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WASHINGTON - Congress sent President Bush legislation Friday to intensify anti-terror efforts in the U.S., shifting money to high-risk states and cities and expanding screening of air and sea cargo to stave off future Sept. 11-style attacks.


The measure carries out major recommendations of the independent 9/11 Commission.

The bill, passed by the House on a 371-40 vote, ranks among the top accomplishments of the six-month-old Democratic Congress. The Senate approved the measure late Thursday by 85-8, and the White House said the president would sign the bill.

Six years after the Sept. 11 attacks and three years after the 9/11 Commission made its recommendations, "Congress is finally embracing what the 9/11 families have been saying all along," said Homeland Security Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson, D-Miss. "It takes a willingness to do things a different way."

The bill elevates the importance of risk factors in determining which states and cities get federal security funds — that would mean more money for such cities as New York and Washington — and also puts money into a new program to assure that security officials at every level can communicate with each other.

It would require screening of all cargo on passenger planes within three years and sets a five-year goal of scanning all container ships for nuclear devices before they leave foreign ports.

Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., who steered the legislation through the Senate with Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, said it would "make our nation stronger, our cities and towns more secure and our families safer."

Republicans generally backed the bill while stressing their own administration's success in stopping another major terrorist attack. The bill, said Rep. Peter King of New York, top Republican on the Homeland Security panel, "is another step in the right direction building on the steps of the previous 5 1/2 years."

"These efforts build upon the considerable progress we've made over the past six years," said White House spokesman Scott Stanzel.

Completion of the bill, six months after the House passed its original version on the first day of the current Congress, was a major victory for Democrats who have seen some of their other priorities — immigration and energy reform and stem cell research funding — thwarted by GOP and presidential resistance and House-Senate differences.

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Now to have a multi millon dollar annual turnover. Plus over 100 secure scan sales and counting for the 3rd quarter this year. More then in the last 2 years of sales.

Should be looking long term at $2.50 $4.40 PPS.

View Systems Announces a Merger / Acquisition With Sigma International Holdings, Inc.
Tuesday August 7, 9:15 am ET


BALTIMORE, MD--(MARKET WIRE)--Aug 7, 2007 -- View Systems, Inc. (OTC BB:VYST.OB - News), a leading homeland defense solutions provider, announced today that the firm is engaged in an acquisition/merger involving Sigma International Holdings, Inc. (SIH), a premier global security company. The two companies will merge into one entity which will provide security products and services both domestically and internationally.
SIH is at the forefront of homeland security initiatives in the post 9/11 world. SIH offers a select portfolio of premier risk management and security services to corporations, sovereign governments and high net worth private clients. SIH provides unique services that generally exceed the skills and resources of conventional security firms. SIH specializes in the precise planning and swift execution of security operations in the most demanding of circumstances. (www.globalsigma.com)

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Major General (Retired) Robert C. Disney, President of SIH, has three decades of experience in leadership, military, intelligence and domestic and international security operations. Prior to founding SIH, he was the President and CEO of US Defense Systems, Inc., as well as the senior security executive for Chase Manhattan Corporation, Drexel Burnham Lambert Inc. and ITT Corporation. Prior to his civilian career, General Disney served with the US Army's elite Special Forces, the "Green Berets." He served as Chief of Staff for the New York Army Guard and is a charter member of the U.S. Secretary of State's Overseas Security Advisory Council and the International Security Management Association. Considered an expert on terrorism, security and special operations, General Disney has appeared on numerous occasions on CNN, NBC, MSNBC, the Fox News Channel and the Discovery Channel and has been quoted extensively in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times and The Wall Street Journal. (www.globalsigma.com)

Gunther Than, CEO of View Systems, states, "SIH is lead by a team unequaled in domestic and international experience; all of whom are former officers of the world's elite military, diplomatic corps, intelligence services, law enforcement agencies, international special operations and intelligence organizations. I am confident that their expertise and reputation, together with the products and services provided by both companies combined, will be beneficial to our current ongoing client relationships and will aid in the formation of a new and larger client base both here in the United States and internationally. Therefore, I am pleased to announce to our valued investment community the commencement of the merger and acquisition process between View Systems and Sigma International Holdings. Especially synergetic are View Systems International and Sigma International Holdings' subsidiaries in the Gulf countries. The combined entities will have estimated revenues averaging eight to ten million dollars annually."