Diplomatic security abroad : background and selected analyses / Chastity A. Mill, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mill, Chastity A., editor.

Series:

Defense, security and strategy series.

Defense, Security and Strategies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Department of State--Buildings--Safety measures.

United States.

United States. Department of State--Officials and employees--Protection.

Embassy buildings--Security measures--United States.

Embassy buildings.

Diplomatic and consular service, American--Buildings--Security measures.

Diplomatic and consular service, American.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (121 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York, [New York] : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The United States maintains about 285 diplomatic facilities worldwide. Attacks on such facilities, and on U.S. diplomatic personnel, are not infrequent. The inability to provide perfect security, especially against the evident threat of mob violence, has focused particular scrutiny on the deployment of diplomatic personnel in high-threat environments. This book provides background information on the organization, practice, and funding of U.S. diplomatic security efforts. It also provides summary information on the September 11, 2012, attack on U.S. facilities in Benghazi, Libya, as well as on

Contents:

""DIPLOMATIC SECURITY ABROAD: BACKGROUND AND SELECTED ANALYSES""; ""DIPLOMATIC SECURITY ABROAD: BACKGROUND AND SELECTED ANALYSES""; ""Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Chapter 1: Securing U.S. Diplomatic Facilities and Personnel Abroad: Background and Policy Issues(""; ""Summary""; ""Introduction""; ""Host Nation Responsibility Under the Vienna Conventions""; ""U.S. Responsibilities and Posture""; ""Assessing the Threat""; ""Physical Security at U.S. Diplomatic Facilities""; ""Embassy Security Construction""; ""Incident Response""

""Temporary U.S. Personnel and/or Citizen Evacuation""""Changing the Status of a Foreign Post""; ""Accountability Review Boards""; ""The Attack in Benghazi, Libya,""; ""on September 11, 2012""; ""Embassy Security and the Benghazi Attack70""; ""Accountability Review Board in the Wake of the Benghazi Attack""; ""Department of State Actions in Response to the Benghazi Attack""; ""Embassy Security Funding""; ""Funding Data and Recent-Year Funding Observations""; ""Funding Issues for Congress""; ""End Notes""

""Chapter 2: Diplomatic and Embassy Security Funding Before and After the Benghazi Attacks(""""Summary""; ""Introduction""; ""Background on State Department�s Budget""; ""and Diplomatic/Embassy Security Funding""; ""Diplomatic/Embassy Security Funding Data""; ""Administration Requests, House-Proposed,""; ""Senate-Proposed, and Enacted Diplomatic/Embassy Security Funding""; ""Security Funding for the Benghazi Facility""; ""Appendix. State Department Funds for""; ""Diplomatic/Embassy Security, FY2008-FY2015""; ""End Notes""

""Chapter 3: Diplomatic Security: Overseas Facilities May Face Greater Risks Due to Gaps in Security-Related Activities, Standards, and Policies*""""Why GAO Did This Study""; ""What GAO Recommends""; ""What GAO Found""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Background""; ""Attacks against U.S. Diplomatic Missions Resulted in Legal and Policy Changes""; ""State Bureaus and Offices Responsible for Physical Security of U.S. Diplomatic Facilities Abroad, Numbers of Facilities, and Funding for Physical Security of Facilities""; ""State Conducts a Range of Activities to""; ""Manage Risks to Overseas Facilities

However, Gaps Exist in Categorizing Facilities and Ensuring Data Reliability""""State Manages Risk to Overseas Facilities through Several Activities and Has Recently Taken Steps to Improve These Activities""; ""OBO Tracks Overseas Facilities in a Property Inventory Database""; ""DS Assesses Threat Levels at Posts Overseas""; ""A DS-Led Interagency Board Establishes Physical Security Standards for Diplomatic Work Facilities""; ""DS and the OIG Periodically Assess Facility Vulnerabilities""

""DS Assesses and Ranks Facilities According to Levels of Risk to Help OBO Set Construction Priorities""

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed January 26, 2015).

ISBN:

1-63463-660-0

OCLC:

900408821