Explain How The Counter-Terrorism Strategy And Intelligence Agencies Used To Combat Or Prevent Terrorism

3) “It was not until after 9/11 that democratic countries introduced legislation that criminalised an ‘act of terrorism’” (O’Hare, 2011) To aid police in their fight against terrorism, the Australian Government has made a significant number of changes to current legislation, as well as introducing a number of new counter-terrorism laws to assist law enforcement in responding to terrorist threats. “The states and territories have referred legislative powers to the Commonwealth to allow the creation of a single set of terrorism offences under the Criminal Code Act 1995 (the Criminal Code).” (Counter-Terrorism White Paper, 2010, p. 55) These amendments, and additional legislation, have been instrumental in allowing law enforcement to respond to terrorist threats. In addition to new criminal offences, new powers include; more effective detention and questioning powers; the ability to declare terrorist organisations illegal; and the ability to exercise more control over people’s movements. The new counter-terrorism “offences are aimed at individuals who engage in, train for, prepare, plan, finance or provide support for terrorist acts.” (Counter-Terrorism White Paper, 2010, p. 55) Other tools within the Criminal Code available are ‘control orders’ and ‘preventative detention’. “Control orders are protective measures that can restrict a person’s movements and activities.” (Counter-Terrorism White Paper, 2010, p. 57) Whereas

Law enforcement response to counter-terrorism fundamentally changed as a result of the unprecedented events of September 11th 2001 in New York and Washington (Kaldas, 2002, p61-62). This essay will examine how law enforcement has evolved in response to the changing nature of terrorism, with an emphasis on how this has impacted Australia. An analysis of arrests and subsequent

In this article “How Safer Streets Can Thwart Terrorists” written by Yonah Freemark, educates us about multiple terrorist attacks that have occurred specifically in the New York area and how the state is working to develop a safer approach. In May of 2017 at Times Square a motorist drove through a large crowd killing one person and injuring many others. Had it not been for a three foot guarding rail, the motorist could have killed many more. Another attack like this happened previously where an average of sixteen pedestrians were killed and since then have doubled. New York is not only the victim of these kind of attacks; famous places like France, Netherlands, and London constantly have attacks like these happen.

Author Ernest Hemingway concludes the novel, The Sun Also Rises, with six simple words, “‘Isn’t it pretty to think so?’” (251). Each of these words, when separated from one another, have very little significance to the novel as a whole. However, when these words come together in such a way, a uniform idea is constructed about the previous two hundred and fifty pages and puts meaning behind all of the information which has been gathered. The group of people, in which this novel was written about, are known as the Lost Generation. These six words, “‘Isn’t it pretty to think so?’”, not only give meaning to the novel, but provide the reader with an understanding about the people who were born immediately following World War 1. Three important ideas

A huge wake up call for the whole world was the 9/11 attacks. So many people’s lives were changed or taken away when this disaster struck in the United States. Many people are scared for life because of what happened that day and it got them to thinking more seriously about how to prevent terrorism and how to treat terrorists or suspected terrorists.

are sworn to serve. In order to do this law enforcement need to understand the

20. Sir William Harcourt established the first counter terrorism unit ever. He did that in response to the escalating terror campaign in Britain which is done by Militant Irish Fenians. Special Irish branch was established in 1883 as one of the sections in criminal investigation department of London. It is formed to combat Irish republican terrorism through infiltration and subversion.

As a direct consequence of September 11, a number of substantial challenges lie ahead in the area of counter-terrorism..   The most prominent of these is the changing nature of the terrorism phenomenon.  In past years, when terrorism was largely the product of direct state sponsorship, policymakers were able to diminish prospects for the United States becoming a target using a combination of diplomatic and military instruments to deter potential state sponsors.  Today, however, many terrorist organizations and individuals act independently from former and present state sponsors, shifting to other sources of support, including the development of transnational networks.

The US response to terrorism after the 9/11 attacks on New York and Washington, marked a major departure in its policy since before then, terrorism was handled as a law enforcement issue with hardly a strategy in place. The aftermath shock still determines the forging of policies for counterterrorism. By 2003 the official position of the United States was set by framing the threat as a war against ‘terrorism of global reach. The implications of which was clear: The United States could not lose. Though US had declared war on social problems such as poverty and drugs in the past, for the first time terrorism became the major threat to national security and therefore the solution involved the use of military force with victory as the outcome. It should be noted that the word ‘war’ was both a diagnostic and a prescription. This paper summarizes and assesses the US Strategy for combating terrorism as it has evolved over the years from 2003 to 2011, focusing on the changes in the US approach to and understanding of counterterrorism within both the domestic and international environment. In order to fully assess the changes, the following shall be discussed below: nature of war and the enemy, the ends, ways and means of the strategies.

I think my first memory of the all power Moses was from when I was fifteen. I was laying on my stomach in my cabin, listing to the sound of what I recognized to be a barn owl. I then heard two other slaves walk past my permanently open window.

A van hit a crowd of Muslim worshippers near a mosque in north London, leaving one man killed and at least eight people were injured and transported to the hospital.

I learned various forms, perspectives, and policies pertaining to terrorism in this course. Some of the statistics about counter-terrorism, the source of terrorists, and the background of terrorist were expected. I expected terrorist to come from unstable homes. I even expected terrorist groups to be led by the upper middle class because of education and resources availability. The most unexpected information I learned in this course was how terrorist groups end. The government, as part of the War on Terror, makes it seem like the military is the most important aspect of ending a terrorist group. Our nation spends billions of dollars on the multiple branches of the military. Various resources, funds, time and agencies are utilized in the pursuit of counter-terrorism. Finding out that local policing and change in politics are the two top ways terrorist groups end was shocking. This was shocking because every time a successful counter-terrorism attack

(NaturalNews) A couple years ago, it was revealed that the FBI noted in one of its "counterterrorism training manuals" that FBI agents could "bend or suspend the law and impinge upon the freedoms of others,"[1] which seemed kind of odd for a government agency who claimed its "primary function" was "law enforcement." You'd think that playing by the rules would be kind of important. However, as John Hudson at Foreign Policy has noted, at some point last summer, the FBI quietly changed its fact sheet,[2] so that it no longer says that "law enforcement" is its primary function, replacing it with "national security." (Story by Mike Masnick, republished from TechDirt.com)

Have you ever had a fear for your family, your town, your country, or your world. How about the fear to have everything taken from you, destroyed, and not caring if it has hurt you or not? What about your fear and pain is, and can be someone else’s happiness? The fear of you being terrorized? That is terrorism. Someone else bringing fear and terrorizing you. That is a terrorist’s goal. Terrorism is common and is very difficult to stop. The government promises protection for the people, and their home, but they can not give that protection if they can not stop terrorism. Terrorism needs to stop to protect the live of the people, and their country.

In a world full of chaos and vast devastation, there seems to be no time or space to choose between being a lover and a fighter. There seems that we are no longer safe, and countries, states, cities, towns all live in terror. Terrorism has taken effect for quite some time now, The United States and the world has been involved with an uphill fight against the terrorist groups, named ISIS. The biggest question being dated to the past and recent leaders of the free world is, should the USA take further extremes and take on violence as a way to terminate ISIS? The expression ‘fight fire, with fire’’ has been carried for very long, and it seems to be the only option to this day against terrorism, a battle of violence and weapons against more violence