2003 Report to Congress on Combating TerrorismDIANE Publishing, 2003 - 70 pages |
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Page 32 - We also reviewed and analyzed the National Strategy for Homeland Security, the National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace, the National Strategy for the Physical Protection of Critical Infrastructures and Key Assets, the National Strategy for Combating Terrorism, l the Homeland Security Act of 2002/and other relevant federal policies.
Page 3 - The strategy sets forth overall objectives to prevent terrorist attacks within the United States, reduce America's vulnerability to terrorism, and minimize the damage and assist in the recovery from attacks that may occur.
Page 17 - Department of Agriculture Department of Commerce Department of Defense Department of Education Department of Energy Department of Health and Human Services Department of Homeland Security Department of Housing and Urban Development Department of...
Page 12 - Security aligns and focuses homeland security functions into six critical mission areas: intelligence and warning, border and transportation security, domestic counterterrorism, protecting critical infrastructure, defending against catastrophic terrorism, and emergency preparedness and response. The...
Page 4 - The United States will take every necessary action to avoid being surprised by another terrorist attack. We must have an intelligence and warning system that can detect terrorist activity before it manifests itself in an attack so that proper preemptive, preventive, and protective action can be taken.
Page 4 - ... inextricably intertwined with the global transport infrastructure. Virtually every community in America is connected to the global transportation network by the seaports, airports, highways, pipelines, railroads, and waterways that move people and goods into, within, and out of the Nation. We must therefore promote the efficient and reliable flow of people, goods, and services across borders, while preventing terrorists from using transportation conveyances or systems to deliver implements of...
Page 38 - National Strategy for Homeland Security aligns and focuses homeland security functions into six critical mission areas: intelligence and warning, border and transportation security, domestic counterterrorism, protecting critical infrastructure and key assets, defending against catastrophic terrorism, and emergency preparedness and response.
Page 1 - National Strategy for Homeland Security, the National Strategy for the Physical Protection of Critical Infrastructure and Key Assets, the National Strategy to Combat Weapons of Mass Destruction, the National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace, and the National Security Strategy...
Page 29 - IN 44 CITIES ACROSS THE NATION. THESE TASK FORCES ARE PARTICULARLY WELL-SUITED TO RESPONDING TO TERRORISM BECAUSE THEY COMBINE THE NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL INVESTIGATIVE RESOURCES OF THE FBI WITH THE STREET-LEVEL EXPERTISE OF LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES. THIS COP-TO-COP COOPERATION HAS PROVEN HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL IN PREVENTING SEVERAL POTENTIAL TERRORIST ATTACKS. PERHAPS THE MOST NOTABLE CASES HAVE COME FROM NEW YORK CITY, WHERE THE CITY'S JOINT TERRORISM TASK FORCE HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL...
Page 22 - Ports-of-entry into the United States stretch across 7,500 miles of land border between the United States and Mexico and Canada, 95,000 miles of shoreline and navigable rivers, and an exclusive economic zone of 3.4 million square miles. Each year more than 500 million people, 130 million motor vehicles, 2.5 million railcars, and 5.7 million cargo containers must be processed at the border.