Homeland Defense and Anti-terrorism primer and links (My title)

Homelandsecurity.org, Harvard University ^ | 1997-2001 | ANSER, Kennedy School

[testforecho]

I posted this to two homeland defense threads, but I think enough people are eventually going to be interested in this as planning kicks in and legislation is drafted to know what exactly "Homeland Defense" is, where that phrase came from and what commission report served as a blueprint.

I apologize if someone has posted these links before. I remember a terrorism research link thread but was unable to find it.

From: HomelandSecurity.org website

• Center for Strategic & International Studies (summary)
  Homeland Defense Working Group Reports
• Defense Science Board Protecting the Homeland - Defensive Information Operations
• Defense Science Board Protecting the Homeland - Executive Summary
• Department of Defense (summary)
  Proliferation Threat & Response (January 2001)
• Gilmore Commission (summary)
  Second Annual Report to Congress: Toward a National Strategy for Combating Terrorism
• Hart/Rudman Commission (summary)
  Road Map for National Security: Imperative for Change (Phase III)
• Hart/Rudman Commission Phase III Report Addendum to Implementation
• Hart/Rudman Commission (summary)
  Seeking a National Stratetgy: A Concert for Preserving Security and Promoting Freedom (Phase II)
• Hart/Rudman Commission Phase I Report Supporting Research & Analysis
• Hart/Rudman Commission (summary)
  New World Coming: American Security in the 21st Century (Phase I)
• National Commission On Terrorism (summary)
  Countering the changing Threat of International Terrorism - Bremer Commission
• National Defense Panel (summary)
  Transforming Defense: National Security in the 21st Century
• NDPO (summary)
  Blueprint for the National Domestic Preparedness Office
• Johns Hopkins University (summary)
  A Plague on Your City: Observations from TOPOFF

Homeland Defense Workshops

A nationally accepted definition of “Homeland Defense” does not currently exist, and is often a topic of debate. The potential scope of Homeland Defense is so immense that our approach for the first half of 2000 is to host a series of threat-specific workshops designed to help narrow the focus to those significant areas needing immediate attention. The workshops engage leading thinkers from government, industry, and academia in the fields of counter chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and cyber-terrorism analysis, strategy, policy, and operations.

This report documents findings from the first in this series of workshops, held on 11 February 2000.

The initial daylong workshop utilized a transnational scenario in which U.S. facilities were attacked with a biological agent that could effectively disperse throughout both military and civilian communities. The objective of the workshop was to step through the US Government processes and activities required to successfully prevent, deter and detect a biological attack against United States territory. It focused on a very specific, plausible type of threat in order to encourage new thinking and stimulate discussion and debate about observable activities associated with a terrorist strike.

From Kennedy School of Government website, Executive Session on Domestic Preparedness.

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- New Director Selected to Head Defense Threat Reduction Agency (August 9, 2001)

- HHS Names Dr. Scott Lillibridge to Coordinate Anti-Bioterrorism Initiatives (July 10, 2001)

- "Hospital Runs out of Antibiotics" (The Washington Post, June 3, 2001)

- New Counterterrorism Coordinator

- The Lockerbie Verdict

- Hart-Rudman Commission Release Phase III Addendum

- Road Map for National Security: Imperative for Change (The Phase III Report of the United States Commission on National Security/21st Century, January 31, 2001)

- "Home Front Command to Stage 'mother of all exercises'" (The Jerusalem Post, January 22, 2001)

- State Department: Response to Terrorism

- Washington Post Special Report: Terror Strikes

Reports and Commissions

- James W. Snyder, Ph.D. and William Check, Ph.D. Bioterrorism Threats to our Future: The Role of the Clinical Microbiology Laboratory in Detection, Identification, and Confirmation of Biologcial Agents (2001)

- Antonio J. Echevarria II (Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College). The Army and Homeland Security: A Strategic Perspective (March 2001)

- Global Trends 2015: A Dialogue about the Future with Nongovernment Experts (National Intelligence Council Report)

- Advisory Panel to Assess Domestic Response Capabilities for Terrorism Involving Weapons of Mass Destruction (The Gilmore Commission): Second Annual Report to the President and the Congress (December 14, 2000)

- Biological Terrorism in the United States: Threat, Preparedness, and Response. Final report submitted by the Chemical and Biological Arms Control Institute. (November 2000)


- National Commission on Terrorism: Countering the Changing Threat of International Terrorism

- Ellsworth, Robert, Andrew Goodpaster, and Rita Hauser, Co-Chairs. America's National Interests: A Report from The Commission on America's National Interests, 2000. Graham T. Allison, Dimitri K. Simes, and James Thomson, Executive Directors. Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, July 2000.

- Criminal and Epidemiological Investigation Report (Final Report of the Biological Warfare Improved Response Program (BW-IRP), NDPO/DOD Criminal and Investigation Workshop held January 19-21, 2000.

- Advisory Panel to Assess Domestic Response Capabilities for Terrorism Involving Weapons of Mass Destruction (The Gilmore Commission): First Annual Report to the President and the Congress (December 15, 1999)

- Deutch Commission Report: Combating Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction

- Carter, Ashton B., John M. Deutch, and Philip D. Zelikow. Catastrophic Terrorism: Elements of a National Policy. Preventive Defense Project publications, vol. 1, no. 6, Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC), Stanford University, October 1998.

