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One international terrorist organization likely to conduct a terrorist attack in the United States is the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, also known as ISIL or ISIS. ISIS isn’t just an organization likely to conduct a terrorist attack in the United States, but a terrorist organization who has already done so and won’t continue to stop. It seems recently that ISIS has been claiming public attacks and attack attempts. For example, just recently a terrorist attack was thwarted on a train to Paris, where military members stopped a gunman before they were able to kill anyone. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant has been around since approximately 2004 and has gone by many other names since then. ISIS is a well-organized group and uses …show more content…

When I refer to federal investigators, I am referring to members of the intelligence community who could be potentially tasked with obtaining information on ISIS. Not all agencies of the intelligence community are good collectors of intelligence, the following agencies that are best suited are: Central Intelligence Agency, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Treasury, Department of Defense (Military Agencies), Defense Intelligence Agency, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, National Reconnaissance Office, and National Security Agency. Once intelligence is received there are a few ways you can analyze the information. However, the techniques you used are based on the situation and the analyst who is dealing with the information. There are three groups of techniques, all with a few sub techniques in them, those are: diagnostic, contrarian, and imaginative …show more content…

The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant are more commonly known to the public as ISIS, they also referred to ISIS by media corporations as well. ISIS has combined with a few terrorist groups in the past but has also not made friends with other groups. “Finally, in April 2013, the leader of the ISI, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, announced in an audio message that his group merged with Jabhat al-Nusra (JN) in Syria to form the “Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham.””(Price, 2014). It was also noted in the same article that because they merged with another group that it did not sit well with other people and groups. ISIS appears to have a history with groups coming and going into the mix. While it’s not very known what their ideology is, you can very well establish your own perception based off their actions. Just based off incidents I have seen in the past and recently, they are very violent and will attack anyone who isn’t on their side from civilians to military personnel. “ISIL’s goal is to solidify and expand its control of territory and govern by implementing its violent interpretation of sharia law. The group aspires to overthrow governments in the

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