon remember they have a greater accuracy and distance.

Find a wall and get around the corner as quickly as possible. If you are not the target. Get down, get flat on the floor and stay there. If the target is nearby get behind something. You will be surprise how a small object can protect you. Move the top of your head toward the shooter move your body away from the shooting. Avoid being a target.

If you are indoors get to another room and get flat on the floor. Get behind a file cabinet, tables, desks or large copiers.                                                       If you are outside look around you look for barriers. Get flat down behind a telephone box, a telephone pole, a cable box, a fire hydrant or a street gutter. If you are near a car lie flat down behind a tire but I prefer that you get behind a light pole.                                                                                                     If you are facing the shooter, avoid eye to eye contact, give the shooter the impression of having extreme fear.

Make yourself unnoticeable. If the shooting is place outside your building stay inside, stay away from windows and do not open doors. Lock your doors immediately.

Remember stay away from windows a bullet may not kill you but breaking glass can cause severe injuries. Stay down until the shooting stops and until the police arrive. Do not go out until the police tell you its clear.

Security Weapons and Storms

Weapons are a major part of security they serve two major functions.

The first function is to “To Serve and Protect”, the second function to for “Self Defense “. There is a forgotten danger in carrying a sidearm especially in security work in the field or a large building.

When working in the field especially those on pipeline security must be aware of lighting storms. Lighting can hit the pipeline travel down the line several miles and spike out, hit the weapon in your holster or hand and it can result in major injuries or severe burns.

There are some who say,

“I work in a large building and it will never happen to me”.

In lighting storms avoid being near the fire water lines. Lighting can hit the external supply line travel up or down the metal pipes and spike out to your metal weapon or a metal cart as you move down the hallways.

The pipeline incident occurred in the state of Tabasco in southern Mexico. The building incident occurred in a hospital in Vera Cruz, Mexico both states are located in an area of many summer lighting storms. Now that you been warned “Remember stay away from pipes during storms”.

Hospital Visitor Schedules

I was recently asked this question.

“ Why should hospitals establish a patient visitation schedule? ”

It seems to be a question that is not part of security but it is part of security.

A schedule allows hospital staff periods of calm work it allows their mind to slow down and see what is not normally seen. It allows contact with the patient, it allows discovery of missing lights, it allows maintenance to work with no interference, it allows housekeeping to mop floors without costly slip and falls, it allows many many things to take place smoothly.

A constant movement of visitors stresses employee thoughts, it stresses security to constantly observe new faces and often consequences are ignored doors, ignored staff security or dark areas and many important factors.

Yes, it is very important to assign a visitors schedule not just for security but for many important reasons.

Questions and Trust

I attempt to write articles of interest to my readers. If you have not seen an article on your question. Please post your question to me. The question could be very simple or very intrigued. It's no matter, I promise you. I will attempt to answer your question. The question should be related to security. It can be international security, military security, local security, business security, home security or personal security. I can post the answer on the blog or I can answer you via e-mail, as you wish.

A friend recently asked me, "how do I know that someone can be trusted"?
My answer is, "It takes a series of tests to reveal someone's loyalty to you".
The first test is very simple. Everyone, sooner or later needs to borrow money. When that time appears loan your friend a small amount up to 200 dollars but no more but ask him to repay you as soon as possible. If he is your true loyal friend he or she will attempt to pay you back as quick as possible.

You will not need to ask for your money. If your friend fails to pay you back. He is not your friend and can not be trusted with greater responsibility. 200 dollars is a cheap test that can save your life later

Remember the word Loyalty. True friends give out loyalty to their friends or their employers. In America and in this New World employers are often idiots, fools who fail to see the loyalty of an employee. Strong loyalty can make or break a company. The employees can fail in giving good work or defending the company.
Loyalty is very important in life. Learn about loyalty. Learn to display it. Learn Bushido and Loyalty. In this country some in government have failed to give loyalty to its Veterans. Veterans are now treated like useful idiots but remember the government is the President,the Congress and the Senate.
Let's control their loyalty by reminding them of it on election day.

