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Counterterrorism and Criminal Intelligence Bureau - LAPD
"The LAPD CTB is comprised of Major Crimes Division (ATD) and Emergency Services Division (ESD). Major Crimes Division is now comprised of Criminal Conspiracy, Criminal Investigations, Intelligence Investigations, Surveillance, and Liaison Sections. Emergency Services Division (ESD) is comprised of Field and Community Support, Emergency Planning, Operations, and Hazardous Devices Sections. In short, Counter- Terrorism Bureau is responsible for planning, response and intelligence". (SOURCE: http://www.lapdonline.org/inside_the_lapd/content_basic_view/6502

Criminal Intelligence Section - State of Delaware
"The Criminal Intelligence Section's mission is to collect, evaluate and disseminate intelligence data on organized criminal and terrorist groups, both traditional and non-traditional, that are active within Delaware and the surrounding states. With the assistance of federal, state and local agencies, the Criminal Intelligence Section has continued to monitor the activities of known Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs, Hate Groups, ?Left Wing? and ?Right Wing? Extremists Groups, Anti-Government Groups, Special Interest Groups, Domestic and International Terrorists Organizations. By the nature of this type of work, much of this section?s activity is confidential, and for dissemination to law enforcement only." (SOURCE: http://www.state.de.us/dsp/Intelligence.htm

Intelligence Services Section - State of New Jersey
"The Intelligence Services Section is charged with collecting, extracting, summarizing, analyzing and disseminating criminal intelligence data gathered from a variety of sources. Processing this data is critical to the Division's strategic assault on crime within New Jersey and is accomplished through the following Bureaus and units. The Section also provides the Superintendent and Attorney General with the information necessary to combat organized criminal groups and terrorists that could threaten the security of the State and Nation." (SOURCE: http://www.state.nj.us/njsp/divorg/invest/intel.html )

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Homeland Security Launches Expansion of Information Exchange System to States and Major Cities
"The U.S. Department of Homeland Security, as part of its Homeland Security Information Network initiative, announced today the expansion of its computer-based counterterrorism communications system to all 50 states, five territories, Washington, D.C., and 50 major urban areas to strengthen its flow of threat information." (SOURCE: http://www.dhs.gov/dhspublic/interapp/press_release/press_release_0354.xml)

Homeland Security Exercise and Training Program
"The Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP) is both doctrine and policy for designing, developing, conducting and evaluating exercises.   HSEEP is a threat- and performance-based exercise program that includes a cycle, mix and range of exercise activities of varying degrees of complexity and interaction." (SOURCE: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/odp/docs/hseep.htm

Uncloaking Terrorist Networks
"This paper looks at mapping covert networks using data available from news sources on the World Wide Web. Specifically, we examine the network surrounding the tragic events of September 11th 2001. Through public data we are able to map a portion of the network centered on the 19 dead hijackers. This map gives us some insight into the terrorist organization, yet it is incomplete. Suggestions for further work and research are offered."(Source: http://www.firstmonday.dk/issues/issue7_4/krebs/)

Combating Terrorism: The Challenge of Measuring Effectiveness
"This report is designed to assist congressional policymakers to understand and apply broad based objective criteria when evaluating progress in the nation?s efforts to combat terrorism. It is not intended to define specific, in-depth, metrics for measuring progress against terrorism." (Source: http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/terror/RL33160.pdf)

Counterterrorism Blog
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