TRENTON- The New Jersey Office of Counter-Terrorism will host its 2nd Annual Counter-Terrorism Conference entitled, “Intelligence of Today, Prevention for Tomorrow” on Wednesday, October 13, 2004. The conference is designed to help prepare law enforcement to effectively detect, deter and respond to the threat of terrorism.

We invite the media to join us from 8:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. for introductions and welcoming remarks in Patriots Theater at the War Memorial in Trenton. This will be followed by a special one-on-one question and answer period designed specifically for the media from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m., in the War Memorial’s Turning Point Room, with State officials and a number of the seminar’s key panelists.

Due to security concerns the rest of the day’s activities will be closed to the media.

Intelligence of Today, Prevention for Tomorrow
Wednesday, October 13, 2004
The War Memorial, Trenton, NJ

8:30 – 9:00 a.m.
Introduction and Welcoming Remarks - Patriots Theater
The Honorable Peter C. Harvey, Attorney General
Sidney J. Caspersen, Director, New Jersey Office of Counter-Terrorism
Special Agent in Charge Joseph Billy, FBI Newark
Lieutenant Colonel Lori Hennon-Bell, NJSP

9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Open Media Availability, Q & A Period – The Turning Point Room
The Honorable Peter C. Harvey, Attorney General
Sidney J. Caspersen, Director, New Jersey Office of Counter-Terrorism
Special Agent in Charge Joseph Billy, FBI Newark
Lieutenant Colonel Lori Hennon-Bell, NJSP
Daniel Pipes, Director, Middle East Forum
Brian Jenkins, Senior Advisor to the President of RAND

One of the New Jersey Office of Counter-Terrorism’s main missions is to ensure that law enforcement officers are equipped with the necessary training and information about terrorism to prevent, detect and deter terrorist activity. To date the office has trained more than 10,000 law enforcement officers.

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