Advisory Panel to Assess Domestic Response Capabilities for Terrorism Involving Weapons of Mass Destruction: Also known as the Gilmore Commission, this congressionally-mandated commission is required to give annual reports to the Congress and the President dealing with terrorism involving weapons of mass destruction (WMD).

Agricultural Terrorism - prevention and preparedness information posted on the MIPT website including reports, fact sheets, articles and links on food safety, bioterrorism, agroterrorism, foot and mouth disease, etc.

Al Qaeda (Al Qaida) terrorist network information containing training manuals, transcripts of Osama (Usama) bin Laden's video- and audiotapes, and more.

Anthrax Information covering topics such as frequently asked questions and contamination among others.

Associations of interest to First Responders and/or those in the field of counterterrorism.

Aviation Security - policy and procedure information posted at the National Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism including reports, federal research and articles on transportation security, container security, airport security, and control systems.

Bibliographies: MIPT has compiled several comprehensive bibliographies including one on general terrorism and one on mental health. These bibliographies are not exclusive to MIPT though. This category will hold bibliographies compiled by many organizations.

Biological Weapons and Terrorism - Reports and Information on Security, Defense, Preparedness, Prevention, and Response: Information on bioterrorism (such as anthrax, smallpox, plague, botulinum toxin, and ricin) including reports, links, articles, fact sheets and more.

Blast Mitigation information including a report on Oklahoma City's control and coordination of the Murrah Building rescue and recovery effort, information about the World Trade Center and Pentagon bombings, and the United Kingdom Home Office handbook, "Bombs - Protecting People and Property."

Border Security information such as the visa program, policies, procedures, technology, etc. This category includes reports, links, articles, fact sheets and more.

Bremer Commission: Also known as the National Commission on Terrorism, this congressionally-mandated body of distinguished practitioners and scholars evaluated America's laws, policies, and practices for preventing and punishing terrorism directed at American citizens. Their report was titled, "Countering the Changing Threat of International Terrorism."

Building Security information covering fire and explosion planning matrices, building codes, protecting building environments, building performance, and technologies among others.

Chemical weapons and terrorism information (such as mustard gas, sarin, VX, cyanide, and phosgene) covering security, defense, preparedness, response, government policy, first responder resources, among others and includes reports, links, articles, fact sheets and more.

Communications including Interoperability: Information on communications systems and their interoperability such as public safety communication systems, first responder communication systems, and selection of equipment.

Critical Infrastructure Protection information on combating terrorism including protecting U.S. Federal Government computer systems; the energy sector to include power distribution (nuclear power plants); communications; financial sector to include banking and the stock market; and the water supply.

Cyberterrorism: Information on cyberterrorism including reports, links, articles, fact sheets and more.

Domestic Cases: Legal cases dealing specifically with the United States regarding terrorism incidents such as the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, the 1995 Oklahoma City Bombing, the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, and the 1998 African Embassy Bombings among others.

Domestic Legislation dealing specifically with the United States regarding counterterrorism issues such as the Aviation and Transportation Security Act (2001), the Bioterrorism Preparedness Act of 2001, the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT ACT) Act of 2001, and the Victims of Terrorism Tax Relief Act of 2001 among others.

Emergency Management reports covering the National Response Plan, planning matrices, hospital preparedness, national models, Radiological Dispersal Device (RDD) Preparedness, Vehicle Borne Improvised Explosive Devices (VBIEDs), infectious diseases, financial sectors, communications, lessons learned from past attacks, primers on emergency management, business continuity, national preparedness, the role of the media in response and recovery, vulnerability assessments, and preventing weapons of mass destruction and much more.

Counterterrorism equipment and technology for first responders. This section contains information on emergency response equipment and technology including reports, articles, journals, fact sheets, and links.

Executive Orders: Compilation of the Executive Orders signed by the President.

Federal funding information for various counterterrorism programs including reports on homeland security funding, federal programs, national policy and strategy, among others.

Financial and Economic Aspects of Terrorism chronicles efforts to counter funding to terrorists and terrorist organizations and the economic impacts of terrorist events.