Stopping an Armored Suburban at a Check Point

A few years ago I was working and advising an Army in Latin America about security problems in their country. One of the Army Officers questioned my expertise in security and intelligence. He posed the following questioned from a than current problem they were having. The Officers said " We have check points throughout the country and at these check points the Army searches for contraband." "At one Check point about once a week a black armored suburban pulls up to the check and runs it" " Since it's armored our soldiers don't bother shooting at it any more." "How would you stop it?" My answer was " That's, very simple to do?" Army Officers at the long table said quiet and looked at me as if looking at a big brown dumb ass in the room.
I attempted to explain the process but wound up drawing it on paper so they could see it.
I have attempted to draw the solution out but have been unable to attached it to this work.
I will explain it carefully.
1. Place a shooter in an observation tower with the tower or high rise about 40 yards in front of the check point line.
2. Place a second shooter in an observation tower or high rise about 40 yards behind the check point line.
3. Upon command 1st shooter must shoot two 308 rounds one foot or 12 inches pass the front window edge or line of the vehicle roof.
4. Upon command 2nd shooter must shoot two 308 rounds three feet (3) below the front window line or edge of the vehicle roof but shots must be on the roof.The shots must be as if shooting the driver in the back looking down.
5. It is important that any rifle used must be able to penetrate level IIIA body armor.

If you still need the drawing send me an e-mail and I will send you the drawing.

Remember this important point about vehicle armor in personal vehicles the armor on the roof or interior ceiling is never above IIIA most probably it is about IIA at the Maximum. If the armor were to be greater it would required very expensive additional cost that most people refuse to pay for.
There's only one problem with this solution, someone will have to pick the car door locks to get the driver out after the shots.

Wireless Electronics

Wireless Electronics

Wireless surveillance cameras are great, no wires, and no problems hooking up but anybody can intercept your transmitting signal. The dangers of signal interception make wired cameras look better. If you don’t mind signal interception than you are ok but remember what you see on your signal monitor so do others. If you have a camera looking into your backyard, remember no skinny-dipping in the pool at night. If you must transmit your signal play it safe and install a scrambler for each camera.

Wireless Home Telephones are a great convenience but again. Home desktop scanners can intercept any wireless telephone signal. Any private conversations with your mistress will be imperceptible and the world at large will hear them. Private business deals, private purchases, credit card numbers, bank account information can and will be heard by unknown others. There are scrambled wireless telephones sold by some companies their scrambling is good but not very good they can be listened to by simple descrambling systems. I knew a small businessman who had a wireless home telephone for his business. He did all his business on the cordless phone. His down the street competitor was always one step ahead of his business always 1 dollar or more cheaper always one-step ahead. The competitor would listen in to all his conversations. It took my friend five years of misery before he listen to my words “Never use cordless phones.”

Wireless Internet systems that transmit Internet signals for laptop computers are fun but again they can be intercepted and other people can piggyback on your Internet signal. As more and more individuals piggyback onto your signal the more exposure your computer is subject to hacking your personal files and data. Also remember that many signal transmitters slow down as more people piggyback on your transmission.

Remember :

“Never use wireless systems for any of your electronics.”

Bushido and common threats.

I just got back from a private contract in South America I had a client who was feeling insecurity about his personal security. When I arrived I had assumed he had no security but was surprised to find a 5 man security team in place. It seems the client had been receiving threatening death letters from unknown rivals.

Immediately after arrival I reviewed the security and it's way of operation. The team had excellent skills and were near perfect but had some minor defects that were being overlooked.

1. The Security detail was allowing a massage woman to bring her own lotions and chemicals. I discovered DMSO in a bottle and mercury in another bottle. The woman did some massages with rubber gloves and other massages with no gloves. My client had to be treated for mercury poisoning.

2. When the vehicle was serviced by mechanics it was left at the shop unattended. After complete review of the vehicle a microwave device was removed from the trunk of the vehicle. It was the microwave gun part from a microwave oven hooked up to a voltage converter for power supply. The most fortunate thing was that it was hooked up to aim to the left rear seat of the car and my client always sat at the right side. For about three weeks that client had near by exposure to a microwave beam coming through the seat. With mercury in his system and microwaves hitting the mercury it would caused micro explosions in his body. This was an incredible assassination attempt to kill a politician.

Some times in security the minor details are the most dangerous to the clients in security we must act like warriors and see what the enemy will use to kill your lord. The smallest items can destroy your service and will give failure to your Bushido.

Remember we must always behave as Warriors and gave absolute loyalty to the Master our Lord. Loyalty includes complete dedication, absolute dedication.

Protect your stuff with good locks.

Protecting your valuables.

Have you ever watch Zorro or an old Spanish village scene on TV?

Have you noticed that the homes of Spanish nobles always had bars on the windows? At the front entry were huge thick heavy wooden doors. What you, were looking at, was the best security system for its period. What we do in this New World is purchase 20 dollar locks at Wal Mart. Than expect twenty dollars to guard our valuables worth thousands upon thousands.

