| 9-11 Commission |
| The Final Report of the 9-11 Commission (officially the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States) was released in on July 22, 2004. The Commission maintained a website with its reports and archives of audio, video, and transcripts from public events of the Commission. On May 18-19,2004 the Commission released staff reports on NYC's Emergency Preparedness and Response and Crisis Management. In August, 2004 it released two staff monographs on Terrorist Financing and Terrorist Travel. |
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| Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
| A huge amount of information, collected, created and published by the CDC. It includes Health and Safety Topics, Infectious Disease Information from the National Center for Infectious Diseases, Statistical Data from the National Center for Health Statistics and a section of resources on Terrorism and Public Health. The Public Health & Criminal Justice page addresses health concerns in the correctional system, and the implications for the wider publicThe CDC also publishes a Spanish language site.
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| Centre for Defence and International Security (CDISS) |
| An inter-disciplinary research center based in the Department of Politics and International Relations at Lancaster University in the UK. CDISS exists to research, raise awareness and stimulate debate on a wide range of defense and security issues relevant to both the UK and the International Community.
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| Combating Terrorism Center at West Point |
| Designed "to provide cadets with experiential opportunities for studying terrorism, counterterrorism, homeland security and weapons of mass destruction," this site has a nice resources page. |
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| Department of Homeland Security |
| This department was created by President Bush following 9/11 to oversee domestic counterterrorism operations. It includes many of the functions formerly handled by other agencies, including the Immigration and Naturalization Service, the U.S. Customs Service, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and the Secret Service. |
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| Duelfer Report |
| Officially known as the Comprehensive Report of the Special Advisor to the DCI on Iraq's WMD, this is the report that said there were no weapons of mass destruction to be found in Iraq. |
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| Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) |
| Website contains lots of useful emergency information includingNational Situation Updates. The site includes information about courses offered through Emergency Management Institute, information about Urban Search and Rescue teams, and a publication Managing the Emergency Consequences of Terrorist Incidents. |
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| Government Views of Iraq |
| A web page, maintained by the City College Library, of online government resources to provide background information on the Iraq crisis. Includes maps, transcripts of speeches, Congressional hearings and UN documents. |
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| ICT: International Policy Institute for Counter-Terrorism |
| Based in Israel,ICT is a research institute and think tank dedicated to developing innovative public policy solutions to international terrorism. The site contains over 6,000 pages of information including research reports, profiles of terrorist groups, a database of terrorist attacks, and links to other counter-terrorist organizations. |
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| Immigration and Customs Enforcement |
| ICE is the investigative arm of the Department of
Homeland Security (DHS). The agency is comprised of several components from the former
Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), the U.S. Customs Service, and the Federal
Protective Service (FPS). The agency combines the investigative, detention & removal, and
intelligence functions of the former INS with the investigative, intelligence, and air & marine
functions of the former Customs Service. All the functions of the former FPS are also part of
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| Intelligence Resource Program |
| From the Federation of American Scientists, includes a page on Terrorism: Background and Threat Assessments and a page that lists 370 different para-military and terrorist organizations with brief information about each one. The information is extensive, but some of it might be out-of-date.
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| International Center for Terrorism Studies (ICTS) |
| Part of the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies, the ICTS has put some of its publications online. |
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| International Relations and Security Network |
| Includes a searchable database of documents in the fields of international relations and security, as well as a comprehensive set of web links, from the University of Zurich.
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| IPCS INCHEM |
| Peer-reviewed materials on commonly used chemicals. Includes food additives, pestcides, and poisons. "Produced through cooperation between the International Programme on Chemical Safety (IPCS) and the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS)." |
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| MIPT Terrorsim knowledge Base |
| "Developed by the Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism (MIPT), the Terrorism Knowledge Base offers in-depth information on terrorist incidents, groups, and trials." |
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| National Security Archive |
| An independent non-governmental research institute and library located at The George Washington University in Washington, D.C. The Archive collects and publishes declassified documents acquired through the Freedom of Information Act. |
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| Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism |
| The U.S. State Department Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism produces an annual report on Patterns of Global Terrorism . |
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| Oklahoma City National Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism |
| With a special obligation to first responders, the Institute has Congressional funding to conduct "research into the social and political causes and effects of terrorism and the development of technologies to counter biological, nuclear and chemical weapons of mass destruction as well as cyberterrorism..." Included on the site are reports and links to reports about terrorism and responding to terrorism, as well as a database of terrorist incidents. |
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| Patriot Act |
| The text of the USA Patriot Act, from the House of Representatives website; also the Act and related documents from the Library of Congress' Thomas site; and the Act with an archive of related materials from the Electronic Privacy Information Center |
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| Rebuilding Downtown New York City |
| A compilation of articles, editorials, letters, and links to organizations and audio files on the rebuilding of lower manhattan from Columbia University's Document Service Center. Includes three interactive features which allow detailed examination of the various proposals considered by the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation between July 2002 and February 2003. |
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| Schlesinger report on the Abu Ghraib Prisoner Abuse |
| Officially the Final report of the Independent Panel to review DoD detention operations, this is the report of the panel chaired by former Secretary of Defense James Schlesinger on the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse released on Aug. 24, 2004. Released on Aug. 25 was Army General Fay's Investigation of the Abu Ghraib Prison. |
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| Search for International Terrorist Entities Institute |
| Known as SITE, this private group of researchers focuses on identifying links among terrorist entities. Research relies on sources such as corporate records, tax forms, credit reports, videotapes, internet newsgroup postings, and website files for indicators of illicit activity. Rita Katz, the co-founder, is consider to be one of the solid researchers among cyberspace monitors and does contract work for governmental departments. However, some of the Islamic groups which have been researched by her group- but not implicated by her research- claim she is a vigilante. |
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| September 11 Digital Archive |
| Uses electronic media to collect, preserve, and present the history of the September 11th events and the public responses to them. |
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| September 11, 2001 -- Sources of Information |
| The John Jay College librarians have created a page of Sources of Information Relating to the Disaster of September 11, 2001. |
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| Taub Urban Research Center |
| The Taub Urban Research Center at NYU's Wagner School explores issues affecting cities and metropolitan regions. Their site includes a section on Urban Catastrophe Research, urban education and more. |
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| Terrorism Research Center |
| News, essays and links on terrorism. |
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| Terrorist Group Profiles |
| The Dudley Knox Library of the Naval Postgraduate School maintains an easy to use collection of Terrorist Group Profiles. |
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| TRAC Immigration |
| Attempts to discover very detailed information from the U.S. government, check it for accuracy and completeness and then make it available in an understandable way; includes special reports from TRAC (Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse) at Syracuse University, one-click access to the very latest monthly data on the criminal enforcement of the immigration laws, an extensive library of reports on immigration matters by the GAO, CRS and inspectors general; and a plain English glossary of frequently used words and acronyms common to the immigration world. |
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| WMD in Iraq: Evidence and Implications |
| This report by the respected Carnegie Endowment for International Peace studies what the intelligence community understood about Iraq's WMD programs before the war and outlines policy reforms designed to improve threat assessments, deter transfer of WMD to terrorists, and avoid politicization of the intelligence process. |
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