Liberty Star
01-10-2010, 02:52 PM
When current Israeli PM had said that 9/11 attcks were "good for Israel", was he referring to this security buiness boom for Israel?
Is Israeli "blackwater" linked firm controlling airport security for many European/US airports still despite its tarnished reputation of using torture and beating Palestinian race detainees to death ?
10/01/2010
Israeli firm blasted for letting would-be plane bomber slip through
By Yossi Melman, Haaretz Correspondent
Tags: Israel news, ICTS
The Israeli firm ICTS International (not to be confused with ICTS Europe, which is a different company), and two of its subsidiaries are at the crux of an international investigation in recent days, as experts try to pinpoint the reasons for the security failure that enabled Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab to board Northwest flight 253 and attempt to set alight explosives hidden in his underwear.
ICTS was established in 1982 by former members of the Shin Bet and El Al security. Menachem Atzmon, who has been chairman of the board of directors since 2004, holds the controlling shares in the firm.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1141434.html
Tarnished reputation[13]
Like Mossad, the Israeli foreign intelligence agency, Shin Bet's reputation has suffered in recent years.
Interrogation methods
Shin Bet's interrogation methods, especially of Palestinians, have always been controversial and criticised by Israeli and international human rights groups.
Human rights groups have alleged that many prisoners died at the hands of Shin Bet or were left paralysed after a period of detention.
In 1999, the Israeli high court ruled that there was no legal basis for violent shaking of prisoners, depriving them of sleep and forcing them into painful positions for long periods. The court ruled that Shin Bet's methods should not differ form the Israeli police.
One of the most severe interrogation methods, regularly practiced during the 1988-92 intifada, left handcuffed prisoners stretched backwards over stools, with sacks over their heads and loud music blasting into their ears.
Shin Bet denied that these interrogation methods constituted torture, and insisted that what was termed "moderate or increased physical pressure" could be employed, notably in so-called "ticking bomb" cases, where prisoners are thought to have information about imminent terrorist attacks.
Is Israeli "blackwater" linked firm controlling airport security for many European/US airports still despite its tarnished reputation of using torture and beating Palestinian race detainees to death ?
10/01/2010
Israeli firm blasted for letting would-be plane bomber slip through
By Yossi Melman, Haaretz Correspondent
Tags: Israel news, ICTS
The Israeli firm ICTS International (not to be confused with ICTS Europe, which is a different company), and two of its subsidiaries are at the crux of an international investigation in recent days, as experts try to pinpoint the reasons for the security failure that enabled Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab to board Northwest flight 253 and attempt to set alight explosives hidden in his underwear.
ICTS was established in 1982 by former members of the Shin Bet and El Al security. Menachem Atzmon, who has been chairman of the board of directors since 2004, holds the controlling shares in the firm.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1141434.html
Tarnished reputation[13]
Like Mossad, the Israeli foreign intelligence agency, Shin Bet's reputation has suffered in recent years.
Interrogation methods
Shin Bet's interrogation methods, especially of Palestinians, have always been controversial and criticised by Israeli and international human rights groups.
Human rights groups have alleged that many prisoners died at the hands of Shin Bet or were left paralysed after a period of detention.
In 1999, the Israeli high court ruled that there was no legal basis for violent shaking of prisoners, depriving them of sleep and forcing them into painful positions for long periods. The court ruled that Shin Bet's methods should not differ form the Israeli police.
One of the most severe interrogation methods, regularly practiced during the 1988-92 intifada, left handcuffed prisoners stretched backwards over stools, with sacks over their heads and loud music blasting into their ears.
Shin Bet denied that these interrogation methods constituted torture, and insisted that what was termed "moderate or increased physical pressure" could be employed, notably in so-called "ticking bomb" cases, where prisoners are thought to have information about imminent terrorist attacks.