China is seeking permanent observer status at the Arctic Council, a multilateral forum which discusses security, shipping and energy issues in the high north.
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With Intel set to spin off its security unit into a reincarnation of McAfee, attention is quickly turning to Chris Young, the guy tasked with steering the security ship through tumultuous waters and back toward relative independence.
Just last month the Japanese whaling security ship the Shonan Maru No. 2 collided with the SSCS high-tech stealth vessel the Ady Gil, thereby cutting it in two and sinking it.
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American diplomat Donna Leigh Hopkins credited the combined efforts of international naval forces and increased security on ships, including the use of armed guards.
Intelligence analysts with the United States Central Command did review overall security for ships visiting Yemen, but neither the American Embassy nor the Pentagon's Defense Logistics Agency required or conducted extensive vetting of Yemeni port workers, the officials said.
In particular, the commission found cracks in security for ships and aircraft as they move through the region, as the Cole was doing when it stopped in the Yemeni port of Aden on Oct. 12 and was attacked by a harbor skiff packed with explosives, the officials said.
This year the Japanese fleet has added security forces, ships and planes dedicated to tracking the Sea Shepherds location, and physical violence against SSCS.
