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Homeland Security Advisory
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“The
number one threat to American national
security during this long war is neither
anthrax nor truck bombs … it is uncontrolled
spending. We cannot afford to put guards
on every bridge and at every critical
node of our infrastructure. We cannot
afford a sophisticated chemical and biodetector
in every government building. America
cannot afford a risk-free society in a
world of global terrorism. The enemy’s
strategy is to destroy our economy. We
must not facilitate their efforts. America
will need to spend considerable sums of
money to ensure our security … but
we must do it wisely … there will
be no money to waste on irrational fear
and unconscionable pork. We must develop
a strategic plan to guide our efforts.
This must include federal, state and local
governments, plus the private sector.
Since 9-11, more than 130 bills regarding
homeland security have been introduced
in the House of Representatives. This
is not the example of spending based on
a strategic plan.
“The
outcome of this war will determine the type
of nation our grandchild will know. I do
not want that to be a nation that is bankrupt.”
Randall
Larsen, Director, ANSER Institute for Homeland
Security, at the National Defense University
Symposium on Quadrennial Defense Review
2001
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Current and Projected National Security Threats, U.S.
Senate Committee on Intelligence, January 11 2007
The International Terrorist Threat to the UK, Speech By The Director General Of The Security Service, Dame Eliza Manningham-Buller, At Queen Mary's College, London, 9 November 2006
UK Threat Levels: The System to Assess the Threat from International Terrorism, Home Office, July 2006
Testimony on current and future worldwide threats to the national security of the United States, Senate Committee on Armed Services, February 28, 2006
Current and Projected National Security Threats to the United States, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence,, February 16, 2005
The
DHS Strategic Plan -- Securing
Our Homeland, February 24, 2004
Current
and Projected National Security
Threats to the United States, U.S.
Senate Committee on Intelligence,
February 24, 2004
 Select
Committee on Homeland Security:
War on Terror Timeline, September 2003
Homeland
Security: Efforts to Improve Information
Sharing Need to Be Strengthened.
GAO-03-760, August 27, 2003
National
Strategy for Combating Terrorism,
White House, February 14, 2003
Current and Projected National Security
Threats to the United States,
U.S. Senate Committee on Intelligence,
February 11, 2003
National
Strategy for Homeland Security, [2.7
MB] July 2002
President
Establishes Office of Homeland Security,
October 2001
Executive
Order Establishing Office of Homeland
Security , 8 October 2001
Road
Map for National Security: Imperative
for Change, [1.7 MB] the Phase III
Report of the U.S. Commission on
National Security/21st
Century,
The United States Commission on National
Security/21st Century
January 31, 2001
Homeland
Security Guides & Alerts
DHS
Information Bulletin: Guidance for
Response to
Ricin Delivered by Mail,
February 9, 2004
DHS
Information Bulletin Title: Potential
Terrorist Use of Official
Identification, Uniforms, or Vehicles, July 22, 2003
Homeland
Security Information Bulletin Chemical,
Biological, Radiological
and Nuclear (CBRN) Materials and
Effects,
May 28, 2003
Potential
Indicators of Threats Involving Vehicle
Borne Improvised Explosive
Devices (VBIEDs), Homeland
Security Information Bulletin,
May 15, 2003
(NCIX) Potential Indicators of Threats
Involving Weapons of Mass Destruction
(WMD) and Emergency Actions, April
2003
What
constitutes a “suspicious parcel”?,
FBI Advisory
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Homeland Defense
National Intelligence Estimate: The Terrorist Threat to the US Homeland, DNI July 2007
Chemical Attack on America: How Vulnerable Are We?, U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, April 27, 2005
Current and Projected National Security Threats to the United States, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, February 16, 2005
Unclassified
Report to Congress on the Acquisition
of Technology
Relating to Weapons of Mass Destruction
and Advanced Conventional Munitions,
1 July Through 31 December 2003, CIA
November 2004
Senators
Introduce Measure to Implement
9-11 Commission Recommendations,
7
August 2004
Joint
Hearing: “Progress in
Consolidating Terrorist Watchlists
-- the Terrorist
Screening Center (TSC)”,
Subcommittee on Intelligence and
Counterterrorism & Judiciary
Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism
and Homeland Security, March
25, 2004
Effective
Strategies Against Terrorism Hearing,
U.S.
House Committee on Government Reform Subcommittee on National
Security, Emerging Threats, and International Relations,
February 03, 2004
Combating
Terrorism: Evaluation of Selected
Characteristics of National
Strategies Related to Terrorism,
by Randall A. Yim, managing director,
homeland security and justice issues,
before the Subcommittee on National
Security, Emerging Threats, and International
Relations, House Committee on Government
Reform. GAO-04-408T, February 3,
2004.
Homeland
Defense: DOD Needs to Assess the
Structure of U.S. Forces for
Domestic Military Missions. GAO-03-670
July 11, 2003
HSAS (Homeland
Security Advisory System)
Remarks
by Secretary of Homeland Security
Tom Ridge Regarding Recent Threat
Reports, August 01, 2004
Homeland
Security Advisory System: Preliminary
Observations Regarding
Threat Level Increases from Yellow
to Orange, GAO-04-453R, February
26, 2004.
"The
Homeland Security Advisory System:
Improving Preparedness through Effective
Warning", Select
Committee on Homeland Security Hearing,
February 2004
HSAS Lowered to Elevated (Yellow),
May 30, 2003
Statement
by Homeland Security Secretary Tom
Ridge on Raising the Threat Level
to Orange, May 20, 2003
Department of Homeland Security Advisory
No. 03-017, April 16, 2003
(Orange) Statement by Homeland Security
Secretary Tom Ridge, 18 March
2003
Agency
Actions in Response to the National
Elevated Alert Level,
Department of Homeland Security,
7 February 2003
U.S.
