9/11 Security Solutions - Meant to aid those seeking streamlined research into border security. The 9/11 Commission Border Security Library contains all materials from the 9/11 Commission and 9/11 Public Discourse Project regarding border security and terrorist travel from the 9/11 Final Report, a few of the most used excerpts from 9/11 and Terrorist Travel, hearing materials, report cards on progress, and transcripts. The Identity Document Security Library consists of legal, technical, and policy pieces regarding identity document security. The issue of identity, and information about identity, was at the underlay of the 9/11 Commission border work.
ACLU Watch List Counter - In September 2007, the Inspector General of the Justice Department reported that the Terrorist Screening Center (the FBI-administered organization that consolidates terrorist watch list information in the United States) had over 700,000 names in its database as of April 2007 - and that the list was growing by an average of over 20,000 records per month. The list now has over one million names on it. Why are there so many names on the U.S. government's terrorist list?
AKE Group - Provides security and political risk management to businesses, NGOs and the media.
Al Queda Training Manual - Several commentators have observed that this manual appears to be a compilation of material drawn from various military, intelligence and law enforcement manuals for internal security, guerilla and covert operations around the globe, and thus is not unique for its alleged sponsorship by Al Qaeda - which is not mentioned in the manual.
antiterroristas.cu - Provides up to date news, information and analysis relating to terrorism and acts of aggression against Cuba, as well as to the five Cubans unjustly incarcerated in the United States for defending their country against terrorism.
Armed Forces of Puerto Rican National Liberation - Throughout the late 1970’s and mid-1980’s the Armed Forces of Puerto Rican National Liberation (FALN or in Spanish, Fuerzas Armadas Liberacion Nacional Puertoriquena) and the Popular Boricua Army (Ejercito Popular Boricua), commonly known as the Macheteros, claimed responsibility for numerous bombings and robberies, causing a reign of terror in both the United States and Puerto Rico. The FALN operated in the continental United States, while the Macheteros were active mostly in Puerto Rico. Also read more here and at Wikipedia.
Benevolence International Foundation (BIF) - A nonprofit charitable trust that is suspected to have supported international terrorists worldwide. It was known as the Benevolence International Fund in Canada and Bosanska Idealna Futura in Bosnia.
Biosecurity and Biodefense Resource - Federation of American Scientists resource for biosecurity policy, bioterrorism information, and biodefense research.
British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) - The Secret Intelligence Service (SIS), often known as MI6, collects Britain's foreign intelligence. The Service is based at Vauxhall Cross in London.
California Anti-Terrorism Information Center - Formed in the wake of the September 11 attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon to provide law enforcement with statewide intelligence support to combat terrorism.
Canada's Anti-terrorism Act - The ATA was an omnibus piece of legislation containing major enactments or amendments to a number of federal statutes, including the Criminal Code, the Security of Information Act (amending and renaming the Official Secrets Act), the Canada Evidence Act; the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act, the Charities Registration (Security Information) Act, and the National Defence Act (setting out for the first time in statute the mandate of the Communications Security Establishment). Additionally, there were numerous (but significant) amendments to other pieces of legislation.
Carlos the Jackal -
Venezuelan terrorist convicted of murder in France who has worked with and for causes associated with communists, Arab nationalists and Islamists.
Also see lengthy article by Patrick Bellamy.
CBW Conventions Bulletin - News, background and comment on chemical and biological weapons issues. A quarterly journal of the Harvard Sussex Program on Chemical and Biological Weapons Armament and Arms Limitation.
CDC: Emergency Response Resources -
This page provides information to help protect emergency responders in the event of a terrorist attacks. It links to information on response to the World Trade Center attacks. This page also offers access to information on other important elements of a terrorism response such as Safeguarding Building Ventilation, Bloodborne Infectious Disease, Chemical Hazards and Anthrax.
CDISS Terrorism Programme - Maintains a database of major terrorist incidents around the world, These collected incidents provide a snapshot of the wide-range of terrorist attacks and political violence experienced worldwide since World War II.
