http://blogs.msdn.com/reedme/archive/tags/counterterrorism/default.aspxTags: counterterrorismenCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)http://blogs.msdn.com/reedme/archive/2009/03/31/yeah-i-know-i-said-i-d-never-run-for-office-again.aspxTue, 31 Mar 2009 19:07:43 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9523111reedme1http://blogs.msdn.com/reedme/comments/9523111.aspxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/reedme/commentrss.aspx?PostID=9523111http://blogs.msdn.com/reedme/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=9523111<p>But then I went and put my name in the hat once more... because it’s for a good cause! </p> <p>No, it’s not April Fool’s. That’s tomorrow.</p> <p>Personally, I’d like to thank L.D. Kirshenbaum (the author of the article below) for giving us a fair shake. I’m sure that there were some embarrassing quotes among all the hours that we chatted which she could’ve taken out of context, but she was very professional.</p> <table cellspacing="5" cellpadding="5" width="501" border="0"><tbody> <tr> <td valign="top">&#160; </td> <td valign="top"> <p><a href="http://www.newsplink.com/2009/03/31/the-gun-club-at-microsoft/"><em><img alt="The Gun Club at Microsoft" src="http://www.newsplink.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/gun-couple_536x494-150x150.jpg" border="0" /></em></a><em></em></p> </td> <td valign="top"> <p><a href="http://www.newsplink.com/2009/03/31/the-gun-club-at-microsoft/"><em><font size="1">The Gun Club at Microsoft</font></em></a></p> <p><small><em><font size="1">March 31st, 2009 | Posted in </font></em><a href="http://www.newsplink.com/category/american-bulletin/"><em><font size="1">American Bulletin</font></em></a></small></p> <p><em><font size="1">Right now, the Gun Club has 756 members. <br /></font></em><em><font size="1">At left, new President David Reed celebrated his wedding anniversary </font><font size="1">with his wife, Samia, at the shooting range.</font></em> </p> <p><em><font size="1">Photos by Andrew McDonald.</font></em></p> <p></p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <p>We’re having a big get-together for Second Amendment Day on Saturday, if anybody wants to come out and celebrate with us.</p> <p>Yeah, I’m a month overdue on a fitness duel update, a bike update and all that. I’ve been busy (and not necessarily in a fun way). Now that everyone @ Fort Reed is reasonably healthy again, I’ll have more time to goof off.</p><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9523111" width="1" height="1">securitycounterterrorismfamilygeek humorMicrosoftskillzperceptionelectioneducationlegalgun clubhttp://blogs.msdn.com/reedme/archive/2007/10/22/data-mining-from-casinos-to-counterterrorism.aspxMon, 22 Oct 2007 17:42:48 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:5600816reedme1http://blogs.msdn.com/reedme/comments/5600816.aspxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/reedme/commentrss.aspx?PostID=5600816http://blogs.msdn.com/reedme/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=5600816<p>I guess DHS has figured out that bad guys are bad guys and existing expertise and technology probably will translate from fraud prevention to terrorism prevention.</p> <blockquote> <p><em>Casinos have tried to use facial-recognition software to identify known cheats in real time, but with little success. Casino lighting is often dim, and a player who wants to conceal his identity can hide behind a hat, sunglasses or a false beard. </em></p> <p><em>But in a few years, some say, iris-scan technology will be mature enough to use in gaming. Casinos might ask people to sit for a scan of the iris, which, like a fingerprint, has a unique pattern. That pattern would be transformed into a template to be matched against a database. <br /></em><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/21/AR2007102101522_pf.html">From Casinos to Counterterrorism (washingtonpost.com)</a></p> </blockquote> <p>Data mining retinal scans and RFID flow to track betting sounds like a rather cool gig!</p><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=5600816" width="1" height="1">data miningsecuritycounterterrorismdatabasegamblingsurveillance