Why don't we put wrought iron bars on our windows? We probably think bars on windows are not cool but expect a twenty dollar lock to secure great valuables. Times have really changed. It's gotten downright stupid in the world.

The best locks to stop lock-picking are high-end high-security locks like Medeco and Schlage primus. These locks are better but they cost more. So what will it be? A couple hundred dollars for the best locks and security or spending twenty bucks and losing your stuff.?

Burglar Proofing

Burglar Proof your front door.

First of all, there will be those who say that I’m educating criminals and thieves this is not so. My goal is to teach professional security providers in providing their clients with the best security available to them.

The second part of my goal is to bring realization to all, that security is not what we think it is. Security today is really lousy. If my lessons help those in need than I have succeeded. There are those who believe some expertise is required to pick or bump a lock. Extra skill, expertise or a high intelligence is not required. It is possible for anyone with clear thinking to open your locks I do mean anyone.

Always remember that most locks can be bumped or picked open but there are those locks that defeat anyone's efforts. Those special locks that defeat lock-picking are high-end high-security locks like Medeco and Schlage primus. These locks are bump-resistant and very difficult to pick open. In fact most experts can not pick them even with many years of expertise and experience. There are other quality pick resistant locks, majority of these locks are expensive but well worth the price.                                                                        In facts key's for these locks can not be duplicated without proper identification. As with any security system it must have a back up or redundant system for security. Do not rely on any single system. Always have a back up system.

Locking your doors and windows is important, but you should also have a monitored alarm system, store your valuables out of sight, and don’t give thieves a reason to target you. Remember that most thieves prefer to hit the easy targets; that means they prefer houses in “safe” neighborhoods where people don’t worry about security, and particularly go for tempting opportunities, like garage doors left open.

Always keep in mind that when you buy a $20 dollar lock-set at Wal Mart that's what you get, a 20 dollar security system for your home. Imagine a 20 dollar lock guarding your 450,000 dollar home. The lock companies are in the business of making money and locks just happen to be their products. When you buy those pick proofed locks spread the word tell others about your locks. As more people know of your security the word gets out to potential burglars to stay away from your home or property.

Electronic Markers

Remember that in this New World every new electronic item purchased produces an identifying signal or marker. The markers usually are not seen by the common eye or search. These markers are installed for marketing uses by the manufacturer or designer but they can be used or are used by those who spy on people. Digital cameras for example install your cameras identifying number or the serial number of the camera on all digital photos.

If you mailed in the warranty card the photograph's owner can be identified by knowing the cameras owner listed on warranty.

Sometimes the buyer can be identified without signing a warranty card, this occurs by buying the electronic item with your credit card. The credit card data is automatically connected to the product and the product to the buyers data on the card.

Remember the most important point in this New World, information can be obtained without your knowledge or permission and most often by your purchases.

I remember one incident that occurred in South Texas where foreign aliens such as Mexicans can purchase products in Texas. They (the aliens) later produce an export manifest for the product and collect back the sales tax paid to the retailer. The alien declared in the manifest that the purchased product was exported into Mexico. This one fellow was caught declaring false statements of export. It seems that U.S. Customs or the State of Texas tracked his purchase to an American bank issued credit card. The credit card was issued from a bank in McAllen, Texas the card was issued or mailed to an address in McAllen, Texas. An address where the refrigerator purchased, was installed by local Sears personnel. Somehow the government tracked a retail purchase to an address in Texas.

The state government through technology knew where the product was installed and that it was never exported. The alien was charged with fraud and making false statements thus he blew away his chances for a resident alien card by committing a felony.

Have you ever seen those small plastic cards attached to books, small items, large items? These small attachments are about no bigger than ½ inch by 0ne inch. These are magnetic marking strips that give out a signal when scanned.

This signal can tell the scanner when the product was purchased, where and at what time if you used a credit card the scanner can most probably know who purchased it.

Technology has increased tracking and spying at great leaps. There are digital photo scanners at the U.S. border crossings that photograph your vehicle and often the driver as they approach the U.S./Mexico border. Our government knows the exact time and date that you crossed into Mexico. When you return the government knows how long or how much time you spent in Mexico. By the time the vehicle returns they know who the vehicle is registered to.

There are road toll booths that scan your car with laser or infra-red as you approach and detect the pass sticker of your car or windshield and the scanner recognizes that vehicle as prepaid.

