As you say, he knows all about thuggery, particularly his own whilst Home Secretary in the War on Terrrr. He was a great pal of General Petraeus and put in hardline legislation. I seem to remember we had tanks at Heathrow too and shoe inspections.
There is a South African on its board - Lord Antony St John Bletso ?? Anything known Margo?
An American who was Bush's security advisor, Joseph J Grano, Jr, is the chairman of its Global Advisory Board but we are not told who the members are. Murky old world isn't it!
PS Surprised not to have seen Lord John Reid's name on the links! He was BLiar's henchman and was embedded at UCL in their ISRS setup. BLiar opened it in 2012 to much protest by the undergraduates. https://www.ucl.ac.uk/isrs/about/who/lord-reid