Terrorism Investigations Flashcards
The Federal Bureau of Investigations is the lead federal law enforcement agency charged with counterterrorism investigations.
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The USA PATRIOT Act amended FISA to authorize the FBI to seek an order from the FISA court for the production of any tangible things (including books, records, papers, documents, and other items) in a terrorism or counterintelligence investigation provided that such investigation of a U.S. person is not conducted solely upon the basis of activities protected by the First Amendment.
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Shortly after the 9/11 attacks, Congress provided the FBI with several additional investigative tools and expanded its authority to monitor and search suspects in terrorism-related and other investigations, this is known as the Patriot Act.
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To strengthen security measures on any possible terrorism target such as military bases, nuclear power facilities, and embassies of the countries which have been the target of certain terrorist groups… One member gave his view that intelligence agencies in one country must have good communications and good relationships with other intelligence agencies outside their country in order to get reliable information on the suspected terrorists, their organizations, their targets and other relevant information that could help the country in preventing and capturing the terrorists before they can commit their plan.
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Attempts to account for the behavior of terrorists fall into two general categories: top-down approaches that seek the seeds of terrorism in political, social, economic, or even evolutionary circumstances and bottom-up approaches that explore the characteristics of individuals and groups that turn to terrorism.
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Political Scientist Martha Crenshaw (2000) has cautioned that the ostensible goal of terrorists often appears so unlikely to be achieved by the chosen action that it is difficult to support an overarching rationalist theory of terrorism.
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To gain a better understanding of terrorist activities by identifying who are the terrorists, when they will act, where they operate, why they are involved in terrorism, how they conduct their activities, who are their targets and all other relevant information relating to them. One member said this is a very important measure to take into consideration first before we proceed with other actions.
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The claim of sociopathy, advanced without evidence from any empirical study, raises the important question of whether terrorism is usually antisocial or prosocial behavior.
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The most basic function of the internet is to facilitate communication. Terrorists have NOT become sophisticated enough at exploiting communications technologies for anonymous communication related to the planning of terrorist acts.
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