“Yes Sir, the world has changed.” There's technology out in the world that can scan your credit cards in your wallet as you walk through electronic gates.

In Las Vegas, the casinos have technology that remember faces. Casino's can now know who is in the casino as you walk around looking for a good or favorite machine. If you have ever been kicked out of the casino ? They can identify you and arrest you for criminal trespassing.

Required Security Products

Security Products required for security and internal control.

The following products are required for a daily control of security.

1. Paper Shredder.

   Shred your clients paper waste daily. Tell him or her that you are about to shred the waste paper before you complete the task. He might be looking for a required paper that could be shredded. Shred papers daily to keep all information from others. Take the shredded paper waste spray flour lightly over it. Than spray water over it. This should turn the waste paper into a type of paper mache.

2. Transmitter / Tape Recorder Detector. Find equipment with abilities to hunt out tape recorders as well as occult transmitters. Remember the cheap detector units usually don't detect tape recorders and high frequency transmitters. Find a good silent vibrating detector that can be carried on your person. Find a detector with a wired antenna that can be slip down an arm sleeve make sure its your scanning arm. When any new contact approaches your client it allows you to make contact by hand. T allows you to place your hand upon his or shoulder as they enter your area. This moment should allow your detector the amount of time required for a scan. If your detector vibrates the new contact is hot with a transmitter or recorder.

3. Desk top detector. Look for a desk top detector that your client can have on his desktop or his business office or where he makes contact with people. It should have a secret lite or way of alerting your client of someone wearing a wire or transmitter or recorder.

4. Telephone line detector. Purchase a good telephone line detector. A good unit that protects and alerts of bugs attached to the telephone line.

   Upon alert be prepared with a counter defense response.

Loyalty

Loyalty

Loyalty is a very important part of security and services given to the client. If you decide to become a Security Consultant. You must change your way of thinking you must find loyalty, honor and respect.

Remember the Boy Scout Oath? That oath is the foundation of loyalty and honor.

Loyalty in security is honorable service to the client or clients.

Never reveal to anyone the secrets of the client.

Never repeat what you hear spoken by your client or his associates.

Honor your client, give him or her proper and honorable respect by providing good service and loyalty.

Never criticize your client, if the client is wrong advise him in a kind voice of the errors. You are there to serve him not to criticize.

Serve your client with honor. Be a good and professional warrior.

Give your client the best of the Bushido Code.

Start a Security Review of your building or home.

Start a Security Review of your building or home.

1. Stand in front of the building look at it from the front, the rear, and the sides.

2. Look for the telephone connecting box down or up the street. Check this box very well, look for tampering and if possible look for strange wires, transmitters and tape-recorders. Use a wireless detector over the box. If you find anything call the police first, than call the telephone company or hold back from calling for conducting future dis-information tactics (will be explained later).

3. Look for the telephone box attached to the home, office or building. This box should be about 8” by 8” attached to an exterior wall of your building. Check this box for small transmitters. Use a good wireless detector over the box. If you find anything call the police first, than call the telephone company or hold back from calling for conducting future dis-information tactics.

4. Look at the exterior windows review all panes (glass window frames) look for small white or gray attachments to the glass. If you find an attachment it could be a small battery operated transmitter. It could also be a wired unit with a wire leading down into the plants. If you find one, decide if you detach them or complete a dis-information campaign. These attachments look almost like the alarm attachments but on the outside of the pane.

5. Enter the front door if you have security cameras review the cameras, cables and all connections to cables. Are the cameras the original cameras or similar replacements with internal transmitters? If installing private cameras install the type with cables and without transmitters. Cameras with transmitters allow other unknown persons to receive your frequency and view the images that you also see.

6. Inside the building I recommend reviewing the spaces with transmitter detectors look for electronic (bugs) transmitters every where. Scan the walls, tables, end tables, furniture, lamps, radios, tv' s, electronics I mean everything. Look for the unexpected. Look at all electronics, lamps, clocks, and radios. Look for electrical leeches that are placed internally. These leeches send voice signal over electric lines that often can traveled several blocks or miles down the street.

7. Always look for transmitters, you must scan a search for a signal from 0 Mhz to 2000 Mhz. If you don't have the equipment for searching, hire a contractor a professional device searcher.

8. Search the premises or building once a month or more. I recommend stand alone equipment. Equipment that sits on a desk and searches the air and lines for unusual signals or tempering.

