US to increase security at federal buildings across America due to 'continued public calls by terrorist organizations for attacks on the homeland'

US to increase security at federal buildings across America due to 'continued public calls by terrorist organizations for attacks on the homeland'

• Secretary Jeh Johnson announced the move Tuesday
• Week after a gunman in Ottawa shot dead a soldier in attack on parliament
• Johnson would not identify the buildings to receive enhanced security
• He did not disclose the specific security measures to be taken by the Federal Protective Service

By Associated Press

Published: 16:31 EST, 28 October 2014 | Updated: 20:57 EST, 28 October 2014

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2811676/US-increase-security-federal-buildings.html

The Homeland Security Department says security will be increased at federal government buildings in Washington and other cities.

Secretary Jeh Johnson announced the move Tuesday, one week after a gunman in Ottawa shot a soldier and stormed Canada's seat of government.

Johnson says the increased security is in response to 'continued public calls by terrorist organizations for attacks on the homeland and elsewhere.'

Johnson would not identify the buildings that will receive enhanced security or disclose the specific security measures to be taken by the Federal Protective Service. 

The agency protects nearly 10,000 federal facilities.

Today U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Tuesday that an attack on the Canadian parliament and the country's National War Memorial last week in which a soldier was killed was clearly a terrorist act.

'Clearly, anybody who walks up in a premeditated way with a loaded rifle and attacks someone in uniform then purposely goes to a parliament, is committing, by common sense standards, a terrorist act,' Kerry told a news briefing after talks in Ottawa with his Canadian counterpart, Foreign Minister John Baird.

Two days before the attack in Ottawa on Oct. 22, a car driven by a man described by police as a homegrown radical ran down two soldiers, killing one in Quebec.

Secretary Jeh Johnson announced the move Tuesday, one week after a gunman in Ottawa shot a soldier and stormed Canada's seat of government.

The attack has had ramifications across the world - in London armed soldiers have been deployed at a top tourist attraction in the heart of the city's government district as a precautionary measure after an Islamist gunman attacked the Canadian parliament last week, a military source said on Tuesday.

The source told Reuters that the decision to deploy the troops at the entrance to Horse Guards Parade in London's Whitehall was not motivated by a specific threat but was designed to be a visible deterrent.

Jeh Charles Johnson

Jeh Charles Johnson is the secretary for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and was a governor for the Roosevelt Institute.

Note: Jonathan Soros is a senior fellow at the Roosevelt Institute, George Soros’s son, and was the vice chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Roosevelt Institute, and the Brookings Institution (think tank).

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, is Jonathan Soros’s father, and a board member for the International Crisis Group.

Kim Campbell was a board member for the International Crisis Group, and the prime minister for Canada.

Donald F. McHenry is a governor for the Roosevelt Institute, and an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Teresa Heinz Kerry is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and married to John F. Kerry.

John F. Kerry is married to Teresa Heinz Kerry, the secretary at the U.S. Department of State for the Barack Obama administration, and Cameron F. Kerry’s brother.

Cameron F. Kerry is John F. Kerry’s brother, and a fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Richard C. Blum is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), married to Senator Dianne Feinstein, and a regent at the University of California.

Janet A. Napolitano is the president for the University of California, and the secretary at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security for the Barack Obama administration.

Jeh Charles Johnson is the secretary for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and was a governor for the Roosevelt Institute.

Sidley Austin LLP was a consulting firm for Canada.

Michelle Obama was a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP.

Barack Obama was an intern at Sidley Austin LLP.           

Newton N. Minow is a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP, and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

R. Eden Martin is counsel at Sidley Austin LLP, and the president of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

Cyrus F. Freidheim Jr. is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).