The Threat

see also: national security strategies, including intelligence and cyberspace, on the AWC Gateway to the Internet intelligence and 9-11 , including 9/11 Commission reports, on the AWC Gateway to the Internet

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The Threat

• see also Center for Terrorism Studies

• see also international rivals on the USAF Counterproliferation Center pages

• see also threat analysis and reports on the Intelligence page of the AWC Gateway

• see also FBI's National Security Threat List (NSTL), explained on the Intelligence page of the AWC Gateway

• Terrorist Threat Integration Center (TTIC), established May 1, 2003
• Threats and Protection, Department of Homeland Security - includes current Threat Advisory level
• Worldwide Threat 2004: Challenges in a Changing Global Context (local copy),
  testimony of Director of Central Intelligence George J. Tenet
• Success in the War on Terrorism (local copy), 24 Feb 04
  testimony of Director of FBI, Robert S. Mueller, III
• Current and Projected National Security Threats to the United States (local copy), 24 Feb 04
  testimony of Director of Defense Intelligence Agency, Vice Admiral Lowell E. Jacoby
• Threat from Al-Qaeda, Bioterrorism, WMD/CBRNE attack, and others
• National Threat Assessment Center (NTAC), Secret Service
• DOE’s Nuclear Threat Assessment Program
• Missile Threats (local copy)

• Center for Infectious Disease Research & Policy (CIDRAP), U. of Minn., includes bioterrorism daily watch and agro-terrorism stuff

• Issue Brief: Vulnerability of U.S. Nuclear Power Plants to Terrorist Attack and Internal Sabotage, by PSR

• Terrorism page, at FAS, including post 9-11-01 stuff

• Rogue Leader Profiles, briefing by Dr Jerrold Post at CPC November 2000 Conference -- includes psychology of the various terrorist groups and which type groups are likely to use which modes of attack

• RAND reports on terrorism
  • Countering al Qaeda: An Appreciation of the Situation and Suggestions for Strategy, 2002, a RAND book
  • Deterrence and Influence in Counterterrorism: A Component in the War on al Qaeda, 2002, a RAND book
  • Toxic Warfare, 2002, a RAND book
    • the use of toxic weapons - i.e., inexpensive and easily acquired chemicals and industrial waste - on the part of state as well as nonstate actors
  • Countering the New Terrorism, 1999, RAND book

• CDI's Terrorism Project, Center for Defense Information, "will look at all aspects of fighting terrorism, from near-term issues of response and defense, to long-term questions about how the United States should shape its future international security strategy"

• Oklahoma City National Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism (MIPT), with reports, laws, definitions, and links

• Biological and Chemical Terrorism: Strategic Plan for Preparedness and Response (local copy, PDF file), summary of recommendations of the CDC Strategic Planning Workgroup in year 2000 report Preparedness and Response to Biological and Chemical Terrorism: A Strategic Plan

• National Terrorism Preparedness Institute (NTPI), "founded in May of 1998 as a result of the Nunn-Lugar-Domenici Act with the intent of providing Emergency Response to Weapons of Mass Destruction Terrorism Training to first responders nationwide."
• Terrorism and Intelligence Operations: Potential Impact on the U.S. Economy, statement by Dr. Kenneth Alibek to Congressional committee
• Combating Terrorism: Issues to Be Resolved to Improve Counterterrorism Operations, GAO/NSIAD-99-135, May 13, 1999. (local copy, PDF file)
• The Continuing Threat from Weapons of Mass Destruction, Statement for the Record by Dr. Gordon C. Oehler, Director, Nonproliferation Center to the Senate Armed Services Committee, 27 March 1996
• An Unlikely Threat, by Tucker and Sands, in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, July/Aug '99, contending the threat is generally overestimated
• The Threat of Bioterrorism, by Carus, for Strategic Forum

• A Case Study on the Aum Shinrikyo, Senate Subcommittee Investigation, Oct 31, 1995 -- as posted by the FAS

• General Accounting Office (GAO) Reports on Terrorism, as posted by FAS, including how foreign countries are organized to fight terrorism

• The Counter-Terrorism Page
• Oklahoma City Bombing

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