Scott Alan Ast: Managing Security Overseas: Protecting Employees and Assets in Volatile Regions. He recommends you establish effective liaisons with law enforcement, U.S. government agencies, and private sector personnel. Having a relationship in advance with the correct officials can not only cut through red tape and save time, but it might also save lives. He also recommends caution in contacting the law enforcement and government agencies of your host governments. Ast: The work of the RSOs, or LEGATs, as the Federal Bureau of Investigation refers to them, can be of extreme benefit.”]