ARCHIVE: TERRORISM

SPEECHES and STATEMENTS

• Legal Issues in the War on Terrorism (pdf), Speech by John B. Bellinger III, U.S. State Department Legal Advisor, London School of Economics, London, October 31, 2006
• Stopping Terrorists Before They Strike: The Justice Department's Power of Prevention, Prepared Remarks of Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales, World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, August 16, 2006
• The Changing Face of Terror: A Post 9/11 Assessment, Testimony Before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Ambassador Henry A. Crumpton, Coordinator for Counterterrorism, Washington, D.C., June 13, 2006
• The Role of Public and Private Partnerships in the Global War on Terrorism, Ambassador Henry A. Crumpton, Coordinator for Counterterrorism, Remarks to the 5th Annual International Counterterrorism Conference: Public and Private Partnerships, Washington, D.C., April 20, 2006
• Combating Global Terrorism and Crime, John Miller, Assistant Director for Public Affairs, Federal Bureau of Investigation, U.S. Department of Justice, Foreign Press Center Briefing, Washington, D.C., April 11, 2006
• Islamist Extremism in Europe, Ambassador Henry A. Crumpton, Coordinator for Counterterrorism, Testimony before the Subcommittee on European Affairs of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Washington, D.C., April 5, 2006

FACT SHEETS

• U.S.-Russia Joint Fact Sheet on the Global Initiative To Combat Nuclear Terrorism, Office of the Spokesman/U.S. Department of State, July 15, 2006
• Fact Sheet on Country Reports on Terrorism 2005, U.S. Department of State, April 28, 2006
• Background Information: Country Reports on Terrorism and Patterns of Global Terrorism, Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism/U.S. Department of State, March 21, 2006
• Ratification by the United States of the Inter-American Convention Against Terrorism, Office of the Spokesman/U.S. Department of State, November 15, 2005
• Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs), Office of Counterterrorism/U.S. Department of State, October 11, 2005
• U.S. Measures Implementing the 2004 U.S.-EU Declaration on Combating Terrorism, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs/Washington, D.C., June 20, 2005
• U.S.-EU Cooperation on Counterterrorism, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs/U.S. Department of State, February 17, 2005
• Terrorist Exclusion List, Office of Counterterrorism/U.S. Department of State, May 21, 2004
• Additions to Terrorist Exclusion List, U.S. Department of State, April 29, 2004
• Winning the War on Terror (pdf), Bureau of Public Affairs/U.S. Department of State, September 11, 2003
• Designation of Jemaah Islamiyah Members, U.S. Department of the Treasury, September 5, 2003
• U.S.-EU Summit: U.S.-EU Counterterrorism Cooperation, The White House, June 25, 2003
• Action To Enhance Global Capacity To Combat Terror, The White House, June 2, 2003
• Strengthening Intelligence to Better Protect America, The White House, January 28, 2003
• Timeline of U.N.-Iraq-Coalition Activity, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs/U.S. Department of State, December 31, 2002
• Executive Order 13224, Office of Counterterrorism/U.S. Department of State, December 20, 2002
• Yemen: The Economic Cost of Terrorism, Office of Counterterrorism/U.S. Department of State, November 8, 2002

REPORTS and DOCUMENTS

• A Chronology of Significant International Terrorism for 2004 (pdf), National Counterterrorism Center, April 29, 2005
• The 9/11 Commission Report (pdf), National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, July 22, 2004
• August 6, 2001 Presidential Daily Briefing (PDB), "Bin Laden Determined to Strike U.S., The White House, April 10, 2004
• EU Declaration on Combating Terrorism (pdf), European Union, March 25, 2004
• Dealing with Dirty Bombs: Plain Facts, Practical Solutions (pdf), Backgrounder, The Heritage Foundation, January 27, 2004
• Terrorist Financing: U.S. Agencies Should Systematically Assess Terrorists' Use of Alternative Financing Mechanisms (pdf), Government Accountability Office, November 2003
• Nations Hospitable to Organized Crime and Terrorism (pdf), Federal Research Division/Library of Congress, October 2003
• Individual Preparedness and Response to Chemical, Radiological, Nuclear, and Biological Terrorist Attacks, RAND, September 10, 2003
• Report of the Joint Inquiry into the Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001, by the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, U.S. Department of State, July 24, 2003
• National Strategy for Combating Terrorism (pdf), The White House, February 2003
• Protecting the Food Supply: FDA Actions on New Bioterrorism Legislation (pdf), February 2003 - (German translation - pdf)
• Counterterrorism Intelligence Capabilities and Performance Prior to 9-11, Subcommittee on Terrorism and Homeland Security/U.S. House of Representatives, July 2002
• Making the Nation Safer: The Role of Science and Technology in Countering Terrorism, Committee on Science and Technology for Countering Terrorism/National Research Council, June 25, 2002
• The Immigration and Naturalization Service's Contacts With Two September 11 Terrorists (pdf) - A Review of the INS's Admissions of Mohamed Atta and Marwan Alshehhi, its Processing of their Change of Status Applications, and its Efforts to Track Foreign Students in the United States, U.S. Department of Justice, May 20, 2002
• Military Commission Order No. 1 (pdf) - Procedures for Trials by Military Commissions of Certain Non-United States Citizens in the War Against Terrorism, U.S. Department of Defense, March 21, 2002
• The Global War on Terrorism: The First 100 Days (pdf), The White House, December 20, 2001
• 2001 Report on Foreign Terrorist Organizations, Office of Counterterrorism/U.S. Department of State, October 5, 2001