MIPT regards the people who are first on the scene, when a terrorist incident is unfolding or has occurred, as a principal audience. We want to make this webpage serve these first responders, and their colleagues in emergency rooms and public health. This webpage pulls all of MIPT's resources for first responders together into one page specifically for this group so the information is readily-accessible and separate from the rest of the collection.

Food Safety information covering action plans, safety and security guidelines, bioterrorism, agroterrorism (agricultural terrorism), and food processors among others.

Force Protection and Security of Military Deployments - Reports on combating, deterring, and disrupting terrorism of U.S. Military Forces at domestic seaports, military bases, while in transit, etc.

Foreign Terrorist Organizations Designations is a bi-annual report compiled by the U.S. Secretary of State.

General Assembly of the United Nations: Resolutions outlining measures to prevent terrorism internationally.

Gilmore Commission: Formally known as the Advisory Panel to Assess Domestic Response Capabilities for Terrorism Involving Weapons of Mass Destruction, this congressionally-mandated commission is required to give annual reports to the Congress and the President dealing with terrorism involving weapons of mass destruction (WMD).

Government: Various United States and Foreign Governmental entities with information relating to counterterrorism and/or counterterrorism responsibilities.

Health Alert Networks contain information on communications networks used by the CDC and state and local governments to broadcast health alerts, participate in distance learning, etc.

Homeland Security information covering information sharing, the creation of the Office of Homeland Security and the Department of Homeland Security, the reorganization of government departments into the new Department of Homeland Security, border and transportation security, aviation (airport) security, information security, national preparedness, and much more.

Image Gallery: A collection of photographs, pictures, drawings, and other images.

Information Security and Technology resources on federal systems, integration, sharing, critical infrastructures, national strategies, satellite security, homeland security, emergency management, national strategies, critical infrastructure protection (CIP), financial sector protection, lessons learned and analysis and warning among others.

Information Sharing and Analysis contains reports, articles, fact sheets, journals and links describing efforts to share and analyze terrorism-related information.

Injuries from Terrorism Events contains reports on injuries sustained in events such as Oklahoma City, the World Trade Center, and the Pentagon including a CDC report on rapid assessment of injuries of victims of the September 11, 2001 World Trade Center attack.

Insurgency and Counterinsurgency covers reports, articles, fact sheets, journals and links that describe the relationship between terrorism and insurgency/counterinsurgency.

Intelligence and Intelligence Sharing fuses together information on intelligence activities, sharing between agencies, reform and other issues.

International Tribunal Decisions: Terrorism cases decided in international tribunals.

Terrorism-related journals and magazines published by the United States State Department, various Institutes, and organizations.

Legal Material relating to counterterrorism laws and/or legislation, cases, tribunal decisions, agreements, and other secondary legal material.

Lessons Learned information from past incidents to assist in better protecting individuals and buildings and to assist in better preparedness, protection, and response for future incidents.

The London Bombings category combines reporting on the July 2005 bombings of the London transit system.

The Madrid Bombings category joins resources covering the March 2004 bombings of the Madrid train system.

Major Reports on terrorism, counterterrorism, and weapons of mass destruction by various commissions and agencies including Patterns of Global Terrorism, the National Commission on Terrorism (Bremer Commission), and the Gilmore Commission.

Media and terrorism: Information for the media when covering a terrorism incident or disaster including reports, links, articles, fact sheets and more.

Memorial Organizations: Organizations that remember those lost.

Mental Health information on the effects of terrorism on victims, family members, children, emergency (first) responders, rescue workers, and the public including information on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other symptoms/disorders.

The Military Issues category is geared toward information relating to military establishments across the globe and their efforts in countering terrorism.

MIPT Bulletins are jointly published by MIPT and RAND featuring original, directed research conducted based off of the MIPT-RAND terrorism databases. If you have a topic that you would like to be covered in the bulletins, please email suggestions@mipt.org.

