PAUL-DANIEL Nahous says he plans to stay true to form on his new weekly programme Line of Fire, a show centred on “national security.”
Nahous is a counter-terrorism instructor, security consultant, sharpshooter and member of former police commissioner Gary Griffith’s recently-launched National Transformation Alliance (NTA) political party,
He hosted the pilot episode, themed National Insecurity After 60 Years, last week. It is scheduled to run every Tuesday from 7.30 pm on Line of Fire’s Facebook page of the same name.
He says it’s intended to run indefinitely and will feature industry experts and former professionals, who, like the host, can speak frankly.
“It’s been in my mind to start something like this for a long time now,” Nahous told Newsday.
The idea was spurred by a successful blog he hosted several years ago, which he said at its peak attracted over 10,000 hits per month from readers all over the world.
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“I do have a pretty good network, getting people to come and really dig into matters that the general public may not be knowledgeable about.”
Nahous, 35, is certified in critical incident management, crisis negotiations, interrogation, undercover work, and other areas of security, and is a specialist in cyber security, criminal investigations and guns.
His passion for combat and security stretches back to his adolescence, he explained.
“To make a long story short, my grandfather is a World War II veteran.
“The village my family comes from (Minyara, Lebanon) produced a lot of soldiers and teachers. So I was always inclined towards protective services.”
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He began studying law and political science, but was drawn to criminology and combat.
“I left those studies to pursue training and education in counter-terrorism after seeing case studies in the atrocities that people commit against innocent people, especially children,” he said.
“I dedicated much, if not all, of my future training and education to learning and developing skills that would help good men and women fight against the horrors of the world, even and especially if that meant violence would be necessary and needed to be even more devastating and precise than what we face (in Trinidad and Tobago).
“On that note, I detest violence, but I understand it, and don’t believe it should be shied away from in the face of evil. That’s more or less what snowballed into what I am and do today.”
Perhaps less known are his philanthropic efforts, most of which he does individually, although he has also worked with organisations and charity groups when called upon.
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