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Title: New NDSU center to target terrorism
Post by: pmp6nl on September 11, 2008, 12:28:14 PM
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New NDSU center to target terrorism
Amy Dalrymple, The Forum
Published Thursday, September 11, 2008

Fargo isn’t an obvious place to turn for al-Qaida and counterterrorism expertise.

Jarret Brachman wants to change that.

The new hire at North Dakota State University is launching a homeland security research and education center.

Brachman, who recently directed West Point’s Combating Terrorism Center, wants NDSU to be the “go-to place” for strategies on keeping transportation systems secure from terrorism threats.

The new center will be through NDSU’s Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute.

Read on at http://www.in-forum.com/articles/index.cfm?id=214359