Links
to Resources on Homeland Security, Emergency Preparedness, and Terrorism
References
Combating
Air
War College Gateway to Homeland Security (a compilation of links; This is a fantastic site)
Osama bin-Laden’s 1996
fatwa
OBL’s 1998
fatwa
Abu Bakr Naji, The Management of Savagery
Article on Mustafa Setmariam Nasar (Abu Musab al-Suri)
2004
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi’s letter to OBL, pledging allegiance to al-Qaeda
Freedom
House Publication On hate
ideology sponsored by Saudi Arabian organizations
Department of Homeland
Security, Homeland Security Digital Library
National Security Archive
compendium of declassified documents related
to al-Qaeda and 9/11
Key Journals (terrorism and insurgency)
Studies in
Conflict and Terrorism (available on line through VCU Libraries)
Terrorism and
Political Violence (available on line through VCU Libraries)
Careers
Legal
Issues and Cases related to Terrorism
Index
of civil and criminal cases against those accused of terrorist acts, Page 1(includes
Yasr Hamdi, Jose Padilla, Zaccarias Moussaoui, John Walker Lindh) from Find Law
Index
of civil and criminal cases against those accused of terrorist acts, Page 2, from
Find Law
US v.
Salameh
(appeal)
(1997/1998)
US v.
Rahman et
al (documents
related to the trials also for the 1993 WTC bombing)
US v.
Yousef et
al (appeal,
2002/2002) for WTC 1993 and Oplan Bojinka
plot
Detainee Treatment Act, 2005
Military Commissions Act, 2006
US Government,
Response Plans for Emergencies including terrorism (These links illustrate the
development of the plan from something somewhat important to something
absolutely critical after September 11)
US Government, Interagency
Domestic Terrorism Concept of Operations Plan (2001)
US Government,
FEMA, Federal Response Plan
National
Incident Command System (how the National Response Plan will be coordinated and commanded)
National
Incident Command System home page (with information and updates and policies on NIMS)
US Government, White House
Homeland
Security Presidential Directives (scroll down when you get to the site)
National
Strategy for Homeland Security July 2002
National
Strategy to Combat Weapons of Mass Destruction December 2002
National Strategy for the Physical
Protection of Critical Infrastructure and Key Assets
“The
Federal Response to Hurricane Katrina: Lessons Learned,” February 2006
“National
Security Strategy of the US,” March 2006
Declassified Key Judgments of the National
Intelligence Estimate “Trends
in Global Terrorism: Implications for the United States,” April 2006
“9/11
Five Years later: Successes and Challenges,” September 2006
“National
Strategy for Combating Terrorism,” September 2006
President George W. Bush Military Order,
US Government, Department
of Homeland Security
Current DHS
Organizational Chart
DHS 2005 Six-Point Agenda,
including reorganization plans
Federal
Emergency Management Agency
FEMA
Weapons of Mass Destruction Courses for first responders
FEMA, Fact Sheet on Terrorism
FEMA
Higher Education Project (has a complete list of all Terrorism/homeland Security/Emergency
Management programs (graduate and undergraduate) and papers/reports and even
complete courses on line).
US Customs and Border
Protection
Homeland
Security Advisory Council
DHS Homeland
Security Exercise and Evaluation Program
US Government,
Dept. of Health and Human Services
Office of Emergency Preparedness (OEP -- would deal with biological weapons attacks or
other health effects of terrorist or natural disasters)
Center for Disease Control (CDC – part of the Department of Health and Human
Services)
US Government, Department of State
Country Reports on Terrorism (Formerly Patterns of Global
Terrorism)
Office of the Coordinator for
Counterterrorism
o The current
list
o State Sponsors of
Terrorism
State Department report Report, Changing
Minds Winning Peace: A New Strategic Direction for US Public Diplomacy in the
Arab and Muslim World
US Government, Department of Defense, Information on Terrorism
Defense Threat Reduction Agency
Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland
Defense
Homeland
Defense
office (within the Office of the Secretary of Defense)
Central Command (the military command that is
carrying out operations in
US
Treasury
Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence
US Government, Dept.
of Justice (including FBI)
Dept. of Justice Emergency
Preparedness manual
FBI National Security Branch (NSB)
Office of the
Inspector General, A
Review of the FBI’s Handling of Intelligence Information Related to the
September 11, Attacks
FBI Counterterrorism
Training and Resources for Law Enforcement
Memos
from the Office of Legal Counsel, Bush and Obama Administrations concerning
detainee treatment and interrogation policies
Intelligence
Office of the Director of National Intelligence
Central
Intelligence Agency, War on Terrorism
FBI Directorate of Intelligence
US Congress
House of Representatives Select Committee on Homeland Security
CRS Reports through the Federation of
American Scientists
CRS Reports through the Dept. of State
Legislation related to September 11
(compiled by the Library of Congress
Text of USA PATRIOT Act
or Available Here
US House of Representatives Select
Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and Response
to Hurricane Katrina, A
Failure of Initiative: The Final Report of the Select Bipartisan Committee to
Investigate the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina, February 2006. Committee hearings are also available.
