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Reports
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Guide to Mail Center Security.
January 2008.
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The U.S. Postal Inspection Service offers this guide to help keep mail center safe and secure. The guide provides general advice and recommends protective measures to help assess, prevent, and respond to such threats as package bombs or bomb threats, and chemical, biological, or radiological threats.
Source: United States Postal Service (All by Source | Source Website).
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Biological Terrorism, Weapons, Security and Defense
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Radiological Terrorism, Weapons, Security and Defense
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Security for Business and Private Citizens
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Terrorism Fact Sheets
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What You Can Do/Neighborhood Terrorism Prevention
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Improvised Nuclear Devices and Nuclear Terrorism.
March 2004.
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"Terrorists seeking to unleash massive violence and destruction may climb the escalation ladder to the highest rungs: nuclear weapons. In this nightmare scenario, they may try to seize an intact nuclear weapon residing in a nuclear weapon state's arsenal. If, however, they are deterred by the security measures surrounding nuclear armaments, they may instead decide to acquire fissile material by purchase, diversion, or force for the purpose of fabricating a crude nuclear bomb, known more formally as an 'improvised nuclear device' (IND)."
Source: Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission (All by Source | Source Website).
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Fact Sheets
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Security of Mail: Suspicious Mail Poster.
January 2008.
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These tips can help protect individuals and businesses from suspicious items received in through the mail.
Source: United States Postal Service (All by Source | Source Website).
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Global Trends 2025: A Transformed World.
November 2008.
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"'Global Trends 2025: A Transformed World' is the fourth unclassified report prepared by the National Intelligence Council (NIC) in recent years that takes a long-term view of the future. It offers a fresh look at how key global trends might develop over the next 15 years to influence world events. Our report is not meant to be an exercise in prediction or crystal ball-gazing. Mindful that there are many possible 'futures,' we offer a range of possibilities and potential discontinuities, as a way of opening our minds to developments we might otherwise miss. Some of our preliminary assessments are highlighted below: The whole international system--as constructed following WWII--will be revolutionized. Not only will new players--Brazil, Russia, India and China--have a seat at the international high table, they will bring new stakes and rules of the game. The unprecedented transfer of wealth roughly from West to East now under way will continue for the foreseeable future. Unprecedented economic growth, coupled with 1.5 billion more people, will put pressure on resources--particularly energy, food, and water--raising the specter of scarcities emerging as demand outstrips supply. The potential for conflict will increase owing partly to political turbulence in parts of the greater Middle East. As with the earlier NIC efforts--such as Mapping The Global Future 2020--the project's primary goal is to provide US policymakers with a view of how world developments could evolve, identifying opportunities and potentially negative developments that might warrant policy action. We also hope this paper stimulates a broader discussion of value to educational and policy institutions at home and abroad."
Source: National Intelligence Council (All by Source | Source Website). Large File: 35+ Mb.
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Report to G8 Summit Leaders from the G8 Experts on International Terrorism and Transnational Organized Crime.
September 2008.
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This is a report submitted by members of the G8 Roma/Lyon Group to G8 Leaders on efforts and actions to fight terrorism and transnational organized crime.
Source: G8 Information Centre (All by Source | Source Website).
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Border Security: Despite Progress, Weaknesses in Traveler Inspections Exist at Our Nation's Ports of Entry.
November 2007.
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"U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is responsible for keeping terrorists and other dangerous people from entering the country while also facilitating the cross-border movement of millions of travelers. CBP carries out this responsibility at 326 air, sea, and land ports of entry. In response to a congressional request, GAO examined CBP traveler inspection efforts, the progress made and the challenges that remain in staffing and training at ports of entry, and the progress CBP has made in developing strategic plans and performance measures for its traveler inspection program. This is a public version of a For Official Use Only report GAO issued on October 5, 2007. To conduct its work, GAO reviewed and analyzed CBP data and documents related to inspections, staffing, and training, interviewed managers and officers, observed inspections at eight major air and land ports of entry, and tested inspection controls at eight small land ports of entry. Information the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) deemed sensitive has been redacted."
