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Security and Freedom Ensured Act (SAFE Act)(H.R. 1526) and Security and Freedom Enhancement Act (SAFE Act)(S. 737): Section By Section Analysis. May 2005.
- "Two SAFE Acts, S. 737 and H.R. 1526 address some of the issues raised by the USA PATRIOT Act. They amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) to require that FISA surveillance orders particularly identify either the target or the facilities or places targeted. They limit delayed notification of sneak and peek
searches to cases involving exigent circumstances (injury, flight, destruction of evidence, witness intimidation risks) and cap the extent of permissible delay. Both bills restrict FISA access orders to instances where there are specific and articulable reasons to believe that the records pertain to a foreign power or one or more of its agents."
Source: Congressional Research Service (CRS), United States (All by Source). Report Number: RL32907.
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Domestic Cases :
Regional, Hemispheric, or Limited Jurisdiction Agreements
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Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: Selected Legislation from the 108th Congress. January 2005.
- "On December 17, 2004, the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004, P.L. 108-458 (S. 2845),was signed into law. It included several provisions related to FISA. In addition to P.L. 108-458, a variety of other bills were introduced with FISA-related provisions. The FISA provisions of some of these measures were part of larger intelligence reform proposals. Still others were more narrowly focused measures that would also have impacted FISA investigations in the post-9/11 environment. This report briefly discusses the FISA-related aspects of these proposals."
Source: Congressional Research Service (CRS), United States (All by Source). Report Number: RL32608.
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Domestic Legislation :
Intelligence and Intelligence Sharing
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Terrorism and Drug Connection in Latin America's Andean Region. July 2002.
- "Money from the illicit drug trade has increasingly helped to finance terrorist groups worldwide, but perhaps nowhere has this development been more significant than in Latin America's Andes.1 In recent years,
funding derived from the cocaine and heroin industry has largely underwritten the terrorism of that troubled region. The principal Andean leftist groups with drug connections are the Armed Revolutionary Forces of Colombia (FARC) and the Peruvian Shining Path (Sendero Luminoso [SL]). Colombian right-wing terrorists, referred to collectively as paramilitaries, also have longstanding ties to traffickers. Since
1997, the paramilitaries have often been known by the name of their main umbrella organization, the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC)."
Source: Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) (All by Source | Source Website).
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Miscellaneous Resources
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4.
U.S-China Counterterrorism Cooperation: Issues for U.S. Policy. October 2007.
- "After the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, the United States faced a challenge in enlisting the full support of the People's Republic of China (PRC) in counterterrorism. This effort raised short-term policy issues about how to elicit cooperation and how to address China's concerns about military action (Operation Enduring Freedom). Longer-term issues have concerned whether counterterrorism has strategically transformed bilateral relations and whether China's support has been valuable and not obtained at the expense of other U.S interests."
Source: Congressional Research Service (CRS), United States (All by Source). Report Number: RL33001.
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National Strategies
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United States Intelligence Community 500 Day Plan: Integration and Collaboration. October 2007.
- "The United States is challenged by many different and evolving threats, including enemies with many faces and no border--terrorism, weapons of mass destruction, proliferation, infectious diseases, cyber attacks, and illegal trafficking. The Intelligence Community (IC) is adjusting to meet this new complex threat
environment and adapt to the new strategic context in which it now operates. To do so, the IC must have people, process and technology that provide seamless integration and cross-agency collaboration. The 500 Day Plan for Integration and Collaboration continues to build the foundation to enable the IC to work as
a single, integrated enterprise so we can collaborate across critical missions, enhance our support to a wide range of customers and partners, contribute to our national security priorities, and reduce the risks that the nation faces today and in the future."
Source: Director of National Intelligence, United States (All by Source | Source Website). Large File: 4+ Mb.
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Intelligence and Intelligence Sharing
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Terrorism in Southeast Asia. September 2007.
- "Since September 2001, the United States has increased focus on radical Islamist and terrorist groups in Southeast Asia, particularly those in the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Singapore. Southeast Asia is a base for past, current, and possibly future terrorist operations. Al Qaeda penetrated the region by establishing local cells, training Southeast Asians in its camps in Afghanistan, and by financing and cooperating with indigenous radical Islamist groups. Indonesia and the southern Philippines have been particularly vulnerable to penetration by anti-American Islamic terrorist groups."