Center on Global Counterterrorism Cooperation - A project of the Fourth Freedom Forum, is a nonpartisan research and policy institute that works to improve internationally coordinated responses to the continually evolving threat of terrorism by providing governments and international organizations with timely, policy-relevant research and analysis.
Center for Infectious Disease Research & Policy - Research in infectious disease, SARS, chemical terrorism, anthrax, botulism, plague, smallpox, tularemia, VHF, agriculture and food security, irradiation, foodborne disease.
Centre for Peace in the Balkans - Toronto based corporation whose members are actively engaged in the collection of information and materials related to the region with the goal of scrutinizing the reasoning and assumptions, both cultural and geopolitical, behind the West's flawed Balkan strategy and providing support and alternative solutions to the conflict management process in the Balkans. Also has Balkan terrorism page.
Clive Stafford Smith - Founder and Director of Reprieve.
In 2001, when the US military base at Guantánamo Bay was pressed into service to hold prisoners beyond the reach of the courts, Smith joined two other lawyers to sue for access to the prisoners there.
To date, Clive has helped secure the release of 65 prisoners from Guantánamo Bay (including every British prisoner) and still acts for 15 more.
Combating Terrorism - GAO September 2001 report to U.S. Congressional Committees. (218 pages; .pdf)
Combating Terrorism Center at West Point -
Maintains expertise in four primary areas: terrorism, counterterrorism, homeland security, and weapons of mass destruction.
Counter-Terrorism Page - Web based resource for the study of terrorism, counterterrorism, politically motivated violence, and revolutionary activity with 8000+ searchable documents.
Countering the Changing Threat of International Terrorism - Report of the U.S. National Commission on Terrorism, published in June 2000, concludes that the tactics and goals of the world's terrorist organizations remain low-tech.
Countering the New Terrorism - Online text of book of the same title, written collectively by Ian O. Lesser, Bruce Hoffman, John Arquilla, David F. Ronfeldt, Michele Zanini, Brian Michael Jenkins. Published by RAND, 1999.
Country Reports on Terrorism - U.S. law requires the Secretary of State to provide Congress, by April 30 of each year, a full and complete report on terrorism with regard to those countries and groups meeting criteria set forth in the legislation. This annual report is entitled Country Reports on Terrorism. Beginning with the report for 2004, it replaced the previously published Patterns of Global Terrorism.
Defend America - U.S. Department of Defense news about the "war on terrorism."
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) - The new U.S. department's priority is to protect the nation against terrorist attacks. Component agencies will analyze threats and intelligence, guard its borders and airports, protect its critical infrastructure, and coordinate U.S. responses to emergencies.
Department of Homeland Security National Response Framework (NRF) - The NRF presents the guiding principles that enable all response partners to prepare for and provide a unified national response to disasters and emergencies. It establishes a comprehensive, national, all-hazards approach to domestic incident response.
Eagle Research Group, Inc. - Provides technical and management consulting expertise to Government and private industry: safeguards and security inspection, evaluation, and risk assessment; terrorism, threat, and vulnerability assessments; Nuclear/chemical/biological warfare threat and consequence analysis; and more.
EgyptAir Flight 990 NTSB Report - National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigation of the crash of EgyptAir Flight 990 which ocurred on October 31, 1999.
Embassy Bombings in Nairobi and Dar Es Salaam - U.S. Report of the Accountability Review Boards on the Embassy Bombings in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam, released January 8, 1999. The bombings took place ion August 7, 1998.
Federal Bureau of Investigation Guide to Concealable Weapons 2003 (.pdf) - Information on a collection of knives that otherwise may be dismissed as nonthreatening. These 'knives' are all designed to cut and are fully functional in that respect. As such, they are treated as potentially dangerous weapons. Each knife is shown with an accompanying scale for size reference and many include an X-ray photograph to show how these weapons might appear if laced in luggage and passed through a scanning device.
Flight 800 Investigation - Maintains that TWA Flight 800 could have been shot down by one or more shoulder-fired missiles.
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) - Prescribes procedures for requesting judicial authorization for electronic surveillance and physical search of persons engaged in espionage or international terrorism against the United States on behalf of a foreign power.