Source: Government Accountability Office (All by Source | Source Website). Report Number: GAO-08-219.
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Proceedings - Congressional Hearings, Conferences, Seminars, Workshops, etc.
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Underlying Reasons for Success and Failure of Terrorist Attacks: Selected Case Studies.
June 2007.
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The purpose of this study is to assist DHS, and others involved in preventing terrorist attacks, by identifying such factors and relating the findings to possible policy implications.The authors have done so by applying case study analytical methods to a number of successful and unsuccessful terrorist plots, which were selected based on how well they demonstrate key aspects of planning and executing terrorist attacks.
Source: Homeland Security Institute (All by Source | Source Website).
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Terrorist Bombings Convention Implementation Act of 2002.
June 2002.
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This act is meant "to implement the International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings, to strengthen criminal laws relating to attacks on places of public use, to implement the International Convention of the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism, to combat terrorism and defend the Nation against terrorist acts, and for other purposes."
Source: Congress, United States (All by Source). Report Number: 116 STAT 722.
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Human Rights Watch World Report 2002.
2002.
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"This report addresses developments in sixty-six countries, covering the period from November 2000 through November 2001. Most chapters examine significant human rights developments in a particular country; the response of global actors, such as the European Union, Japan, the United States, the United Nations, and various regional organizations; and the freedom of local human rights defenders to conduct their work. Other chapters address important thematic concerns."
Source: Human Rights Watch (All by Source | Source Website).
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Activism, Hacktivism, and Cyberterrorism:
The Internet as a Tool for Influencing Foreign Policy.
October 2001.
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This report "examines how activists, hacktivists, and cyberterrorists use the Internet, and what influence they have been able to exert on policymakers. Hacktivists and cyberterrorists have not posed much of a real threat to date—but this could change if they acquire better tools, techniques, and methods of organization, and if cyberdefenses do not keep pace."
Source: RAND (All by Source | Source Website).
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Biological and Chemical Terrorism: Strategic Plan for
Preparedness and Response.
April 2000.
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"This report is a summary of the recommendations made by CDC's Strategic Planning Workgroup in Preparedness and Response to Biological and Chemical Terrorism: A Strategic Plan (CDC, unpublished report, 2000), which outlines steps for strengthening public health and health-care capacity to protect the United States against these dangers." The CDC startegic plan is based on 5 focuses areas: preparedness and prevetion, detection and surveillance, diagnosis and characterization of biological and chemical agents, response, communication.
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, United States (All by Source | Source Website).
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Pakistan's Record on Terrorism: Conflicted Goals, Compromised Performance.
April 2008.
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"An analytical understanding of the problems associated with Pakistani performance in the combined counterterrorism operations is essential if the United States is to avoid becoming locked into the paralyzing choice either of coercing Pakistan with varying degrees of discrimination, as urged by many voices in the current political debate, or standing steadfast and providing publicly uncritical support for Musharraf, as the Bush administration has done so far."
Source: Washington Quarterly (All by Source | Source Website).
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Anatomy of Cyberterrorism: Is America Vulnerable?
February 2003.
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"This paper begins with a chilling scenario of cyberterror illustrating many aspects of potential future actions. The scenario is based 100% on real-world events that occurred within the past few years. The cyberterrorism model describes the anatomy of cyberterror and its components. It is a descriptive model and not a prescriptive model. In order to fully understand cyberterror, one must first understand the cyberspace environment and its unique attributes. Then by analyzing the various components of the cyberterror anatomy, we can grasp the answers to basic questions: who, what how, where, why, and when. Only after one understands these basic pillars, can one fully understand the whole of cyberterrorism."
Source: Air War College, Air University (All by Source | Source Website).
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Articles
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Political Islam: Image and Reality.
September 2004.
