{"id":1164,"date":"2015-10-18T18:21:56","date_gmt":"2015-10-18T18:21:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/?p=1164"},"modified":"2015-10-19T01:26:27","modified_gmt":"2015-10-19T01:26:27","slug":"intelligence-on-terrorist-organizations-and-capabilities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/intelligence-on-terrorist-organizations-and-capabilities\/","title":{"rendered":"Intelligence on Terrorist Organizations and Capabilities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Agencies amass an amazing amount of information of terrorist organizations and their capabilities.\u00a0 Below, you will find many of the reports obtained through the FOIA and available publicly.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documents\/ADA395171.pdf\">Annual Report to The President and The Congress of the Advisory Panel to Assess Domestic Response Capabilities for Terrorism Involving Weapons of Mass Destruction (2nd). II. Toward a National Strategy for Combating Terrorism [191 Pages]<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documents\/binladenassassination.pdf\">Assassination: A Tool to Counter Osama Bin Laden and Other Transnational Terrorists [31 Pages]<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documents\/ADA378460.pdf\">Combating Biological Terrorism: Is Department of Defense Prepared to Support U.S. Government Interagency Quarantine Operations [26 Pages]<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documents\/ADA361897.pdf\">Combatting Domestic Terrorism: A Strategic Approach for the Twenty-First Century [28 Pages]<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documents\/ADA389704.pdf\">COMBATING TERRORISM: Observations on Options to Improve the Federal Response [15 Pages]<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documents\/ADA394094.pdf\">Combating Terrorism: Selected Challenges and Related Recommendations [217 Pages]<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documents\/ADA346822.pdf\">Combat Terrorism Observations on Crosscutting Issues [10 Pages]<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/documents.theblackvault.com\/documents\/terrorism\/ADA170677.pdf\">The Conspiracy Theory of Terrorism [95 Pages]<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documents\/ADA363163.pdf\">Countering the New Terrorism [175 Pages]<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documents\/trans.pdf\">DoD Responses to Transnational Threats, Volume I<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documents\/trans2.pdf\">DoD Responses to Transnational Threats, Volume II<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documents\/transnat'l3.pdf\">DoD Responses to Transnational Threats, Volume III<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/news.html&amp;op=NEArticle&amp;sid=8146\">FBI&#8217;s description of Al-Qaeda given before Congress on December 18, 2001<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documents\/ADA397329.pdf\">Future Terrorism in the United States: Implications for the USAF [37 Pages]<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/news.html&amp;op=NEArticle&amp;sid=8149\">The Global War On Terrorism: The First 100 Days<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/documents.theblackvault.com\/documents\/terrorism\/ADA529365.pdf\">Hybrid Warfare<\/a> [29 Pages, 600KB] &#8211; Senior military officials recently testified1 before Congress that current and future adversaries are likely to use hybrid warfare tactics, a blending of conventional and irregular approaches across the full spectrum of conflict. In addition, several academic and professional trade publications have commented that future conflict will likely be characterized by a fusion of different forms of warfare rather than a singular approach. The overarching implication of hybrid warfare is that U.S. forces must become more adaptable and flexible in order to defeat adversaries that employ an array of lethal technologies to protracted, population-centric conflicts such as those in Iraq and Afghanistan. Department of Defense (DOD) officials have discussed the need to counter the continuum of threats that U.S. forces could face from nonstate- and state-sponsored adversaries, including computer network and satellite attacks; portable surface-to-air missiles; improvised explosive devices; information and media manipulation; and chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and high-yield explosive devices.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documents\/d20020607contributions.pdf\">International Contributions to the War on Terrorism [12 Pages]<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documents\/ADA374049.pdf\">Military Responses to State-Sponsored Terrorism: Re-Thinking Deterrence and Coercion Theory [179 Pages]<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documents\/ADA394429.pdf\">Operational Art of Counterterrorism [55 Pages]<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documents\/ADA386780.pdf\">Organizational Design Principles for Countering Terrorism in the United States [110 Pages]<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/documents.theblackvault.com\/documents\/terrorism\/nnsa-15-00167.pdf\">Osama Bin Laden: A Case Study Part I: Summary and Analysis, December 6, 1999<\/a>\u00a0[393 Pages, 17.0MB] &#8211;\u00a0This document provides an open-source examination of the threat posed by Osama bin Laden, his al Qaeda organization, and allied terrorist organizations. It includes a summary of the relevant history, the lessons learned from the 199~ African embassy bombings and from the follow-on cruise-missile strikes, the threat of future attacks using weapons of mass destruction, and a set of observations, conclusions and recommendations.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documents\/ADA397143.pdf\">Overview: Counter-Terrorism Status Report [19 Pages]<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documents\/ADA397499.pdf\">Patterns of Global Terrorism 2000 [99 Pages]<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documents\/ADA359305.pdf\">Political Terrorism in Southeast Asia and US Policy Issues: Case Studies of Thailand and Indonesia [101 Pages]<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documents\/ADA346120.pdf\">Preemption and Retribution: Precision-Guided Munitions to Counter Terrorist Threats [38 Pages]<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documents\/ADA397750.pdf\">Re-Thinking Terrorism in Light of a War on Terrorism [12 Pages]<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documents\/ADA363230.pdf\">The Real Cost of &#8220;Engagement&#8221; [21 Pages]<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documents\/ADA364502.pdf\">The Scourge of Terrorism: Theater of Conflict Moves to Africa [39 Pages]<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documents\/ADA391239.pdf\">Security Implications of the Rise of Fundamentalism in Afghanistan and its Regional and Global Impact [61 Pages]<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documents\/ADA354487.pdf\">Success of Terrorism in War: The Case of Chechnya [101 Pages]<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documents\/ADA399956.pdf\">Terrorism: Current and Long Term Threats [11 Pages]<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documents\/ADA395239.pdf\">Terrorism: Near Eastern Groups and State Sponsors [42 Pages]<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documents\/ADA397168.pdf\">Terrorism in the United States 1997 [29 Pages]<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/documents.theblackvault.com\/documents\/terrorism\/CBRN_threat.pdf\">Terrorist CBRN: Materials and Effects<\/a> [6 pages, 4.7mb]<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/documents.theblackvault.com\/documents\/terrorism\/Threats.pdf\">Terrorist\u00a0Threats and Allegations Investigated by the DOD<\/a> [18 pages, 5.1mb]<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/documents.theblackvault.com\/documents\/terrorism\/ADA463552.pdf\">Understanding and Defeating Islamic Extremists [26 Pages]<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documents\/ADA397205.pdf\">Weapons of Mass Destruction Pose a Serious Threat to U.S. Cities: How Prepared Are We? [52 Pages]<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documents\/Whatdoesdisarmamentlooklike.pdf\">What Does Disarmament Look Like? [9 Pages]<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documents\/terrorism\/interrogation.pdf\">Working Group Report on Detainee Interrogations in the Global War on Terrorism: Assessment of Legal, Historical, Policy, and Operational Considerations [88 Pages]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Agencies amass an amazing amount of information of terrorist organizations and their capabilities.\u00a0 Below, you will find many of the reports obtained through the FOIA and available publicly. Annual Report to The President and The Congress of the Advisory Panel to Assess Domestic Response Capabilities for Terrorism Involving Weapons of Mass Destruction (2nd). II. 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