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National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) : background and issues / Jackson A. Volkerts, editor.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Terrorism, hot spots and conflict-related issues.
- Terrorism, hot spots and conflict-related issues
- Defense, security and strategies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- National Counterterrorism Center (U.S.).
- Terrorism--Prevention--Government policy--United States.
- Terrorism.
- Terrorism--United States--Prevention.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (123 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The National Counter-terrorism Center (NCTC) was established in 2004 to ensure that information from any source about potential terrorist acts against the US could be made available to analysts and that appropriate responses could be planned. This book offers an overview of the history, background, and issues for Congress with regard to the NCTC.
- Contents:
- Intro
- NATIONAL COUNTERTERRORISM CENTER (NCTC): BACKGROUND AND ISSUES
- CONTENTS
- PREFACE
- Chapter 1 THE NATIONAL COUNTERTERRORISM CENTER (NCTC): RESPONSIBILITIES AND POTENTIAL CONGRESSIONAL CONCERNS
- SUMMARY
- INTRODUCTION
- BACKGROUND
- CURRENT NCTC CHARTER
- ONGOING ACTIVITIES
- ASSESSMENTS OF NCTC
- TWO RECENT INCIDENTS
- POTENTIAL CONGRESSIONAL CONCERNS
- End Notes
- Chapter 2 NATIONAL COUNTERTERRORISM CENTER: 2009 REPORT ON TERRORISM
- FOREWORD
- Developing Statistical Information
- Considerations for Interpreting the Data
- METHODOLOGY UTILIZED TO COMPILE NCTC'S DATABASE OF TERRORIST INCIDENTS
- NCTC OBSERVATIONS RELATED TO TERRORIST INCIDENTS STATISTICAL MATERIAL
- Attackers
- Types of Attacks
- Victims and Targets of Attacks
- TREND OBSERVED IN WITS DATA: ATTACKS ON OIL AND GAS SECTORS DECLINE IN 2009
- STATISTICAL CHARTS AND GRAPHS
- CHRONOLOGY OF HIGH-FATALITY TERRORIST ATTACKS
- January
- February
- March
- April
- May
- June
- July
- August
- September
- October
- November
- December
- Barriers to Orderly Understanding of Terrorism
- Prospects for an Understanding of Terrorism through Empirical Analysis
- Conclusion
- REFERENCES
- Chapter 3 STATEMENT OF MR. RUSSELL TRAVER, DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR INFORMATION SHARING AND KNOWLEDGE DEVELOPMENT, NATIONAL COUNTERTERRORISM CENTER, BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY, HEARING ON "SHARING AND ANALYZING INFORMATION TO PREVENT TERRORISM"
- STATEMENT FOR THE RECORD
- Watchlisting Issues Associated with the Incident
- Lessons Learned.
- Chapter 4 STATEMENT OF TIMOTHY J. HEALY, DIRECTOR, TERRORIST SCREENING CENTER, FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION, BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY, HEARING ON "SHARING AND ANALYZING INFORMATION TO PREVENT TERRORISM"
- TERRORIST NOMINATION PROCESS
- EXPORT TO SUPPORTED SYSTEMS
- CLASS
- TECS
- No Fly and Selectee List
- Actions since December 25, 2009
- CONCLUSION
- Chapter 5 TERRORIST IDENTITIES DATAMART ENVIRONMENT (TIDE)
- What is TIDE?
- What Types of Conduct Warrant Inclusion in TIDE?
- How is Information from TIDE Used for Watchlists?
- How Many Names Are in TIDE?
- Why Are People without Terrorist Ties Sometimes Delayed when Traveling?
- Are Names Ever Removed from TIDE?
- CHAPTER SOURCES
- INDEX.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.
- ISBN:
- 1-61122-427-6
- OCLC:
- 759215861
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