From the military to the security industrial complex<\/strong> In the footsteps of Uncle Sam<\/strong> „Public security\u201d and Germany\u2019s military research<\/strong> Drones: the mechanisation of surveillance<\/strong> Satellites and the „fight against illegal immigration\u201d<\/strong> Unisys: Spider in the web of information-technological security<\/strong> Name badges for police officers: never ending story „fdGO“: continuity of a formula protecting the state<\/strong> Swiss homeland security: 20 years after the big scandal<\/strong> Theme: Security-industrial complex From the military to the security industrial complex by Heiner Busch The<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[100,149],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cilip-094","category-summaries"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp-dev.daten.cool\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/962","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp-dev.daten.cool\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp-dev.daten.cool\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp-dev.daten.cool\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp-dev.daten.cool\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=962"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp-dev.daten.cool\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/962\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp-dev.daten.cool\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp-dev.daten.cool\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp-dev.daten.cool\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nby Heiner Busch<\/strong>
\nThe spiralling technological armament has reached the sphere of public security. The overlaps and parallels to the military-industrial complex are hard to miss. They can be seen in the companies involved, the use of military technology but particularly in the political dynamic: the continually renewed threat scenarios of terrorist attacks and other catastrophes that allegedly require society to be prepared for the „worst case\u201d and to create the necessary scientific technological and industrial bases. The result is a surveillance technology that in many ways resembles the intricate nuclear arsenal of the Cold War era.<\/p>\n
\nby Ben Hayes<\/strong>
\nFollowing the US American model, the EU invests enormous amounts into security research. The reason for this investment, amongst others, is the fear that US multi-national companies could start dominating the profitable homeland security industry. Arms companies profited from the EU „preparatory action“ programme (2004-2006) and since 2007 from the European Security Research Programme.<\/p>\n
\nby Eric T\u00f6pfer<\/strong>
\nNext to the EU, the German government funds security research with more than 123 million Euros. The funding programme repeatedly refers to protecting the population and „public security\u201d. The main focus of this new research field, however, were institutions close to the military and insider deals involving the research institutes of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft from Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg, characterised the funding process.<\/p>\n
\nby Volker Eick<\/strong>
\nThe use of drones (UAV \u2013 unmanned aerial vehicle) has been extended over the past years not only in military and intelligence areas. The reusable flying objects are increasingly being used in the civil sphere, pointing to an increasing convergence of military, intelligence and civil policies as well as economics, technology and research. In western Europe, police use UAVs particularly for the surveillance of football fans, demonstrators and drug users.<\/p>\n
\nby Initiative ziviles Bremen<\/strong>
\nIn the fight against undocumented migration, the EU deploys, amongst others, satellite technology. With the Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES), the EU started a massive project to network earth observation satellites, involving the EU Border Agency Frontex. The space technology used in the surveillance system is developed in Bremen.<\/p>\n
\nby Eric T\u00f6pfer<\/strong>
\nOnce the fourth-biggest arms company of the USA, Unisys Corporation has developed into a leading global producer of homeland security technology. After 11 September 2001, the company emerged as the third-biggest contractor of the US Department of Homeland Security. But Unisys is also successful in the EU, thanks to its good contacts in the EU Commission. The company\u2019s business and its politics are exemplary for the consolidated power of the security-industrial complex.<\/p>\nNon-thematic contributions<\/h4>\n
\nby Otto Diederichs<\/strong>
\nIdentification badges for police officers showing either numbers of names might be a consistent debate in the political arena, but even in regional states governed by the Social Democrats or Left Party, identification of officers remains merely a project, which police trade unions moreover continue to resist.<\/p>\n
\nby Wolf-Dieter Narr<\/strong>
\nThe German constitution refers to the „free democratic basic order\u201d (fdGO) without defining it more closely. The formula has survived the political and societal changes of the last 60 years: more than ever it serves to exclude unwanted political movements outside of „our\u201d society.<\/p>\n
\nby Viktor Gy\u00f6rffy<\/strong>
\nIn November 1989, shortly after the fall of the Berlin wall, the Fichen (secret service files on citizens) scandal shook the Swiss nation. It forced the secret service to say goodbye to old methods whilst concurrently forming the basis for its renewal. Today, the internal intelligence service has a legal basis that fails to set proper boundaries. Old paper index cards were replaced with an information system. Political dissidents, however, continue to be placed under surveillance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"