An Article Out Loud Flashback from the Domestic Preparedness Journal, November 28, 2012.
Before passenger aircraft were hijacked and used as weapons, and bombs were smuggled inside underwear and shoes, such attacks may not have seemed likely to occur. Similarly, the reproduction and dispersal of the “eradicated” smallpox virus may seem to be an extremely small risk, but early planning is required to cope with what is still a potentially viable threat.
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Richard Schoeberl
Richard Schoeberl, Ph.D., has over 30 years of law enforcement experience, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC). He has served in a variety of positions throughout his career, ranging from a supervisory special agent at the FBI’s headquarters in Washington, D.C., to unit chief of the International Terrorism Operations Section at the NCTC’s headquarters in Langley, Virginia. Before these organizations, he worked as a special agent investigating violent crime, human trafficking, international terrorism, and organized crime. Additionally, he has authored numerous scholarly articles, serves as a peer mentor with the Police Executive Research Forum, is currently the chair of the criminal justice and homeland security graduate and undergraduate programs at the University of Tennessee Southern, and works with Hope for Justice—a global nonprofit combating human trafficking. He has served as an advisor withDomestic Preparedness Journalfor two decades.