9. Above all, maintain loyalty and honor to your client. Respect your client NEVER reveal anything that you learn or know about your client. Never speak to anyone about your client never brag or talk bad about your client. You must always maintain the clients secrets. Again NEVER NEVER revealed anything.

Executive Protection experience Lesson #1

Sorry I haven't written lately but I have been away doing my work as a Security Consultant in Latin America. While down there, I have been thinking of the way to arrange my blog. I believe I should teach via a lesson and by writing of experiences related to Security issues. I will begin by writing of an experience.

Some years ago I had an important client that had been a politician and had many death threats. I was hired to secure and protect him. I hired a team of security professionals to guard him but one member of the team was a loyal member of the clients family who the client insisted I put him in the group. My team watched over him in every detail but his family member was working behind the scenes against us.

Secretly the client had a mistress who had re-newed contact by the family member supplying her with the clients cellular number. One day the family member allowed my client access through a rear door to a SUV without informing the team-leader and allowed the client to leave the property unguarded.

The client drove down to his mistress home serviced her and started back to his home. On the way back someone fired an RPG into his armored SUV hit the engine, disabled the vehicle. After disabling the vehicle the killers walked up to the vehicle and fired two RPG's into the drivers door the first round blew off the door the second round killed the client.

The killer team received information from the mistress about the client's arrival. The time the client spent with the mistress allowed the ambush to be set up. This was a costly lesson learned by a mistake.

Remember always pick your Security team members, avoid the client's family members. Never allow the client dictate who joins a security team.

Always demand loyalty and communication with the team-leader.

Always control phone communications.

Never, never let the client out back doors.

Interception by Governments

Interception of Private Telephones and the Internet in Homes or Offices.

The interception of private communications occurs twenty four hours a day, seven days a week and 365 days of the year. There are no holidays or day's off for those in the business of spying on you or the world.

The people that spy on you get paid by governments or those who wish to know everything you say or do. These (spy's) people are investigators, government representatives or informants.

Government representatives are paid employees of government agencies.

Investigators or detectives are either government or private employees.

Informants get paid their 30 pieces of silver by competitors or government agencies.

Now, that I am on informants let me tell you about informants and their work. Informants can place occult transmitters or recorders in your property without warrant or court order. The information they collect can be received by or given to government representatives as reliable information.             Such information given to them is considered as reliable source information even though the information was obtained illegally.

Most often informants don't know how to install interceptors, occult transmitters or recorders but are taught by government representatives.

Remember;                                                                              When you go to court to defend yourself from the case that was built based on information illegally collected from your conversations. The court will never asked if the information was collected properly or legally.

In simple words you have been screwed by not protecting your conversations.

The events previously described are identified by government representatives as Communications intelligence.

Our government has an agency known as Comint that collects Communications intelligence involving the covert interception of world wide communications. c\Covert (Occult) Interception has been practised by almost every advanced nation since international telecommunications became available. Comint information derived from the interception of international communications has long been routinely used to obtain sensitive data concerning individuals, organized crime groups, governments, trade and international organisations.

Communications intelligence (Comint) is defined by the National Security Agency (NSA), the largest agency conducting such operations as "technical and intelligence information derived from foreign communications by other than their intended recipient".

The targets of Comint operations are varied. The most traditional Comint targets are military messages and diplomatic communications between national capitals and missions abroad. Since the 1960s, following the growth of world trade, the collection of economic intelligence and information about scientific and technical developments has been an increasingly important aspect of Comint. More recent targets include narcotics trafficking, money laundering, terrorism and organized crime.

The first essential of Comint is access to the desired communications medium so that communications may be intercepted. Microwave radio signals are not reflected from the ionosphere and pass directly into space. This property has been exploited both to provide global communications and, conversely, to intercept such communications in space and on land.

The largest constellation of communications satellites (COMSATs) is operated by the International Telecommunications Satellite organization (Intelsat), an international treaty organization. To provide permanent communications from point to point or for broadcasting purposes, communications satellites are placed into so-called "geostationary" orbits such that, to the earth-based observer, they appear to maintain the same position in the sky.

The first geostationary Intelsat satellites were orbited in 1967. Satellite technology developed rapidly. The fourth generation of Intelsat satellites, introduced in 1971, provided capacity for 4,000 simultaneous telephone channels and were capable of handling all forms of communications simultaneously –telephone, telex, telegraph, television, data and facsimile. In 1999, Intelsat operated 19 satellites of its 5 th of 8th generations. The latest generation can handle the equivalent to 90,000 simultaneous calls.

