From 'alert' to 'alarmed': terror threat level has been raised from medium to high

[chocolate radiation man]

Re: From 'alert' to 'alarmed': terror threat level has been raised from medium to...

Like I said you are clearly unaware of everything I do and have done. Notwithstanding your snide comment about the dg of asio.

In other news. Official notification today that the increase was not due to a specific threat.

I read your comments with a smile on my face meadhead. I have a particular clearance which is Military and another, Police. I also hold an ASIC as I must frequently enter a controlled area covered by ATC and or Ground Personnel, and also am about to hold a MSIC as there needs to be some QA inspections on the shipment of our products to an overseas port. As such I must keep my finger on the pulse so to speak of what I can and cannot do/say/imply - it would seem that your implied level of "security clearance" that you have imposes no such battery limits, which is strange.

We also have a company appointed security adviser on site who has a liaison officer within the government (unsure of the department) who helps to keep our internal threat policy either aligned with the governments policy or slightly higher.

I take everything the government says regarding security of this nation as them only acting in the best interest of Australia, and not some personal attack against a faceless person on an internet forum who hides behind a fake name such as meadhead or chocolate radiation man.

That is only my opinion and I am not forcing it upon you meadhead nor am I making you a victim of the policy I agree with.

We should all take a step back and realise that the policy adopted in this instance is suggested by some of the highest regarded homeland security departments in the world - I for one am happy that the government has taken this direction with or without their transparency on how ASIO and the other departments came to their conclusions.

 

[medhead]

Re: From 'alert' to 'alarmed': terror threat level has been raised from medium to...

I read your comments with a smile on my face meadhead. I have a particular clearance which is Military and another, Police. I also hold an ASIC as I must frequently enter a controlled area covered by ATC and or Ground Personnel, and also am about to hold a MSIC as there needs to be some QA inspections on the shipment of our products to an overseas port. As such I must keep my finger on the pulse so to speak of what I can and cannot do/say/imply - it would seem that your implied level of "security clearance" that you have imposes no such battery limits, which is strange.

We also have a company appointed security adviser on site who has a liaison officer within the government (unsure of the department) who helps to keep our internal threat policy either aligned with the governments policy or slightly higher.

I take everything the government says regarding security of this nation as them only acting in the best interest of Australia, and not some personal attack against a faceless person on an internet forum who hides behind a fake name such as meadhead or chocolate radiation man.

That is only my opinion and I am not forcing it upon you meadhead nor am I making you a victim of the policy I agree with.

We should all take a step back and realise that the policy adopted in this instance is suggested by some of the highest regarded homeland security departments in the world - I for one am happy that the government has taken this direction with or without their transparency on how ASIO and the other departments came to their conclusions.

I guess your having an autocorrect failure. Spelling names properly is one sign of respect. I do take amaroo's personal comment about me as an attack. As for my implied security clearance, do quote where I've given anything a way that isn't publicly available. I will question a policy setting that says there is a greater than 50% chance of an attack when it is not based on a specific threat.

 

[medhead]

Re: From 'alert' to 'alarmed': terror threat level has been raised from medium to...

Indeed. Maybe the last Gov should have raised the alert level years ago

Why not the government in charge when they were stolen?

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Re: From 'alert' to 'alarmed': terror threat level has been raised from medium to...

I for one am happy that the government has taken this direction with or without their transparency on how ASIO and the other departments came to their conclusions.

Our intelligence and security forces should always be on high alert. They are professionals and paid to do their job to the fullest extent at all times. Government departments, police, security and intelligence don't need a public announcement about an increased threat level, they would get that internally.

The question is the public announcement of the increase alert, without any specific guidance of what it means or what we can do about it. In fact we have been told there is no specific threat. So all we have is an increase in status, for no apparent benefit to us, the public.

 

[amaroo]

Re: From 'alert' to 'alarmed': terror threat level has been raised from medium to...

I guess your having an autocorrect failure. Spelling names properly is one sign of respect. I do take amaroo's personal comment about me as an attack. As for my implied security clearance, do quote where I've given anything a way that isn't publicly available. I will question a policy setting that says there is a greater than 50% chance of an attack when it is not based on a specific threat.

Sorry. It's just that your post read like you knew/know more than the DG and security services in general.... I shall do well to take future grandiose statements with a grain of salt!

Versus the quote earlier on in thread that there was no specific threat that caused the level to be raised. I suggest that direct quotes on the current situation trump some random FAQ.

As for joining those people, I've had enough experience with them telling me I have to spend vast sums of money because they said so, while refusing to detail the specific threat.

But then this is a prime example where you are unaware of what I do and what I have done.

 

[chocolate radiation man]

Re: From 'alert' to 'alarmed': terror threat level has been raised from medium to...

Well ok then. You're not forcing your opinion on me but having a different opinion to you means you can't even pay me the basic respect of getting my name correct. That kind of general failure in societal norms does cause me general angst, but it is all to comment these days.

Anyway, I don't see the need for a competition over qualifications to earn your respect. I've stated my opinion and my reasons for that opinion. No need to be insulting.

As I said medhead, I didn't mean to cause you angst over the misspelling of your name. If that is an insult, well there's not much hope that you and I will ever be able to have a civil conversation with the insult bar set that low - have you ever considered raising it a bit to lower your stress levels?

(That was said as a funny - not to insult you)

Anyway - regardless of the perceived insult which for the very last time I will reiterate was unintentional, you have literally torn others to pieces in this thread for having an opinion yet berate others as you feel that they are attacking your opinion - it is rather confusing to me this stance - perhaps I have not spent long enough in this forum to understand the nuances of forum posting.

It would be best to gather up our toys, throw them back in the cot and get back on topic methinks as I know a war of angry words is neither justified nor healthy.

The subject was the raising of the terror threat alert?


CRM

 

[BadgerBoi]

Re: From 'alert' to 'alarmed': terror threat level has been raised from medium to...

Indeed. Maybe the last Gov should have raised the alert level years ago

Remind me again, who was in charge in 2002 when those things went missing?

 

[amaroo]

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Remind me again, who was in charge in 2002 when those things went missing?

An excellent pair of hands

 

[medhead]

Re: From 'alert' to 'alarmed': terror threat level has been raised from medium to hig

Heightening my cynicism level to extreme, I've just been advised that a specific threat level for [can't tell you] has [better not divulge certain information]. At least today's meetings won't be entirely wasted as we did identify a couple of things.

 

[whatmeworry]

Re: From 'alert' to 'alarmed': terror threat level has been raised from medium to hig

So who is our defence minister?

 

[serfty]

Re: From 'alert' to 'alarmed': terror threat level has been raised from medium to hig

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