{"id":87206,"date":"2017-10-21T10:18:13","date_gmt":"2017-10-21T14:18:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=87206"},"modified":"2017-10-21T10:23:30","modified_gmt":"2017-10-21T14:23:30","slug":"see-how-israeli-terrorism-experts-are-being-used-to-further-lock-down-public-places","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=87206","title":{"rendered":"See how Israeli terrorism experts are being used to further lock down public places after Vegas"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Israeli terrorism expert weighs in on Las Vegas hotel security<\/h1>\n<p><!--more-->By: Patrick Walker<br \/>\nLas Vegas Now<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Amir Goren - Israeli terrorism expert weighs in on Las Vegas hotel security\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bQ53uU7Fl8I?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>LAS VEGAS &#8211; In the wake of the Las Vegas&#8217;\u00a0mass shooting,\u00a0the question of security is front and center.<\/p>\n<p>One terrorism expert has some suggestions\u00a0based on over three decades of fighting terrorism as a member of the Israeli\u00a0Defense Force.<\/p>\n<p>Colonel Amir\u00a0Goren spent more than 30 years\u00a0in the most elite units of the Israeli\u00a0Defense Forces. As an internationally-known anti-terror and security expert,\u00a0he has a blunt assessment of how Las Vegas\u00a0hotels rank as targets.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reporter Patrick\u00a0Walker:<\/strong>\u00a0&#8220;Do you believe that our hotels are, from what you&#8217;ve seen, are they prepared to deal with this again?&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>Col. Amir\u00a0Goren:<\/strong>\u00a0&#8220;In this moment, no. Absolutely not.&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>Reporter Patrick\u00a0Walker:<\/strong>\u00a0&#8220;But you believe they can get there?&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>Col. Amir\u00a0Goren:\u00a0<\/strong>&#8220;Of course, absolutely, yes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Las Vegas is seen by many as a place to escape reality for the weekend. A\u00a0place to let loose\u00a0but also maintain a modicum of privacy.<\/p>\n<p>Goren says that&#8217;s part of what allowed Stephen\u00a0Paddock to prepare for his shooting spree. He said, there are things Paddock may have done that could have been noticed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If he goes several times to the garage with his same luggage, or with the big suitcase,\u00a0and a heavy suitcase, you should look at\u00a0it to see if it&#8217;s a threat or not.\u00a0 And, you should check it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Goren says it all boils down to this argument for hotels &#8212; what&#8217;s the right balance of safety versus privacy measures?<\/p>\n<p>He suggests a two-pronged approach.<\/p>\n<p>First, guests and luggage subject to x-ray and metal detector inspection. Second,\u00a0security teams trained and equipped as first responders\u00a0who are\u00a0able to take out a threat in the moments before police arrive.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reporter Patrick Walker:<\/strong>\u00a0&#8220;These sound like people who could be, perhaps, military veterans or somebody that has extensive training already?&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>Col. Amir\u00a0Goren:<\/strong>\u00a0&#8220;Absolutely right, we have a lot of, plenty of veterans, great American veterans in this country, why do we not use them?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>One thing is clear,\u00a0some type of changes are coming. To what degree\u00a0remains to be seen.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reporter Patrick Walker:<\/strong>\u00a0&#8220;In your opinion, can you ever really prevent a tragedy like this from happening?&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>Col. Amir\u00a0Goren:<\/strong>\u00a0&#8220;You know, never. You won&#8217;t have 100 percent, never, but you should do all the action, all the preparation, to minimize the attack or the threat.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Goren is inviting the Strip security chiefs to a security seminar at the end of the month.<\/p>\n<p>His Nevada-based company Agoge\u00a0Academy consults for a number of airlines and companies worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lasvegasnow.com\/news\/israeli-terrorism-expert-weighs-in-on-las-vegas-hotel-security\/834988921\">http:\/\/www.lasvegasnow.com\/news\/israeli-terrorism-expert-weighs-in-on-las-vegas-hotel-security\/834988921<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Israeli terrorism expert weighs in on Las Vegas hotel security<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-87206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=87206"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87206\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=87206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=87206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=87206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}