A New Agenda to Combat Terrorism

(November 6, 2001)

Background to U.S. Terrorism Policy

Related Documents

• "Combating Terrorism: Selected Challenges and Related Recommendations," GAO, (September 2001)
• "Patterns of Global Terrorism - 2000," Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism, Department of State (April 2001)
• "U.S. Commission on National Security/21st Century" (Hart-Rudman Commission)
• "Terrorism, the Future and U.S. Policy," CRS Issue Brief, (updated May 24, 2001)
• "Terrorism: Near Eastern Groups and State Sponsors, 2001," CRS Report for Congress, (September 10, 2001)
• Congressional legislation related to the attack of September 11, 2001
• GAO Reports on Terrorism

Organizations

• Office of Homeland Security
• ANSER Institute for Homeland Security

More Detailed Policy Analysis…

• "International Terrorism," Stephen Zunes (September 2001)

Preventing Terrorist Acts and Mitigating the Effects of Terrorist Violence

Better Border and Transportation Security

• Airport Security: Increased Safety Need Not Come at the Expense of Civil Liberties (ACLU)
• "Terrorism: Automated Lookout Systems and Border Security Options and Issues," CRS Report to Congress, June 18, 2001

Better Intelligence and Oversight of Intelligence Agencies

• "The CIA: The Need for Reform," By Melvin A. Goodman, FPIF (February 2001)
• "Intelligence Issues for Congress," CRS Issue Brief, updated June 4, 2001

Non-proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction and Other Weapons

Related Documents

• "Bioterrorism: Federal Research and Preparedness Activities," GAO (September 2001)
• The U.S. Rejection of the Composite Protocol: A Huge Mistake Based on Illogical Assessments
• Biological Weapons Convention
• Chemical Weapons Convention
• Missile Technology Control Regime
• Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
• New Scientist Bioterrorism Page

Organizations

• Center for Nonproliferation Studies
• Project on Strengthening the Biological Weapons Convention
• Global Security.org
• Federation of American Scientists
• Center for Defense Information
• Center for Civilian Biodefense Studies
• Acronym Institute
• Biohazard News
• Vertic (Verification Issues)
• U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases
• Medscape Resource Center on Bioterrorism

Limit the Ability of Terrorists to Mobilize Resources

Related Documents

• U.S. Treasury's 2001 Money Laundering Strategy
• UN Conventions on Terrorism
• UN Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime

Organizations

• Financial Action Task Force
• Bank for International Settlements

Improved Responses to Terrorist Attacks

• "Global Health: Framework for Infectious Disease Surveillance," GAO (August 2001)

Strengthening International and National Legal Infrastructure to Hold Terrorists Accountable

Utilize and Strengthen International Legal Institutions

Related Documents

• UN Conventions on Terrorism
• International Criminal Court
• Princeton Principles on Universal Jurisdiction (2001)
• Status of International Conventions on Terrorism (prepared by the United Nations Association of the USA)
• American Society of International Law's Terrorism Resources
• American Society of International Law's Guide to Electronic Resources on International Criminal Law

Organizations

• American Society for International Law
• International Centre for Criminal Law Reform and Criminal Justice Policy
• Crimes of War
• Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

More Detailed Policy Analysis…

• "The Bush Administration and Human Rights," By Neil Hicks (January 2001)

Increase International Police Cooperation

Related Documents

• "International Crime Control: Sustained Executive-Level Coordination Of Federal Response Needed," GAO (August 2001)

Organizations

• Interpol

Defending and Promoting Basic Freedoms and Human Rights at Home and Abroad

Defending and Promoting Human Rights At Home

Related Documents

• USA PATRIOT Act of 2001 (pdf) (html)
• Department of Justice Field Guidance Memorandum on USA PATRIOT Act
  (October 2001)
• Analysis of Proposed Anti-Terrorism Act of 2001
• "In Defense Of Freedom," statement drafted by a coalition of civil liberties, religious, consumer, and other advocacy groups (September 20, 2001)
• "Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act FAQ," Electronic Frontier Foundation (September 27, 2001)
• "From Secret Evidence To No Evidence," ACLU (September 2001)
• "Wiretapping: Why Is Congress Being Asked To Jettison Even the Most Basic Protections?" ACLU (September 2001)
• "Combating Terrorism: Selected Challenges and Related Recommendations," GAO, (September 2001)
• Upsetting Checks and Balances: Congressional Hostility Toward the Courts In Times of Crisis (November 2001)
• Freedom of Information Act Request on the Status of those arrested or detained in the aftermath of September 11 (November 2, 2001)
• Legal Information Institute Backgrounder on National Security Law and Counter-Terrorism

Organizations

• Electronic Privacy and Information Center
• Jurist Resources on Terrorism Law and Policy
• Global Internet Liberty Campaign
• American Civil Liberties Union
• Center for Democracy and Technology
• Electronic Frontier Foundation
• Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility
• Department of Justice Terrorism Page
• World Subjectright Foundation

Defending and Promoting Human Rights Abroad

Related Documents

• "Foreign Policy Shift: The Terrible Trade-Offs," By Jim Lobe and Abid Aslam, FPIF (September 25, 2001)
• "CIA: The Need for Reform," By Melvin A. Goodman, FPIF (February 2001)
• Amnesty International USA Seeks Assurances on Military's Rules of Engagement (September 26, 2001)
• Human Rights Watch Letter to President George W. Bush regarding U.S. Policy on Assassinations, CIA (September 20, 2001)
• "U.S. Should Oppose Allies' Misuse of 'Anti-Terror'," Human Rights Watch (September 24, 2001)

Organizations

• Amnesty International
• Human Rights Watch
• Anti-Arab Discrimination Committee
• Council on American Islamic Relations
• Lawyers Committee for Human Rights
• RFK Memorial Center for Human Rights

Attacking Root Causes

Related Documents

• MERIP Primer on the Palestinian Uprising
• Understanding Political Dissent in Saudi Arabia, By Gwenn Okruhlik (October 24, 2001)
• Shaky Foundations: The U.S. in the Middle East, Middle East Report 220 (Fall 2001)
• Barnett R. Rubin, Ashraf Ghani, William Maley, Ahmed Rashid, and Olivier Roy, "Afghanistan: Reconstruction and Peacebuilding in a Regional Framework," Swiss Peace Foundation, KOFF Peacebuilding Report (January 2001)

Organizations

MIDDLE EAST

• Middle East Report
• Electronic Intifada

AFGHANISTAN

• Afghanistan Information Center
• Afghanistan Peace Organization
• Afghan Net
• Assistance Afghanistan
• Hazar site
• Hezb-e-Islami Afghanistan
• Institute for Afghan Studies
• Northern Alliance site
• Sabawoon Online
• Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan
• Women's Alliance for Peace and Human Rights in Afghanistan

More Detailed Policy Analysis

• "The Bush Administration & the Israeli-Palestinian Stalemate," By Stephen Zunes (October 2001)
• "Asking Why?" By Michael Klare (September 2001)
• "U.S. Security Assistance to Israel," By Joseph Yackley (June 2001)
• "U.S. Policy Toward Political Islam," By Stephen Zunes, University of San Francisco (June 2001)
• "U.S. Policy Toward Iraq: Policy Alternatives," Prepared by Phyllis Bennis, Stephen Zunes, and Martha Honey (June 2001)
• "U.S.-Supported Iraqi Opposition," By Nicholas Arons (April 2001)

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