Strategies and Plans Department of Justice U.S. Marshals Service U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (BATF) U.S. Treasury Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Secret Service Immigration Local International Research

see also: military assisting civilian authorities, on Law and Policy page FBI, Congressional Research Service reports drugs and crime, Congressional Research Service reports Counter-Terrorism: Training and Resources for Law Enforcement counterdrug intelligence , on the AWC Gateway to the Internet

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Strategies and Plans

• The National Intelligence Strategy of the United States release, Oct 2005
  (local copy of release notes) and (local copy of strategy)

• The National Counterintelligence Strategy of the United States, March 2005 (local copy)

• National Border Patrol Strategy, Office of Border Patrol (local copy, single PDF file)

• National Money Laundering Strategy, 2003, U.S. Treasury (local copy, single PDF file)

• National Drug Control Strategy, Feb 2006, Office of National Drug Control Policy (local copy, single PDF file)

• Strategy for Homeland Defense and Civil Support (local copy), June 2005

• LEO

Department of Justice

• See DoJ and FBI section on War on Terrorism page

• Department of Justice home page
  • DoJ Terrorist Attack Info
  • WWW.CYBERCRIME.GOV, Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section (CCIPS) of the Criminal Division of the US Dept of Justice

• Office for Domestic Preparedness (ODP), formerly known as Office for State and Local Domestic Preparedness Support (OSLDPS)
• National Institute of Justice (NIJ) home page

• U.S. National Central Bureau of Interpol "Point of Contact for International Law Enforcement"

U.S. Marshals Service

• U.S. Marshals Service, Dept of Justice
  • "The U.S. Marshals Service is responsible for providing protection for the federal judiciary, transporting federal prisoners, protecting endangered federal witnesses and managing assets seized from criminal enterprises. In addition, the men and women of the Marshals Service pursue and arrest 55 percent of all federal fugitives, more than all other federal agencies combined."

U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)

• U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Dept of Justice

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

• FBI home page, Dept of Justice
• FBI Tactical Support Branch, including the Hostage Rescue Team
• FBI, Counterterrorism Division

• Law Enforcement Online: Facing the Challenges of Katrina (local copy), by Koestner, in Law Enforcement Bulletin, Feb 2006 - includes instructions for law enforcement personnel who wish to join the LEO system
  • "... the FBI’s Law Enforcement Online (LEO), a conduit for intelligence information that forms a cornerstone of the organization’s Information Sharing Initiative by providing links to federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies nationwide."
  • "During the disaster recovery and antifraud efforts following Hurricane Katrina, law enforcement personnel nationwide used LEO to exchange vast amounts of information in real time."

• FBI Anthrax Links

• The FBI: Past, Present, and Future (local copy), Congressional Research Service report

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (BATF)

• Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (BATF), Dept of Justice, dealing with arson and explosives

U.S. Treasury

• Treasury home page
• Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), Treasury Dept, "administers and enforces economic and trade sanctions against targeted foreign countries, terrorism sponsoring organizations and international narcotics traffickers"
• Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FCEN)

Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

• Internal Revenue Service (IRS) home page
• IRS Criminal Investigation

Secret Service

• Secret Service home page, Dept of Homeland Security
  • National Threat Assessment Center (NTAC), Secret Service - "Building on a recent operational study of U.S. assassins, attackers, and near-lethal approachers of public officials, NTAC will develop and provide threat assessment training and conduct operational research relevant to public official, workplace, stalking/domestic, and school-based violence. In addition, NTAC will offer its assistance to organizations interested in developing threat assessment programs."

Immigration

• U.S. Customs & Border Protection (CBP), Dept of Homeland Security
• U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) home page (includes former INS)
  • Includes increased security measures at borders and regarding visas.
• U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Dept of Homeland Security

Local

• International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) home page

International

• U.S. National Central Bureau of Interpol "Point of Contact for International Law Enforcement"

• Interpol
  • Interpol - Anti-Terrorism Branch
  • Interpol - Terrorist Attacks, terrorism updates in English, Arabic, Spanish, and French

• United Nations Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention (ODCCP), includes section on terrorism, which includes summaries of the international conventions against terrorism

• International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

Research

• Center for Civil Force Protection (CCFP), from Sandia Labs "will provide physical security counterterrorism assistance to state and local law enforcement agencies, other organizations within State and local governments and private industry"

• National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center (NLECTC), associated with the National Institute of Justice, Office of Science and Technology (OS&T;) E-mail newsletter available

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