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The Thin Purple Line
The dubious rise of the private-security industry
A recent report commissioned by Allied identified the greatest security threat as the growing incidence of theft before citing newer concerns, such as “social unrest [and] climate change,” as well as “hackers, protestors, [and] spies.” Pinkerton famously claimed that his firm foiled an 1861 assassination plot against Abraham Lincoln. That morning, dozens of people gathered in front of the BNY building to protest the bank’s significant holdings in Elbit Systems, an Israeli defense firm accused of producing drones and ammunition used in the country’s siege of Gaza. “I have personally known Frank for over twenty years,” Steve Jones said in a statement announcing the news, adding that SecurAmerica’s “people and culture will fit perfectly into Allied Universal and our long-term organizational plans.” These plans included locking down airline-security work in countries where it remains out of government hands.
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