Counter Terrorism Operation

When the 1997 Empire State Building shooting took place, the FBI-New York City police department joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF). “The task force immediately began working to ascertain the shooters identity, his origin and whether he had any ties to organized terrorist groups” ( Martin, 1999 P.27). It only took a few hours and all these questions had answers. The shooter acted alone, and expressed hatred of Israel and the United States. The FBI-NYPD JTTF has remained on the forefront of the war against terrorism, they are dedicated to fight terrorism, and eliminate the fear and panic that the terrorist rely on to advance their causes. If it was not for the help of JTTF in the Empire State Building shooting it would had taken weeks to

Military operations traditionally fall under Title 10 authorities. Intelligence activities fall under Title 50 authorities. The issue often arises with the CIA conducting paramilitary operations, and SOF conducting UW preparatory activities. Both types of activities appear that they are encroaching on the other department’s authorities, which

Todays Cia is made up four components National Clandestine Service, Director of Intelligence, Director of Science & Technology, and the Directorate support that carries (www.cia.gov). The National Clandestine Service collects foreign intelligence from sources. The Director of Science & Technology monitors foreign print and broadcast media and provides technical support. The Directorate support provides support that is critical to the Agency's intelligence mission. The

In another aspect, the CIA conducts its activities within the realms of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act

The National Security Agency mandate is to accumulate information and provide surveillance and security for the world. The National Security Agency focuses on keeping invulnerability to any outside threats and preserving the peace. The N.S.A. job is to provide “products and services to the Department of Defense, the Intelligence Community, government agencies, industry partners, and select allies and coalition partners”. (National Security Agency). The N.S.A. is also responsible for the “deliver[y] [of] critical strategic and tactical information to war planners and warfighters.” (National Security Agency). The job of the N.S.A. is imperative, not only to ensure safety for America, but amassing foreign intelligence data, collecting data, as

Since the terror attacks of September eleventh, the United States has completely changed the way they handle counterterrorism. Responses by the first responders made it known that police departments were not prepared for such a catastrophic attack, which led to a complete revisal on police preparedness and training. Why is there a need for police agencies to be prepared? What types of training are officers going through to be prepared for possible terrorist attacks? How is the public responding to officers? This paper will explore answers to those questions through academic sources. However, this paper will not provide an opinion on how prepared law enforcement agencies are in the event of a terrorist attack. This paper will not mention any

Diplomatic Security Special Agents (SA) manage a range of security programs worldwide. SAs live and serve at U.S. diplomatic or consular posts abroad, as well as in the Washington, DC area or at field offices in such cities as Boston, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, or San Francisco, according to the needs of the service. As members of a diplomatic team, Special Agents not only help to accomplish the mission of the Department of State, but also represent the United States to

Army counterintelligence (CI) serves a tremendously important function within the United States Army and the overall US Intelligence community. However, the utilization of Army CI is very flawed. Agents are recruited from the best the US Army has to offer via a formal application and recruitment process. After acceptance into the program, prospective agents are sent to the CI Special Agents Course (CISAC) at Fort Huachuca, Arizona for approximately 19 weeks. During CISAC, future agents are trained on CI investigations, source operations, discreet surveillance, as well as evidence collection. After CISAC students graduate as badged and credentialed CI special agents. Agents leave CISAC completely motivated to thwart our nation’s adversaries, however they often find

Initiatives such as Security Cooperation MAGTFs, Crisis Response MAGTFs, Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command (MARSOC) integration into the MAGTF, MEB operational concepts and Marine Corps Prepositioning Program-Norway (MCPP-N) restructuring provide scale able, responsive options to combatant commanders that are integrated into theater operations and can function across the range of military operations. The ability to employ the right sized force to a specific crisis allows the preservation of combat power and ensures we are responsive across the range of military operations. These new initiatives provide innovative crisis response options for combatant

The Central Intelligence Agency’s five directorates are, “the Directorate of Operations, the Directorate of Analysis, the Directorate of Science & Technology, the Directorate of Support, and the Directorate of Digital Innovation” (Central Intelligence Agency, 2015). The Directorate of Operations (DO) it the secret management arm of the CIA; they collect intelligence and inform officials in the military and in government. The Directorate of Analysis (DA) is the research and examination arm of the CIA; they analyze issues and write reports based on the information. The Directorate of Science & Technology (DS&T) is the technological arm of the CIA; they use advanced technology to collect and process information. The Directorate of Support (DS)

National Security has always been a massive issue since the start of politics and the world has adopted various methods to solve it. One of the most challenging threats to security has always been terrorism and even to date it has not been an issue that has been completely dealt with. Terrorism is defined as, the use of violence, in order to achieve a political, religious, or ideological aim. Now over the past decade, terrorist groups have caused massive financial losses to different countries (e.g. The terrorists involved in the 9/11 attacks have claimed losses of over US$3.3 Trillion for the US Government). Similarly, other emerging terrorist organizations are causing much more widespread destruction both physically and financially countries globally. Bringing forward a force to deal with such atrocities has been in analysis for some time now and has theoretically proven to be a good way to deal with these issues.

In 1987, the US Special Operation Command was established in order to carry out classified missions which includes gathering intelligence, capturing high-value targets, and training foreign troops (Turse). Each branch of the military have their own special operations force that operates under the command of Special Operation Command. Navy SEALs, Army Rangers, SFOD, and Green Berets are the few special operation forces that part of Special Operation Command (Turse). The expansion and the increase use of US Special Operation Force would allow special operators to continue to conduct operations in global hotspots, to train with their international partners more often, and to respond to a

CIA: Central Intelligence Agency. The CIA is responsible in providing nation-wide security in the US.

The proficiencies and boundaries of the intelligence in auxiliary the efforts of homeland security within the Department of Defense are significant part of the United States’ national intelligence resources. Included as part of the intelligence resources are the National Security Agency, the National Reconnaissance Office, the National Imagery and Mapping Agency, the Defense Intelligence Agency, and the intelligence and security branches of the individual armed services (Department of Homeland Security 2015). By providing communication intercepts, satellite reconnaissance and human intelligence worldwide, all of the agencies work to deliver the

The S.A.S was officially founded during World War II by a man named David Stirling. David created the “so-called L Detachment, Special Air Service brigade.” He created this brigade to help infiltrate North Africa. Despite the name having people infer that many people were in this unit, there were little people in the unit. They had less paratroopers for a reason, and his reason was to throw off the Axis and make them believe they had more men than they actually had. After World War II the S.A.S was closed because Britain didn't feel a need for them anymore, but two years after the war a new S.A.S regiment was created. The S.A.S deal with counter-terrorism, covert reconnaissance, direct action and hostages.