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S E C R E T SECTION 01 OF 03 NASSAU 000277 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DS/IP/ITA, DS/IP/WHA. DS/ICI/CI 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: OADR 
TAGS: ASEC AMGT PTER
SUBJECT: SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE (SEPQ) 
- SPRING 2006 
 
REF: SECSTATE 17684 
 
Classified By: Classified By: RSO John V. Kane, Reason 1.5(d) 
 
¶1. (SBU) Demonstrations 
 
¶A. Are there any ethnic or religious communities in country 
that are capable of carrying out significant Anti-American 
demonstrations? - No 
 
¶B. Have there been Anti-American demonstrations in the 
country within the last 12 months? - No 
 
¶C. Have these demonstrations taken place near or in front of 
U.S. diplomatic facilities? - N/A 
 
¶D. What is the average size of an Anti-American 
demonstration? - N/A 
 
¶E. Are these Anti-American demonstrations usually triggered 
by U.S. Foreign policy initiatives, military actions, or by 
domestic issues? - N/A 
 
¶F. Are these demonstrations generally violent or peaceful? - 
N/A 
 
¶G. If violent, have any demonstrations resulted in damage to 
US property or injuries to USG employees? - N/A 
 
¶H. If violent, have any demonstrators ever penetrated our 
perimeter security line? - N/A 
 
¶I. Have there been anti-government demonstrations in the 
country within the last 12 months? - no 
 
¶J. Have these demonstrations taken place near or in front of 
U.S. Diplomatic facilities? - N/A 
 
¶K. What is the average size of an anti-government 
demonstration? - N/A 
 
¶L. Are these demonstrations generally violent or peaceful? 
- N/A 
 
¶M. If violent, have any demonstrations resulted in damage to 
USG property? - N/A 
 
 
¶2. (SBU) Macro Conflict Conditions 
 
¶A. Is the host country currently engaged in an interstate or 
intrastate conflict? (This may include battles between 
organized and violent drug cartels) - No 
 
¶B. If an intrastate conflict, is it an insurgency that is 
limited to a specific region or a countrywide civil war?  - 
N/A 
 
¶C. If limited to a specific region, are any U.S. Diplomatic 
Facilities located in this region? - N/A 
 
¶D. Have any of the factions involved in these intrastate 
conflicts signaled or demonstrated an Anti- American 
orientation? - N/A 
 
 
¶3. (C) Host Country Capabilities 
 
¶A. Are law enforcement agencies professional and 
well-trained? - The Royal Bahamas Police Force (RBPF) are a 
professional police organization and are reasonably well 
trained. They suffer from a lack of material and personnel 
resources, which causes difficulty in responding to USG 
inquiries in a timely manner. 
 
¶B. Have they been trained by U.S. Agencies?  If so, please 
elaborate on effectiveness of training. - Yes. The RBPF 
frequently receives training from U.S. Agencies, to include 
ATA, FBI, DEA and NAS funded training. The RBPF also has a 
close working relationship with the Broward County(Florida) 
Sheriff's Department and has received training through this 
relationship. 
 
¶C. Are law enforcement agencies confronted with serious, 
widespread corruption inside their agencies? - No. 
 
¶D. Are the intelligence services professional and capable of 
deterring terrorist actions? - Somewhat. The RBPF has the 
only intelligence gathering apparatus in the Bahamas. It is 
rudimentary, but continues to develop with USG assistance. 
They are frequently slow to take action or initiate 
investigations.  They lack modern equipment with which to 
identify, catalog, or monitor terrorists or terrorist 
activity in the Bahamas. 
¶E. Have the intelligence services been cooperative with U.S. 
Embassy requests for information and support? - Yes, but with 
frequently slow response times. 
¶F. Assuming there have been significant terrorist threats in 
recent years, have host country security services been able 
to score any major anti-terrorism successes? ) N/A 
 
¶G. Has host country been responsive (re: timeliness and 
allocation of resources) to Embassy requests for protective 
security? - Yes 
 
¶H. How does the embassy assess the overall security at major 
airports in the country? (Excellent; Very Good, Good/Average; 
Poor) - Average/Poor 
 
¶I. How effective are Customs and Immigration controls 
agencies?  (Effective; Average; Ineffective) - Average 
 
¶J. How effective are border patrol forces?  (Effective; 
Average; Ineffective)- Average 
 
 
¶4. (SBU) Anti-American terrorist groups 
 
¶A. Are there indigenous, Anti-American terrorist groups in 
country? - No 
 
¶B. If yes, how many?  Please name groups. - N/A 
 
¶C. Have these groups carried out an Anti-American attack 
within the last 12 months? - N/A 
 
¶D. Were any of these lethal attacks? - N/A 
 
¶E. Have these groups attacked U.S. Diplomatic targets? - N/A 
 
¶F. Have these groups attacked U.S. Business, U.S. military, 
or U.S. Related targets? - N/A 
 
¶G. Have these groups limited their attacks to specific 
regions or do they operate country-wide? - N/A 
 
¶H. If their attacks are limited to regions, are there any 
U.S. Diplomatic facilities located in these regions? - N/A 
 
 
¶5. (SBU) other indigenous terrorist groups 
 
¶A. Are there other indigenous terrorist groups (not 
Anti-American) in country? - No 
 
¶B. If yes, how many? Please name groups. - N/A 
 
¶C. Have these groups carried out attacks in the capital or in 
areas where U.S. Diplomatic facilities are located? - N/A 
 
¶D. Were these attacks lethal and/or indiscriminate? - N/A 
 
¶E. Have any Americans ever been killed or injured in these 
attacks? - N/A 
 
 
¶6. (S/NF) Transnational Terrorist Indicators 
 
¶A. Are there any foreign terrorist groups that have a 
presence in country? Provide names. - No definitive 
information is currently available, but financing links are 
currently being investigated by FBI and ROAL. 
 
¶B. How does the EAC assess this presence?  Is it an 
operational cell?  Financial cell?  Support cell? Propaganda 
cell? - Current information indicates that there may be 
support and financial cells in the Bahamas. 
 
¶C. Is the host government sympathetic to these groups? - No 
 
¶D. Are there suspect Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in 
the country that have a relationship with any of these 
groups? - No 
 
¶E. Are there any ethnic or religious communities in country 
that are sympathetic to these groups? - Yes, there is an 
Islamic community building a mosque in Nassau from which some 
threat information was obtained. 
 
¶F. How does the EAC assess the level, intent, and scope of 
hostile intelligence services (Iran, Iraq, Syria, Serbia, 
Sudan, et. al.) in country relative to potential 
Anti-American terrorist acts? ) Cuba and China have a 
presence in country.  Two known Cuban Intelligence Officers 
are working at the Cuban Embassy.  Post is not aware of any 
Chinese Intelligence Officers in the Bahamas but approaches 
have been made to USG officials that have previously been 
reported.  Post is unable to make a full assessment at this 
time but there does not appear to be imminent hostile intent. 
 The leader and other members of the mosque are currently 
under investigation by the FBI and ROAL. 
¶G. How does the EAC assess the availability of weapons and 
explosives in country or from nearby countries for hostile 
terrorist elements? - Smuggling in the Bahamas is easy and 
occurs frequently.  Historically, the Bahamas has been the 
point of entry for illegal migrants, drugs, and contraband 
into the Southeast United States.  Weapons are easily 
obtained, either locally or from other countries.  Most 
frequently the weapons are smuggled from the United States to 
the Bahamas. 
ROOD