Final exam Review Flashcards
What organization was founded in 1928 to recapture the religious purity of the period of Mohammad and the four Rightly Guided caliphs
Muslim Brotherhood
______________ see themselves as the only in “true” Muslims, and they have assumed the authority to denounce fellow Muslims “heretics” if they disagree with the theology
Salafis
In the 1980s and 1990s, American right wing extremist Louis Beam championed a concept called ______________________
Leaderless resistance
Al Qaeda’s origins can be traced to _____________
The Cold War
What is the Islamic Group that governed Afghanistan from 1996 to 2001?
Taliban
Who was the leader of the Taliban?
Mullah Omar
The _______________ is the Pakistani domestic and foreign intelligence service, created by the British in 1948.
Inter-Service Intelligence (ISI)
What was the name of the defensive phase of the international coalition created by President George H.W. Bush after Iraq invaded Kuwait on August 2, 1990?
Desert Shield
What is the name of the organization created by Osama bin Laden and Ayman al Zawahiri that represents a variety of Jihadist groups?
World Islamic Front Against Jew and Crusaders
Central leadership of Al Qaeda currently operates in the tribal areas of ______________
Pakistan
The AQAP Is a splinter group of what terrorist organization?
Al Qaeda in Yemen (AQY)
What family in the tribal area of Afghanistan has relations with several militant groups and the ISI?
Haqqani network
Abu Bakr al Baghdadi sent ____________ to Syria with instructions to create an ISI front in Syria.
Abu Mohammed al Jawlani
Abu Bakr al Baghdadi entered the Syrian war in 2010 and changed ISI to what?
ISIS
Scholarly research has shown that _________________ is important for recruitment to ISIS.
Recruitment on social media
According to Christopher Hewitt, what is the most effective method of preventing terrorism!
Community policing
Vigilante terrorism, insurgent terrorism, and transnational (foreigners fighting on American soil) are typologies of ________________ terrorism
Domestic
The ________________ developed a general classification system of domestic terrorism in the 1980s.
FBI
According to FBI classification, domestic terrorism involves violent political extremism _________ and lone wolf activities
Single issue terrorism
What is the term used to describe white supremacist who either selectively use Bible passages or personal scriptural interpretations to justify the patriot agenda?
Free-wheeling fundamentalism
What is a religion that incorporates the ancient Norse gods in a hierarchy under the Christian triune deity called?
Nordic Christianity
Who was the founder of the creativity movement?
Ben Klassen
What is the belief that the lost tribes of Israel settled in Western Europe called?
Anglo-Isrealism
The Ku Klux Klan was created in the wake of what war?
Civil war
What are young individuals or groups that embrace racist hatred and white supremacy called?
Skinheads
_________________ is a violent right wing racist group of the 1980s that killed Jewish radio talkshow host Alan Berg.
The Order
_______________ was one of the founders of the Ku Klux Klan
Nathan Bedford Forrest
What were the first terrorist of the Ku Klux Klan known as?
Knight Riders
The election of _______________ had an impact on right wing and antigovernment extremism.
Barack Obama
The ________________ is an African-American group that does not recognize the validity of the US government.
Moorish Nation
Civil defense evolved slowly from civilian functions during ___________________.
World War II
Scholar Stephen Flynn’s greatest criticism of homeland security is aimed at U.S. ______________.
Borders
________________ is defined as citizens engaging in Homeland security.
Citizens defense
Congress approved the creation of the department of homeland security by uniting _______ agents in 2002.
22
The DHS was created from the ____________ in 2003 as a direct result of the 911 attacks.
Office of Homeland Security
Prior to 9/11, the US Coast Guard was formally under the __________, except in time of war.
Department of Transportation
The _________________ provides protection to federal officials under threat from terrorism, in addition to the securing the courts and apprehending escaped offenders.
US Marshals
What is the lead agency in domestic terrorism?
FBI
The purpose of the ________________ is to unite America’s national security intelligence under one umbrella.
Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)
________________ is considered to be at the heart of local intelligence systems
Information sharing
What are three examples of a civil defense structure?
- ) Guns
- ) Ammo
- ) people
What entity approved the creation of the DHS in 2002?
Congress
Who was the director of the FBI at the time of the 9/11 attacks?
Robert Mueller
Bombs are one of the most frequent weapons used in terrorism and the _________ has/have some of the best explosive experts in the world
ATF
The Constitution forbids military forces from enforcing civil law except in times of______________.
Declared martial law
Who coined the term bureaucracy?
Max Webber
______________________ refers to a federal law designed to prevent political interference in the management of federal governmental organizations and to increase the efficiency of management.
Government management reform act of 1994
The _____________ and FBI compile the presidents daily intelligence briefing
CIA
The Intelligence Center (EPIC) the centered where?
El Paso
What entity bears responsibility for US border protection ONLY when specially ordered by the president?
Military forces
As American troops were preparing to enter Iraq in 2003, there was a tremendous dispute between what two entities about the validity of intelligence coming out of Iraq?
CIA and the military
In the United States, there are more than ______________ state, local, and tribal law enforcement officers.
800,000
As used in the text, ________________ is the ability to stay focused on the primary mission of the organization.
Task orientation
The __________________ takes the fight to terrorist in other lands, rather than letting terrorist become a problem within America’s borders
DOD
The CIA was originally established at the end of________.
World War II
Currently the main military role in counterterrorism is to_______________
Project American powers overseas
DHS uses technology, such as identification systems based on body characteristics like fingerprints or facial patterns, referred to as _________ to maintain records on aliens.
Biometric measuring
_________________ is defined as courts that try combatants outside civilian court system.
Military tribunals
________________ are individual rights granted to citizens under the US Constitution.
Civil liberties
Strong advocates of civil liberties tend to emphasize human rights over __________ of the nation.
Security
_______________ refers to the basic entitlements and protections that should be given to every person.
Human rights
What is a method used to quickly intercept disposable phones or Internet traffic?
Roving wiretaps
What is the law replacing many of the powers of the patriot act with greater scrutiny from the FISA court called?
USA Freedom Act of 2015
What amendment seeks to prevent the government from illegal search and seizure?
4th amendment
The _____________ ensures that suspects have access to counsel.
6th amendment
____________ is the assessment of the actions an average person would take when confronted with certain circumstances.
Reasonableness
What court reviews federal requests for electronic evidence gathering and search warrants without public review?
FISA courts
What is a mandatory request from the FBI for public and private records called?
National security letter
When criminal justice and national security agencies gather information about organizations and people, they do so as an extension of the ______________ branch of government
executive
What amendment provides that a person cannot be deprived of freedom or property by the government unless the government follows all the procedures demanded for legal prosecution?
14th amendment
Criminologist, behavioral scientists, and civil libertarians have begun to question the new emphasis on ____________________ operations and the role of law-enforcement and Homeland security.
Intelligence
The report by the ________________ criticized federal agencies for the failing to recognize and share intelligence.
9/11 commission report
