Word: counterterrorism
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...collapse in Afghanistan may turn out to be paper. FBI, CIA and Defense Intelligence Agency officials have quietly mounted a crash intelligence project to collect and analyze attendance rosters, pay ledgers, letters from home and other paperwork in bombed-out al-Qaeda training camps. From these and other sources, counterterror specialists are racing to assemble a master list of thousands of radical jihadists who studied and bonded at the camps, then scattered around the globe to form "sleeper cells." "A lot of documents have been left behind, and we've got to get our hands on that stuff," says...
Although there hasn't been much noise about terrorism as the year 2001 approaches, the FBI and Defense Department have quietly put their counterterror units in a state of high alert. Reason: Ramadan, the Islamic holy month, which ends on Dec. 26, includes the Night of Power, marking the time the first verses of the Koran were revealed to the prophet Muhammad. The anniversary of that holy event falls on Dec. 23 and is thought by FBI analysts to be of particular significance to radical Jihadists such as OSAMA BIN LADEN. According to one FBI official, as many as three...
...bringing them online and then activating the FBI's high-tech Strategic Operations and Information Center. Then he called Roger Nisley, chief of the Critical Incident Response Group, and delivered a go message: "Get the Rapid Deployment team rolling toward Andrews [Air Force Base]," he ordered. Nisley, an experienced counterterror tactical agent, knew what to do. After the bombings of the U.S. embassies in East Africa in 1998, it took 40 hours to get most FBI investigators on site. Learning from Africa, Freeh created five special Rapid Deployment teams around the country ready to fly anywhere. The first FBI boots...
...other words, yes, they are in danger. Americans no longer believe their country is immune to terrorism, as they did for decades, and they are spending big money to fight the threat--more than $400 million in federal counterterror programs alone. State and local efforts are becoming more serious too; the New York City drill is an example. But experts insist the country is essentially insecure. The borders are porous, the government cannot keep track of routine visa violators, and the population is forever on the move. The U.S. is a sea into which evildoers can dive and remain submerged...
Bombs, Bucks and Babies How much of a threat is terrorism? How much should the average Joe be worried ? and more importantly, how many tax dollars should he sacrifice? Is it really worth the $400 million the federal government spends per annum in counterterror programs? After all, an oft-quoted statistic states that more Americans die from slipping in their bathtub every year than have ever been killed in terrorist acts, and you don't see the FBI issuing arrest warrants for bars of soap. Read TIME's Weekend Review by Chris Taylor...