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Official Government Documents Related to Terrorism and Intelligence

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US GAO - Potential Terrorist Attacks: More Actions Needed to Better Prepare Critical Financial Markets - Statement of Davi M. D'Agostino, Director Financial Markets and Community Investment - 12 February 2003 (PDF - 420K)

US GAO - Homeland Security: Challenges Facing the Coast Guard as it Transitions to the New Department - Statement of JayEtta Z. Hecker, Director Physical Infrastructure - 12 February 2003 (PDF - 220K)

US CIA - Statement before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI) by DCI George Tenet: The Worldwide Threat in 2003: Evolving Dangers in a Complex World - 11 February 2003 (PDF - 976K)

US DIA - Statement before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI) by DIA Director Vice Admiral Lowell E. Jacoby - 11 February 2003 (PDF - 820K)

US FBI - Statement before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI) by FBI Director Robert S. Mueller - 11 February 2003 (PDF - 732K)

US State Department INR - Statement before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI) by Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research: Current and Projected Threats to the National Security of the United States - 11 February 2003 (PDF - 224K)

US - National Strategy for Combating Terrorism - February 2003 (PDF - 272K)

US GAO - Potential Terrorist Attacks: Additional Actions Needed to Better Prepare Critical Financial Market Participants - February 2003 (PDF - 5.4MB)

US GAO - Potential Terrorist Attacks: Additional Actions Needed to Better Prepare Critical Financial Market Participants (Report to the Committee on Financial Services, House of Representatives - February 2003 (PDF - 5.7MB)

US DoT FTA - The Public Transportation System Security and Emergency Preparedness Planning Guide - January 2003 (PDF - 2.9MB)

US GAO - Justice Department: Better Management Oversight and Internal Controls Needed to Ensure Accuracy of Terrorism-Related Statistics - January 2003 (PDF - 260K)

US GAO - Combating Terrorism: Actions Needed to Improve Force Protection for DoD Deployments through Domestic Seaports - October 2002 (PDF - 868K)

2002

US Joint Inquiry Staff - Findings of the Final Report of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Joint Inquiry into the Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001 - 10 December 2002 (PDF - 264K)

US Joint Inquiry Staff - Recommendations of the Final Report of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Joint Inquiry into the Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001 - 11 December 2002 (PDF - 232K)

US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI) - Additional Views of Senator Richard C. Shelby, Vice Chairman, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, September 11 and the Imperative of Reform in the U.S. Intelligence Community - 10 December 2002 (PDF - 1.4MB)

US Congress - Joint Explanatory Statement of the Committee of Conference - 11 December 2002 (PDF - 756K)

US Congress - Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 Conference Report - 13 November 2002 (PDF - 228K)

US Congress - Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 - 13 November 2002 (PDF - 244K)

US Joint Inquiry Staff - Staff Director Eleanor Hill Statement - 17 October 2002 (PDF - 324K)

US Joint Inquiry Staff - Hearing on the Intelligence Community's Response to Past Terrorist Attacks Against the US from Feb. 1993 to Sep. 2001 - Staff Director Eleanor Hill Statement - 8 October 2002 (PDF - 584K)

US CIA - Written Statement for the Record of the Director of Central Intelligence Before the Joint Inquiry Committee - 17 October 2002 (PDF - 128K)

UK - Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction - The Assessment of the British Government - September 2002 (PDF - 432K)

UN - Second Report of the Monitoring Group on al-Qaeda and the Taliban - 20 September 2002 (PDF - 284K)

US GAO - Combating Terrorism - Department of State Programs to Combat Terrorism Abroad - September 2002 (PDF - 5.5MB)

US DCI - Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction Programs - October 2002 (PDF - 2.2MB)

US Joint Inquiry Staff - Proposals for Reform within Intelligence Community - Staff Director Eleanor Hill Statement - 3 October 2002 (PDF - 292K)

US Joint Inquiry Staff - Counterterrorism Information Sharing With Other Federal Agencies and with State and Local Governments and the Private Sector - Staff Director Eleanor Hill Statement - 1 October 2002 (PDF - 968K)

