Peter J. Brown is a freelance writer who serves in a voluntary capacity as

satellite technology and communications advisor to the Maine Emergency

Management Agency. He has been active recently in working groups assigned to

interoperable emergency communications, identifying better ways to alert and

warn the deaf and hard of hearing, and, mobile command posts. He is the

Senior Homeland Security Editor at Maryland-based Via Satellite  magazine.

He has been a contributor to books on executive protection and antiterrorism

policy. He graduated from Connecticut College with distinction in Asian

Studies.