Upgrades Terrorist Threat Warning
to Second Highest Level, Washington
Factfile, 7 February 2003
Homeland
Security Threat Level Raised to Orange,
White House, 7 February 2003
Remarks
by Governor Ridge Announcing Homeland
Security Advisory System, 12 March,
2002
Homeland
Security Presidential Directive-3,
11 March,
2002
DHS Speeches & Testimonies
Joint
Oversight hearing on “The
Terrorist Threat Integration Center
(TTIC) and its
Relationship with the Departments
of Justice and Homeland Security.”,
July 22, 2003
Statement
of Under Secretary Dr. Charles
E. McQueary Department of Homeland
Security Science and Technology
Directorate,
before the House Select Committee
on
Homeland Security Subcommittee
on Cybersecurity, Science, and
Research and Development, 21.May,
2003
Statement
of Department of Homeland Security
Secretary Tom Ridge Before
the House Select Committee on Homeland
Security, 20. May, 2003
Remarks
by Al Martinez-Fonts to the Electronic
Industries Alliance, 06 May, 2003
Physical
Security
Hearing:
DOE Nuclear Security: What Are the
Challenges, and What's Next?",
Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations,
The Committee on Energy and Commerce,
May 11, 2004
Lessons
Learned from Security at Past Olympic
Games,
Competition, Foreign Commerce, and Infrastructure Hearing, May 4 2004
US-VISIT
Hearing
To Evaluate the U.S.VISIT Program, Testimonies
Before the
House Select Committee on Homeland
Security, Subcommittee on Infrastructure
and Border Securit, January, 2004
General
Articles
Investigative
Programs - Protecting America’s
Financial Systems, Department
of Homeland Security, July 2003
First
100 Days of Homeland Security,
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Office of the Press Secretary For
Immediate Release, April 29, 2003
Homeland
Security: Justice Department's Project
to Interview Aliens After September
11, 2001. GAO-03-459, April 11,
2003.
Homeland
Security: Information Sharing Responsibilities,
Challenges, and Key Management Issues,
by Robert F. Dacey, director, information
security issues, and Randolph C. Hite,
director, information technology architecture
and systems issues, before the House
Committee on Government Reform. GAO-03-715T,
May 8, 2003
.Emerging
Threats and Capabilities - To
receive testimony on technology for
combating terrorism and weapons of
mass destruction in review of the
Defense Authorization Request for
Fiscal Year 2003, US Senate Committee
on Armed Services, 10 April, 2002
Global
Threats and Challenges, Vice Admiral
Thomas R. Wilson, Director, Defense
Intelligence Agency, Statement for
the Record, Senate Armed Services
Committee, 19 March 2002
Worldwide
Threat - Converging Dangers in a Post
9/11 World, Testimony of Director
of Central Intelligence, George J.
Tenet, before the Senate Armed Services
Committee, 19 March 2002
Transcript:
U.S. Homeland Security Depends on
Partnership, 23 January 2002
(Biosecurity) Statement of James R.
Moseley Deputy Secretary,
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Before
the House Agriculture Committee On
Thursday, November 15, 2001
Transcript:
Ridge, Mueller Brief on Terrorism
Investigations - News from the
Washington File, 2 November 2001
Presidential Directive Establishes
Homeland Security Panels, 30 October
2001
Tom
Ridge, Other Federal Officials Brief
on Anthrax,
29 October 2001
Director
Ridge Briefs Media at Week's End,
19 October 2001
Director
Ridge, Leaders Discuss Homeland Security,
18 October 2001
New
Counter-Terrorism and CyberSpace Security
Positions Announced, 9 October
2001
Biography
of Governor Tom Ridge, October
2001
Gov.
Ridge Sworn-In to Lead Homeland Security,
8 October 2001
The
DTIC Review: Homeland Defense,
September, 2001
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Government
Canada
Office
of Critical Infrastructure Protection
And Emergency Preparedness (OCIPEP)
On February 5, 2001 Prime Minister Jean
Chrétien announced the creation
of the Office of Critical Infrastructure
Protection and Emergency Preparedness.
The Minister of National Defence will
be the Minister responsible for the organization,
which will also encompass the existing
functions of Emergency Preparedness Canada.
Margaret Purdy has been appointed as Associate
Deputy Minister of National Defence and
will lead the new organization.
US
Department
of Homeland Security (DHS) has three
primary missions: Prevent terrorist attacks
within the United States, reduce America's
vulnerability to terrorism, and minimize
the damage from potential attacks and
natural disasters.
Ready.gov
(DHS) - the Department of Homeland Security,
in partnership with The Advertising Council
and the Sloan Foundation, launched a national
public service advertising (PSA) campaign
that will educate and empower American
citizens to prepare for and respond to
potential future terrorist attacks.
Select
Committee on Homeland Security -
U.S. House of Representatives
United
Kingdom
National
Infrastructure Security Coordination Centre
(NISCC) 'to ensure sound mechanisms are
in place to protect the critical national
infrastructure. We set up the National
Infrastructure Security Coordination Centre
(NISCC) in late 1999 to coordinate and
develop work to protect the critical national
infrastructure in the public and the private
sector against electronic attack. NISCC
is raising awareness of information security
across those organisations responsible
for the critical national infrastructure.'
UK e-envoy
NGO
Anser
Institute For Homeland Security is
a not-for-profit public-service research
organization examining a new set of national
security challenges. Initiated and funded
by ANSER's Board of Trustees in October
1999 and formally established in April
2001, the Institute believes that preparing
for these new challenges will require
a determined, integrated effort at every
stage of the process: deterrence, prevention,
preemption, crisis management, consequence
management, attribution and response.
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