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"Anyone familiar with the diversity of the Muslim world--its socioeconomic characteristics, cultures, political systems, and trajectories of intellectual development--is bound to realize that the political manifestations of Islam, like the practice of Islam itself, are to a great extent context specific, the result of the interpenetration of religious precepts and local culture, including political culture."
Source: World Policy Institute (All by Source | Source Website).
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Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Initiatives and Actions to Combat Terrorism .
May 2008.
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"International partnerships are instrumental to Saudi Arabia's efforts to combat terrorism. The Kingdom works closely with the United States government and the United Nations to ensure that inter-country collaborations are effective and useful. In January 2008, President George W. Bush visited the Kingdom for a three-day official visit, during which he participated in talks with King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz to address a range of issues, including international counterterrorism efforts. During the meeting, King Abdullah reiterated his call for the establishment of an international counterterrorism center under the aegis of the UN."
Source: Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia (All by Source | Source Website).
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War, Terrorism, and our Classrooms.
October 2001.
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"In this special edition of Rethinking Schools, we offer two things: a range of perspectives from educators seeking to respond to students' emotional and intellectual needs in the current crisis; and background articles that provide social and historical context to guide our work as educators. These efforts are tentative, intended more as point of departure than as final statement."
Source: Rethinking Schools (All by Source | Source Website).
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Schools and Terrorism
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Reports
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Gangs in Central America.
October 2008.
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"This report describes the gang problem in Central America, discusses country and regional approaches to deal with the gangs, and analyzes U.S. policy with respect to gangs in Central America."
Source: Congressional Research Service (CRS), United States (All by Source). Report Number: RL34112.
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Combat Deployment and the Returning Police Officer.
August 2008.
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"This report, Combat Deployment and the Returning Police Officer, reviews the issues concerning the reintegration of police officers who have been deployed in combat zones. Included are discussions of the psychological effects of combat deployment and methods used by police agencies to support a successful transition back to work. The report reviews strategies being used by four police departments to assist returning officers and their families, and offers recommendations for further study."
Source: Department of Justice, United States (All by Source | Source Website).
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Germs Go Global: Why Emerging Infectious Diseases Are a Threat to America.
October 2008.
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"This issue brief examines what is currently known about a range of emerging infectious diseases and why they are potential threats to Americans. It also reviews the tools -- surveillance, diagnostics, vaccines, and therapeutics -- that exist or are in development and explores government incentives for enhancing them. Finally, it recommends increased action to protect the nation from deadly and debilitating infectious diseases."
Source: Trust for America's Health (All by Source | Source Website).
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Homeland Security Report.
November 2008.
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Geared toward keeping industry and law enforcement professionals informed of homeland security issues, the November 2008 issue discusses Journal of Strategic Security--call for papers; take-down of Mongols Motorcycle Gang; free resources for IT security; DNI awards first intelligence community medal for valor; indicators of ricin poisoning; among other topics.
Source: Department of Homeland Security, United States (All by Source | Source Website). Report Number: 191.
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Combating Terrorism: The United States Lacks Comprehensive Plan to Destroy the Terrorist Threat and Close the Safe Haven in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas.
April 2008.
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In this report, the GAO is "recommending that the National Security Advisor and the Director of the NCTC, in consultation with the Secretaries of Defense and State, the Administrator of USAID, the intelligence community, and other executive departments as deemed appropriate, work to develop a comprehensive plan using all elements of national power to combat the terrorist threat and close the associated safe haven in Pakistan's FATA region. The comprehensive plan should also include key components called for in the Intelligence Reform Act and components that we have previously reported as being needed to improve the effectiveness of plans involving multidepartmental efforts to combat terrorism."
Source: Government Accountability Office (All by Source | Source Website).
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Terrorism Fact Sheets
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Think Tanks and Centers
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Annex of Statistical Information.
April 2007.