Gareth Peirce - An English solicitor, educated at the Cheltenham Ladies' College, the University of Oxford and the London School of Economics. She is known for her work in high profile cases representing people with Irish and Muslim backgrounds accused of terrorism.
Global Incident Map - A global display of terrorism and other suspicious events.
Guantanamo: Beyond the Law - An eight-month McClatchy investigation of the detention system created after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks has found that the U.S. imprisoned innocent men, subjected them to abuse, stripped them of their legal rights and allowed Islamic militants to turn the prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba into a school for jihad.
Guantánamo Detainees - Of the 779 people who have been detained at Guantánamo, at least 525 have been transferred and approximately 250 remain, according to the U.S. Department of Defense. The Pentagon has declined to release a list of the detainees currently at Guantánamo. By reviewing thousands of pages of government documents, court records and media reports, The Times was able to compile its own approximate list.
INCORE: Conflict Data Service (CDS) - Entry point to an information network in the field of Conflict Resolution and Ethnicity. Targeted audience includes: academics and others who are researching ethnic conflict, particularly those who live in conflict areas; policy makers, especially in the United Nations system; mediation practitioners in conflict areas; and the media.
IntelCenter - Studies terrorist groups and other threat actors. Looks at capabilities and intentions, warnings and indicators, operational characteristics and a wide variety of other points in order to better understand how to interdict terrorist operations and reduce the likelihood of future attacks.
Jaish-e-Mohammed - Literally The Army of Mohammad, a major Islamic terrorist organization in South Asia. Jaish-e-Mohammed was formed in 1994 and is based in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. The group's primary motive is to separate Kashmir from India and have carried out a series of terrorist attacks all over India.
Joint Terrorism Task Forces (JTTF) - JTTFs are teams of state and local law enforcement officers, FBI agents, and other federal agents and personnel who work together to investigate and prevent acts of terrorism.
Lashkar-e-Taiba - Literally Army of the Good, commonly translated as Army of the Righteous; one of the largest and most active terrorist organizations in South Asia. It was founded by Hafiz Muhammad Saeed in the Kunar province of Afghanistan, and is currently based near Lahore, Pakistan operating several militant training camps in Pakistan-administered Kashmir. Lashkar-e-Taiba members have carried out major attacks against India and its primary objective is to end Indian rule in Kashmir.
National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START) - Tasked by the Department of Homeland Security's Science and Technology Directorate with using state-of-the-art theories, methods, and data from the social and behavioral sciences to improve understanding of the origins, dynamics, and social and psychological impacts of terrorism. START, based at the University of Maryland, College Park, aims to provide timely guidance on how to disrupt terrorist networks, reduce the incidence of terrorism, and enhance the resilience of U.S. society in the face of the terrorist threat. Also see START's Global Terrorism Database.
National Security Archive Online Readers on Terrorism, Intelligence and the Next War - This site provides documents, some of which were obtained under the Freedom of Information Act, that include assessments of the terrorist threat to the U.S., a CIA profile of Usama bin Ladin, presidential and Defense Department policy directives, details about U.S. response to specific terrorist attacks, and evaluations of U.S. government preparedness to deal with terrorism.
Nuclear Threat Intitiative - Ted Turner and Sam Nunn joined together to create the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI), a charitable organization working to reduce the risk of use and prevent the spread of weapons of mass destruction. NTI has brought together international experts with different views and experience who share a common goal of taking immediate action to close the gap between the global threat and the response.
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) - U.S. Department of Treasury agency administers and enforces economic and trade sanctions based on US foreign policy and national security goals against targeted foreign countries, terrorists, international narcotics traffickers, and those engaged in activities related to the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. OFAC acts under Presidential wartime and national emergency powers, as well as authority granted by specific legislation, to impose controls on transactions and freeze foreign assets under US jurisdiction. Many of the sanctions are based on United Nations and other international mandates, are multilateral in scope, and involve close cooperation with allied governments. Also see: Civil Penalties and Enforcement Information.
