Steven Pomerantz, Director of Counter Terrorism Programs at the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs (JINSA ) and James C. Burke, Commanding Officer of the Suffolk County Police Department Organized Crime Bureau will discuss Domestic Terrorism on Thursday, August 5th at 7:30 p.m. This is a free event and all are welcome.

 

The Jewish Institute for National Security was founded as a result of the lessons learned from the 1973 Yom Kippur War. JINSA is an educational organization committed to explaining the need for a prudent national security policy for the United States addressing the security requirements of both the United States and Israel and strengthening the strategic cooperation relationship these two democracies.

 

The Suffolk County Organized Crime Bureau investigates criminal enterprises and corrupt government officials.

 

The events of September 11th, Oklahoma City bombing and Christmas Day underwear bomber in Chicago were all initially handled by local law enforcement or the joint FBI/NYPD terrorism task force.  Fighting terror and eliminating terrorists has become a central theme and, sadly, a domestic necessity. The Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, in the global world economy, no longer afford us the protection to which we have become accustomed. Through JINSA’s Law Enforcement Exchange Program, many senior American law enforcement officials (including our own Inspector Burke) have benefitted from experiences and information that they have gained through exposure to their colleagues in Israel.