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"The statistical material in this report is drawn from the incidents of terrorism that occurred in 2006 as reported in open sources information, which is the most comprehensive body of information available to NCTC for compiling data that it can provide to satisfy the above-referenced statistical requirements."
Source: National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC), United States (All by Source).
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Terrorism Fact Sheets
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Disaster Relief: Providing Assistance Through Charitable Organizations.
September 2005.
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"The report describe how charitable organizations can provide assistance to disaster or emergency hardship victims in a variety of ways that accomplish charitable purposes."
Source: Internal Revenue Service (All by Source | Source Website).
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International Conventions and Protocols.
April 2005.
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The report is a list of international conventions and the states who signed them.
Source: Department of State, United States (All by Source | Source Website).
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Information Sharing and Analysis
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Terrorism Fact Sheets
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K. Disaster Relief and Emergency Hardship Programs.
1999.
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"This article focuses on principles applicable to disaster relief and emergency hardship programs in general. It also sets forth principles specifically applicable to employer related programs."
Source: Internal Revenue Service (All by Source | Source Website).
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ACLU v. Department of Defense, Central Intelligence Agency.
October 2008.
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This is the summary judgment of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The judgment dismisses a Freedom of Information Act request seeking disclosure of unredacted Combatant Status Review Tribunal (CSRT) transcripts for the 14 High-Value Detainees at GTMO (KSM, etc.) and all records provided by the CSRT Recorder to the Tribunal in their cases.
Source: United States District Court for the District of Columbia (All by Source | Source Website). Report Number: 08-00437.
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Ali Hamza Ahmad Suliman al Bahlul Charge Sheet.
February 2008.
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This is the charge sheet of Ali Hamza Ahmad Suliman al Bahlul of Yemen. A military commission Al Bahlul was found guilty by a military commission on November 3, 2008, of conspiracing with Usama Bin Laden and others to commit murder of protected persons, attacking civilians and other crimes. He was also found guilty of solicitation to commit murder of protected persons, to attack civilian objects, and to commit acts of terrorism.
Source: Department of Defense, United States (All by Source | Source Website).
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Global War on Terrorism: a Religious War?
November 2007.
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"This analysis compares the Ends, Ways and Means of the U.S. Strategy for Combating Terrorism with that of terrorist organizations such as al-Qai'da. The author concludes that the United States is not achieving its long-term strategic objectives in the GWOT. He then recommends that U.S. strategy focus on the root causes of Islamic hostility. Accordingly, the United States should combat radical Islam from within the Islamic community by consistently supporting the efforts of moderate Islamic nations to build democratic institutions that are acceptable in Islamic terms."
Source: Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College (All by Source | Source Website).
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Al Qaeda
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Information Sharing and Analysis
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Transcript of Conference Call with Senior Administration Officials Regarding FISA Modernization Legislation.
August 2007.
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This is the transcript of a conference call dicussing FISA and the FISA modernization bill. Questions and answers follow the discussion from Senior Administration Officials.
Source: Department of Justice, United States (All by Source | Source Website).
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Salim Ahmed Hamdan v. Donald H. Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense, et al, Respondents Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Jurisdiction.
January 2006.
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This is the repondents motion to dismiss the case of Hamdan v. Rumsfeld based on the court's lack of juristiction. This case involves an action brought by an alien who is held at Guantanamo Bay and has been charged with an offence against the law of war and designated by the President for trial before a Military Commission.
Source: Department of Justice, United States (All by Source | Source Website). Report Number: 05-184.
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The USA PATRIOT Act: Preserving Life and Liberty.
January 2006.
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"The Department of Justice's first priority is to prevent future terrorist attacks. Since its passage following the September 11, 2001 attacks, the Patriot Act has played a key part-and often the leading role-in a number of successful operations to protect innocent Americans from the deadly plans of terrorists dedicated to destroying America and our way of life." This report outlines what the USA PATRIOT Act is and how it has been successful in helping the government deter and prevent terrorist attacks on the United States.
Source: Department of Justice, United States (All by Source | Source Website).
