FBI and Counterterrorism Center Terrorism Reports: Boston Marathon Bombing Investigation, Most Wanted Terrorists and Groups, al-Qaeda, JTTF, Explosives Center, Watchlists, Databases

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science

• Author: Progressive Management
• ISBN: 9781301833566
• Publisher: Progressive Management
• Publication: April 27, 2013
• Imprint: Smashwords Edition
• Language: English

This comprehensive ebook provides an up-to-date and thorough look at the work of the FBI and the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) against terrorism.

Topics covered include the bombings at the Boston Marathon on April 15, 2013; a complete account of major terrorism cases, including a review of the attack on September 11, 2001; information about the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTFs); the FBI Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) directorate; the FBI Strategic Information and Operations (SIOC) center; the FBI Fly Team; the FBI Terrorist Explosive Device Analytical Center (TEDAC) at the FBI Laboratory in Quantico, Virginia; Terrorism Financing Operations Section (TFOS); Terrorist Screening Database (TSDB) - the terrorist watchlist; redress procedures for the Terrorist Screening Center (TSC); Government-wide Watchlisting Redress MOU; terrorist nomination process; CLASS, TECS, and the no-fly and selectee lists; Flight 253: Learning Lessons from an Averted Tragedy, hearing before the Committee On Homeland Security House Of Representatives January 2010 (complete text) - regarding the attempted Christmas Day bombing of Northwest Flight 253 by Abdulmutallab; Airline Passenger Screening Using Checkpoint Screening Technology; National Strategy for Information Sharing; FBI Counterproliferation Center; National Bioforensic Analysis Center (NBFAC), handles human disease pathogens; Plum Island Animal Disease Center (PIADC), handles animal disease pathogens; nuclear terrorism; agroterrorism; Genocide War Crimes Program; Investigative Highlights - Major Terrorism Preventions, Disruptions, and Investigations; The FBI Since 9/11 - Response and Recovery‬ - New York, Pentagon, Shanksville, Pennsylvania; complete list with details of the FBI's most wanted terrorists; Terrorist Groups - 17 November, Abu Nidal Organization, Abu Sayyaf Group, Al-Aqsa Matrys Brigade, Al-Qa'ida, Al-Qa'ida in Iraq, Al-Qa'ida in the Islamic Maghreb, Al-Shabaab, Ansar al-Islam, Army of Islam (Palestinian), Aum Shinrikyo A.K.A Aum Supreme Truth, Basque Fatherland and Liberty (ETA), Conspiracy of Fire Nuclei, Continuity IRA, Revolutionary Armed Forces of Columbia (FARC), HAMAS, Harakat ul-Mujahidin, Hizballah (Party of God), Imarat Kavkaz, Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, Jaish-e-Mohammed (JEM), Jemmah Anshorut Tauhid, Jemaah Islamiya (JI), Jemaah Islamiya (JI), Jundallah (Iran), Kahane Chai (KACH), Kata'ib Hizballah (Iraq), Kongra-Gel, Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), National Liberation Army (ELN), New People's Army (NPA), Palestine Islamic Jihad (PIJ), Palestinian Liberation Front (PLF), Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), Revolutionary People's Liberation Party/Front, Sect of Revolutionaries (Greece), Shining Path, (Sendero Luminoso), United Self-Defense Forces of Columbia (AUC); information on methods and tactics - including bomb threat stand-off distances, common explosives, radicalization; indicators of suspicious financial activity, toxic industrial chemicals.