United States Capitol Police

One of the organizations that organize and sponsor these trainings is the Jewish Institute for National Security of America (JINSA). JINSA is a think tank that advocates for US-Israeli security cooperation, increased domestic military spending, and military aid to Israel, and has board members with close ties to US defense contractors. JINSA launched its Law Enforcement Exchange Program (LEEP) shortly after 9/11, and since 2002 has run annual trips to Israel for US federal, state, and local law enforcement. Over 11,000 additional American law enforcement officials have attended LEEP conferences nationwide, which bring in Israeli security officials as experts.

The United States Capitol Police is among the Federal departments that have sent delegates to Israel. Terrance W. Gainer served as Chief of the United States Capitol Police between 2002 and 2006. Larry D. Thompson has served as Deputy Chief of the United States Capitol Police. US Capitol police officials, including Gainer and Thompson, attended a training in Israel with JINSA as delegates of the LEEP program.

According to the Washington Post, “Gainer retrained his officers to shoot a potential suicide bomber in the head rather than aim for the chest, as they were originally taught” upon returning home.

“Israel is the Harvard of antiterrorism.” ” Chief Gainer