Research and Reference resources
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
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
Al-Qaeda
Training Manual (from Dept. of Justice)
Department of Homeland Security, Homeland Security Digital Library
National Security Archive compendium
of declassified
documents related to al-Qaeda and 9/11
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 et al (1995/1996) on trial for the 1993
bombing of the
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
US v. Ismoil et al (for 1993 WTC bombing)
US Government
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
White House page on the War on Terrorism
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 Combating Terrorism February
2003
National Strategy for the Physical Protection of Critical Infrastructure and Key Assets February 2003
“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
US Government, Department of Homeland Security
Current DHS
Organizational Chart
DHS 2005
Six-Point Agenda, including reorganization plans
Reorganization
Plan end-state
organizational chart (with links to units)
Federal Emergency Management Agency
FEMA Weapons of Mass Destruction courses available to 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, "Response to Terrorism"
Country Reports on Terrorism (formerly patterns of Global Terrorism)
"The Global War on Terrorism: The First 100 Days"
Report to the UN Counterterrorism Committee
US Government, Department of Defense, information on terrorism
Defense Threat Reduction Agency
Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense (no link yet)
Homeland Defense office (within the Office of the Secretary of Defense)
Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Combating Terrorism
Central
Command (the military command that is carrying out operations in
Dept. of Justice Terrorist Attack and Emergency Planning Information
Dept. of Justice Emergency Preparedness manual
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
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
House
of Representatives Select Committee on Homeland
Security – Democratic office
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
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
UK
Foreign and Commonwealth Office counterterrorism page
UK Home Office homeland
security page
State and Local government
Virginia
Dept. of Emergency Management
Tualatin Valley Fire and Rescue, Aloha, OR emergency
preparedness toolkit for businesses
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)
Emergency Response and Research Institute Counter-terrorism archive
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 Security Institute, Security Resource Net, Counterterrorism page (private for-profit security organization, a reference for counterterrorism legislation)
National Homeland Security Knowledgebase (a ton of links to everything, including state-level homeland security offices)
National
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
Rand Corporation research on terrorism and homeland security
South Asian Terrorism Portal,
Institute for Conflict Management,
Terrorism Knowledge Base (National Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism)
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