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Federal Bureau of Investigation's Foreign Language Program Follow-Up.
July 2005.
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"In March and April 2005, the OIG conducted a follow-up examination of the findings in our July 2004 audit. The purpose of the follow-up review was to evaluate the FBI's progress in responding to the recommendations made in the audit report. The follow-up review concluded that the FBI has taken important steps to address the OIG's recommendations and has made progress in improving the operations of the Foreign Language Program."
Source: Department of Justice, United States (All by Source | Source Website).
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Intelligence and Intelligence Sharing
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Statement of James B. Comey Deputy Attorney General United States Department of Justice Before the United States House of Representatives Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.
May 2005.
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In his statement to the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Deputy Attorney General James Corney explains why the Patriot Act is important for terrorism deterrence and prevention.
Source: Department of Justice, United States (All by Source | Source Website).
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Salim Ahmed Hamdan v. Donald H. Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense, et al Brief for the Respondents in Oppostion.
December 2004.
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This is the brief for the respondents in opposition argues that the defendants petition for a writ of certiorari should be denied. This case involves an action brought by an alien who is held at Guantanamo Bay and has been charged with an offence against the law of war and designated by the President for trial before a Military Commission.
Source: Department of Justice, United States (All by Source | Source Website). Report Number: 04-702.
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Ahmad Omar Saeed Sheikh Criminal Indictment.
April 2004.
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This is the Grand Jury indictment of Ahmad Omar Saeed Sheikh. Sheik is charged with conspiracy to commit hostage taking resulting in the death of American journalist Daniel Pearl and hostage taking resulting in the death of Daniel Pearl.
Source: Department of Justice, United States (All by Source | Source Website).
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Strategic Goal One: Protect America Against the Threat of Terrorism.
March 2004.
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This is part of the Fiscal Year 2003 Performance and Accountability Report for the Department of Justice. This report focuses on the FBI's work to prevent, disrupt, and defeat terrorist operations before they occur.
Source: Department of Justice, United States (All by Source | Source Website).
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Critical Infrastructure Protection
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Department of State Redesignation of Terrorist Organizations.
October 2003.
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This is Federal Register Vol. 68, No. 191, Public Notice 4501 that redesignates the listed organizations as terrorist organizations, effecive October 3, 2008.
Source: Federal Register (All by Source). Report Number: Vol. 68, No. 191.
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Summary of Plenary Sessions: Annual Conference on Criminal Justice Research and Evaluation, Washington, D.C. National Institute of Justice, U.S. Department of Justice.
July 2002.
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The Annual Conference on Criminal Justice Research and Evaluation is designed to focus on "what we know, what we can draw from that knowledge, and what more we need to learn." This document includes the summaries of the conference speakers on Understanding and Preventing Terrorism, Racial Profiling, and School Shootings in America.
Source: Department of Justice, United States (All by Source | Source Website).
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Terrorism in the United States
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Man Sentenced for Conspiracy to Provide Material Support to Terror Organization.
October 2008.
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This press release issued by the Department of Justice announces the sentensing of Haniffa Bin Osman to 37 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for conspiracy to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization and money laundering. Haniffa Bin Osman conspired with others to provide material support to the Tamil Tigers and attempted to illegally export arms, including state of the art firearms, grenade launchers, night vision devices, surface to air missiles, and unmanned aerial vehicles.
Source: Department of Justice, United States (All by Source | Source Website). Report Number: 08-969.
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National Drug Intelligence Center Provides Unique Intelligence tool to aid the Department of Defense efforts in Iraq.
June 2007.
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This article discusses software, dubbed HashKeeper, designed and developed at the National Drug Intelligence Center that provides law enforcement and intelligence personnel a unique tool to more quickly and effectively exploit electronic media captured from insurgents and members of Al Qaeda.
Source: Department of Justice, United States (All by Source | Source Website).
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Al Qaeda
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Intelligence and Intelligence Sharing
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