US Joint Inquiry Staff - The FBI's Handling of the Phoenix Electronic Communication and Investigation of Zacarias Moussaoui Prior to September 11, 2001 - Staff Director Eleanor Hill Statement - 24 September 2002 (PDF - 2.6MB)

US Joint Inquiry Staff - Joint Inquiry Staff Statement Part I by Staff Director Eleanor Hill - 18 September 2002 (PDF - 1.3MB)

US Congressional Research Service - Military Transformation: Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance - 31 May 2002 (PDF - 152K)

US Congressional Research Service - Homeland Security Office: Issues and Options - 20 May 2002 (PDF - 128K)

US State Dept. - Patterns of Global Terrorism: 2001 - May 2002 (PDF - 34MB)

US Congressional Research Service - The US Patriot Act: A Sketch - 18 April 2002 (PDF - 32K)

US Congressional Research Service - The USA Patriot Act: A Legal Analysis - 15 April 2002 (PDF - 616K)

US Congressional Research Service - Preventing Proliferation of Biological Weapons: US Assistance to the Former Soviet States - 10 April 2002 (PDF - 168K)

US Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) - New Threat Paradigm: Oral Statement by DIA Director Vice Admiral Thomas R. Wilson before the Senate Armed Services Committee - 19 March 2002 (PDF - 16K)

US Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) - Global Threats and Challenges: Statement for the Record by DIA Director Vice Admiral Thomas R. Wilson before the Senate Armed Services Committee - 19 March 2002 (PDF - 184K)

US Congressional Research Service - Weapons of Mass Destruction: The Terrorist Threat - 7 March 2002 (PDF - 68K)

US GAO - Combating Terrorism: Key Aspects of a National Strategy to Enhance State and Local Preparedness: Statement of JayEtta Z. Hecker, Director of Physical Infrastructure Issues - 1 March 2002 (PDF - 1.3MB)

US Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) - Global Threat and Challenges Statement to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI) by DIA Director Vice Admiral Thomas R. Wilson - 6 February 2002 (PDF - 176K)

2001

US Congressional Research Service - Intelligence and Law Enforcement: Countering Transnational Threats to the US - 3 December 2001 (PDF - 264K)

US Congressional Research Service - Terrorism and the Military's Role in Domestic Crisis Management: Background and Issues for Congress - 19 April 2001 (PDF - 216K)

US Government Interagency Domestic Terrorism Concept of Operations Plan - January 2001 (PDF - 220K)

2000

US Congress - International Terrorism: A Compilation of Major Laws, Treaties, Agreements, and Executive Documents - July 2000 (PDF - 17.3MB)

1999

US Congressional Research Service - DOE Security: Protecting Nuclear Material and Information - 23 July 1999 (PDF - 40K)

US State Dept. - Countering Terrorism: Security Suggestions for US Business Representatives Abroad - June 1999 (PDF - 1.2MB)

US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) - Terrorism in the US 1999 (PDF - 3.1MB)

US Secret Service (USSS) - Assessing Threats of Targeted Group Violence: Contributions from Social Psychology - Marisa Reddy Pynchon and Randy Borum - 1999 (PDF 160K)

1998

US State Dept. Diplomatic Security - Significant Incidents of Political Violence Against Americans - 1998 (PDF - 8.3MB)

US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) - Terrorism in the US 1998 (PDF - 2.4MB)

US Secret Service (USSS) - Protective Intelligence & Threat Assessment Investigations - July 1998 (PDF - 196K)

1997

US State Dept. Diplomatic Security - Significant Incidents of Political Violence Against Americans - 1997 (PDF - 3.2MB)

US GAO - Terrorism and Drug Trafficking: Responsibilities for Developing Explosives and Narcotics Detection Technologies - April 1997 (PDF - 472K)

US Defense Security Service (DSS) - Survival Handbook: The Basic Security Procedures Necessary for Keeping You Out of Trouble - March 1997 (PDF - 104K)