Terrorism Task Force

The practical application of the defence power in an age of terrorism is difficult to determine, as it is reliant upon a set of circumstances that can have a plethora of different interpretations from a range of variant perspectives. Unlike some other powers, the defence power is purposive and elastic; it waxes and wanes, and its application “depends upon the facts, and as those facts change so may its actual operation as a power”[1]. Recent developments, such as the Thomas case, have led some theorists to comment that “the elastic of the defence power has become stretched all out of proportion”[2]. In its present interpretation, the defence

Terrorism is a major threat to national and global security that encompasses more than violent means by foreigners and Islamic extremists. This is mainly because most of the recent terror acts in America have been carried out by single-issue individuals and special-interest extremists with the intention of protecting the environment and animals based on their beliefs. Actually, terrorism is described as the illegitimate use of extreme violence and force with the intention of coercing a

So far, terrorism has been a key obstacle to many foreign nations, as they are struggling to prevent terrorist attacks. From the year of 1997 up to the year of 2003, international terrorist attacks have gone from less than 500 to almost 3000. Overall, global terrorism has grown by almost 1200% from 1997 to 2003. (Johnston 1). This massive increase in terrorism reflects on other nations' lack of control of the safety of their nation. These statistics also show that something needs to be done to protect the

The dilemma facing state leaders for the past decades has been whether to respond to terrorism through a criminal justice approach or a more involved military approach. The criminal justice approach treats terrorism as a law-and-order problem in which the main burden is placed on the judiciary and police. In contrast, the military approach treats terrorism as a perilous threat to the national security of the state, which can only be countered with military force and wartime procedures. The argument of this paper is that military procedures are not warranted in dealing with terrorism because the terror threat is not lethal or influential enough to threaten our democracy, and even if it was, military action has proven itself to be so fraught with problems and costly risks in past interventions that continued use of such a tactic would not only harm our national security, but also could precipitate the fall of the American Empire. Instead, law-enforcement has proven itself to be an efficient counter-terrorism tool that results in the capturing of terrorists, acquisition of intelligence, and spurring of cooperation with allied countries.

Up until now, the world, and the United States specifically, has used brute-force tactics to combat terrorism, and to put it simply: it isn’t working. It is widely believed that the US even could have created and/or provoked terrorist groups like ISIS. For many years, the US has sent and stationed large groups in countries like Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, and Syria in order to “minimize” potential

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

On September 11, 2001 terrorism became a reality! There is no way for the United States to prevent future attacks on Americans without working as a coalition force with the other nations to identify, track, and eliminate terrorist networks around the world. One of the main problems with fighting a war on terrorism is that the nations of the world have become accustomed to working alone as individuals vice working together. The United States will need to change its approach in order to conquer the worldwide threat of terrorism. The way to defeat terrorism at home and around the world is to form an international counter-terrorist task force.

I am a leader in the NC Joint Terrorism Task Force. My team has identified an active terror cell operating in the jurisdiction. I have a few options in how to proceed with this case. The primary options that I have are prevention, prosecution, and military action. Prevention is a mixture of protective devices and persuasion (McCormick, 2007, p.35& 38-45). This depends on government information based on private persons that increases problems for due process and privacy concerns. Prevention can be very useful by providing information on who is planning this attack through analyzing data. It also requires the use of various devices so our homefront is protected. Second option is prosecution. This is where the civilians convict the person

I think there are too few resources to fight both terrorists and traditional criminals owing to the increasingly complex set of problems with emergence of globally coordinated criminal networks. With the introduction of other new resources, the criminals are developing more intelligent strategies that are equally adaptive and networked. The homeland security has to come up with effective levels of convergence to prevent further criminal activities in the U.S. soil. Terrorists are very violent criminals and mostly attack civilians instead of military. The

Terrorism has also opened up a whole new level of threat after jihad has been able to be completed through media and internet/cyber means. The Internet and the media have only made it simpler for terrorists groups such as the Taliban, al Qaeda, ISIS, Osama bin Laden followers, and so on, to achieve their goals and cause a reign of terror all throughout the world. Thus, that is why it is so critical for everyone, especially those from government background, to be aware of the threats these groups can pose and be prepared in the case that there is an attack. If every single defense department is prepared, informed, and determined to fight against terrorists, there could definitely be a possible resolution to this worldwide evolving

The danger terrorism pose to the United States is popularly viewed to be far more dangerous than it actually is. Despite the statistics and facts, public fears persist at high levels which causes panic, lack of proper information and bad counterintelligence strategy which make the terrorist grow stronger.

In order for the United States of America and its allies to live a life free of terrorist threats, they need to counter violent extremism and terrorism with swift and deliberate prevention efforts world-wide.

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.

Over the years there have been significant changes in how terrorism is carried out. With the changes in how terrorism is carried out there have also been dramatic changes in how countries counter terrorist attacks. The modifications in the way a country counters these terrorist attacks affects international relations of these countries. These issues bring about the question of how have counter terrorism methods affected international relations. To answer this question several things must be addressed which are, methodology, history of terrorism, and a literature review of multiple authors that have discussed this subject.

Terrorism, which has been around for as long as people can remember, has been on the rise for the past ten years. Terrorists usually use murdering, kidnapping, hi-jacking and bombings to achieve their political purpose. For instance, according to Wikipedia.com (2006), in 1985 816 deaths, then in 2003, more than 1,000 people died by terorist acts around the world. In recent years, terrorism seems to be at a new height and attacks are much more violent than in the past. Unfortunately, in spite of many anti-terror campaigns, projects and organizations are being created for prevention (to prevent) terrorism, the number of terrorists only is increasing. These days terrorism is all over the world.