Source: Congressional Research Service (CRS), United States (All by Source). Report Number: RL34194.
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Al Qaeda
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National Intelligence Estimate: The Terrorist Threat to the US Homeland. July 2007.
- This report analyzes the potential threats Islamic groups and cells, al-Qaeda and Hezbollah, pose to the United States over the next three years.
Source: National Intelligence Council (All by Source | Source Website).
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Al Qaeda :
Homeland Security :
Intelligence and Intelligence Sharing
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China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities. June 2007.
- “Concern has grown in Congress and elsewhere about China's military modernization. The topic is an increasing factor in discussions over future required U.S. Navy capabilities. The issue for Congress addressed in this report is: How should China's military modernization be factored into decisions about U.S. Navy programs? Certain options are available for improving U.S. Navy capabilities by 2010; additional options, particularly in shipbuilding, can improve U.S. Navy capabilities in subsequent years."
Source: Congressional Research Service (CRS), United States (All by Source). Report Number: RL33153.
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Government :
National Strategies
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Defense Roles, Missions, and Requirements: Testimony of Andrew F. Krepinevich before the Committee on Armed Services, U.S House of Representatives, June 20, 2007. June 2007.
- Andrew F. Krepinevich describes his testimony: “My testimony focuses on how we might best restructure the US military in light of circumstances in which we now find ourselves that are very different from those which existed less than a decade ago. Now the US military finds itself entering a new era, again characterized by major changes in the geopolitical environment, rapid advances in military technology, new security challenges, and the prospect that the rapid rise in resources for defense that has characterized much of this decade is coming to an end."
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Government :
Information Security/Technology :
Military Issues
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Iran: U.S. Concerns and Policy Responses. June 2007.
- "According to the Administration's 'National Security Strategy' document released on March 16, 2006, the United States 'may face no greater challenge from a single country than Iran.' That perception continues, generated primarily by Iran's developing nuclear program and intensified by Iran's military assistance to Shiite armed groups in Iraq and to Lebanese Hezbollah. U.S. officials also accuse Iran of refusing to bring to justice several senior Al Qaeda activists in Iran. In part to direct regional attention to that view but also to engage Iran on an Iraq solution, the Administration attended regional conferences on Iraq on March 10, 2007, and May 3-4, 2007, both attended by Iran (and Syria), and subsequently held a bilateral meeting with Iran in Baghdad on May 28."
Source: Congressional Research Service (CRS), United States (All by Source). Report Number: RL32048.
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Military Issues
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National Security and Homeland Security Presidential Directive (NSPD 51/HSPD-20). May 2007.
- "This directive establishes a comprehensive national policy on the continuity of Federal Government structures and operations and a single National Continuity Coordinator responsible for coordinating the development and implementation of Federal continuity policies."
Source: White House, United States (All by Source | Source Website).
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Presidential Decision Directives
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CIP Report. April 2007.
- This month's issue of The CIP Report highlights “three examples of ongoing academic research directly impacting not only the field of critical infrastructure protection, but national security writ large.” In addition, this issue highlights “the recently passed 9/11 legislation, ‘Improving America's Security Act,' with details of CIP related language, as well as the recent DHS leadership appointments and resignations. Finally, this issue includes a Legal Insights column focusing on the threats to the Commercial Facilities sector, specifically shopping malls, and an invitation to a symposium on Internet Governance and Internet Security, to be held on May 17, 2007 at the Swiss Embassy.”
Source: Critical Infrastructure Protection Program, George Mason University School of Law (All by Source | Source Website).
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Critical Infrastructure Protection :
Cyberterrorism :
Domestic Legislation
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Commission on the National Guard and Reserves: Strengthening America's Defenses in the New Security Environment. March 2007.
- “The Commission on the National Guard and Reserves was established by the Ronald Reagan National Defense Authorization Act of 2005. Congress chartered the 13-member body to conduct a comprehensive, independent assessment of the reserve components of the United States. The purpose of the assessment is expressed in the following mission statement: To identify and recommend changes in policy, law, regulation, and practice to ensure that the National Guard and Reserves are organized, trained, equipped, compensated, and supported to best meet the national security requirements of the United States.”
Source: Commission on the National Guard and Reserves (All by Source | Source Website).
