2004 Intel Reform & Terrorist Prevention Act

2004 Intel Reform Act Congressional Explanatory Statement
Link to joint statement by the House-Senate conference committee chairmen on the final version of the new act

2004 Intel Reform Act Summary (26 pages)
Link to 2004 intel act summary by Senate Governmental Affairs Committee

2005 Country Reports on Terrorism
U.S. State Department site with links to report

January 2007 National Intelligence Estimate: "Prospects for Iraq's Stability: A Challenging Road Ahead"

9-11 Comm Staff on 9-11 & Terrorist Travel
Link to Monograph on 9/11 and Terrorist Travel prepared by 9-11 Commission staff (4.2MB)

9-11 Comm Staff Monograph on Terrorist Financing

9-11 Commission Report
Full text of final 9-11 Commission Report

9/11 Public Discourse Project: Final Report on 9/11 Commission Recommendations
Acrobat file of December 5, 2005 report

Abu Bakr Naji, "The Management of Barbarism"
Translated as "The Management of Savagery" by William McCants, Fellow with the Combating Terrorism Center at West Point, with funding by the John M. Olin Institute for Strategic Studies at Harvard University

"Afghanistan: The Taliban's Book of Rules"
Translation of Mullah Omar's 9-page pamphlet of rules by Christopher Dickey for MSNBC & Newsweek, Dec. 12, 2006, with pamphlet pictures from Mr. Dickey's website, reprinted with express permission

Al Qaeda training manual found in Manchester, England in 2000, translated into English, and presented at Zacharias Moussaoui trial (four Acrobat files):
Summary of Lessons and Table of Contents
Part A, 66 pages
Part B, 73 pages
Part C, 40 pages

Al Qaeda's New Front
PBS series on the future of al Qaeda, viewable online

Al Qaeda videos with 9/11 terrorists
Obtained by "Sunday Times" and available on Jawa Report website

Atiyah's Letter to Zarqawi
Letter from previously unknown Al Qaeda leader to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, released Sept. 25, 2006 by Combating Terrorism Center at West Point

Arab Bank case: Order by U.S. District Court Judge Nina Gershon denying Arab Bank's motion to dismiss, January 29, 2007

Bank Secrecy Act & USA PATRIOT Act Summary
Congressional testimony summarizing federal anti-money laundering & terrorist financing laws & agencies' roles

"Bin Laden and the Oil Weapon" from Al-Qaida's Sawt al-Jihad ("Voice of Jihad") #30, care of Evan Kohlmann's Globalterroralert.com

Congressional Research Service: "Al Qaeda: Statements and Evolving Ideology"
Link to Acrobat file of CRS report on Al Qaeda's use of Iraq as "central battle" in terrorism

Heritage Foundation Homeland Security & Terrorism page

DHS National Response Plan
Link to DHS website to download plan

Douglas Farah et al. on non-state armed groups
Link to Acrobat presentation at the Air Force Academy on the future of terrorism.

Douglas Farah, "The Little Explored Offshore Empire of the International Muslim Brotherhood," International Assessment and Strategy Center, April 18, 2006

Dutch Ministry Report: "From Dawa to Jihad: The various threats from radical Islam to the democratic legal order"
Link to important report released December 2004 by Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations (Acrobat file)

European Union's Counter-Terrorism Strategy
Acrobat file of strategy concluded 30 Nov 2005

EU Terrorism Situation and Trend Report 2007
Fifth edition of European Union's Terrorism Report - first report with Europol approval

Evan Kohlmann & NEFA Foundation: "State of the Sunni Insurgency in Iraq: August 2007"
Updated August 2007 - Acrobat file with detailed chart

FATF 2004-2005 Annual Report
Link to Acrobat file released by Financial Action Task Force

FBI Inspector General's Report on Joint Terrorism Task Forces
Link to huge (13MB+) Acrobat file of Inspector General's assessment

Farah v. Lormel: Debate on Al Qaeda & African Diamond Trade
Compilation of CT Blog posts by Doug Farah & Dennis Lormel on opposite sides of debate

FindLaw.com Terrorism Case page
Links to civil & criminal case docs

Letter from Ayman al-Zawahiri to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, dated 7/9/05
Link to English version posted on DNI John Negroponte's office (Acrobat file)

Lorenzo Vidino of The Investigative Project: Algeria's Struggle Against Terrorism
Testimony before the U.S. House International Relations Committee on March 3, 2005