- PDD-62 Protection Against Unconventional Threats to the Homeland and Americans Overseas

- Presidential Decision Directive (PDD) 39: U.S. Policy on Counterterrorism

- Defense Against Weapons of Mass Destruction Act of 1996 (Nunn-Lugar-Domenici)


Department of Defense (DOD) Documents

- Biological Warfare Improved Response Program: Improving Local and State Agency Response to Terrorist Incidents involving Biological Weapons (September 12, 2000)

- Compendium of WMD Courses (January 2000)

- National Guard Bureau Report to Congress: Enhancing The National Guard's Readiness To Support Emergency Responders In Domestic Chemical And Biological Terrorism Defense (July 1999)

- SAIC Report to the National Guard: Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Study, Vols. I and II (February 1999)

- Department of Defense Plan for Integrating National Guard and Reserve Component Support for Response to Attacks Using Weapons of Mass Destruction (January 1998)

- Department of Defense Report to Congress: Domestic Preparedness Program in the Defense Against Weapons of Mass Destruction (May 1997)

- National Defense Panel: Final Report (1997)

Department of Energy (DOE) Documents

A Report Card on the Department of Energy's Nonproliferation Programs with Russia (January 10, 2000)

Department of Health & Human Services (DHHS) Documents

- CDC: Suspected Brucellosis Case Prompts Investigation of Possible Bioterrorism-Related Activity - New Hampshire and Massachusetts, 1999 (MMWR, June 16, 2000)

- CDC: Biological and Chemical Terrorism: Strategic Plan for Preparedness and Response (April 21, 2000)

Department of Justice (DOJ) Documents

- NDPO: The Beacon

- FBI: Reports on Terrorism in the United States, 1995-1997

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Documents

- Guide for All-Hazard Emergency Operations Planning: State and Local Guide

- FY2000 Annual Performance Report

- Strategic Plan FY2000 through FY2006

- Federal Response Plan - 1999
- USFA -- Fire Department Response to Biological Threat at B'nai B'rith Headquarters
- Fire Service Planning in Montgomery County to Manage the Consequences of Terrorism involving Chemical Warfare Agents

Government Reports, Press Releases, Orders and Legislation

Congressional Hearings


2001

- July 23, 2001: House Committee on Government Reform, Subcommittee on National Security, Veterans Affairs and International Relations: Hearing on Combating Terrorism: Federal Response to a Biological Weapons Attack

- July 12, 2001: Senate Armed Forces Committee, Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities: Testimony on Cooperative Threat Reduction, Chemical Weapons Demilitarization, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Nonproliferation Research and Engineering, and Related Programs, in Review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2002

- July 12, 2001: House Committee on Government Reform, Subcommittee on National Security, Veterans Affairs and International Relations: Biological Weapons Convention Protocol: Status and Implications. Congressional Hearings – Statements and Testimonies

- June 21, 2001: Prepared Testimony of U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld, Senate Armed Services Committee

- May 22, 2001: House Armed Services Committee, Special Oversight Panel on Terrorism: Hearing on Patterns of Global Terrorism and Terrorist Threats to the Homeland: Statement of Rep. James Saxton, Chairman, Special Oversight Panel on Terrorism

- May 22, 2001: House Armed Services Committee, Special Oversight Panel on Terrorism: Hearing on Patterns of Global Terrorism and Terrorist Threats to the Homeland: Statement of Mark Wong, Deputy Coordinator for Counterterrorism, U.S. Department of State

- May 22, 2001: House Armed Services Committee, Special Oversight Panel on Terrorism: Hearing on Patterns of Global Terrorism and Terrorist Threats to the Homeland: Statement of Sam Brinkley, Policy Advisor, Weapons of Mass Destruction, Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism, U.S. Department of State

- May 10, 2001: Statement of Chief John J. Fanning, Chief of Hazardous Materials Operations, New York City Fire Department, before the Senate Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and the Judiciary



- May 1, 2001: Testimony of James M. Hughes, M.D., Director, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services before the Subcommittee on National Security, Veterans Affairs, and International Relations, Committee on Government Reform, U.S. House of Representatives

- April 25, 2001: Subcommittee on National Security, Veterans Affairs, and International Relations: Briefing Memorandum for the Hearing: Combating Terrorism: Management of Medical Supplies

- April 18, 2001: Subcommittee on National Security, Veterans Affairs, and International Relations: Briefing Memorandum for the Joint Hearing: Combating Terrorism: Options to Improve the Federal Response

- March 27, 2001: Subcommittee on National Security, Veterans Affairs, and International Relations: Combating Terrorism: In Search of a National Strategy


2000

- July 26, 2000: Open Session Before the House Subcommittee on National Security, Veterans Affairs, and International Relations: Combating Terrorism: Assessing Threats, Risk Management, and Establishing Priorities

- July 13, 2000: House Armed Services Committee: Special Oversight Panel on Terrorism: Terrorism and Threats to U.S. Interests in the Middle East