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Border Security :
First Responders
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Defense Trade: National Security Reviews of Foreign Acquisitions of U.S. Companies Could Be Improved. March 2007.
- "The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States - chaired by the Department of Treasury with 11 other members, including the Departments of Commerce, Defense, and Homeland Security - implements Exon-Florio through a four-step review process: (1) voluntary notice by the companies of pending or completed acquisitions; (2) a 30-day review to determine whether the acquisition could pose a threat to national security; (3) a 45-day investigation period to determine whether concerns require possible action by the President; and (4) a presidential decision to permit, suspend, or prohibit the acquisition."
Source: Government Accountability Office (All by Source | Source Website). Report Number: GAO-07-661T.
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Homeland Security: Compendium of Recommendations Relevant to House Committee Organization and Analysis of Considerations for the House, and 109th and 110th Congresses Epilogue. March 2007.
- "The 9/11 Commission and other commissions and think tanks studying homeland security recommended congressional committee reorganization to increase Congress's policy and oversight coordination. This report analyzes selected recommendations relevant to House committee reorganization."
Source: Congressional Research Service (CRS), United States (All by Source). Report Number: RL32711.
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Homeland Security :
Proceedings - Congressional Hearings, Conferences, Seminars, Workshops, etc.
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Visa and Passport Security Strategic Plan. March 2007.
- The Bureau of Diplomatic Security's “Strategic Plan (Plan) incorporates the principles of the [National Strategy to Combat Terrorist Travel] and the President's overarching national strategy and addresses the [Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act's] objective to target and disrupt individuals and organizations that attempt to compromise the integrity of U.S. travel documents. Successful implementation of the strategy will diminish terrorists' opportunities to operate and recruit; restrict access to potential U.S. targets; and allow U.S. domestic agencies to concentrate more of their resources on critical infrastructure, border security, and immigration policy.”
Source: Department of State, United States (All by Source | Source Website).
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Border Security :
Homeland Security
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Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: An Overview of the Statutory Framework and U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court and U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review Decisions. February 2007.
- "The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), 50 U.S.C. § 1801 et seq., as passed in 1978, provided a statutory framework for the use of electronic surveillance in the context of foreign intelligence gathering. In so doing, Congress sought to strike a delicate balance between national security interests and personal privacy rights. Subsequent legislation expanded federal laws dealing with foreign intelligence gathering to address physical searches, pen registers and trap and trace devices, and access to certain business records."
Report Number: RL30465.
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Domestic Legislation
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18.
Islamist Terrorism in Northwestern Africa: A 'Thorn in the Neck' of the United States? February 2007.
- "In this Washington Institute Policy Focus, terrorism expert Emily Hunt examines how the intersection of local conflicts with al-Qaeda's global ideology and technological expertise is prompting U.S. officials to focus on North Africa, as both a potential target of attacks and a safe haven or recruiting ground for terrorists intent on attacking elsewhere."
Source: Washington Institute for Near East Policy (All by Source | Source Website).
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Al Qaeda
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Border Security: The Complexity of the Challenge. January 2007.
- "This report uses a series of graphical presentations to form one possible framework that might assist policy makers in understanding the complex nature of border security. It is the first in a three-part series of CRS reports that make use of analytical frameworks to better understand complex problems in border security and cast them in terms that facilitate the consideration of alternative policies and practices."
Source: Congressional Research Service (CRS), United States (All by Source). Report Number: RL32839.
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Border Security :
Homeland Security
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Electronic Surveillance Modernization Act, as Passed by the House of Representatives. January 2007.
- "The Electronic Surveillance Modernization Act, H.R. 5825, 109th Congress, was one of a number of bills introduced in the Senate and the House of Representatives addressing various aspects of the [Terrorist Surveillance Program] and a variety of approaches to electronic surveillance of terrorists and those affiliated with them. This bill was designed to enhance flexibility in electronic surveillance to acquire foreign intelligence information, while requiring increased reporting and congressional oversight of these activities. The measure was introduced on July 18, 2006, and passed the House on September 28, 2006. This report summarizes the bill as passed by the House and analyzes the potential impact of its provisions were they to become law."
Source: Congressional Research Service (CRS), United States (All by Source).
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Domestic Legislation :
Government :
Homeland Security :
Intelligence and Intelligence Sharing :
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