Our collection of databases including the MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base, Courses and Training Events, Terrorism Incidents & Significant Dates, Conferences, Terrorism Bibliography, and Mental Health Bibliography.

Miscellaneous Resources has information relating to terrorism in general terms such as disaster time lines and reports on terrorist activity.

National Commission on Terrorism: Also known as the Bremer Commission, this congressionally-mandated body of distinguished practitioners and scholars evaluated America's laws, policies, and practices for preventing and punishing terrorism directed at American citizens. Their report was titled, "Countering the Changing Threat of International Terrorism."

"The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, an independent, bipartisan commission created by congressional legislation and the signature of President George W. Bush in late 2002, is chartered to prepare a full and complete account of the circumstances surrounding the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, including preparedness for and the immediate response to the attacks. The Commission is also mandated to provide recommendations designed to guard against future attacks."

National security policies, procedures, observations and other information on a range of terrorism-related issues including weapons of mass destruction, bioterrorism, cyberterrorism, among others.

National Strategies: This category contains the national strategies released by the U.S. Government such as the National Security Strategy, the National Strategy for Homeland Security, and the National Strategy to Combat Terrorism.

Nuclear Terrorism information on the prevention of mass destruction from nuclear weapons. These resources also discuss Nuclear Security and how to reduce terrorist threats, the proliferation of nuclear weapons and nuclear material as well as the protection of nuclear facilities.

Oklahoma City Bombing information covering relief, communications, response, after-action reports, military assistance, among other areas. This section contains the Oklahoma City Bombing After Action Report, the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building Bombing, April 19, 1995: Final Report, as well as Oklahoma City - Seven Years Later: Lessons for Other Communities.

Other libraries containing counterterrorism information.

Patterns of Global Terrorism is a Congressionally-mandated report from the U.S. Department of State intended to provide a full and complete record for those countries and groups involved in international terrorism. This publication is updated annually by the Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism. MIPT has digitized and made available here the entire collection from 1976 to the present.

Political Violence Against Americans is the successor report to Significant Incidents of Political Violence Against Americans. Like Significant Incidents, Political Violence Against Americans is one of several Congressionally mandated, annual reports on terrorism by the U.S. Department of State. This report is produced by the State Department's Bureau of Diplomatic Security, which examines terrorism-related acts and other instances of violence affecting Americans.

Presidential Decision Directives - Presidential directives are signed or authorized by the President which are issued by the National Security Council. Given different names by different administrations, the following is some examples: National Security Action Memoranda (NSAM) by President's Kennedy and Johnson; National Security Decision Memoranda (NSDM) by President's Nixon and Ford; Presidential Directives (PD) by President Carter; National Security Decision Directives (NSDD) by President Reagan; National Security Directives (NSD) by President Bush; Presidential Decision Directives (PDD) by President Clinton. President George W. Bush uses Homeland Security Presidential Directive (HSPD) and National Security Presidential Directive (NSPD) as desriptors.

Presidential Reports and Statements covering the progress in the global war on terrorism, addresses to the United Nations, reports to Congress, news conferences, and statements among others.

Proceedings of Congressional Hearings, Conferences, Seminars, Workshops, and other events dealing with counterterrorism, intelligence failures behind September 11, homeland security, aviation security, critical infrastructure protection, national preparedness, weapons of mass destruction, bioterrorism, and information security among others.

Public Health reports and information covering a range of topics including the national response plan, hospital preparedness, emergency plans, bioterrorism response, chemical response, safety of the food supply, radiological dispersal device (RDD) preparedness, infectious diseases, homeland security, smallpox vaccinations, and anthrax among others.

Radiological Terrorism information covering a range of topics including weapons, security, defense, radiological dispersion devices (RDD), preparedness, medical management, and proliferation among others.

Regional, Hemispheric, or Limited Jurisdiction Agreements: Agreements relating to the prevention, deterrence, or mitigation of terrorism in various arenas.

Relief Organizations provide much needed assistance after an event such as disaster response and coordinating efforts by voluntary relief organizations and interfacing with government agencies.

