Homeland Security Posts Job for 'entertainment Liaison'
By Leslie Miller Associated Press Writer
Published: Mar 19, 2004
WASHINGTON (AP) - Protecting America against terrorist attacks and other disasters requires strong interagency communication and superior intelligence-gathering. Oh, and a little help from Hollywood.
The Homeland Security Department has posted a job for a "liaison to the entertainment industry." The salary could be as high as $136,000, plus benefits.
The department is creating the job to make sure that dramatic portrayals of it are as accurate as possible, spokesman Dennis Murphy said Friday.
It's not a new concept. The Pentagon has been working with TV and film producers for years. Murphy, in a former position at the Customs Service, provided technical advice to the Oscar-winning film "Traffic."
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