Operation Kratos - The code word used by the Anti-Terrorist Branch (SO13) of London's Metropolitan Police Service to refer to policies surrounding and including "shoot-to-kill" tactics to be used in dealing with suspected terrorists and suicide bombers. The tactics were developed shortly after the September 11, 2001 attacks, and are understood to be based in part on consultation with Israeli and Sri Lankan law enforcement agencies on how to deal with "deadly and determined" attackers. Little has been revealed publicly and officially about the policies, which were apparently first activated after the bombings of July 7, 2005 in London, and were only exercised in the mistaken shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes on July 22 2005.
Osama bin Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden (March 10, 1957 – May 2, 2011) - The founder of the militant Islamist organization Al-Qaeda, the jihadist organization responsible for the September 11 attacks on the United States and numerous other mass-casualty attacks against civilian and military targets. He was a member of the wealthy Saudi bin Laden family, and an ethnic Yemeni Kindite.
Pars Organization - Tracking Iranian relationships with international terrorist organnizations.
Perspectives on Terrorism - Perspectives on terrorism is a journal of the Terrorism Research Initiative. It provides an interactive publishing platform for an international community of terrorism experts.
Project on Extrajudicial Executions - Established to conduct research into international legal regimes protecting the right to life and to support the work of the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions in carrying out his mandate. The Project is directed by William Abresch.
Phil Shiner - Leads the team at Public Interest Lawyers, currently acting for over 130 former detainees who allege that they or their family members were unlawfully detained, ill-treated, or killed by UK Forces in Iraq.
South Asia Terrorism Portal - Information, data, commentary, research, critical assessment and analysis on terrorism, low intensity warfare and sectarian strife in South Asia.
Target America - PBS Frontline explores the story of the first war on terrorism, fight against terrorists in the 1980s during the Reagan administration. This report examines the military responses to terrorism, the diplomatic maneuvering to terrorism and the internal policy struggles within the Reagan White House--and the lessons to be drawn from these counterterrorist battles.
Terminal Air - A visualization system developed for mapping the movements of planes over time. The flights represented here are ones known or suspected to have been involved in the CIA extraordinary rendition program. The extraordinary rendition program involves the kidnapping and transport of suspect terrorists to undocumented prisons where they can be held, interrogated and tortured outside the research of international scrutiny.
Terrorism and Security Collection - Twenty-five (25) recent publications from the National Academies about the science and policy issues surrounding terrorism and security. Full-text searchable.
Terrorism and U.S. Policy - A National Security Archive briefing book. Documents, some of which were obtained under the Freedom of Information Act, include assessments of a terrorist threat and a CIA profile of Usama bin Ladin, presidential and Defense Department policy directives, details about U.S. response to specific terrorist attacks, and evaluations of U.S. government preparedness to deal with terrorism.
Terrorism: Background on Chemical, Biological, and Toxin Weapons and Options for Lessening Their Impact (.pdf) - CRS Report for Congress dated 01 Dec 2004. This report provides a general overview of chemical, biological, and toxin weapons and their treatment; a summary of why some of these weapons may be more attractive to terrorist groups than conventional weapons; select aspects of the current response against chemical, biological and toxin terrorism; and potential options towards lessening these weapons' impact.
Terrorism: Near Eastern Groups and State Spnosors, 2001 - This report is an annual analysis of Near eastern terrorist groups and countries on the U.S."terrorism list," a list of countries that the U.S. Secretary of Commerce and Secretary of State determine provide repeated support for international terrorism.
Terrorism Preparedness - The links and downloads presented here are designed to educate and prepare the reader for terrorist events and other non-natural disasters such as chemical and nuclear releases. This site focuses on materials and links that will aid planners and emergency responders in preparedness, planning, recovery, medical and response issues.
Terrorist Group Profiles - Index of terrorist groups and chronologies of significant terrorist events. Compiled by U.S. Naval Postgraduate School.
Terrorism and United States Policy -
National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 55. Edited by Jeffrey Richelson and Michael L. Evans. September 21, 2001.
"[These] documents, some of which were obtained under the Freedom of Information Act, include assessments of the terrorist threat and a CIA profile of Usama bin Ladin, presidential and Defense Department policy directives, the details about U.S. response to specific terrorist attacks, and evaluations of U.S. government preparedness to deal with terrorism."
