National Police Week 2012 will be held from May 13-19 in Washington, D.C. The week-long event draws between 25,000 to 40,000 attendees. The attendees come from departments throughout the United States as well as from agencies throughout the world. In 1962, President John F. Kennedy signed a proclamation which designated May 15th as Peace Officers Memorial Day and the week in which that date falls as Police Week.

Now being called an "Evil Genius" by various U.S. intelligence agencies, master bomb maker Ibrahim Hassan al-Asiri has become the focus of anti-terror efforts now that Usama bin Laden is dead. Besides having created the infamous and failed Underwear Bomb, al-Asiri also turned his own brother into walking bomb by surgically implanting explosives in his body. And now his most recent creation, although uncovered and thwarted before it could be put into action, is a bomb that uses high-grade military explosives, uses no metal parts and can be detonated in two ways. This is a bomb design that some officials say could not be detected by current technologies used in airports.

FBI Director Robert S. Mueller, III has named Andrew G. McCabe assistant director of the FBI’s Counterterrorism Division. Mr. McCabe most recently served as the deputy assistant director of the Counterterrorism Division.

With the anniversary of the death of Usama bin Laden upon us, security officials around the world are stepping-up their efforts at all transportation hubs, especially airports in and around the New York City area. Although officials say there are no known threats at this time, the new fear is that terrorists will soon be targeting U.S. air carriers with what are being called "body bombs." These diabolical devices are surgically implanted explosives, placed in and amongst a bomber's internal organs. Authorities have warned that master bomb-maker, Ibrahim al-Asiri, a member of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) has been working on these devices with no metal parts so they pass through airport security.

James M. Woosley, former U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Deputy Director of Intelligence has been charged with embezzling $180,000 in a phony travel voucher scheme. Woosley was suspended last year as part of the investigation into the kickback con. Four other people have already pleaded guilty in the embezzlement scheme including one person who has admitted to creating $300,000 in false hotel receipts and travel vouchers for ICE employees, including Woosley.

As a result of an FBI and federal Joint Terrorism Task Force investigation five people were arrested Monday (4/30) for allegedly trying to blow-up a bridge in the Cleveland, Ohio area. Three of those arrested are self-proclaimed anarchists who had hatched a number of plots over the past months. The FBI says the public was never in danger.

A Washington state man, who authorities describe as a "survivalist" and who is suspected of killing his wife and 19-year-old daughter last Sunday, is now believed to be holed up in an underground bunker in the woods near his home in North Bend.

The Seattle Times - "Law-enforcement officers used extreme caution, believing Keller to be a self-trained survivalist who apparently had spent the past eight years digging, fortifying and stockpiling the bunker in preparation for "the end of the world.""

A week ago (4/20), the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) issued one of its semi-regular "Scam Alerts." This latest notification from the IC3, which is a partnership between the FBI and the National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C), warns people about

• Investment Scams
• The Blackhole Exploit Kit
• A spear phishing attack targeting Certified Public Accounts
• Property rental scams
• A money wiring scam involving offers to advertise a company's logo on your car in exchange for cash