terrorism Archives

Cyberterrorism Attacks on Police Departments

By September 30, 2009, more than 25 percent of the world population was Internet users.1 The information super highway has become the path by which the world is connected. This highway allows access t...

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DHS Office of Intelligence and Analysis: Supporting the Front Lines of Homeland Security: Renewed Emphasis Designed to Improve Service to State and Major Urban Area Fusion Centers

In April 2009, the H1N1 virus was at the peak of its first outbreak, and state and local partners were anxious to understand the local impact of the national outbreak and its implication for homeland ...

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Fusion Liaison Officer Programs: Effective Sharing of Information to Prevent Crime and Terrorism

State and local law enforcement officers are on the front lines of detecting operational planning and precursor activities related to terrorism. Many of these activities may be disguised as traditiona...

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New York State’s Counterterrorism Zone 4: A Model of Interagency Cooperation to Fight Terrorism

In September 11, 2001, 155 residents of the New York City suburban counties of Rockland, Orange, and Sullivan were killed during the attack on the World Trade Center. Many of the deceased were law enf...

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Preserving History

Every day, thousands of people drive right past it, a plain-looking building nestled amongst other aviation-related structures on the west side of the Van Wyck entrance to John F. Kennedy Internationa...

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Department of Homeland Security Explosives Standards Working Group

Protecting the United States from the threat of evolving, multidimensional global terrorism is the central challenge for the U.S. government now and in the years to come. Nearly a decade into the 21st...