CRS REPORTS

• Lasers Aimed at Aircraft Cockpits: Background and Possible Options to Address the Threat to Aviation Safety and Security (pdf), updated December 21, 2005
• Combating Terrorism: The Challenge of Measuring Effectiveness (pdf), November 23, 2005
• Terrorist Capabilities for Cyberattack: Overview and Policy Issues (pdf), October 20, 2005
• Terrorism in South Asia (pdf), updated August 31, 2005
• U.S. Military Operations in the Global War on Terrorism: Afghanistan, Africa, the Philippines, and Colombia (pdf), updated August 26, 2005
• Al Qaeda: Profile and Threat Assessment (pdf), August 17, 2005
• Nuclear Power Plants: Vulnerability to Terrorist Attack (pdf), updated August 9, 2005
• Islamic Terrorism and the Balkans (pdf), July 26, 2005
• Computer Attack and Cyberterrorism: Vulnerabilities and Policy Issues for Congress (pdf), updated April 1, 2005
• The National Counterterrorism Center: Implementation Challenges and Issues for Congress (pdf), updated March 24, 2005
• Nuclear Terrorism: A Brief Review of Threats and Responses (pdf), updated February 10, 2005
• Terrorism in Southeast Asia (pdf), updated February 7, 2005
• Agroterrorism: Threats and Preparedness (pdf), updated February 4, 2005
• U.S. Anti-Terror Strategy and the 9/11 Commission Report (pdf), updated February 4, 2005
• Nuclear Powerplants: Vulnerability to Terrorist Attack (pdf), updated February 4, 2005
• Al Qaeda: Statements and Evolving Ideology (pdf), February 4, 2005
• Terrorist Nuclear Attacks on Seaports: Threat and Response (pdf), updated January 24, 2005
• Terrorism: Background on Chemical, Biological, and Toxin Weapons and Options for Lessening Their Impact (pdf), updated December 1, 2004
• Terrorist Financing: Current Efforts and Policy Issues for Congress (pdf), August 20, 2004
• Terrorism: Key Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission and Recent Major Commissions and Inquiries (pdf), August 11, 2004
• The Department of State's Patterns of Global Terrorism Report: Trends, State Sponsors, and Related Issues (pdf), June 1, 2004
• Foreign Terrorist Organizations (pdf), February 6, 2004
• International Terrorism in South Asia (pdf), November 3, 2003
• The "FTO List" and Congress: Sanctioning Designated Foreign Terrorist Organizations (pdf), October 21, 2003
• Terrorists and Suicide Attacks (pdf), August 28, 2003
• Critical Infrastructure: Control Systems and the Terrorist Threat (pdf), updated July 14, 2003
• Intelligence to Counter Terrorism: Issues for Congress (pdf), updated May 27, 2003
• Al Qaeda after the Iraq Conflict (pdf), May 23, 2003
• Terrorism: The New Occupational Hazard (pdf), March 29, 2002
• Military Tribunals: The Quirin Precedent (pdf), March 26, 2002
• Weapons of Mass Destruction: The Terrorist Threat (pdf), March 7, 2002
• State and Local Preparedness for Terrorism: Policy Issues and Options (pdf), February 5, 2002
• Abu Sayyaf: Target of Philippine-U.S. Anti-Terrorism Cooperation (pdf), January 25, 2002
• Suits Against Terrorist States (pdf), January 25, 2002
• Combating Terrorism: Are There Lessons to Be Learned from Foreign Experiences? (pdf), January 18, 2002
• Africa and the War on Terrorism (pdf), January 17, 2002