90,000 calls at once are monitored by Continuous speech recognition software working in real time using a powerful fast, processor. Because of the lack of training and the complex signal environment found in intercepted telephone calls, it is likely that even faster processors and better software than used in modern PCs would yield poorer results than are now provided by well-trained commercial systems. Significantly, an underlying problem is that voice keyword recognition is, as with machine-readable messages, an imperfect means to the more useful intelligence goal – topic spotting. In simple English it recognizes words spoken and the computer locks into the conversation and records it.

Cellular Phones, how spys can use them to get you.

Cellular phones of this New World are the greatest tool for spying on anyone in the past 50 years. A Cellular telephone can be used in many ways to spy on you or anybody.

A programmable Cellular phone or a Cellular telephone with blue-tooth technology can be intercepted, monitored or listen to by anybody willing to spend about one hundred and sixty dollars or more on good software to program your phone.

By re-programming your phone, the reprogrammed phone can send someone else with the right access code your location, the phone number of all your outgoing calls, relays your conversations, the phone number of all incoming or outgoing calls, copies of all your incoming or outgoing text messages.

The phone can allow the programmer (spy) to listen in on your calls. The spy can completely know and hear what you say, who you talk to, where you are going, where you hide your stuff or when your Uncle is coming to the City with your Christmas gifts or comics.

Any Cellular phone can be programmed to remain turned on while it's closed or looks closed. The Cellular phone can transmit your conversations while sitting in private, the office or the restaurant.

Some give out GPS data that can be used by government representatives to locate you shortly after the informant leaves.

Always watch out for those friendly asses that carry cellular phones like gifted children it could be that friendly fool is relaying all your conversations to his friendly friends or maybe he's a lousy informant. The only legal way in United States to defend your self against cellular phones sending your conversations to others is to have all incoming visitors to turn off cellulars before getting near you.

Place a nice basket somewhere prominent but away from you preferably in another room so visitors can put their cellular phones there while talking to you or your client.

Also watch out where you buy a cellular phone I know a guy in Colombia that opened his own cellular service dealership where he sells cellular phones and service access. He programs cellular phones that he sells, he listens to his best customers and gives special discounts to get his phones out on the street. He also gives access to his customers to Colombian Intelligence agencies.

I live in the USA, If I lived in another country I could order a good 100 meter cellular signal jammer from China and have it delivered to my office. A good cellular jammer can be bought by citizens of another country to use in their country. I have a good recommended seller of cellular jammers in China that ships directly to foreign buyers. The jammer displayed below sells for about $175 U.S. Dollars.

Mobile phone quad-band signal jammers are for worldwide use. The cellphone jammer transmits low power radio signals to cut off communications between cell phones and cell base stations. They do not interfere with anything other than mobile phones within the 20 meter working radius. I recommend jammers that work out to about 20 meters or more. Upon activating (turning on) the signal jammer, all the nearby phones will indicate "NO NETWORK", so you can conduct your company presentation, meeting, dinner, worship service, legal proceedings, or other important activities without being disturbed. When the phone jammer is turned from on to off, all cell hand phones will automatically re-establish communications and provide full service. While you may have seen plenty of mobile phone jammers before, this one is quite simply one of the best we have ever tested. Portable mobile shielding cell phone signals within a security radius. There is No setup necessary; turn on and it immediately begins to jam localized signals.

My recommended supplier for good cellular jammer is Chinavasion a website supplier that ships good jammer products in plain paper boxes. Their address is;

http://www.chinavasion.com/product_info.php/pName/high-power-mobile-phone-jammer-with-strength-remote-control/

Remember any questions or topics contact me.

Respectfully, Daniel Parker

Occult ( Hidden ) Video Cameras

Hidden (CCTV) Camera Locater's

In this New World, everywhere we go, you see small black domes on the ceilings of businesses throughout your city, shopping malls and stores. Behind these small or large domes are closed circuit tele-vision cameras that see you, follow you, or keep an eye on your hands. A majority of these systems record your movements from area to area in the business zones.

These type of CCTV systems, I have no problem with because they protect their stuff and serve as evidence of theft. What I hate are those hidden cameras that people put into lamps, clocks, radios, behind mirrors, smoke detectors, flower planters and G^d knows what else.

A few years ago I was doing contract work in Mexico, I checked into a hotel in Mexico City I laid all my equipment on the extra bed. I checked out every piece of counter-surveillance detection gear that I had. When I turned on my camera locater it we went off detecting something immediately. I scanned the room and discovered cameras in the lamps, alarm clock and in the bathroom smoke detector.