Terrorist Screening Center - "Prior to the creation of the TSDB, information about known or suspected terrorists was dispersed throughout the U.S. Government and no one agency was charged with consolidating it and making it available for use in terrorist screening. Under Homeland Security Presidential Directive (HSPD) 6, the Terrorist Screening Center (TSC) now provides "one-stop shopping" so that every government screener is using the same terrorist watchlist—whether it is an airport screener, an embassy official issuing visas overseas, or a state or local law enforcement officer on the street. The TSC allows government agencies to run name checks against the same comprehensive list with the most accurate, up-to-date information about known and suspected terrorists." Also see SourceWatch and ACLU Terrorism Watch List Counter.
Terrorist Threat Integration Center (TTIC) - FAS backgrounder: The TTIC is an interagency body intended "to provide a comprehensive, all-source-based picture of potential terrorist threats to U.S. interests." TTIC is comprised of elements of the Department of Homeland Security, the FBI's Counterterrorism Division, the DCI's Counterterrorist Center, the Department of Defense, and other U.S. government agencies.
UC Berkeley Experts on Terrorist-Related Topics - Experts at the University of California, Berkeley, available to speak with reporters on a variety of topics related to the Tuesday, Sept. 11, devastation including the World Trade Center's structural system, airport security, national security, and the disaster's emotional impact are listed on this page.
UN Action Against Terrorism - United Nations response to terrorism. Activities and latest developments. Also see the United Nation's Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention (ODCCP) site's section on Terrorism Prevention.
U.S. Department of State Counterterrorism Office - Coordinates all U.S. Government efforts to improve counterterrorism cooperation with foreign governments. The Coordinator has primary responsibility for developing, coordinating, and implementing American counterterrorism policy.
U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) - Official site. Plans, directs, and executes special operations in the conduct of the war on terrorism in order to disrupt, defeat, and destroy terrorist networks threatening the U.S.
U.S. Treasury: Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence (TFI) - Marshals the department's intelligence and enforcement functions with the twin aims of safeguarding the financial system against illicit use and combating rogue nations, terrorist facilitators, money launderers, drug kingpins, and other national security threats.
Union of Concerned Scientists - Learn about efforts to make the world safe from nuclear arms, the programs that undermine it, such as national missile defense, and the work of the Union of Concerned Scientists in this area.
USS Cole - Investigatigative reports, information and resources concerning the terrorist attack on the USS Cole that ocurred October 12, 2000.
Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHISC) - "Provides professional education and training to military, law enforcement, and civilians to support the democratic principles of the Western Hemisphere." See School of the Americas Watch for the real story: Based in Fort Benning, Georgia, the WHISC [formerly called the U.S. Army School of Americas (SOA)] trains Latin American soldiers in combat, counter-insurgency, and counter-narcotics. Graduates of the SOA are responsible for some of the worst human rights abuses in Latin America. Among the SOA's nearly 60,000 graduates are notorious dictators Manuel Noriega and Omar Torrijos of Panama, Leopoldo Galtieri and Roberto Viola of Argentina, Juan Velasco Alvarado of Peru, Guillermo Rodriguez of Ecuador, and Hugo Banzer Suarez of Bolivia. Lower-level SOA graduates have participated in human rights abuses that include the assassination of Archbishop Oscar Romero and the El Mozote Massacre of 900 civilians. Also see Grads in the News.
World Trade Center Bombing in 1993 - ccurred on February 26, 1993, when a truck bomb was detonated below the North Tower of the World Trade Center in New York City. The 1,336 lb (606 kg) urea nitrate–hydrogen gas enhanced device was intended to knock the North Tower (Tower One) into the South Tower (Tower Two), bringing both towers down and killing thousands of people. It failed to do so, but did kill six people and injured thousands.
Worldwide Incidents Tracking System (WITS) -
The U.S. National Counterterrorism Center's database of terrorist incidents.
According to NCTC definition, terrorism occurs when groups or individuals acting on political motivation deliberately or recklessly attack civilians/non-combatants or their property and the attack does not fall into another special category of political violence, such as crime, rioting, or tribal violence.
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