- July 12, 2000: House International Relations Committee: Global Terrorism: South Asia-The New Locus

- June 29, 2000: House Armed Services Committee, Special Oversight Panel on Terrorism: Terrorism and Threats in Latin America

- June 28, 2000: Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism and Government Information: Countering the Changing Threat of International Terrorism

- June 15, 2000: Senate Foreign Relations Committee: Countering the Changing Threat of International Terrorism: Report of the National Commission on Terrorism

- May 24, 2000: House Government Reform Committee, Subcommittee on National Security, Veterans' Affairs and International Relations: DoD Chemical and Biological Defense Program: Management and Oversight

- May 23, 2000: House Armed Services Committee, Special Oversight Panel on Terrorism: Terrorist Threats to the United States

- May 4, 2000: House Commmittee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Emergency Management: Legislative hearing on H.R. 4210, Preparedness Against Terrorism Act of 2000

[TEXICAN II]

NOW, I'm afraid. We should all be. Welcome to the Fatherland.

[TEXICAN II]

Is not it fascinating that we fought so many wars with so little governmental structure? This is bigger than anyone's imagination-the entire gov supplanted with one agency & reduced to one cabinet post plus the president. Welcome to the Fatherland. I saw the el-cheapo version of that novel in the made for TV movie recently & can't avoid all the images, the atmosphere of total oppression, complete security. The film was shot in Prague-that must have helped provide prople with the proper understanding of total oppression. The only other time I've been soo affected was upon completion of my first reading of Ayn Rand's ANTHEM ( 12th grade ). No wonder guns & ammo are flying off the shelves. Look at www.homelandsecurity.org & tremble.

[TEXICAN II]

When the Bushman used the phrase Homeland Defense ( or Security ), my radar screamed!!!! I had to stop a moment & catch my breath. He was his father's son, after all-Bush #I put more reg's in place than anyone else & now the ultimate may be at hand. Then, reading through all of this, I really became alarmed. We may be in for pure H--- in this country. Nothing has ever soo freightened me-nothing! This thread runs to 30+ pages-just the thread. Read the web site www.homelandsecurity.org & know what is going on.

[Aerial]

Lots of info here.

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[Zviadist]

Thanks for the flag. Are your papers in order?

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[maestro]

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[DLfromthedesert]

What do you think?

[arimus]

Awesome! Thanks for the flag. Bookmarked.

See you in the camps ; )

[Mercuria]

WOW!!!!!!!!

[Betty Jo]

Hey, I'm old, I wont live long enough to read all this stuff!

I've chosen to concentrate on Bios!

Please post me any breaking items!

Absolutely primo job of putting it all together! Thank you, Testforecho!

[TEXICAN II]

Joan Veon, author of "The UN Global Straight-Jacket", said in interview approx 4 months ago, she sees the G-7 ( now 8 ) as the executive arm of NWO, the UN as legislative, World Court as judicial. She has interviewed some 'ministers' of G-7 who readily agree they work hand-in-glove with UN, also in concert with World Bank & IMF ( these last two raise operating capital with some very profitable & inventive financial instruments made avail to super-rich ).

Joan Veon sounds rational & explains her info is based on years of actual reporting from 'the field' as a credentialed press member. Even if she has embelished some points, no conspiracy need exist to see the mutually beneficial policies of these huge organizations ( in concert with the G-7 governments ) to bring about circumstances they desire. International corp's are whole 'nother facet of this. The World Bank, IMF, Trans-nationals, our Fed, the EU, & countless banks do, of course, hold the economic levers of the world's economy. I was really asking in last reply if anyone was aware of some these points, with her work in mind! I hope your reference has brought her to the attention of many.

So many who view this line of thought as silly & over-reaching, may react with personal attacks, & surely as economies develop, more international relationships and legal structure must follow. In order to please the highly educated ivy-leaguers, 'moderate', 'middle of the roaders' & the 'can't we all just get along' crowd, I should be well pleased to veneer my ten-gallon Stetson with copious amounts of tin or aluminium foil & wear it everywhere I go. I am, however, certain of the evil potential these org's have, and power, once acquired, is not relenquished voluntarily. Governments live on money & power. How nice that we in the US are driving such a productive economic machine ( that we literally pull the entire & quite stupified socialist world behind us, even with our 50%+ tax burden yet ) & now a more perfectly 'secure' legal mechanism for our further social control has been convieniently unvieled ( to 'save us' from the evil terror of maniacal religeous zealots ). I find the authors of this HOMELAND plan almost as interesting as the details ( which are very predictable ). With apologies to my 10th grade German teacher, Wilkommen to zie Fatherland! 'Work Mach Frie!'

www.homelandsecurity.org

www.independent.org/Tii/content/pubs/review/TIR42Twight.html Watching You

[Aerial]

I should be well pleased to veneer my ten-gallon Stetson with copious amounts of tin or aluminium foil & wear it everywhere I go.

I would rather wear a tin foil hat than the saran wrap hat some folks on this forum are sporting...:)

[B4Ranch]

Thanks for the ping. Great site!