MSNBC: Unedited NYFD 9-11 Tapes

"Myth of Delusion" by Muhammad Khalil al-Hakaymah (a.k.a. Abu Jihad al-Masri), al-Qaeda document on US intel agencies in English & Arabic - also see Bill Roggio's "Fourth Rail" post about the document

NCTC Chronology of Significant International Terrorism for 2004

National Intelligence Council: "Mapping the Global Future"
Link to large (6.7MB) report from NIC's 2020 Project

2007 National Intelligence Estimate: The Terrorist Threat to the U.S. Homeland"
7-page Acrobat file released by ODNI & National Intelligence Council

National Intelligence Strategy of United States of America
Acrobat file released by DNI Negroponte on October 26, 2005

National Security Strategy of the Unitee States 2006
Acrobat file of first statement of U.S. strategic goals since 2002

New York Police Department report, "Radicalization in the West: The Homegrown Threat"
Released August 15, 2007

PBS Frontline: "The Lost Year in Iraq," broadcast October 17, 2006 - with files and video

Palestinian Islamic Jihad Profile
Comprehensive history of PIJ from Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center

Palestinian Terrorism in 2005
Acrobat file of Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center summary

Profile of the Hamas movement
Acrobat file by Israeli Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center

Report of the Task Force on the United Nations: American Interests and UN Reform
Report of the Gingrich-Mitchell task force (3MB Acrobat file) - Chapter 4 covers terrorism and weapons proliferation

Sen. Richard Lugar's Survey on WMD Proliferation Threats & Responses
Survey of experts, conducted by Chairman of U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee and released June 22

Shukrijumah profile in Los Angeles Times, Sept. 3, 2006

Steven Emerson: "The American Muslim Leaders' 'Fatwa' is Bogus
Link to Counterterrorism Blog post of July 28, 2005 - the most cited & quoted post by any Contributing Expert

Tablighi Jamaat: Jihad's Stealthy Legions
Excellent summary of extremist-oriented Islamic group by The Middle East Forum

The Muslim Brotherhood's Conquest of Europe
Investigative Project's Lorenzo Vidino with an outstanding review of the MB's influence in Europe

Transcript of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's First Video Tape, Released April 27, 2006 (CENTCOM website)

Transcript of Ayman al-Zawahri Video Tape (Evan Kohlmann's post), Released April 29, 2006

USA Patriot Act

U.S. Army & Marine Corps Counterinsurgency Manual (U.S. Army Field Manual 3-24)
Released December 2006 and available on "Secrecy News" blog of Federation of American Scientists

U.S. National Defense Strategy (Acrobat file)

U.S. Senate Subcommittee Report: "Correspondent Banking: A Gateway to Money Laundering"
Acrobat file of February 2001 report on abuses in correspondent banking

U.S. State Department Country Reports on Terrorism 2004

U.S. State Dept. 2005 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report page

U.S. State Dept. 2006 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report page

UN Report: A More Secure World
UN Sec-Gen's panel on terrorist threats, challenges, change

Victor Comras: Al Qaeda Finances and Funding to Affiliated Groups
Case study of al Qaeda finances and funding to affiliated groups, based on his experience as one of five monitors who oversaw UN measures against al Qaeda & Taliban

Wall Street Journal story, "Terror Inquiry Turns to Tax Law," on Overland Capital Group & DMI (Muslim Brotherhood), Jan. 31, 2007, reprinted with express permission

WMD Commission Report to the President
Report of Presidential Commission co-chaired by Judge Lawrence Silberman and former Sen. Charles Robb

Washington Institute: “Security, Reform, and Peace: The Three Pillars of U.S. Strategy in the Middle East"
Bipartisan panel's recommendations for U.S. policy in Middle East

Women of Al Qaeda
"Newsweek's" December 12, 2005 cover story on women terrorists

Zachary Abuza - Funding Terrorism in Southeast Asia: The Financial Network of Al Qaeda and Jemaah Islamiya
2003 study for National Bureau of Asian Research

Zachary Abuza: "Balik Terrorism: The Return of the Abu Sayyaf"
Link to Acrobat file of study published by U.S. Army War College

Zachary Abuza: Muslims, Politics, and Violence in Indonesia: An Emerging Jihadist-Islamist Nexus?
2004 study (Acrobat file) of groups such as Jemaah Islamiyah and Laskar Jihad, which seek to implement sharia law, defend "Muslim interests," and create pan-Islamic state in Southeast Asia

Zeyno Baran: "Hizb ut-Tahrir: Islam’s Political Insurgency"
Link to Acrobat file of study on Islamic terrorism's "conveyor belt" in Central Asia