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Trends. Aviation Security I: Stopping Asking, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article discusses the inclusion or exclusion of questions during airport security procedures.

Meeting Minutes, Wku Student Government Association

Student Government Association

Meeting regarding committee vacancies and appointments, fall retreat, budget and Parents Day.

Meeting Agenda, Wku Student Government Association

Student Government Association

Agenda for the September 3, 2002 meeting.

Executive Retreat Meeting Minutes, Wku Student Government Association

Student Government Association

Meeting to discuss retreat agenda.

Seconds - Newsletter, Wku Student Government Association

Student Government Association

WKU Student Government Association newsletter, Seconds, includes issues September 3, 17, 24, October 1 and 15.

Meeting Minutes, Wku Student Government Association

Student Government Association

Meeting to discuss offices, dormitory construction, creation of College of Health & Human Services, tuition increase, distinguished senior graduates and appointments.

Executive Council Meeting Minutes, Wku Student Government Association

Student Government Association

Meeting to discuss calendar of events, banquet, parents weekend, committee vacancies, expenses and freshmen representatives.

Trends. Husbands, Wives, And Terrorism: The Validity Of Beliefs And The Threat Of Interpretive Strategies, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article discusses threat assessment via linguistic analysis.

Trends. A Room With A Cue: Validating An Age-Old Intelligence Tool?, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article discusses the psychological implications of the choices regarding physical features of a given individual’s environment (e.g., a person’s office).

Special Article: Recommendations For Optimal Personnel Security In The Cyberworld, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article considers the social construction of recommendations for personnel security in the context of a global cyberworld.

Executive Council Meeting Minutes, Wku Student Government Association

Student Government Association

Meeting regarding parking, goals and Welcome Back Western.

Trends. Aviation Terrorism's Winning Hand, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article discusses aviation security, terrorism, and the psychology behind pilot motivations for opting out of flying members of the Israeli government to Israel.

Trends. Medicalizing Terrorism As Part Of The Solution Or Part Of The Problem: More On The Moussaoui Case, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article discusses the context of the medicalization of psychology, using the case of Zacarias Moussaoui and the 9/11 terrorist attacks as context.

Personality And Psychobiography, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes Issues related to the construct of personality and the construct's application to understanding, predicting, and influencing people.

Executive Council Meeting Minutes, Wku Student Government Association

Student Government Association

Meeting to discuss organizational aid, recruitment, office and open house.

Trends. Too Good To Be True As The Good And The True: The Political Psychology Of The Con, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article discusses the psychology of cons (confidence games), or swindles.

Trends. For Homeland Security, Against A Department Of Homeland Security, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article discusses national security as well as the addition of a new department – the Department of Homeland Security – as a psychological and political tactic.

Musings On One Who Got Away: Personnel Security, Counterintelligence, And Edward Lee Howard, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes several concerns with the United States Government's (USG) approach to minimizing betrayal by its personnel who are entrusted with security clearances, special access to sensitive information, and sensitive positions.

Retreat Agenda, Wku Student Government Association

Student Government Association

Agenda for July 2002 retreat.

Retreat Minutes, Wku Student Government Association

Student Government Association

Retreat to discuss fall semester activities.

Executive Council Meeting Minutes, Wku Student Government Association

Student Government Association

Meeting regarding committee ideas, hiring a secretary, software and archives.

2002-2003 Proposed Budget, Wku Student Government Association

Student Government Association

Proposed budget prepared by Ross Pruitt.

Between God And Democracy, Andrew Fagan

Human Rights & Human Welfare

A review of:

Understanding Human Rights Principles edited by Jeffrey Jowell and Jonathan Cooper. Portland, OR: Hart Publishers, 2001 201pp.

and

The Idea of Human Rights: Four Inquiries, by Michael J. Perry. New York: Oxford University Press, 1998. 162pp.

The Personality Profile Of Al-Qaida Leader Osama Bin Laden, Aubrey Immelman

Psychology Faculty Publications

This paper presents the results of an indirect assessment of the personality of Osama bin Laden, founder and leader of the al-Qaida terrorist network responsible for the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack on the United States.

Bin Laden’s primary personality patterns were found to be Ambitious/exploitative and Dauntless/dissenting, with a secondary Distrusting/suspicious orientation, and subsidiary Dominant/controlling and Conscientious/dutiful features.

Ambitious individuals are bold, competitive, and self-assured; they easily assume leadership roles, expect others to recognize their special qualities, and often act as though entitled. Dauntless individuals are bold, courageous, and tough; minimally constrained by the norms of society; routinely engage …

The Personality Profile Of September 11 Hijack Ringleader Mohamed Atta, Aubrey Immelman

Psychology Faculty Publications

This paper presents the results of a posthumous, indirect assessment of the personality of Mohamed Atta, apparent ringleader in the September 11, 2001 terror attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, from the conceptual perspective of Theodore Millon.

Information concerning Mohamed Atta was collected from media reports in the one-month period following the attack and synthesized into a personality profile using the second edition of the Millon Inventory of Diagnostic Criteria (MIDC), which yields 34 normal and maladaptive personality classifications congruent with Axis II of DSM-IV.

The personality profile yielded by the MIDC was analyzed on the …

Truth Serum And Terrorism, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes several epistemological--as opposed to ethical and moral--anxieties in administering drugs to individuals for the purpose of securing truths supporting the United States Government (USG)-declared war against terrorism with global research.

Internet Support Of Terrorism, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article identifies aspects of the Internet that can facilitate terrorist operations

Trends. Fetishism, Secrecy, And Security, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article discusses the Federation of American Scientists’ Secrecy News and how it characterized the Bush Administration’s stance towards the President’s Daily Brief as “fetishism.”

Trends. The Political Psychology Of Indications And Warnings: The Meaning Of "Information To Prevent Terrorist Attacks", Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article discusses alleged availability to the FBI of actionable intelligence prior to the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

Attitudes Toward And The Politicization Of A Religious Terrorist Organization: A Causal Process. Analysis. Part Iii., Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article is the third installment in a series of articles about Hizbullah activities in a variety of countries.