I went downstairs and requested another room. I was given another room on the same floor. I went in and the detector went off again. I discovered cameras in the same fixtures. I went down stairs I asked for a room on a different floor. That room was safe and secure.

After a few days I was in conversation with one of the hotel staff and I discovered that the whole floor had been bugged by an unknown Mexican Intelligence unit to monitor special guests. You never where there are cameras. You never know who is watching who.

Did you know? That there are tie clip cameras that record you and your conversations.

How that I got you worried about occult cameras. I will tell you how to defend yourself by detecting these beauties. There exist in this New world specialized technology that detects cameras. Again many of these detectors are cheap want-a-be's, for the most part they are worthless. Remember if you seek gold nuggets use a gold nugget metal-detector and not a coin metal-detector. If you seek cameras always pay extra for the real stuff. A real camera detector could save your secrets, data, job, money, marriage and keep you out of jail.

Now I will reveal one of many good occult camera detectors. This particular model is known as the DLU-02 Camera Detector. It is a very good detector and it is easy to operate.

The new DLU-02 is a lightweight, battery-powered device that allows the user to quickly identify and locate hidden cameras, including spy/pinhole cameras, CCTV cameras, camcorders and auto focus cameras. The DLU-02 provides the operator with a choice of LED colors and operational modes. Two LED wavelengths are user selectable via a toggle button on the unit. The DLU-02 is designed for optimum performance over a range from 3 - 33 feet (1-10 meters). It is primely intended for use indoors. The unit can be used beyond 10 meters and in outdoor situations, but performance will be degraded depending on the ambient lighting conditions.

The cost of this model is about $ 2,500.00 If you order this unit from Canada or England the sellers will ship it to you via FedEx or UPS in a brown paper wrapped box.

A respected supplier in Canada is a company known as Spy Stuff. You can call them Toll Free out of North America, by calling 1-800-996-6023.

Remember if you have any questions or request for special subjects contact me. Respectfully, Daniel Parker.

Occult (Hidden) Detectors working against Occult Recorders / Devices

In today's world there exist people who make a living by being informants. These low life's walk into your world and secretly record your conversations and give them to government representatives. The informants sweet talk you and often talk to you into illegal activities. Most of your conversations are recorded by micro-recorders or relayed to remote tape or digital recorder.

Protection against those informants that walk up to you carrying an occult (hidden) transmitter or recorder. There exist in today's world, detecting equipment that you can wear hidden on your body that will reveal hidden recorders or transmitters.

These detectors are just a little bigger than a pack of cigarettes. Most of these detectors will announce hidden transmitters or recorders by quietly vibrating in your pocket. They will vibrate quietly and silently, only you will know that person nearing you is bugged or carrying recorders or transmitters. These type of detectors locate electronic bugs within twenty feet of you. Many vibrating detectors sold are worthless toys but there are some very good detectors.If you purchase a good detector I honestly tell you, your purchase will save you large Attorney fees.

Here is the data for one of the better units made at a good price.

Body Mic Busters - This very good unit sells for about $700.00 U.S. Dollars. The Body Mic Buster has been designed to offer dual detection capabilities. It will alert you to the presence of an active RF body type transmitter or tape recorder, or both simultaneously.

The response modes of the Body Mic Busters are also dual; they are the silent vibrator alert and the visual alert which consists of three light indicators LEDs. The Body Mic Buster will signal you to RF transmissions or to the presence of a tape recorder by vibrating silently and covertly. The Body Mic Buster will detect frequencies of 1 mhz to 1000 mhz. It is pocket size about the size of a pack of cigarettes. The separate indicator lights ("RF" or "Tape") will also activate, thus visually verifying the particular mode of surveillance that has been detected. (The remaining light indicator alerts you to a weak battery).

You can buy a Body Mic Buster from Spy Stuff in Ontario, Canada. Thanks to NAFTA they can ship in a brown package UPS to your Office or home. Buy securely online or order by phone! Call Toll Free in North America: 1-800-996-6023 International calls: 1-416-482-8588 The people at Spy Stuff Ontario are very good folks be nice to them.  Remember any questions just contact me via e-mail. D. Parker

Deep Sea Fishing

Deep Sea fishing or Spying on people is fairly easy. I can learn much about my neighbor just by talking with him or by fishing, that's going through his garbage. Unconscious people give the spy all types of opportunities and ways to spy on them. If you are awake and know that people spy on people. Than you are the one that has bought the paper shredder. Shreds his lose paper daily, sprinkles flour of the shredded paper and than sprays water on the shreds.

