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Building leverage in the long war: Ensuring intelligence community creativity in the fight against terrorism. Cato Institute Policy Analysis , , 1— Intelligence failure and terrorism: The attack on the Marines in Beirut. Conflict Quarterly , 8 2 , 7— Protecting America and winning the intelligence war. Prepared remarks at the Council on Foreign Relations.

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Security Studies , 17 1 , 72— Indications and warning for homeland security: Seeking a new paradigm. Recent patterns of terrorism prevention in the United Kingdom. Homeland Security Affairs , 4 1. Intelligence and homeland security. Protecting society in the age of catastrophic terrorism pp. Lessons for intelligence in the campaign against al Qaeda. Knowing our enemy, strengthening ourselves. Thoughts on the state of intelligence studies: Analytic culture in the U.

Terrorism and the battle for homeland security. Readings and interpretations pp. The rise of intelligence. Foreign Affairs , 85 5 , — Transforming the intelligence community: Improving the collection and management of information. Counterterrorism analysis and homeland security. Lebanon and the intelligence community: Studies in Intelligence , 37 5 , 37— An International Journal , 3 1—2 , — Indicators and proven analytic techniques.

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A European Union intelligence service for confronting terrorism. Terrorism, media, and intelligence in Greece: Capturing the 17 November group. Intelligence coordination and counterterrorism: Orbis , 28 1 , 41— Intelligence and the war on terror: How dirty are we willing to get our hands? SAIS Review , 28 1 , 37— September 11 and the origins of strategic surprise.

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Can U.S. intelligence stop self-radicalized terrorists?

Conflict , 9 3 , — State of the art, gaps and future direction pp. Systematic analysis in counterterrorism: Messages on an Islamist internet-forum. Old allies, new friends: Intelligence-sharing in the war on terror. Orbis , 50 3 , — However, with limited staff and resources, we simply cannot respond to all who write to us.

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The CIA is particularly interested in information about imminent or planned terrorist attacks. In cases where an imminent threat exists, immediately contact your local law enforcement agencies and provide them with the threat information. To contact the Central Intelligence Agency click here. Javascript must be enabled for the correct page display Library. Support to the War on Terrorism and Homeland Security Throughout FY , the Intelligence Community continued its tireless efforts to detect, disrupt, and destroy terrorists and their overseas networks while at the same time protecting the homeland from new terrorist attacks.

Arrests and raids foiled several terrorist plots. The DIA Afghanistan Crisis Cell developed a trend-based analysis methodology for evaluating security in Afghanistan that uses a database tracking all violent incidents in Afghanistan. Weekly and monthly security briefings are developed through analysis of the data and provided to a number of consumers including the National Security Council, Department of Defense DoD , and the Joint Staff. NGA continued to provide environmental assessments on troop deployment areas and addressed humanitarian issues regarding the location and movement of refugees and displaced persons within Afghanistan and surrounding countries.

The global disruption campaign was intensified and produced several successes, including the capture of key leaders such as Khalid Shaykh Muhammad—senior al-Qa'ida operations planner and mastermind of the 11 September attacks—and Riduan Bin Isomuddin aka Hambali —operational leader of Jemmaah Islamiya and head of al-Qa'ida's network in Southeast Asia.

CIA disseminated more than 1, intelligence reports related to the terrorist threat; published papers that provided policymakers with analysis on command, control, and communications used by al-Qa'ida and other terrorists; and provided customers with previously unseen video and audio statements by al-Qa'ida's Usama Bin Laden and Aiman al-Zawahiri.

CIA provided key warnings to the President regarding the status of regional counterterrorism efforts and threats posed by Islamic extremists, particularly prior to his six meetings in the US with Southeast Asian leaders and visits to five Southeast Asian countries in CIA worked closely with liaison partners on a "multi-INT" strategic collection management process regarding terrorism in Southeast Asia. CIA implemented long-term programs to inhibit the emergence and development of new global terrorist groups; achieved significant success through expanded efforts to disrupt al-Qa'ida's global financial network; and employed foreign liaison services to assist with interrogation of DoD detainees.

NSA provided critical intelligence support that assisted in the apprehension of terrorist operatives. NSA provided numerous leads to allied forces associated with the continued search for former al-Qa'ida leaders and forces. NGA provided commercial imagery of both airports as well as High Resolution Terrain Information data for portions of each runway.

The NIC produced analytic reports on terrorist threats in Africa and the implications for US interests and counterterrorism cooperation in the region. STIC-sponsored Intelligence Community conferences on advanced explosives produced information for DoD policymakers and weapons developers that had immediate payoff for near-term counterterrorism support. During the past year, TTIC:

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