Marking, Rendering Inert, and Licensing of Explosive Materials: Interim Report (1997)
Chapter: C Committee Meetings
Appendix C
Committee Meetings
First Meeting.
November 25–26, 1996
Presentations:
Study Background and Expectations from Sponsor
Sonny Wilson and Ray Conrad, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF)
Bomb Scene Investigation Procedures
Mike Bouchard, ATF
FAA Explosive Detection Program
Lyle Malotky, Committee Member
Second Meeting and “Workshop on Technical Details Relevant to the Use and Effectiveness of Taggants”
January 13–15, 1997
Presentations:
International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Work on Plastic Explosive Taggants (in Executive Session)
Tung Ho Chen, Committee Member
Pilot Test for the Identification Tagging of Explosives: Description and Results
Gary Fuller, former Aerospace Corporation staff
Taggant concept-Microtrace, Inc.
William J. Kerns and Charles W. Faulkner
Taggant concept-Micro Tracers, Inc.
David A. Eisenberg
Taggant stakeholder-National Mining Association
Terry O'Connor and Bobby J. Jackson
Taggant stakeholder-Institute of Makers of Explosives
J. Christopher Ronay
Taggants and Explosive Detection Research
David Boyd, National Institute of Justice
Taggant stakeholder-A Law Enforcement Perspective
Lt. Thomas Spencer and Sgt. Howard Rechtshaffen, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
Taggant concept-CDS, Inc.
Victor A. Cranich
Taggant concept-SRI International
James Colton
Taggant concept-Isotag LLC
Manny Gonzalez and Dale Spall
Taggant concept-Cambridge Isotope Laboratories, Inc.
Daniel Bolt
Taggant concept-Tri-Valley Research
John Pearson and Robert M. Pearson
Taggant concept-Bio Traces, Inc.
Andrzej Drukier and James Wadiak
Taggant concept-Biocode, Inc.
Frank Angella
Taggant concept-Innovative Biosystems, Inc.
Keith Stormo
Taggant stakeholder-Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers' Institute (SAMMI)
James Baker, Don Burton, and Ken Green
Taggant stakeholder-National Rifle Association (NRA)
Tanya Metaksa and Mark Barnes
Taggant stakeholder-Chemical Manufacturers Association (CMA)
Marybeth Kelliher
Taggant stakeholder-American Pyrotechnics Association (APA)
John Conkling and Julie Hechtman
Taggant stakeholder-International Society of Explosives Engineers (ISEE)
Jeffrey L. Dean
Third Meeting
March 3–5, 1997
Presentations:
JASON committee reports on explosive detection (in Executive Session)
Paul Horowitz, Harvard University and member of the JASONs
Briefing on definition of terms (types of explosives) and precursor materials (in Executive Session)
Jimmie Oxley, Committee Member
Briefing on types of bombers, tactics, materials, and methods of fabrication (in Executive Session)
Greg Carl, FBI
Explosive manufacturing, chain of ownership, and impurity profiling between batches
Paul Rydlund, Vice President, El Dorado Chemical
The Fertilizer Institute
Gary Myers, President, and Ford West, Vice President
Technical Steering Working Group (TSWG) on Counter-Terrorism explosive detection programs (in Executive Session)
Mike Jakub, State Department and TSWG
Explosive desensitization program (in Executive Session)
Joe Hemeriel, Army Research Laboratory
Navy work on desensitizing of explosive materials (in Executive Session)
Ruth Doherty, Naval Surface Warfare Center-Indian Head
Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) controls on precursor chemicals (in Executive Session)
Will Carpenter, Monsanto (retired) and Robert Mikulak, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) controls on precursor chemicals (in Executive Session)
John Mudri, DEA
Chemical industry flows (in Executive Session)
Jeff Terry, Chemical Manufacturers Association
Fourth Meeting
March 24–25, 1997
Presentations:
Holston Army Ammunition Plant Marking of Military C-4 Explosive (in Executive Session)
Jerry Hammonds, Holston Army Ammunition Plant
Law Enforcement Perspectives (in Executive Session)
Richard Saferstein (retired), New Jersey State Police Laboratory
Cobalt-60 Detection Taggant Evaluation (in Executive Session)
Kenneth Moy, Special Technologies Laboratory
Types of Explosive Materials Used in Improvised Explosive Devices (in Executive Session)
Rick Strobel, ATF Laboratory
Taggant Usefulness in an Actual Bombing Case (in Executive Session)
Dan Boeh, ATF Investigator
Landmine Sniffing Technologies (in Executive Session)
Regina Dugan, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
Ammonium Nitrate Manufacturing
Robert Hopler, Committee Member
Status of the Commercial Explosives Industry
Robert Hopler, Committee Member
Legal Issues in Actual Bombing Cases
James W. Jardine, Q.C., Barrister and Solicitor
Behavorial science: Deterrent Effects on Crime
Daniel Nagin, Carnegie Mellon University
Risk Assessment
James Lamb, Jellinek, Schwartz and Connolly, Inc.
Measuring Costs and Benefits
Richard Mudge, Apogee Research, Inc.
Site Visits:
On March 26, members of the committee visited both the ATF (Rockville, Md.) and FBI (Washington, D.C.) forensic science laboratories associated with bomb scene investigations.