Lost you? By shredding paper, than sprinkling flour on the shredded papers and spraying water on the floured paper. We have turned the paper into a paper pinata ball. We have made it harder to read our garbage and have made anyone going through the garbage more noticeable. He's the fellow with sticky white fingers and elbows.

Deep Sea fishing is visiting your neighbor sitting in the living room and paying attention to the magazines on the coffee table. Checking out the medicine cabinet in his bathroom when you go take that leak that you have to take quickly.

By finding out what kind of magazines are on the coffee table we discover that the neighbor loves golfing, surfing, fishing or guns. We discover the places where he hangs out at.

By going through his medicine cabinet we can find out what type of health problems he has. The name of the medicine when researched will give a use.

I knew a guy in Mexico City that discovered his neighbor was on serious cancer treatment by going through his medicine cabinet. His neighbor lived on the 5^th floor and he lived in the 4^th floor. He realized his neighbor had a short life expectancy. So he assumed his neighbor's identity for a physical exam and had himself insured under his neighbor's name for one million dollars. He knew he was going to lose money for a few months but he would gain greatly upon the neighbor's death. Seven months later his neighbor died and three months later he collected on the policy. Today he is rich man.

Hiding Valuables

Hiding valuables doesn't seem related to Counter-Measures or Surveillance but it is. At times, we may have to hide important data or devices. Today I will reveal some simple tips but of great value. As time goes on I will reveal more and more different techniques for different needs.

Hiding Tip #01. Next time you are visiting the butcher shop ask the butcher for about three feet or more of extra wrapping paper. Go home cut the paper into one or one and a half foot sections. Now you can butcher wrap bundles of money or gold jewelry and hide it in the freezer.

Hiding Tip #02. Need to hide keys? Stick them with scotch tape under the kitchen sink or under the living room television set. You can also drop them in your outside mail box or put them in your vitamin plastic bottles. Don't put them in your wallet.

Hiding Tip #03. Need to hide a cellular phone or a small device put it in zip lock bag attached the bag to the springs under that fancy chair in the living room. “Be sure the electronic devices are turned off.”

Hiding Tip #04. Wish to hide a large amount of money? Put the money in a Freezer gallon size zip lock bag. Put that bag in a second gallon bag zip it shut and you have a doubled lined money bag. This bag can be buried, any where in your property or someone else's property. I know people that bury money in a public park an area where there is no digging in the future.

“Don't worry about metal detectors finding the bags.”

The Easiest Listening Post to Assemble

A fairly easy listening post to build for any office or home is what I call the Adult Monitor. The unit can be built/installed into a lamp, a clock device or any electrical end table device.
First we start with the Radio Shack Advanced 3-Station/3-Channel FM Wireless Intercom  model #43-3105 which sells for $49.99. We remove the (listening) transmitting unit from its plastic box. We take that unit and installed it into the lamp or clock internally. We connect the system to the internal electric wires as a leech. We adapt the microphone where it can listen. We might even have to add wire to the microphone to extend its reach.
Or we might have to drill a micro-hole to attach the microphone to. Now we have a listening post to install in the office waiting area or living room where we can monitor guests from another room. We if we use the wireless unit that transmits over the airwaves we can monitor the conversations from next door. Or at least 1000 feet away from the lamp.
If you buy a fairly beautiful or exotic lamp like a Tiffany style lamp. You install the monitor and give the lamp as a gift. There you have a cheap monitoring device.

The World has changed. It's now easier to spy on anyone. I mean anyone!

Everyone in the Civilian World that I talk to is totally oblivious to how easy it is to spy on them. Everybody is a target to being spied on. In fact our daily buys and purchases have improved the simplicity of spying on the (target) consumer.
Example next time you are on the highway driving your GM vehicle someone outside your close circle knows where you are on the road. If your vehicle has any type of "On Star" service someone unknown to you knows where you are.
In fact, if a representative of your government can access your "On Star" access code, that representative can follow you as you drive to New York, Dallas or Las Vegas. With the right Court order that representative can listen to your conversations and all conversations that take place in that vehicle.
Your "On Star" service gives that representative of your government total knowledge of where you are and who you are talking to. Remember representatives of your government, could be Interpol Police Officers, Federal Agents or your local County Sheriff.
Remember everyone can be spied on even the President of the United States. Especially those with Blackberry Cellular Phones or any high tech voice device.