Resources

Government

US Government

• U.S. Departmet of Defense: Defenselink
  Department of Defense homepage.
• DefendAmerica - War on Terror
  Latest news on America’s War on Terror in both Iraq and Afghanistan. Site offered and maintain by the U.S. Department of Defense.
• Joint Staff DDAT/HD
  Homepage for the Deputy Directorate for Antiterrorism/Force Protection. The office within the DoD Operations Directorate devoted to protecting domestic and foreign DoD personnel and resources while supporting the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, combatant commands with global antiterrorism responsibilities.
• CIA Terrorism page
  Section on the Central Intelligence Agency’s Official Website that addresses terrorism issues. It includes posted transcripts to numerous press releases, testimonies, and statements made by Agency officials.
• National Security Agency
  Official Homepage for the National Security Agency.
• Technical Support Working Group: Combating Terrorism
  The working group serves as a national forum that identifies, prioritizes, and coordinates interagency and international research and development (R&D) requirements for combating terrorism. The site provides reliable information on all terrorism subgroups with technical assistance in each category. Contains all GAO reports on Terrorism.
• Department of Homeland Security
  Official Homepage for DHS. The department coordinates 22 domestic agencies to work together for defense of the homeland. Site has general information on emergencies, transportation, immigration, research, and threats.
• Homeland Security: Federal Emergency Management Agency
  Official Homepage for the Federal Emergency Management Agency - formerly independent agency that became part of the new Department of Homeland Security in March 2003 - is tasked with responding to, planning for, recovering from and mitigating against national disasters.
• Homeland Security: National Disaster Medical System
  The National Disaster Medical System (NDMS) is a section within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Response Division, Operations Branch, and has the responsibility for managing and coordinating the Federal medical response to major emergencies and Federally declared disasters.
• Office for Domestic Preparedness Support -- DHS
  The Office for Domestic Preparedness (ODP) is the principal component of the Department of Homeland Security responsible for preparing the United States for acts of terrorism. The site provides general information concerning the office itself, training course, and other programs.
• Homeland Security State Contact List
  List of U.S. states and territories and their respective homeland security contacts.
• Federal Bureau of Investigation - War on Terrorism
  Section of the Official FBI website that provides information concerning terrorism. Includes link to counterterrorism site. Along with providing contact information, it also gives an overview of what the agency has done and is doing to combat terrorism.
• Counterterrorism: Training and Resources for Law Enforcement
  Training and resources for law enforcement based on Department of Justice recommendations to examine counter-terrorism tools available to law enforcement and first responder community. Great resources for law enforcement officers.
• U.S. Chemical Weapons Convention Web Site
  The Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) Homepage. This site provides resources and educational tools to assist U.S. chemical facilities in complying with the Bureau of Industry and Security's (BIS) CWC Regulations and CWC provisions of the Export Administration Regulations (EAR).
• WTC Information Provided by the State of New York
  Provides resources detailing the Assembly’s response to 9-11 and offers links to other New York State agencies. Good source of detailed information for local and regional level.
• U.S. Department of State: Counterterrorism Office
  Coordinates U.S. efforts to improve cooperation with foreign governments in combating terrorism. Develops, coordinates and implements American counterterrorism policy.
• Major Multilateral Terrorism Conventions
  List of the nine major multilateral conventions related to states' responsibilities for combating terrorism according to the U.S. Department of State. The list is prior January 2001.
• International Counterterrorism Conventions
  Lists the countries participating to each convention.
• Significant Terrorist Incidents, 1961-2003
  Compiled by the U.S. Department of State, Office of Historian.
• Terrorism and U.S. Policy: Significant Documents Prior to 9-11 Attacks
  National Security Archive, September 11 Sourcebook. Series of government documents concerning terrorism prior to September 11, 2001. The documents are divided into report types.
• National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (9-11 Commission)
  An independent, bipartisan commission chartered to prepare a full and complete account of the circumstances surrounding the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, including preparedness for and the immediate response to the attacks. The Commission was also mandated to provide recommendations designed to guard against future attacks.
• National Commission on Terrorism: Countering the Changing Threat of International Terrorism (2000)
  The Commission evaluated America's laws, policies, and practices for preventing and punishing terrorism directed at American citizens. After a thorough review, the Commission concluded that, although American strategies and policies were basically on the right track, significant aspects of implementation are seriously deficient.
• Countering the Changing Threat of International Terrorism
  Report of the National Commission on Terrorism – 2000. The Commission evaluated America's laws, policies, and practices for preventing and punishing terrorism directed at American citizens. After a thorough review, the Commission concluded that, although American strategies and policies were basically on the right track, significant aspects of implementation are seriously deficient. The report does not attempt to describe all American counterterrorism activities, but instead concentrates on problem areas and recommended changes.
• U.S. Government Documents Related to the Threat of Terrorism
  Bibliography compiled by the Oklahoma Department of Libraries. Initially intended to point researchers to materials specifically concerning the events of 11 September 2001, the bibliography has grown to over 700 pages of entries representing a range of materials that, while spread across several decades and across large geographical regions, cannot be divorced from the phenomenon of terrorist acts committed against the U.S.
• CIA World Fact Book 2003
  A complete geographical handbook, with full-color maps and flags of all nations and geographical entities. Each country profile tracks such demographics as population, ethnicity and literacy rates, as well as political, geographical and economic data. Detailed government source. Website is updated periodically throughout the year.
• GAO Reports on Terrorism
  The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is an agency that studies how the federal government spends taxpayer dollars. GAO evaluates federal programs, audits federal expenditures, and issues legal opinions. When GAO reports its findings to Congress, it recommends actions. The site provides a comprehensive list of the agency’s reports concerning the Government’s counterterrorism efforts.
• Legislation Related to the Attack of September 11, 2001
  From the Library of Congress THOMAS World Wide Web system. The site aims to make Federal legislative information more readily available to the public. Listed are all legislation pertaining to the 2001 World Trade Center attacks.
• FBI: Terrorism in the United States 1996-2001
  FBI website providing access to the Bureau’s annual reports on terrorism in the United States. The five reports from 1996-2001 are currently available.
• Executive Order on Terrorist Financing
  Executive Order on Terrorist Financing: Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions With Persons Who Commit, Threaten to Commit, or Support Terrorism. 24 September 2001. Available on the White House website.

International

• NATO and Terrorism
  Pertains primarily to NATO’s responses to the 9-11 terrorist attacks. Offers details on NATO’s actions in the War on Terror.
• UNODC - Counterterrorism
  United Nations Office on Drug and Crime offers a special program to confront the global threats and challenges that terrorism poses. In the context of the UN’s general efforts to prevent and combat terrorism, the UNODC has an expanded program of work for technical assistance to counter terrorism that is based on mandates recommended by the UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice and approved by the General Assembly.
• UN on Terrorism
  Resources to actions taken by the United Nations to combat international terrorism and political violence at various levels. Provides links to various relevant UN agencies and official reports.
• Canadian Security Intelligence Service
  Informative site discusses terrorism in general but also focuses on the various forms of terrorism used within Canada and details what the Canadian government is working to counter the terrorism.
• PLO: Negotiations Affairs Department
  The PLO Negotiations Affairs Department (NAD) was established in 1994 in Gaza in order to follow up on the implementation of the Interim Agreement signed between Israel and the PLO.
• International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
  The IAEA is the world's center of cooperation in the nuclear field. It was set up as the world's "Atoms for Peace" organization in 1957 within the United Nations family. The Agency works with its Member States and multiple partners worldwide to promote safe, secure and peaceful nuclear technologies.