POS 339/439 – Fall 2010: Research Links

• Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism (MIPT). Newsletter subscription.
• RAND Institute Terrorism and Homeland Security. Document index.
• United Nations Action to Counter Terrorism.
• US GPO/FedSys index of federal documents about terrorism.
• US Library of Congress Federal Research Division Portal re: Terrorism and Crime Studies.
• University of Maryland National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START).
• George Washington University – National Security Archives – September 11 Sourcebooks.

Research Databases.

• University of Maryland’s Global Terrorism Database.

Research Counterterrorism.

• Investigations.

  • Raisethefist.com.
  • Sherman Austin, author of website arrested, prosecuted, imprisoned. Cryptome collection of documents.
  • LA Indymedia coverage.

Censorship, Classification, Suppression of Information.

• Academic.
  • Classified and/or suppressed research.
    • Sean Gorman dissertation examining US critical infrastructure vulnerabilities.
      • Washington Post article. July 8, 2003. “Dissertation Could Be Security Threat.”
      • Wired Magazine Article. January 2004. “A Dissertation So Good It Might Be Classified.”
      • CNN. July 8, 2004. Transcript of Interview with Sean Gorman and Dissertation Advisor.
  • Steven Kurtz/Critical Art Ensemble. University of Buffalo Associate Professor under investigation for possible prosecution under US PATRIOT Act and bioterror laws.

    • CAE Defense Fund. Legal defense organization.
    • Critical Art Ensemble website.
    • Wired Magazine article 06/04/2004.

Global.

• United Nations (UN)- Office on Drugs and Crime (ODC).
• Actions/Policies Against Terrorism.

Regional-Multilateral.

• • People’s Daily News SCO pledges cooperation in trade, counter-terrorism, touches on Libya
  • Agentura.ru The Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (RATS SCO)

• CSTO. Use Google Translate to translate Russian to English.
  • RIA stories 1 – 2.
• Shanghai Cooperation Oganization SCO.
  

National.

• Russia.
  • Antiterror.ru.
  • FSB.
  • Ministry of the Interior – MVD.

• Saudi Arabia.
  • CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies) reports re: internal security/national security situation confronting Saudi Arabia.
  • Understanding Saudi Stability and Instability: A Very Different Nation. Feb. 2011.

• United Kingdom

  • Home Office.

    • Counter-terrorism.

  • MI5 Security Service.

    • Terrorism.

  • United States

    • • Index of Internal Security and National Security Entities w/Counterterror Functions.

    • Counterterror Security Entities.

      • ***CNN.”War Against Terror.“
      • ***Financial Times.”Attack on Terror.“

    “War on Terror”: Various news organizations specialized coverage.

    Research Lists: Servers/Mailing Lists: How to Subscribe.

    Global Security Newswire.

  • “Global Security Newswire, produced by National Journal Group, offers daily news updates about nuclear, biological and chemical weapons, terrorism and related issues. The Newswire provides a single starting point for those seeking thorough, accurate coverage of these critical international security issues and includes abstracts drawn daily from a vast array of publications to provide a comprehensive survey of the day’s developments.”

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    Homeland Security Week.

    • Intelligence Forum.
      • “Mission of Intelligence Forum: Intelligence Forum is a private, not-for-profit organization which maintains a free electronic mailing list intelforum@his.com) dedicated to the scholarly discussion of intelligence.”
    • Project on Government Secrecy. Federation of American Scientists (FAS).
      • Distributed 2-3 times a week, often contains info. on counterterror projects and civil liberties/privacy consequences.
      • Directions on how to subscribe are here.
    • Weekly Homeland Security Newsletter.
      • Weekly summary and set of links related to “homeland security” and terrorism/counterterrorism.

      Research Library.

      • Library Homepage.
      • I-Share – Inter-library Loan.
        • Steps:
          • Log in with library account info.
          • Search for book.
          • Request book.
        • EBSCO Access to On-Line Journals:
          • ***Academic Search Elite:
            • Steps:
              • 1) Roosevelt University Library on-line resources site.
              • 2) Click on EBSCO.
              • 3) Click on “Full Text Databases.”
              • 4) Scroll down to, and check “Academic Search Elite” and “Military and Government Collection.”
              • 5) Click on Continue then set up Search.
              • Access to full text (.pdf or .html) articles. ***.
        • JSTOR Access to On-Line Journals:
          • ***Multiple Journals.
            • Steps:
              • 1) Roosevelt University Library on-line resources site.
              • 2) Click on JSTOR.
              • 3) Click on “Search.”
              • 4) At search screen useful categories of journals to select are: Anthropology, History, Political Science, Sociology.
        • Lexis/Nexis: Multiple Full Text Sources.
          • 1) Lexis/Nexis.
          • 2) Click on “Quick News Search” or “Guided News Search.”

Last Update: 11/20/2012.