U.S. Department of State

Terrorism and Counterterrorism

-01/25/02   Abu Sayyaf: Target of Philippine-U.S. Anti-Terrorism Cooperation
-01/17/02   Africa and the War on Terrorism
-12/19/01   Agroterrorism: Options in Congress
-01/25/11   Al Qaeda and Affiliates: Historical Perspective, Global Presence, and Implications for U.S. Policy  [386 Kb]
-02/05/10   Al Qaeda and Affiliates: Historical Perspective, Global Presence, and Implications for U.S. Policy
-08/15/08   Al Qaeda in Iraq: Assessment and Outside Links  [144 Kb]  -- Updated
-08/17/05   Al Qaeda: Profile and Threat Assessment -- NEW!
-12/07/10   American Jihadist Terrorism: Combating a Complex Threat  [1388 Kb]
-09/20/10   American Jihadist Terrorism: Combating a Complex Threat  [1324 Kb]
-09/08/05   Arrest and Detention of Material Witnesses: Federal Law in Brief and Section 12 of the USA PATRIOT and Terrorism Prevention Reauthorization Act (H.R. 3199) -- NEW!
-05/04/09   Banking and Financial Infrastructure Continuity: Pandemic Flu, Terrorism, and Other Challenges
-05/06/05   Bioterrorism Countermeasure Development: Issues in Patents and Homeland Security -- NEW!
-01/31/02   Bioterrorism: Legislation to Improve Public Health Preparedness and Response Capacity
-12/21/01   Bioterrorism: Summary of a CRS/National Health Policy Forum Seminar on Federal, State, and Local Public Health Preparedness
-01/29/08   Botnets, Cybrcrime, and Cyberterrorism: Vulnerabilities and Policy Issues for Congress  [260 Kb]  -- Updated
-12/17/01   China's Relations with Central Asian States and Problems with Terrorism
-01/18/02   Combating Terrorism: Are There Lessons to Be Learned from Foreign Experiences?
-11/23/05   Combating Terrorism: The Challenge of Measuring Effectiveness -- NEW!
-04/01/05   Computer Attack and Cyberterrorism: Vulnerabilities and Policy Issues for Congress -- Updated
-11/03/10   Countering Terrorism in East Africa: The U.S. Response  [735 Kb]
-05/12/05   Cuba and the State Sponsors of Terrorism List -- Updated
-06/01/04   The Department of State's Patterns of Global Terrorism Report: Trends, State Sponsors, and Related Issues -- NEW!
-10/15/03   FY2004 Supplemental Appropriations for Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Global War on Terrorism: Military Operations & Reconstruction Assistance Updated
-05/16/05   Federal Counter-Terrorism Training: Issues for Congressional Oversight -- NEW!
-08/06/10   Federal Efforts to Address the Threat of Bioterrorism: Selected Issues for Congress  [203 Kb]
-03/18/10   Federal Efforts to Address the Threat of Bioterrorism: Selected Issues for Congress  [202 Kb]
-03/04/05   The Financial Action Task Force: An Overview -- Updated
-07/11/02   Foreign Support of the U.S. War on Terrorism -- Updated
-02/06/04   Foreign Terrorist Organizations -- NEW!
-10/21/03   The "FTO List" and Congress: Sanctioning Designated Foreign Terrorist Organizations NEW!
-01/18/08   Fusion Centers: Issues and Options for Congress  [1313 Kb]  -- Updated
-12/02/10   Hamas: Background and Issues for Congress  [764 Kb]
-03/04/05   Homeland Security: Air Passenger Prescreening and Counterterrorism -- NEW!
-01/12/10   Immigration: Terrorist Grounds for Exclusion and Removal of Aliens
-10/29/08   In Re Terrorist Attacks on September 11, 2001: Dismissals of Claims Against Saudi Defendants Under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA)  [106 Kb]  -- NEW!
-05/27/03   Intelligence to Counter Terrorism: Issues for Congress Updated.
-12/04/01   International Money Laundering Abatement and Anti-Terrorist Financing Act of 2001, Title III of P.L. 107-56 -- NEW!
-03/18/10   International Terrorism and Transnational Crime: Security Threats, U.S. Policy, and Considerations for Congress  [563 Kb]
-01/05/10   International Terrorism and Transnational Crime: Security Threats, U.S. Policy, and Considerations for Congress
-02/05/04   Iraq and Al Qaeda: Allied or Not? -- NEW!
-07/26/05   Islamic Terrorism and the Balkans -- NEW!
