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Dave Brown
David
H. Brown
has just published a book on airport security that lays the
blame for 9/11 at the doorstep of the Federal Aviation
Administration. Brown was the press officer on a 9-member
FAA task force that developed a screening system during 1969-70 that
not only was tested and verified at 9 airports, but also was
blessed by the American Civil Liberties Union and ruled
constitutional by a Federal Court judge. This
never-before-told behind-the-scenes story will make you wonder
why you have to go through sometimes humiliating searches prior
to your flights.
Brown,
a public speaker for half a century, relates this saga in a
dynamic way. He and the team psychologist are the only
remaining members of that group. The task force's work is
fully documented in FAA Manual AM-78-35 that contains prophesies
about potential future hijacking that were so on target.
Learn
how the FAA changed the sequence of that early
screening system that enabled the 9/11 hijackers to board their
kamikaze flights. The system was based on nearly two dozen
characteristics that formed a "profile" to be used as
the first step in the screening process. Testing showed
that no more than 2 percent of the flying public fit enough of
that "profile" to be more thoroughly searched and
interrogated. The FAA ignored that, and instead decided to
search every passenger first before applying the
"profile." The book states that had that three
decade-old "profile" still been the first step in
airport security, those hijackers should never been allowed to
board.
Brown,
who was commended for his work with the news media, was an
Ohio
newspaper reporter for nearly 15 years before beginning a
24-year career as a government public information officer.
He worked at the Department of Justice, the Federal Aviation
Administration, the Department of Transportation, and the
Government Printing Office, from which he retired in 1991.
Afterward, he became an adjunct professor of speech at a local
community college, where he also taught journalism. In
1995, he published a book on speaking anxiety titled, I
Would Rather Be Audited By The IRS Than Give a Speech,
which was cited by The Wall Street Journal.
In
1976, he founded and was first president of the 900-member
National Association of Government Communicators. Besides
having written a multitude of professional articles, five
of his talks have been published in Vital
Speeches of the Day. A combat
infantry veteran of World War II, he served for 28 years in the
Army Reserve, retiring as a lieutenant colonel assigned to the
Office of the Army Chief of Information in the Pentagon.
A
community activist, a local civic association gave his its
Community Hero Award after The Washington Post featured him in a
long article titled, One
Man Against the County. He served
on the Board of Zoning Appeals and the Planning Commission
before becoming a city councilman in a suburb of his native
Cleveland
,
OH
.
Later, he became rotating chairman of the Board of Appeals in
Rockville
,
MD.
Brown currently
is a member of the Advisory Board of the Lifelong Learning
Society at
Florida
Atlantic
University
.
Recently, he completed work on a mystery novel, to be followed
by a sequel, based on a story he did half a century ago as a
reporter.
He
earned a bachelor's degree in journalism, with a minor in
speech. His master's degree is in journalism. He is
listed in several editions of Who's
Who.
He
developed and/or conducted formal classes, seminars, and
workshops for New York University/Public Relations Society of
America, and the
Agriculture
Department
Graduate
School
.
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