The Schools and Terrorism category brings together resources that are aimed at providing school administrators, teachers, parents, and students the knowledge they need in case of an event at their school.

Secondary Legal Material: Information dealing with the legal aspects of terrorism in general terms.

Security for Business and Private Citizens: preparedness, prevention and response information for businesses and individuals including reports, articles, journals, fact sheets, and links.

September 11: This section of the web site contains information regarding the attacks, recovery, legislation, reports, etc. For historical perspective, please visit our original September 11 page. It is much the same as when posted shortly after the attacks.

Significant Incidents of Political Violence Against Americans was a series, which ran from 1989 to 1997, and is now replaced by Political Violence Against Americans. This series of reports was one of several Congressionally mandated, annual reports on terrorism by the U.S. Department of State. This report was produced by the State Department's Bureau of Diplomatic Security, which examines terrorism-related acts and other instances of violence affecting Americans.

Smallpox: This section is intended to give background information on smallpox, the smallpox vaccine, the Smallpox Vaccination Program. The information was gathered from the White House, CDC, JAMA, and other sources.

This is a compilation of State Homeland Security plans and links to the agency homepage if available.

Suicide Terrorism covers information on suicide bombings, the nature of the threat, possible prevention methods, why it is a popular tactic, and other topics.

Terrorism and Drug Trafficking information on including reports, links, articles, fact sheets and more.

Terrorism Fact Sheets contains Federal Emergency Management Agency information and related topics including information on children and anthrax, Project Bioshield, smallpox, cyanide, foot and mouth disease, counterterrorism cooperation, traumatic stress effects of terrorism, European Union agreements, and other resources.

Terrorism is in the United States is the FBI's major annual report on U.S.-based, domestic terrorism, produced by the Counterterrorism Threat Assessment and Warning Unit of the Counterterrorism Division.

Terrorism Risk and Insurance discusses the risks associated with terrorism, and insurance policies and laws available to cover losses from a terrorist attack, and other issues.

Terrorist Events, activities, trends, and the growing threat of terrorism: Information on terrorist incidents including the MIPT Terrorism Database System and Terrorism Incidents and Significant Dates Calendar; Patterns of Global Terrorism; Political Violence Against Americans; Terrorism in the United States and more. Also, this category includes information on the activities and habits of terrorists and terrorist organizations.

Think Tanks and Centers: Other organizations that have programs and information on counterterrorism, weapons of mass destruction (WMD), homeland security, emergency management, first responders, aviation security, transportation security, and public health among others.

Training reports and other information for First Responders, Health Care Providers and others on Terrorism Preparedness and Response including WMD training and sustainment, disaster recovery, plans, bioterrorism, chemical terrorism, radiological terrorism, among others.

Transportation Security reports covering container security, port security, mass transit, bridges, turnnels, hazardous materials transport, rail security (trains), and other areas.

Travel Information and Warnings contains security policies and procedures for travelers and businesses from various government's travel security and warnings sites including recommendations regarding home, office and computer security checklists.

Victims Assistance information for terrorism victims including relief, lending, charities, tax relief, organizations, and fact sheets among others.

Wanted Terrorists - FBI's most wanted terrorist page containing information on people sought for terrorism, the Bureau of Diplomatic Security's Rewards for Justice program, and the FBI's most wanted fugitive pages are linked on the MIPT website.

Weapons of Mass Destruction information on biological and chemical weapons, incidents, or terrorism; radiological dispersion devices (RDD); firefighter protective ensembles (FFPE); personal protective equipment (PPE); weapons proliferation; nuclear weapons and security; first responders; and proliferation among others.

What You Can Do: Information on what citizen's can do for terrorism prevention such as preparedness and response to chemical, radiological, nuclear, and biological terrorist attacks, and in one's neighborhood such as neighborhood watch programs, etc. This category includes reports, links, articles, fact sheets and more.

World Trade Center reports including the 1993 bombing and September 11, 2001 attacks. The National Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism compiles reports from a wide variety of sources on terrorist acts domestically and internationally.