Hot Spots? They're Everywhere. How Safe
Do You Want to Be?
"Hot spots? All the world is hot," says Issy Boim, president of
Texas-based Air Security International.
"There is hot, less hot, and hottest."
"There is no safe place in the world today," Boim says.
"You can be hit by international terrorism anywhere, at any
time." His ASI specializes in bringing customers their own
level of security, making you as safe as you'd be in New York,
say, or, if that doesn't make you comfortable, as safe as you'd
be in Peoria. Boim, whose resume includes 22 years with Israel's
Shin Bet and security stints with American, Northwest and TWA,
will sometimes personally accompany clients on their travels.
Governments are doing their best, he says. But government safety
assurances aren't enough. "Everybody needs to take as much
precaution as he can," Boim warns. "Especially Americans
should take these precautions. Terrorists are looking for soft
targets."
Globalization itself prompted the need for security, Boim reminds. Terrorism
has put it in everyone's mind.
ASI staff has doubled over the past two years, to approximately
100, with 55 at its Houston headquarters. ASI scouts every location
for which it provides security in advance. A likely next-on-the-list?
Iraq.
