Terrorism
Background and Threat Assessments
General
- National Strategy for Combating Terrorism, The White House, September 2006
- "Dirty Bomb" Attack: Assessing New York City's Level of Preparedness from a First Responder's Perspective by John Sudnik, March 2006
- National Strategy to Combat Terrorist Travel, National Counterterrorism Center, May 2, 2006
- Report on Incidents of Terrorism 2005, National Counterterrorism Center, April 11, 2006
- A Military Guide to Terrorism in the Twenty-First Century, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, 15 August 2005
- A Chronology of Significant International Terrorism for 2004, National Counterterrorism Center, April 29, 2005 (2.8 MB PDF file)
- Defender’s Edge: Utilizing Intelligent Agent Technology To Anticipate Terrorist Acts by L. B. Scheiber, Institute for Defense Analyses, June 2003
- 2003 Report to Congress on Combatting Terrorism, Office of Management and Budget, September 2003
- 2002 Report to Congress on Combatting Terrorism, Office of Management and Budget, September 2001
- National Strategy for Combating Terrorism, National Security Council, February 14, 2003
- Terrorism, the Future, and U.S. Foreign Policy (PDF), Congressional Research Service.
- Fact Sheet: Foreign Terrorist Organizations, as of October 11, 2002.
- Significant Terrorist Incidents, 1961-2003: A Brief Chronology, Department of State, March 2004.
- FBI: Most Wanted Terrorists, October 10, 2001.
- State Department List of Foreign Terrorist Organizations, published October 5, 2001.
- Countering the Threat of International Terrorism, Report of the National Commission on Terrorism, June 2000.
- US Government Interagency Domestic Terrorism Concept of Operations Plan, January 2001.
Installation Preparedness for Weapons of Mass Destruction, Installation Commander's Blueprint, U.S. Army, May 2001
- Will Duct Tape and Plastic Really Work? Issues Related To Expedient Shelter-In-Place, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, August 2001
- Report of the DoD Commission on the USS Cole, January 9, 2001. (PDF Version)
- Terrorist Organizations and Other Para-State Entities (FAS)
- The Sociology and Psychology of Terrorism: Who Becomes a Terrorist and Why?, Federal Research Division, Library of Congress, September 1999.
September 11 and the Aftermath
- Steps Taken to Combat Terrorism, US Report to the United Nations Security Council Counterrorism Committee, December 19, 2001
- Transcript of Usama bin Laden Videotape, released December 13, 2001
- Indictment of Zacarias Moussaoui for conspiracy to commit terrorism, released December 11, 2001.
- Striking Afghanistan: Selected Pentagon Imagery
- UK Report on Responsibility for the September 11 Terrorist Attacks issued by the Office of the Prime Minister, updated November 14. "Usama Bin Laden and Al Qaida, the terrorist network which he heads, planned and carried out the atrocities on 11 September 2001."
- Legislative Measures to Improve America's Counterterrorism Programs, hearing before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, September 24.
- Executive Order on Terrorist Financing, White House fact sheet, September 24.
- President Bush Addresses a Joint Session of Congress, September 20.
- Treasury Dept Has Begun Financial Profiles of Suspected Terrorists, Dept of the Treasury press statement, September 18.
- President Bush Declares a National Emergency, September 14
- Congressional Resolution Authorizing Use of Force Against Those Responsible for Recent Attacks Against the United States, September 14
- Senate Floor Debate on the "Combating Terrorism Act of 2001", September 13.
Middle East Terror
Chemical and Biological Weapons
Related Resources @fas.org
Selected Offsite Links on Terrorism
Patterns of Global Terrorism
Report submitted by the State Department Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism in compliance with Title 22 of the United States Code, Section 2656f(a), which requires the Department of State to provide Congress a full and complete annual report on terrorism for those countries and groups meeting the criteria of Section (a)(1) and (2) of the Act.
Foreign Terrorist Organizations Designations
Under the statute, this report by the State Department Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism is subject to judicial review. The Secretary of State makes these designations following an interagency effort. The designations expire in two years unless renewed.
Significant Incidents of Political Violence Against Americans
This report is published annually by the Bureau of Diplomatic Security, Office of Intelligence and Threat Analysis (DS/DSS/ITA), which examines terrorism-related acts and other instances of violence affecting Americans. Some incidents may be omitted due to the sensitive nature of the information associated with them.
DCI Counterterrorist Center
Federal Bureau of Investigation
National Security Division, Counterterrorism Threat Assessment and Warning Unit
The Inman Report - Report of the Secretary of State's Advisory Panel on Overseas Security
Khobar Towers incident and Force Protection activities
SUBJECT: THREATCON (Threat Condition) Information
Washington Headquarters Services Building Circular WHS 97-01 October 5, 1996 -- THREATCON (now FPCON) is a DoD process that sets the level for a terrorist threat condition at a given location and is based on existing intelligence and other information.
Government Web Sites
Documents, Articles and Papers
- Meeting the Homeland Security Challenge: A Principled Strategy for a Balanced and Practical Response by Adm. James M. Loy and Capt. Robert G. Ross, USCG, Journal of Homeland Security, September 2001
- CHEMICAL, BIOLOGICAL, RADIOLOGICAL AND NUCLEAR (CBRN) TERRORISM CANADIAN SECURITY INTELLIGENCE SERVICE Report #2000/02 - December 18, 1999
- TRENDS IN TERRORISM CANADIAN SECURITY INTELLIGENCE SERVICE Report #2000/01 - December 18, 1999
- SINGLE ISSUE TERRORISM G. Davidson (Tim) Smith COMMENTARY No. 74 CANADIAN SECURITY INTELLIGENCE SERVICE Winter 1998
- Superterrorism and the Military Instrument of Power John B. Stubbs; Steven G. Torrence (Faculty Advisor) Air Command and Staff College 1998 -- Superterrorism presents a significant new threat to US national security, current US policy regarding superterrorism may not be sufficient.
- PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS OF PETITIONER-DEFENDANT,
TIMOTHY JAMES McVEIGH AND BRIEF IN SUPPORT MARCH 25, 1997 -- The McVeigh defense, based upon the material provided to it, suggests the following hypothesis: A foreign power, probably Iraq, but not excluding the possibility of another foreign state, planned a terrorist attack(s) in the United States and that one of those targets was the Alfred P. Murrah
Building in Oklahoma City. American neo-Nazis were chosen to carry out the bombing of the Murrah Building because of a shared ideological bent of hatred against the American government.
http://www.fas.org/irp/threat/terror.htm
Created by John Pike
Maintained by Steven Aftergood
Modified September 5, 2006