-10/26/10   Latin America: Terrorism Issues  [192 Kb]
-07/14/09   Latin America: Terrorism Issues
-08/27/08   Latin America: Terrorism Issues  [73 Kb]  -- Updated
-04/04/05   Lawsuits Against State Supporters of Terrorism: An Overview -- Updated
-09/15/05   Material Support of Terrorists and Foreign Terrorist Organizations: Expiring Amendments in Brief -- Updated
-02/01/11   The National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) - Responsibilities and Potential Congressional Concerns  [163 Kb]
-01/07/11   The National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) - Responsibilities and Potential Congressional Concerns  [162 Kb]
-01/15/10   The National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) - Responsibilities and Potential Congressional Concerns
-01/14/11   Navy Irregular Warfare and Counterterrorism Operations: Background and Issues for Congress  [1702 Kb]
-08/17/10   Navy Irregular Warfare and Counterterrorism Operations: Background and Issues for Congress  [1817 Kb]
-10/22/10   Navy Irregular Warfare and Counterterrorism Operations: Background and Issues for Congress  [1589 Kb]
-12/23/09   Navy Irregular Warfare and Counterterrorism Operations: Background and Issues for Congress
-09/11/08   Navy Role in Global War on Terrorism (GWOT) - Background and Issues for Congress  [75 Kb]  -- Updated
-06/04/09   Navy Role in Irregular Warfare and Counterterrorism: Background and Issues for Congress
-01/06/10   North Korea: Terrorism List Removal
-02/02/09   North Korea: Terrorism List Removal?
-01/31/02   Nuclear Powerplants: Vulnerability to Terrorist Attack
-02/10/05   Nuclear Terrorism: A Brief Review of Threats and Responses -- Updated
-03/27/07   Pakistan and Terrorism: A Summary -- NEW!
-07/29/05   Passenger Rail Security: Overview of Issues -- Updated
-09/13/01   Response to Terrorism: Legal Aspects of the Use of Force.
-05/20/04   Small-Scale Terrorist Attacks Using Chemical and Biological Agents: An Assessment Framework and Preliminary Comparisons -- NEW!
-02/05/02   State and Local Preparedness for Terrorism: Policy Issues and Options
-05/08/02   Sudan: Humanitarian Crisis, Peace Talks, Terrorism, and U.S. Policy -- Updated
-01/25/02   Suits Against Terrorist States
-05/01/08   Suits Against Terrorist States by Victims of Terrorism  [400 Kb]  -- Updated
-12/05/06   "Terrorism" and Related Terms in Statute and Regulation: Selected Language -- Updated
-12/11/01   Terrorism and the Law of War: Trying Terrorists as War Criminals before Military Commissions Updated.
-06/10/11   Terrorism Information Sharing and the Nationwide Suspicious Activity Report Initiative: Background and Issues for Congress  [453 Kb]
-11/05/09   Terrorism Information Sharing and the Nationwide Suspicious Activity Report Initiative: Background and Issues for Congress
-08/31/05   Terrorism in South Asia -- Updated
-02/07/05   Terrorism in Southeast Asia -- Updated
-08/11/04   Terrorism: Key Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission and Recent Major Commissions and Inquiries -- NEW!
-05/24/10   Terrorism, Miranda, and Related Matters  [168 Kb]
-12/27/01   Terrorism Preparedness: A Catalog of Federal Assistance Programs
-12/10/01   Terrorism: Section by Section Analysis of the USA PATRIOT Act Updated.
-03/26/02   Terrorism, the Future, and U.S. Foreign Policy -- Updated
-03/29/02   Terrorism: The New Occupational Hazard NEW!
-01/22/10   Terrorist Attacks on Commercial Airlines: Federal Criminal Prohibitions
-10/20/05   Terrorist Capabilities for Cyberattack: Overview and Policy Issues -- NEW!
-04/01/04   Terrorist "Dirty Bombs': A Brief Primer -- Updated
-08/03/05   Terrorist Financing: U.S. Agency Efforts and Inter-Agency Coordination -- NEW!
-04/21/04   Terrorist Identification, Screening, and Tracking Under Homeland Security Presidential Directive 6 -- NEW!
-01/24/05   Terrorist Nuclear Attacks on Seaports: Threat and Response -- Updated
-09/25/06   Terrorist Surveillance Act of 2006: S. 3931 and Title II of S. 3929, the Terrorist Tracking, Identification, and Prosecution Act of 2006 -- NEW!
-03/08/11   Terrorist Use of the Internet: Information Operations in Cyberspace  [223 Kb]
-08/28/03   Terrorists and Suicide Attacks NEW!
-12/30/09   Terrorist Watchlist Checks and Air Passenger Prescreening
-10/29/01   Trying Terrorists as War Criminals
-02/04/05   U.S. Anti-Terror Strategy and the 9/11 Commission Report -- Updated
-01/06/10   U.S.-China Counterterrorism Cooperation: Issues for U.S. Policy
-05/07/09   U.S. - China Counterterrorism Cooperation: Issues for U.S. Policy
-10/29/08   U.S.-China Counterterrorism Cooperation: Issues for U.S. Policy  [186 Kb]  -- Updated
-09/11/08   U.S.-China Counterterrorism Cooperation: Issues for U.S. Policy  [181 Kb]  -- Updated
-08/06/08   U.S. - China Counterterrorism Cooperation: Issues for U.S. Policy  [149 Kb]  -- Updated
-07/18/11   U.S. - EU Cooperation Against Terrorism  [238 Kb]
-05/02/11   U.S. - EU Cooperation Against Terrorism  [222 Kb]
-10/16/06   U.S.-EU Cooperation Against Terrorism -- Updated
-08/26/05   U.S. Military Operations in the Global War on Terrorism: Afghanistan, Africa, the Philippines, and Colombia -- NEW!
-03/07/02   Weapons of Mass Destruction: The Terrorist Threat