Bruce Edwards Ivins

The FBI’s investigation of the 2001 anthrax attacks revealed several failures of sensemaking, both at the level of specific FBI investigatory procedures, and at the broader level of organizational sensemaking and identity threats. The sensemaking model is helpful for understanding the FBI’s actions because the former failures in sensemaking likely caused broader identity threats that could have, and should have triggered sensemaking at the organizational level. The FBI, in its investigation of Mr. Hatfill and Dr. Ivins, erred far too heavily on their enacting role, essentially forcing their investigation into a mold that held one of these two men as the criminal, and essentially manufacturing evidence to fit that goal. This extreme failure to read cues, and heavy reliance on proactive shaping of the environment in spite of cues pointing to the suspects innocence, can rightly be called sense faking, since it ignores real cues in favor of a chosen interpretation of the criminal environment that is then forced upon the facts. During the fall of 2001, five or more letters were received in the mail by the offices of two U.S. Senators, and news organizations in New York and Florida. The letters contained a dry, powdered, and airborne form of the anthrax bacteria, as well as a handwritten note (D.O.J., 2010). As a result of these mailings, five people lost their lives, 31 more…

story. For instance, with their main suspect Dr. Bruce Ivins, they did not have any firm facts that he indeed laced the letters with anthrax and mailed them. But, the evidence and information that they dug up about his past were persuasive enough to mark him as the mastermind behind the anthrax mailings. After the FBI observed that the RMR-1029 was a likely candidate as the parent material they singled out Ivins as the main suspect (United States Department 2010). Ivins was the only scientist…

Since many children put forward their view and some children were not given the chance to speak I let everyone say what activity they would like to do and gave everyone a chance to speak. I did this by asking one of the staff members for a teddy bear which we could use to learn how to turn take. All the children were seated on the carpet in a circle, where I told them that they had to listen to the views of all the service users and respect them if they wanted to be listened to and respected as…

Why is Cyber Security a rising priority? Cyber security has always been a huge concern ever since the internet came out. There are 3 main branches of Cyber Security: Confidentiality, Integrity, and Accessibility. Every cybercrime out there violates one of these branches. Confidentiality deals with information that isn’t accessible to the public, Integrity deals with information that has been altered, and Accessibility deals with something being able to access. The first…

When in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for lonely people to be free with loneliness and to become as one with the rest of the world. Without doubt to explain why we deserve to be with the society, we as outcasts wrote our own declaration of independence for the rest of the world to see and understand why we should be and will be together and share bond with each other. As outcasts, we can sacrifice our life to be one with the world so that we do not feel insecure and die of…

Carry On is a good source of knowledge that gave deep information in the sense of security, it is a great help for readers who are in different fields other than information security. Bruce Schneier has very intimate knowledge about the topic of security. After reading the book we can find the vast information in different ways. The psychology of security is the chapter that is beautiful and meaningful and provides experimental information to the reader, Bruce relates the human mindset and human…

Sherlock Holmes is a detective hero of all times, a fictional character who is more famous than his creator Arthur Conan Doyle. The Scottish author Doyle wrote one of his well-known novel “The Sing of Four starring” the unique and detailed character Sherlock Holmes. Although Doyle has never been a colonist nor his character Holmes, the novel presents the idea of the British empire and its power along with the danger of colonized India and its people through Victorian perspective. I shall start…

entertainers are no different and there is one specific icon who has influenced the entertainment world in various ways: Bruce Lee. Known for his martial arts films, Bruce Lee has displayed…

The story “The Adventure of the Speckled Band” by Sir Conan Doyl features Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Watson, Helen Stoner, and Dr. Roylott trying to solve a mystery. The story takes place at Stoke Moran, Dr. Ryolott’s mansion, in April, 1883. Helen Stoner visits Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson to see if the detectives could solve her case. Helen tells Sherlock that her sister, Julia, died before she was married and now Helen fears that she could possibly die the same way. Helen does not know what had…

Kylie: A Jenner(ally) Misrepresented Young Woman Kylie Jenner is an American reality television personality, socialite, and model. She is the youngest daughter of 1976 Summer Olympics decathlon winner Caitlyn Jenner (born Bruce) and TV personality Kris Jenner. Time magazine named her in “The 25 Most Influential Teens of 2014” for her considerable influence among teens on social media and the following year for “The 30 Most Influential Teens of 2015”. I picked Kylie Jenner because she is known…