Report of the House Permanent Select
Committee on Intelligence “Al-Qaeda: The Many Faces of an Islamic
Extremist Threat,” September 2006
Foreign Governments
Public Security Intelligence Agency
Japanese National
Police Agency
Israeli Defense
Forces (IDF)
Institute for Special Operations (Mossad)
Israeli Security Agency (Shabak
or Shin Bet)
PM’s National Security Council
UN-Based
International Agreements on Terrorism
State and Local government
Virginia Dept. of Emergency Management
Tualatin Valley
Fire and Rescue, Aloha
Various
National
Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the
United States (Kean Commission)
9/11
Commission Public Discourse project
US Government, Report of the National Commission on
Terrorism
(Gilmore Commission)
US Government Dept. of Transportation Security
and Emergency Preparedness Planning Guide
Intergovernmental Organizations
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Terrorism page
Public Health-Related
American
Academy of Emergency Medicine
Business Continuity
Institute for Business and Home Safety, Disaster Planning
Toolkit for the Small to Mid-Sized Business Owner
Non-Governmental Organizations or University
Centers (think tanks,
non-profit organizations, academic research, international advocacy groups)
(For national security think tanks which may have sources on terrorism see Links on National
Security and Foreign Policy)
AHC
News and Research Portal (on all-hazards)
American Civil Liberties
Union
ANSER Institute for Homeland Security: non-profit organization that has
been studying the issue since before September 11.
Belfer
Center for Science and International Affairs, Kennedy
School of Government,
CATO Institute on Terrorism (think tank)
Center for Defense Information,
terrorism page (think tank)
Center
for Homeland and Global Security (a private corporation -- Equity International – that
sponsors conferences putting private security organizations and public
institutions together to discuss the problems and potentials for homeland
security and homeland security funding)
Center
for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence,
Counterterrorism page (links to media resources)
Electronic Privacy Information Center (organization that analyzes
counterterrorism legislation and civil rights)
Federation of American Scientists,
Intelligence Resource Program (think tank)
Federation
of American Scientists, Homeland Security Resources (think tank)
Federation
of American Scientists, Terrorism resources (think tank)
Global
Security.Org (excellent resources for international diplomatic, military, and
political issues)
Homeland
Defense Journal (a private organization – Market Access – publishes this journal which
provides news and analysis for public and private organizations trying to
develop new security measures for the post-September 11 environment)
Institute
for Crisis, Disaster, and Risk Management (
International Policy Institute for
Counter-Terrorism (think tank,
John
P. Murtha Institute for Homeland Security (
National
Homeland Security Knowledgebase (a ton of links to everything, including state-level
homeland security offices)
National Academy of Sciences homeland security page (NAS)
National
Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism
Naval
Postgraduate School Homeland Security Affairs journal
Nuclear Control Institute nuclear terrorism page (think tank)
Paula
Gordon’s Terrorism home page (Gordon is an independent analyst of terrorism based
at George Washington University)
Rand
Corporation
research on terrorism and homeland security
South Asian Terrorism Portal, Institute for Conflict Management,
India
Terrorism
Research Center (for profit organization specializing in security)
Professional
Organizations
The International Emergency Management
Society
International Association of Emergency Managers
National Emergency Management
Association
International
Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP – develops standard methodologies
for dealing with counterterrorist procedures at the local law enforcement
level)
International
Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC -- develops standard methodologies
for dealing with counterterrorist procedures at the local fire department and
emergency services level)
Links related specifically to
Emergency Management, Risk Analysis, or Security
Index of emergency management journals
Contingency Planning and Management
Journal
Disaster
Management and Response (journal)
Disasters (journal)
Electronic Journal of Disaster Science
INFOSYSSEC (Information System Security site
focusing on business continuity issues)
International
Journal of Critical Infrastructure
International
Journal of Emergency Management
International Journal of Mass
Emergencies and Disasters
International
Journal of Risk Assessment and Management
Journal of Emergency Management
Journal of Homeland Security and
Emergency Management
Risk (journal)
Risk
Analysis
(journal)
On Line Programs
University
of Richmond Emergency Management programs
On
Line Degrees in Homeland Security