As Afghanistan battle continues, massive cities ‘ramping up’ safety efforts: Fmr. NYPD, Customs head Ray Kelly

EXCLUSIVE – The USA’ ongoing disaster in Afghanistan will depart a “gaping gap” in legislation enforcement brokers’ intelligence-gathering talents, as investigators will seemingly lose entry to eyes and ears on the bottom, former police and customs commissioner Ray Kelly informed Fox Information. 

Police departments in main U.S. cities, resembling New York, will seemingly be ramping up safety and intelligence efforts to guard in opposition to any terror threats posed by the continued assaults in Afghanistan, Kelly stated throughout a Friday telephone name. 

Kelly was the primary particular person to serve two phrases on the helm of the New York Police Division, taking over the function for the second time simply months after the assaults on Sept. 11, 2001. He’s additionally a United States Marine Corps veteran and served as commissioner of the U.S. Customs Service, which has since been separated into Immigrations and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Safety. 

NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly speaks to the media throughout a information convention at One Police Plaza on Saturday, Oct. 12, 2013, in New York. (AP Photograph/John Minchillo) (The Related Press)

He has been lauded by Tempo College partly for main the NYPD in its “formidable new capability to handle the specter of terrorism.”

Talking about prevention measures that New York Metropolis would seemingly take amid issues associated to Afghanistan, Kelly stated investigators are “doing extra of what they’ve been doing.”

For the NYPD, that entails honing in on public sources, working with informants and scouring chatrooms for any indicators of suspicious exercise, amongst different strategies, he stated. The intelligence-gathering expertise and sources are already there, Kelly defined, “you’re simply ramping up what you’re doing presently.”

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Spokespersons for police departments in main cities, resembling Washington, D.C., Atlanta, Seattle and Los Angeles, have informed Fox Information they’re working carefully with federal companions and are repeatedly monitoring for any potential threats. Reps for the NYPD and Chicago Police Division didn’t reply to requests earlier this week in search of info pertaining to any threats and the way they’re responding. 

However the ongoing battle in Afghanistan – American troops’ contentious withdrawal from the nation and its potential impacts – will seemingly depart “a gaping gap in our intelligence-gathering capabilities,” Kelly defined. 

“It’s fairly laborious to make it up if you don’t have individuals on the bottom,” he continued, explaining that he was referring to individuals apart from navy personnel. 

Kelly stated there are two sorts of intelligence: human intelligence and indicators intelligence. The human intelligence garnered by sources apart from navy personnel may seemingly be laborious to return by sooner or later, he predicted. 

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The Nationwide Safety Company defines “indicators intelligence” as being “derived from digital indicators and methods utilized by international targets, resembling communications methods, radars, and weapons methods.”

“Normally human intelligence is the factor that begins indicators intelligence,” Kelly defined. “You’ll be able to’t simply fly over Afghanistan and take photos of every part and know what it means. You want the human aspect most occasions to have that sort of focus happen.” 

He added: “It’s extremely tough to try this with any consistency – you want that particular person on the bottom who can direct you. And it seems to be like it’ll be very tough to begin that sort of factor up once more in Afghanistan.”

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The Taliban overtook Afghanistan’s capital on Aug. 14 and shortly assumed management of a lot of the nation. Tens of 1000’s of individuals – each People and Afghans who’ve obtained particular immigrant visas – have since been evacuated. President Biden has stated the U.S.-led evacuation will conclude by Aug. 31. 

A suicide bombing on the Kabul airport on Thursday killed 13 American service members and greater than 150 Afghans. 

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