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Terrorism Flashcards

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o Preventing and fighting crime through enhanced international police cooperation (Mission)

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Interpol

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Interpol functions

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Law enforcement support

o Criminal investigative support, secure communications, criminal history, fugitives, missing people

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  • Written to allow law enforcement agencies to have virtually unlimited access to telephone, email, financial records of US Citizens without court order
  • Wiretaps, business records, surveillance
  • Vague definitions
  • Constitutional rights
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USA Patriot Act

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o Mission-collect and convey the essential info the President and members of policymaking, law enforcement, and military communities require to execute their appointed duties
o Dynamic intelligence collection

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Intelligence community

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When was the intelligence community established and why?

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2004 to oversee all major intelligence missions

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Mission-o An independent US government agency responsible for providing national security and intelligence to senior US policy makers

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CIA

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Functions of CIA

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o Collect info that reveals the plans , intentions, and capabilities of our adversaries
o Produce timely analysis providing insight, warning, and opportunity
o Conduct covert action to preempt threats or achieve policy objectives

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What established the CIA?

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National security act of 1947

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Missions CIA

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  • Intelligence and analysis
  • Clandestine services
  • Science and technology
  • Support
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o Mission
• Gain a decision advantage for the Nation and our allies under all circumstances by encompassing sing intelligence, information assurance, and enabling computer network operations

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NSA

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NSA functions

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• Cyber security, strategic/tactical advantages/weaponry, thwart terrorism

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What is SIGNT

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• Generating intelligence from data/information derived from foreign signals

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What is IA? Information Assurance

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• Working and collaboratively with other clients, partners around the world and across the Federal Government to stay ahead of cyber capabilities of those who would do us harm.

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Extremism

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o Radical expression of ideological values
o Intolerance of opposing interests
o Moral absolutes
o Broad conclusions
• Examples: Islamic extremists, neo-nazi’s, KKK, ISIS

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Goals of extremists

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o Change existing order
o Psychological disruption
o Social disruption
o Revolutionary environment

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Justifications of Extremists

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o	Deprivation (feeling isolated/frustrated)
o	Structural (loss of quality of life)
o	Criminological (explains crime)
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State sponsored terrorism Construct 1

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  • Sponsors actively promote terrorism
  • Enablers do not cooperate with counterterrorism efforts
  • Cooperators disagree on political issues
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Construct 2

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  • Warfare military used against local combatant
  • Genocide elimination of scapegoat group
  • Assassinations selective homicide to topple threat
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Patronage (foreign)

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o Supporting terrorism outside borders

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Patronage (domestic)

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o Engaging in violence within borders

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Assistance (foreign)

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o Cost/benefit support vs. political ratifications

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Assistance (domestic)

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o Supporting a proxy group within borders as a means to end

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Unofficial

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• Perception that the state is threatened by some group and needs to act

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Official

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• Maintenance of the state authority as policy making authority law

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Dissident Terrorism

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•	Non-state movements against governments/perceived enemies
•	Necessary evil
•	Means to end
•	Large scale wars to assassinations
•	Revolutionary
o	Wants to build a “new”
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Nihilist

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o Social order but now vision for future society

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Nationalist

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o Rise up against government

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Dissident practices

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Asymmetrical warfare and anti state

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Asymmetrical warfare

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o Unconventional, unexpected, and unpredictable

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Antistate

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o Defeat the government using its own against itself

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Communal

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o Extreme violence on a massive scale

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Targets of dissident terrorism

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o Embassies, people, transportation, buildings

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Religious terrorism

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driven by faith
o Bible references
o Guarantee a place in heaven
o Asymmetrical tactics, cells, lone wolves, substantial symbolism

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Defense motives of religious terrorism

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  • Ensure predominance of faith
  • Higher power
  • Ensures a place in heaven
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Religious

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  • Unconstrained/ indiscriminate violence
  • Appealing to followers
  • Feel alienated from society, culture, religion
  • Want their own
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Secular

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  • Constrained/discriminate use of violence
  • Appealing to potential supporters
  • Restructure society
  • Want something more or better
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Homegrown/domestic Terrorism

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Homegrown terrorism or domestic terrorism is commonly associated with violent acts committed by citizens or permanent residents of a state against their own people or property within that state in effort to instill fear on a population or government

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Left wing terrorism

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• Going up against establishment
Left-wing terrorism (sometimes called Marxist–Leninist terrorism or revolutionary/left-wing terrorism) is terrorism meant to overthrow capitalist systems and replace them with socialist societies

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Right wing terrorism

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Right-wing terrorism is terrorism motivated by a variety of far right ideologies and beliefs, including anti-communism, neo-fascism, neo-Nazism, racism, xenophobia and opposition to immigration. This type of terrorism has been sporadic, with little or no international cooperation

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Counterterrorism policy classifications

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Use of Force- military and covert: punish and destroy
Operation Other than War- repressive and conciliatory options
Legalistic- international collaboration: prosecute and incarcerate

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Coast guard before DHS

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protected waterways (dept. of trans.)

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Coast guard after DHS

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protects borders and transportation DHS

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Customs before DHS

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inspected goods entering US DOT

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Customs after DHS

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border and transportation security DHS

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Secret service and Marshals before DHS

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Domestic security protocols, domestic law enforcement DOT

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Secret service and Marshals after DHS

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presidential and federal officials securty

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FBI before DHS and after

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SAME crime investigations and domestic law enforcement

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INS before DHS

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managed entry of foreign persons

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INS after DHS

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Same duties but now ICE and CBP

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Intelligence agencies before DHS

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Same, analysis of domestic and foreign intel

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Threats to the homeland

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•	Sympathizers to international movements
•	Infiltration
•	Narcoterrorism 
o	Drug war and terrorism
•	Homegrown terrorists/lone wolves
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Laws/things we do to protect ourselves

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USA patriot act and Anti-terrorism and effective death penalty act

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USA patriot ACt

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o Increases ability to combat terrorism at a local level

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• Anti-terrorism and effective death penalty act

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o Ensures death penalty for terrorist activity
o Better tracking of explosives
o Increases funding for counterterrorist efforts

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